# 2018 Junior WRC Championship

The 2018 FIA Junior WRC Championship was the sixth season of Junior WRC, a rallying championship governed by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile, running in support of the World Rally Championship.
The 2018 championship was open to drivers under the age of 30—although no such restriction existed for co-drivers—and they were competing in identical one-litre Ford Fiesta R2s built and maintained by M-Sport. Crews who contested the Junior WRC were also eligible to score points in the 2018 WRC3 Championship. The championship was competed over five selected WRC rounds with the winning crew awarded a new Ford Fiesta R5 car, tyre package, free fuel and a registration to compete in the 2019 WRC2 Championship.

## Calendar

The final 2018 Junior WRC calendar consisted of five events, taken from the 2018 World Rally Championship.
| Round | Dates | Dates | Rally name | Rally headquarters | Rally details | Rally details | Rally details |
| Round | Start | Finish | Rally name | Rally headquarters | Surface | Stages | Distance |
| 1 | 15 February | 18 February | Rally Sweden | Torsby, Värmland | Snow | 19 | 314.25 km |
| 2 | 5 April | 8 April | Tour de Corse | Bastia, Haute-Corse | Tarmac | 12 | 333.48 km |
| 3 | 17 May | 20 May | Rally de Portugal | Matosinhos, Porto | Gravel | 20 | 358.19 km |
| 4 | 26 July | 29 July | Rally Finland | Jyväskylä, Keski-Suomi | Gravel | 23 | 317.26 km |
| 5 | 13 September | 16 September | Rally Turkey | Marmaris, Muğla | Gravel | 17 | 312.44 km |
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### Calendar changes

The championship started in Sweden for the first time since 2006. The Rally of Poland was removed from the calendar after the event was taken off the World Championship schedule, while the Rallies of Deutschland and Rally Catalunya were also removed from the schedule and replaced by the Rally of Turkey. The changes were made to create a more compact championship with an earlier end date whilst giving drivers experience on a wider range of surface types.

## Entries

The following crews competed in the championship.
| Drivers | Co-drivers | Rounds |
| Umberto Accornero | Maurizio Barone | 2–4 |
| Raul Badiu | Gabriel Lazăr | 5 |
| Bugra Banaz | Burak Erdener | 2–5 |
| Emil Bergkvist | Ola Fløene | 1–2 |
| Emil Bergkvist | Joakim Sjöberg | 3–4 |
| Emil Bergkvist | Patrik Barth | 5 |
| Luca Bottarelli | Manuel Fenoli | 1–5 |
| Théo Chalal | Jacques-Julien Renucci | 1 |
| Callum Devine | Keith Moriarty | 1–2 |
| Callum Devine | Brian Hoy | 3–5 |
| Emilio Fernández | Joaquin Riquelme | 1–5 |
| Terry Folb | Christopher Guieu | 1–2 |
| Terry Folb | Kevin Bronner | 3–4 |
| Jean-Baptiste Franceschi | Romain Courbon | 1–5 |
| Henri Hokkala | Kimmo Pahkala | 4 |
| David Holder | Jason Farmer | 1–5 |
| Enrico Oldrati | Danilo Fappani | 1–4 |
| Enrico Oldrati | Elia De Guio | 5 |
| Dennis Rådström | Johan Johansson | 1–5 |
| Julius Tannert | Jürgen Heigl | 1–5 |
| Ken Torn | Kuldar Sikk | 1, 3–5 |
| Ken Torn | Ken Järveoja | 2 |
| Tom Williams | Phil Hall | 1–5 |
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## Rule changes

The final round of the championship was worth double points to encourage crews to contest all five events of the championship. Pirelli tyres replaced the DMACK tyres.

## Results and standings
### Season summary

| Round | Event | Winning driver | Winning co-driver | Winning time | Report |
| 1 | Rally Sweden | Dennis Rådström | Johan Johansson | 3:16:26.0 | Report |
| 2 | Tour de Corse | Jean-Baptiste Franceschi | Romain Courbon | 3:56:28.7 | Report |
| 3 | Rally de Portugal | Dennis Rådström | Johan Johansson | 4:26:51.2 | Report |
| 4 | Rally Finland | Ken Torn | Kuldar Sikk | 3:03:07.2 | Report |
| 5 | Rally Turkey | Emil Bergkvist | Patrik Barth | 4:40:03.2 | Report |

### Scoring system

Points are awarded to the top ten classified finishers. An additional point is given for every stage win. The best 4 classification results count towards the drivers’ and co-drivers’ totals, but stage points from all 5 rounds can be retained.
| 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

