2017 FIA Junior WRC Championship
Parent series:FIA World Rally Championship
Support series:
FIA WRC2 Championship
FIA WRC3 Championship
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The 2017 FIA Junior WRC Championship was the fifth season of Junior WRC, a rallying championship governed by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile, running in support of the World Rally Championship.
The championship was open to drivers born after 1 January 1988, although no such restriction existed for co-drivers. They competed in identical one-litre Ford Fiesta R2s built and maintained by M-Sport, with DMACK tyres. Crews were also eligible to score points in WRC3. The championship was competed over six European WRC rounds.[1] Nil Solans was crowned champion at the end of the season.[2]
Calendar
The final 2017 Junior WRC Championship calendar consisted of six European events, taken from the 2017 World Rally Championship.[3]
Entries
The following crews competed in the championship.
Drivers | Co-drivers | Rounds |
Sebastian Careaga | Claudio Bustos | 1 |
Rodrigo Sanjuan | 2–3 |
Nicolas Ciamin | Thibault de la Haye | 1–6 |
Robert Duggan | Gerard Conway | 1 |
Tom Woodburn | 2 |
Terry Folb | Christopher Guieu | 1–6 |
Emil Lindholm | Tomi Tuominen | 3–4 |
Miko-Ove Niinemaë | Martin Valter | 1–2 |
Dennis Rådström | Johan Johansson | 1–4, 6 |
Nil Solans | Miquel Ibáñez | 1–6 |
Julius Tannert | Jürgen Heigl | 1–6 |
William Wagner | Kévin Parent | 1 |
Dillon van Way | Dai Roberts | 1–4 |
Source:[4][5][6][7][8][9] |
Regulation changes
The series will change from using Citroën DS3 R3Ts with Michelin tyres, to use Ford Fiesta R2 prepared by M-Sport with DMACK tyres.[1]
The championship will also adopt the prize format of the Drive DMACK Fiesta Trophy in which the season will be divided into "stages" and a prize awarded to the top-placed driver in each stage (contrary to the previous Junior WRC Championship, in which there was only one prize). The driver with most points after the first two rallies will be awarded two drives in the 2018 WRC2 in a Ford Fiesta R5. The driver with most points scored in the second pair of rallies will win an equal prize, as will the top-placed driver in the third pair of rallies. Additionally, an extra prize drive will be awarded to the overall winner of the category.[1]
Season report
The season started with the Tour de Corse where Nil Solans won the event from start to finish. After building a lead of more than 40 seconds in the first Leg, he managed he was chased by local Terry Folb, until a driveshaft problem made him lost his second place to fellow Frenchman Nicolas Ciamin.[10]
Results and standings
Season summary
Scoring system
Points are awarded to the top ten classified finishers. An additional point is given for every stage win. The best 5 classification results count towards the drivers’ and co-drivers’ totals, but stage points from all 6 rounds can be retained. [11]
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th |
Points | 25 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
FIA Junior WRC Championship for Drivers
| 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
| 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
References
- ^ a b c d "M-Sport and D-Mack Power 2017 Junior WRC". WRC.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
- ^ "Solans Secures Title". WRC.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
- ^ a b "2017 WRC dates confirmed". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 28 September 2016. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
- ^ "Tour de Corse Entry List" (PDF). tourdecorse.com. tourdecorse.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-03-18. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
- ^ "Rally Italia Entry List" (PDF). rallylink.it. Rallylink. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 July 2017. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
- ^ "Rally Poland Entry List" (PDF). rajdpolski.pl. rajdpolski.pl. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
- ^ "Rally Finland Entry List" (PDF). nesterallyfinland.fi. nesterallyfinland.fi. Retrieved 30 June 2017.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Rallye Deutschalnd Entry List" (PDF). adac-rallye-deutschland.de. adac-rallye-deutschland.de. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 July 2017. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
- ^ "Rally Spain Entry List" (PDF). rallyracc.com. 19 September 2017. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
- ^ "Junior WRC in Corsica: Solans claims opener". WRC.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
- ^ a b c d "Standings". Federation Internationale de l'Automobile. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
External links
- Official website of the World Rally Championship
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