# 2020 Junior WRC Championship

The 2020 FIA Junior WRC Championship was the eighth 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 under the age of thirty—although no such restriction existed for co-drivers—competing in identical one-litre Ford Fiesta R2s built and maintained by M-Sport. The championship was contested over four selected WRC rounds with the winning crew awarded a new Ford Fiesta R5 car, 200 tyres, free registration into the 2021 WRC3 Championship and five free rally entries. The championship offered an additional prize of €15,000 to the highest-placed rookie driver to fund a drive in the 2021 Junior WRC Championship.
Tom Kristensson and Joakim Sjöberg won the driver and co-driver championships, while Sweden sealed back-to-back Nations' Trophies.

## Calendar

The 2020 Junior WRC Championship calendar consisted of four events taken from the 2020 World Rally Championship.
| Round | Start date | Finish date | Rally | Rally headquarters | Surface | Stages | Distance |
| 1 | 13 February | 16 February | Rally Sweden | Torsby, Värmland | Snow | 11 | 171.64 km |
| 2 | 4 September | 6 September | Rally Estonia | Tartu, Tartu County | Gravel | 17 | 232.64 km |
| 3 | 8 October | 11 October | Rally Italia Sardegna | Alghero, Sardinia | Gravel | 20 | 308.57 km |
| 4 | 3 December | 6 December | ACI Rally Monza | Monza, Brianza | Tarmac | 16 | 241.37 km |
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### Calendar changes

The 2020 calendar was revised from the 2019 schedule. The Tour de Corse and Wales Rally GB were removed from the calendar, while events in Chile and Germany were added in their place. However, Rally Chile was later cancelled in the face of ongoing political unrest in the country, and Wales Rally GB was added back onto the calendar. Rally Italia Sardegna was postponed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. A new calendar was revised after the championship was interrupted by six months. Ypres Rally was set to be the season's finale, but were unable to do so as the rally was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The finale moved to Monza instead.

## Entries

The following crews entered into the championship:
| Entrant | Drivers | Co-drivers | Rounds |
| Fabio Andolfi | Fabio Andolfi | Savoia Stefano | All |
| Jon Armstrong | Jon Armstrong | Noel O'Sullivan | 1 |
| Raul Baidu | Raul Badiu | Gabriel Lazar | 1–2 |
| Ruairi Bell | Ruairi Bell | Darren Garrod | 1, 3-4 |
| Ruairi Bell | Ruairi Bell | Matthew Edwards | 2 |
| Tommaso Ciuffi | Tommaso Ciuffi | Nicolo Gonella | 1 |
| Lauri Joona | Lauri Joona | Ari Koponen | 1 |
| Tom Kristensson Motorsport | Tom Kristensson | Joakim Sjöberg | All |
| Pontus Lönnström | Pontus Lönnström | Stefan Gustavsson | 1–2 |
| Catie Munnings | Catie Munnings | Ida Lidebjer-Granberg | 1 |
| Enrico Oldrati | Enrico Oldrati | Elia de Guio | 1–3 |
| Team Flying Finn | Sami Pajari | Marko Salminen | All |
| Marco Pollara | Marco Pollara | Maurizio Messina | 1–3 |
| LMT Autosporta Akademija | Mārtiņš Sesks | Renars Francis | All |
| PS 110% AB | Oscar Solberg | Jim Hjerpe | 1 |
| Estonian Autosport Junior Team | Ken Torn | Kauri Pannas | 1–2 |
| Robert Virves | Robert Virves | Sander Pruul | 2 |
| Fabrizio Zaldivar | Fabrizio Zaldívar | Fernando Mussano | 1–3 |
| Fabrizio Zaldivar | Fabrizio Zaldívar | Rogelio Peñate | 4 |
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## Results and standings
### Season summary

| Round | Event | Winning driver | Winning co-driver | Winning time | Report |
| 1 | Rally Sweden | Tom Kristensson | Joakim Sjöberg | 1:22:51.3 | Report |
| 2 | Rally Estonia | Mārtiņš Sesks | Renars Francis | 2:21:20.5 | Report |
| 3 | Rally Italia Sardegna | Tom Kristensson | Joakim Sjöberg | 3:07:49.1 | Report |
| 4 | ACI Rally Monza | Tom Kristensson | Joakim Sjöberg | 2:35:21.4 | Report |