| Pos. | Driver | SWE | FRA | POR | FIN | TUR | Drops | Points |
| 1 | Emil Bergkvist | 2$^{+5}$ | 3 | 5$^{+10}$ | 2$^{+12}$ | 1 | 10 | 128 |
| 2 | Dennis Rådström | 1$^{+9}$ | 4 | 1$^{+3}$ | Ret | 2 | 0 | 110 |
| 3 | Jean-Baptiste Franceschi | 4 | 1$^{+8}$ | 9 | 3 | Ret$^{+7}$ | 0 | 69 |
| 4 | Callum Devine | 6 | 5 | Ret | 5 | 4$^{+2}$ | 0 | 54 |
| 5 | Ken Torn | 12$^{+4}$ | 6 | Ret$^{+3}$ | 1$^{+9}$ | Ret$^{+3}$ | 0 | 52 |
| 6 | Bugra Banaz | | 8 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 42 |
| 7 | Emilio Fernández | 7$^{+1}$ | 10 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 38 |
| 8 | Julius Tannert | 3 | 9 | 10$^{+1}$ | 4 | Ret$^{+2}$ | 0 | 33 |
| 9 | David Holder | 9 | 14 | 3 | 9 | 7$^{+2}$ | 0 | 33 |
| 10 | Tom Williams | 10 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 31 |
| 11 | Terry Folb | 5 | 2$^{+2}$ | | | | 0 | 30 |
| 12 | Enrico Oldrati | Ret | | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 30 |
| 13 | Luca Bottarelli | 8 | 7$^{+1}$ | 6$^{+1}$ | | | 0 | 20 |
| 14 | Umberto Accornero | | | 8 | 10 | | 0 | 5 |
| 15 | Henri Hokkala | | | | Ret$^{+2}$ | | 0 | 2 |
| 16 | Theo Chalal | 11 | | | | | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Raul Badiu | | | | | Ret | 0 | 0 |
| Pos. | Driver | SWE | FRA | POR | FIN | TUR | Drops | Points |
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Key :
| Colour | Result |
| Gold | Winner |
| Silver | 2nd place |
| Bronze | 3rd place |
| Green | Points finish |
| Blue | Non-points finish |
| Blue | Non-classified finish (NC) |
| Purple | Did not finish (Ret) |
| Black | Excluded (EX) |
| Black | Disqualified (DSQ) |
| White | Did not start (DNS) |
| White | Cancelled (C) |
| Blank | Withdrew entry from the event (WD) |

### FIA Junior WRC Championship for Co-Drivers

| Pos. | Co-driver | SWE | FRA | POR | FIN | TUR | Drops | Points |
| 1 | Johan Johansson | 1$^{+9}$ | 4 | 1$^{+3}$ | Ret | 2 | 0 | 110 |
| 2 | Romain Courbon | 4 | 1$^{+8}$ | 9 | 3 | Ret$^{+7}$ | 0 | 69 |
| 3 | Joakim Sjöberg | | | 5$^{+10}$ | 2$^{+12}$ | | 0 | 50 |
| 4 | Kuldar Sikk | 12$^{+4}$ | | Ret$^{+3}$ | 1$^{+9}$ | Ret$^{+3}$ | 0 | 44 |
| 5 | Burak Erdener | | 8 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 42 |
| 6 | Ola Fløene | 2$^{+5}$ | 3 | | | | 0 | 38 |
| 7 | Joaquin Riquelme | 7$^{+1}$ | 10 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 38 |
| 8 | Jürgen Heigl | 3 | 9 | 10$^{+1}$ | 4 | Ret$^{+2}$ | 0 | 33 |
| 9 | Jason Farmer | 9 | 14 | 3 | 9 | 7$^{+2}$ | 0 | 33 |
| 10 | Phil Hall | 10 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 31 |
| 11 | Christopher Guieu | 5 | 2$^{+2}$ | | | | 0 | 30 |
| 12 | Patrick Barth | | | | | 1 | 0 | 25 |
| 13 | Brian Hoy | | | Ret | 5 | 4 | 0 | 22 |
| 14 | Danilo Fappani | Ret | 12 | 2 | 8 | | 0 | 22 |
| 15 | Manuel Fenoli | 8 | 7$^{+1}$ | 6$^{+1}$ | 11 | WD | 0 | 20 |
| 16 | Keith Moriarty | 6 | 5 | | | | 0 | 18 |
| 17 | Ken Järveoja | | 6 | | | | 0 | 8 |
| 18 | Maurizio Barone | | 13 | 8 | 10 | | 0 | 5 |
| 19 | Elia De Guio | | | | | 8 | 0 | 4 |
| 20 | Kimmo Pahkala | | | | Ret$^{+2}$ | | 0 | 2 |
| 21 | Jacques-Julien Renucci | 11 | | | | | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Gabriel Lazăr | | | | | Ret | 0 | 0 |
| Pos. | Co-driver | SWE | FRA | POR | FIN | TUR | Drops | Points |
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Key :
| Colour | Result |
| Gold | Winner |
| Silver | 2nd place |
| Bronze | 3rd place |
| Green | Points finish |
| Blue | Non-points finish |
| Blue | Non-classified finish (NC) |
| Purple | Did not finish (Ret) |
| Black | Excluded (EX) |
| Black | Disqualified (DSQ) |
| White | Did not start (DNS) |
| White | Cancelled (C) |
| Blank | Withdrew entry from the event (WD) |

### FIA Junior WRC Championship for Nations

| Pos. | Country | SWE | FRA | POR | FIN | TUR | Points |
| 1 | Sweden | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 111 |
| 2 | France | 3 | 1 | 6 | 3 | | 63 |
| 3 | Ireland | 4 | 3 | | 5 | 3 | 52 |
| 4 | Italy | 6 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 46 |
| 5 | Germany | 2 | 7 | 7 | 4 | | 42 |
| 6 | Estonia | 9 | 4 | | 1 | | 39 |
| 7 | Turkey | | 6 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 38 |
| 8 | Chile | 5 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 37 |
| 9 | United Kingdom | 8 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 34 |
| 10 | New Zealand | 7 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 32 |
| 11 | Romania | | | | | 8 | 0 |
| 12 | Latvia | DNS | | | | | 0 |
| 13 | Finland | | | | 11 | | 0 |
| Pos. | Co-driver | SWE | FRA | POR | FIN | TUR | Points |
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