2016 Junior WRC Championship

The 2016 FIA Junior WRC Championship was the fourth season of Junior WRC, a rallying championship governed by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile, running in support of the World Rally Championship.^[1]

2016 FIA Junior WRC Championship

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2015

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2017

Parent series:
FIA World Rally Championship
FIA WRC2 Championship
FIA WRC3 Championship

The championship was open to drivers under the age of twenty-eight. All teams contested six nominated European events,^[2] with all of their scores counting towards their final championship position. The drivers competed in identical Citroën DS3 R3Ts with the 2014 homologated MAX Kit, using Michelin tyres.^[3] The winner received a programme of six rallies in Europe in a Citroën DS3 R5, competing in the 2017 WRC2 Championship.^[3]

Calendar

The final 2016 Junior WRC calendar consisted of six European events (one less than 2015), taken from the 2016 World Rally Championship.^[2]

Round	Dates		Rally name	Rally headquarters	Surface	Stages	Distance
	Start	Finish
1	20 May	22 May	Rally de Portugal	Matosinhos, Porto	Gravel	19	368 km
2	1 July	3 July	Rally Poland	Mikołajki, Warmia-Masuria	Gravel	21	306.10 km
3	29 July	31 July	Rally Finland	Jyväskylä, Keski-Suomi	Gravel	24	333.99 km
4	19 August	21 August	Rallye Deutschland	Trier, Rhineland-Palatinate	Tarmac	18	306.80 km
5	30 September	2 October	Tour de Corse	Ajaccio, Corse-du-Sud	Tarmac	10	390.92 km
6	28 October	30 October	Wales Rally GB	Deeside, Flintshire	Gravel	22	336.00 km

Calendar changes

• The total number of events will be six, one less than in 2015.^[2]
• Monte Carlo Rally and Rally de Catalunya were dropped in favor of Rallye Deutschland.^[2]

Drivers

The following drivers competed in the championship.

Nat.	Drivers	Nat.	Co-drivers	Rounds
	Mohamed Al-Mutawaa[4]		Stephen McAuley[4]	1–4
			Stuart Loudon[5]	5–6
	Andrea Crugnola[4]		Michele Ferrara[4]	1–4
	Vincent Dubert[4]		Alexandre Coria[4]	All
	Terry Folb[4]		Franck Le Floch[4]	All
	Frédéric Hauswald[4]		Maxime Vilmot[4]	1
	Hans Thilo Himmel[4]		Nicolaas Swartz[4]	1–2
	Martin Koči[4]		Lukáš Kostka[4]	All
	Romain Martel[4]		Vanessa Lemoine[4]	1–5
	Juuso Nordgren[6]		Mikael Korhonen[6]	3
	Laurent Pellier[5]		Benoit Neyret-Gigot[5]	5
	Łukasz Pieniąźek[4]		Przemisław Mazur[4]	1–3
	Yohan Rossel[5]		Benoît Fulcrand[5]	5–6
	Simone Tempestini[4]		Giovanni Bernacchini[4]	All
	Ole Christian Veiby[4]		Stig Rune Skjærmoen[4]	1–5
	William Wagner[5]		Antoine Paque[5]	5–6

Results and standings

Season summary

Round	Event name	Winning driver	Winning co-driver	Winning time	Report
1	Rally de Portugal	Simone Tempestini	Giovanni Bernacchini	4:30:15.7	Report
2	Rally Poland	Simone Tempestini	Giovanni Bernacchini	3:04:11.3	Report
3	Rally Finland	Ole Christian Veiby	Stig Rune Skjærmoen	2:55:40.0	Report
4	Rallye Deutschland	Simone Tempestini	Giovanni Bernacchini	3:21:12.4	Report
5	Tour de Corse	Laurent Pellier	Benoit Neyret-Gigot	4:38:19.3	Report
6	Wales Rally GB	Martin Koči	Lukáš Kostka	3:47:47.4	Report

FIA Junior WRC Championship for Drivers

Points are awarded to the top ten classified finishers.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
Points	25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1

Pos. Driver POR POL FIN GER FRA GBR Points 1 Simone Tempestini 1 1 2 1 4 2 123 2 Martin Koči 2 DNS 7 2 3 1 82 3 Vincent Dubert 4 5 4 5 6 4 64 4 Ole Christian Veiby 5 3 1 5 7 62 5 Terry Folb 3 2 Ret 3 5 58 6 Romain Martel 7 4 5 4 Ret 40 7 Yohan Rossel 2 3 33 8 Mohamed Al-Mutawaa 8 7 6 6 Ret 26 9 Laurent Pellier 1 25 10 Juuso Nordgren 3 15 11 Łukasz Pieniążek 10 6 9 12 Frédéric Hauswald 6 8 13 Andrea Crugnola 9 Ret Ret WD 2 Pos. Driver POR POL FIN GER FRA GBR Points

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Black Excluded (EX) Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Cancelled (C) Blank Withdrew entry from the event (WD)

FIA Junior WRC Championship for Co-Drivers

Pos. Co-driver POR POL FIN GER FRA GBR Points 1 Giovanni Bernacchini 1 1 2 1 4 2 123 2 Lukáš Kostka 2 DNS 7 2 3 1 82 3 Alexandre Coria 4 5 4 5 6 4 64 4 Stig Rune Skjærmoen 5 3 1 5 7 62 5 Franck Le Floch 3 2 Ret 3 5 58 6 Vanessa Lemoine 7 4 5 4 Ret 40 7 Benoît Fulcrand 2 3 33 8 Stephen McAuley 8 7 6 6 26 9 Benoit Neyret-Gigot 1 25 10 Mikael Korhonen 3 15 11 Przemisław Mazur 10 6 9 12 Maxime Vilmot 6 8 13 Michele Ferrara 9 Ret Ret WD 2 Pos. Co-driver POR POL FIN GER FRA GBR Points

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Black Excluded (EX) Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Cancelled (C) Blank Withdrew entry from the event (WD)

FIA Junior WRC Championship for Nations

Pos. Country POR POL FIN GER FRA GBR Points 1  Italy 1 1 2 1 3 2 126 2  France 3 2 4 3 1 3 100 3  Slovakia 2 DNS 6 2 2 1 87 4  Norway 4 3 1 5 4 74 5  United Arab Emirates 5 5 5 4 Ret 42 6  Poland 6 4 20 7  Finland 3 15 Pos. Country POR POL FIN GER FRA GBR Points

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Black Excluded (EX) Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Cancelled (C) Blank Withdrew entry from the event (WD)