### Scoring system

Points are awarded to the top ten classified finishers. An additional point is given for every stage win. 1.5-time bonus points were awarded for both drivers' and co-drivers' championships at the season's finale.
| 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

(Results key)
| Pos. | Driver | SWE | EST | ITA | MNZ | Points |
| 1 | Tom Kristensson | 1$^3$ | Ret$^1$ | 1$^4$ | 1$^7$ | 100.5 |
| 2 | Mārtiņš Sesks | 2$^1$ | 1$^3$ | 3$^5$ | Ret$^1$ | 69 |
| 3 | Sami Pajari | 4$^1$ | 2$^8$ | 5$^6$ | 4$^4$ | 66 |
| 4 | Fabrizio Zaldívar | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 53 |
| 5 | Ruairi Bell | 7 | 4 | Ret | 3$^2$ | 42.5 |
| 6 | Marco Pollara | 10 | 5 | 6 | | 19 |
| 7 | Ken Torn | 3 | Ret$^3$ | | | 18 |
| 8 | Enrico Oldrati | 11 | 7 | 4 | | 18 |
| 9 | Robert Virves | | 3$^2$ | | | 17 |
| 10 | Raul Badiu | 5$^2$ | 8 | | | 16 |
| 11 | Pontus Lönnström | 8$^2$ | Ret | | | 6 |
| 12 | Lauri Joona | 9 | | | | 2 |
| – | Tommaso Ciuffi | 12 | | | | – |
| – | Oscar Solberg | 13 | | | | – |
| – | Catie Munnings | 14 | | | | – |
| – | Fabio Andolfi | Ret | Ret | DNS | Ret | – |
| – | Jon Armstrong | Ret | | | | – |
| Pos. | Driver | SWE | EST | ITA | MNZ | Points |
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### FIA Junior WRC Championship for Co-Drivers

(Results key)
| Pos. | Co-Driver | SWE | EST | ITA | MNZ | Points |
| 1 | Joakim Sjöberg | 1$^3$ | Ret$^1$ | 1$^4$ | 1$^7$ | 100.5 |
| 2 | Renars Francis | 2$^1$ | 1$^3$ | 3$^5$ | Ret$^1$ | 69 |
| 3 | Marko Salminen | 4$^1$ | 2$^8$ | 5$^6$ | 4$^4$ | 66 |
| 4 | Fernando Mussano | 6 | 6 | 2 | | 34 |
| 5 | Darren Garrod | 7 | | Ret | 3$^2$ | 30.5 |
| 6 | Maurizio Messina | 10 | 5 | 6 | | 19 |
| 7 | Rogelio Peñate | | | | 2 | 18 |
| 8 | Kauri Pannas | 3 | Ret$^3$ | | | 18 |
| 9 | Elia de Guio | 11 | 7 | 4 | | 18 |
| 10 | Sander Pruul | | 3$^2$ | | | 17 |
| 11 | Gabriel Lazar | 5$^2$ | 8 | | | 16 |
| 12 | Matthew Edwards | | 4 | | | 12 |
| 13 | Stefan Gustavsson | 8$^2$ | Ret | | | 6 |
| 14 | Ari Koponen | 9 | | | | 2 |
| – | Nicolo Gonella | 12 | | | | – |
| – | Jim Hjerpe | 13 | | | | – |
| – | Ida Lidebjer-Granberg | 14 | | | | – |
| – | Stefano Savoia | Ret | Ret | DNS | Ret | – |
| – | Noel O'Sullivan | Ret | | | | – |
| Pos. | Co-Driver | SWE | EST | ITA | MNZ | Points |
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### FIA Junior WRC Trophy for Nations

(Results key)
| Pos. | Nation | SWE | EST | ITA | MNZ | Points |
| 1 | Sweden | 1 | Ret | 1 | 1 | 75 |
| 2 | Latvia | 2 | 1 | 3 | Ret | 58 |
| 3 | Paraguay | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 52 |
| 4 | Finland | 4 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 52 |
| 5 | United Kingdom | 7 | 4 | Ret | 3 | 33 |
| 6 | Estonia | 3 | 3 | | | 30 |
| 7 | Italy | 8 | 5 | 4 | Ret | 26 |
| 8 | Romania | 5 | 7 | | | 16 |
| 9 | Norway | 9 | | | | 2 |
| Pos. | Nation | SWE | EST | ITA | MNZ | Points |
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