2017 Junior WRC Championship

The 2017 Junior World Rally Championship will be the sixteenth season of the Junior World Rally Championship, an auto racing championship recognised by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile, running in support of the World Rally Championship.

The Junior World Rally Championship is open to drivers born after 1 January 1988—although no such restriction exists for co-drivers—and they will compete in identical one-litre Ford Fiesta R2s built and maintained by M-Sport, with DMACK tyres. Crews who contest the Junior World Rally Championship will also be eligible to score points in the World Rally Championship-3. The championship will be competed over six European WRC rounds.^[1]

Calendar

The final 2017 Junior World Rally Championship calendar will consist of six European events, taken from the 2017 World Rally Championship.^[2]

Round	Dates		Rally name	Rally headquarters	Rally details
Round	Start	Finish	Rally name	Rally headquarters	Surface	Stages	Distance
1	7 April	9 April	60ème Tour de Corse – Rallye de France	Bastia, Haute-Corse	Tarmac	10	316.76 km
2	9 June	11 June	14º Rally d'Italia Sardegna	Alghero, Sardinia	Gravel
3	30 June	2 July	74th Rally Poland	Mikołajki, Warmia-Masuria	Gravel
4	28 July	30 July	67th Rally Finland	Jyväskylä, Keski-Suomi	Gravel
5	18 August	20 August	35. ADAC Rallye Deutschland	Trier, Rhineland-Palatinate	Tarmac
6	6 October	8 October	53º Rally RACC Catalunya – Costa Daurada	Salou, Tarragona	Mixed
Source:^[2]^[1]

Entries

The following crews competed in the championship.

Drivers	Co-drivers	Rounds
Sebastian Careaga	Claudio Bustos	1
Sebastian Careaga	Rodrigo Sanjuan	2–3
Nicolas Ciamin	Thibault de la Haye	1–5
Robert Duggan	Gerard Conway	1
Robert Duggan	Tom Woodburn	2
Terry Folb	Christopher Guieu	1–5
Emil Lindholm	Tomi Tuominen	3–4
Miko-Ove Niinemaë	Martin Valter	1–2
Dennis Rådström	Johan Johansson	1–4
Nil Solans	Miquel Ibáñez	1–5
Julius Tannert	Jürgen Heigl	1–5
William Wagner	Kévin Parent	1
Dillon van Way	Dai Roberts	1–4
Source:^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]

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 World Rally 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 World Rally Championship-2 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. ^[8]

Results and standings

Season Summary

Round	Event name	Winning driver	Winning co-driver	Winning time	Report
1	60ème Tour de Corse – Rallye de France	Nil Solans	Miquel Ibáñez	3:53:44.4	Report
2	14º Rally d'Italia Sardegna	Nil Solans	Miquel Ibáñez	4:00:07.8	Report
3	74th Rally Poland	Nil Solans	Miquel Ibáñez	3:17:47.0	Report
4	67th Rally Finland	Nicolas Ciamin	Thibault de la Haye	2:57:23.4	Report
5	35. ADAC Rallye Deutschland	Julius Tannert	Jürgen Heigl	3:30:54.4	Report
6	53º Rally RACC Catalunya – Costa Daurada				Report

FIA Junior World Rally 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	FRA	ITA	POL	FIN	GER	SPA	Points
1	Nil Solans	1	1	1	2			93
2	Nicolas Ciamin	2	2	3	1			76
3	Dennis Rådström	5	5	2	3			53
4	Julius Tannert	4	3	5	4			49
5	Terry Folb	3	4	4	Ret			39
6	Dillon Van Way	8	7	6	5			28
7	Robert Duggan	6	6	WD				16
8	Sebastian Careaga	7	8	7	WD			16
9	Emil Lindholm			8	Ret			4
10	Miko-Ove Niinemäe	9	Ret	WD				2
Pos.	Driver	FRA	ITA	POL	FIN	GER	SPA	Points

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 World Rally Championship for Co-Drivers

Pos.	Co-driver	FRA	ITA	POL	FIN	GER	SPA	Points
1	Miquel Ibáñez	1	1	1	2			93
2	Thibault de la Haye	2	2	3	1			76
3	Johan Johansson	5	5	2	3			53
4	Jürgen Heigl	4	3	5	4			49
5	Christopher Guieu	3	4	4	Ret			39
6	Dai Roberts	8	7	6	5			28
7	Rodrigo Sanjuan		8	7	WD			10
8	Gerard Conway	6						8
9	Tom Woodburn		6	WD				8
10	Claudio Bustos	7						6
11	Tomi Tuominen			8	Ret			4
12	Martin Valter	9	Ret	WD				2
Pos.	Co-driver	FRA	ITA	POL	FIN	GER	SPA	Points

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)

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "M-Sport and D-Mack Power 2017 Junior WRC". WRC.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. Retrieved 6 January 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. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
^ "Rally Italia Entry List" (PDF). rallylink.it. Rallylink. 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.
^ "Rallye Deutschalnd Entry List" (PDF). adac-rallye-deutschland.de. adac-rallye-deutschland.de. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
^ "Junior WRC in Corsica: Solans claims opener". WRC.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. Retrieved 13 April 2017.

External links

Official website of the World Rally Championship

[M-Sport_runs_2017_JWRC-1] "M-Sport and D-Mack Power 2017 Junior WRC". WRC.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. Retrieved 6 January 2017.

[2017_dates-2] "2017 WRC dates confirmed". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 28 September 2016. Retrieved 29 September 2016.

[Tour_de_Corse_Entry_List-3] "Tour de Corse Entry List" (PDF). tourdecorse.com. tourdecorse.com. Retrieved 17 March 2017.

[Rally_Italia_Entry_List-4] "Rally Italia Entry List" (PDF). rallylink.it. Rallylink. Retrieved 19 May 2017.

[Rally_Poland_Entry_List-5] "Rally Poland Entry List" (PDF). rajdpolski.pl. rajdpolski.pl. Retrieved 5 June 2017.

[Rally_Finland_Entry_List-6] "Rally Finland Entry List" (PDF). nesterallyfinland.fi. nesterallyfinland.fi. Retrieved 30 June 2017.

[Rallye_Deutschland_Entry_List-7] "Rallye Deutschalnd Entry List" (PDF). adac-rallye-deutschland.de. adac-rallye-deutschland.de. Retrieved 31 July 2017.

[Junior_in_Cosica-8] "Junior WRC in Corsica: Solans claims opener". WRC.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. Retrieved 13 April 2017.

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