2016 FIA WRC3 Championship
Parent series:FIA World Rally Championship
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The 2016 FIA WRC3 Championship was the fourth season of WRC3, a rallying championship organised and governed by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile, ran in support of the World Rally Championship. It was created when the Group R class of rally car was introduced in 2013. The Championship was composed of fourteen rallies, and drivers and teams had to nominate a maximum of six events. The best five results counted towards the championship.[1]
Quentin Gilbert was the defending champion, as he won the 2015 title.
Calendar
The calendar was announced in November 2015 by the FIA.[2] The season was scheduled to expand with one rally in comparison to the 2015 championship, contested over fourteen rounds in Europe, the Americas, Oceania and Asia,[3][4] but the Chinese round was ultimately cancelled.
Round | Dates | Rally name | Rally headquarters | Surface | Stages | Distance |
1 | 21–24 January | Monte Carlo Rally | Gap, Hautes-Alpes, France | Mixed | 16 | 337.59km |
2 | 12–14 February | Rally Sweden | Karlstad, Värmland | Snow | 121a | 226.48km1b |
3 | 3–6 March | Rally Mexico | León, Guanajuato | Gravel | 21 | 399.67km |
4 | 21–24 April | Rally Argentina | Villa Carlos Paz, Córdoba | Gravel | 18 | 364.68km |
5 | 19–22 May | Rally de Portugal | Matosinhos, Porto | Gravel | 19 | 368.00km |
6 | 9–12 June | Rally Italia Sardegna | Alghero, Sardinia | Gravel | 19 | 324.60km |
7 | 30 June–3 July | Rally Poland | Mikołajki, Warmia-Masuria | Gravel | 21 | 306.10km |
8 | 28–31 July | Rally Finland | Jyväskylä, Keski-Suomi | Gravel | 24 | 333.99km |
9 | 19–21 August | Rallye Deutschland | Trier, Rhineland-Palatinate | Tarmac | 18 | 306.80km |
10 | 9–11 September | Rally China | Beijing, Hebei | Tarmac | Cancelled2 |
11 | 30 September–2 October | Tour de Corse | Bastia, Haute-Corse | Tarmac | 10 | 390.92km |
12 | 13–16 October | Rally Catalunya | Salou, Tarragona | Mixed | 21 | 321.08km |
13 | 28–30 October | Wales Rally GB | Deeside, Flintshire | Gravel | 22 | 336.00km |
14 | 18–20 November | Rally Australia | Coffs Harbour, New South Wales | Gravel | 23 | 283.36km3 |
- Notes
- ^1 – Rally Sweden was shortened due to warm weather conditions turning frozen roads into soft, muddy gravel and making the studded tyres unsafe to use.[5]
- ^2 – Rally China was cancelled due to weather damage caused by torrential storms and flooding in July.[6]
- ^3 – The route of Rally Australia was shortened following concerns over dust reducing visibility in forest stages.
Calendar changes
- Rally Australia was moved from its September date to November to become the final round of the championship.[4]
- The calendar was to be expanded to fourteen rounds in 2016,[7] with the inclusion of the Rally of China, seventeen years after its only appearance as a round of the WRC.[8][9]
- The Tour de Corse relocated its headquarters from Corte to Bastia, which features a brand-new route.[10]
Teams and drivers
Entrant | Car | Class | Tyre | Drivers | Co-Drivers | Rounds |
Printsport[11] | Citroën DS3 R3T | R3 | M | Ole Christian Veiby[11] | Jonas Andersson[11] | 1 |
Stig Rune Skjærmoen[12] | 5, 7–10 |
Juuso Nordgren[13] | Mikael Korhonen[13] | 8 |
ACI Team Italia[11] | Peugeot 208 R2 | R2 | P | Fabio Andolfi[11] | Manuel Fenoli[11] | 1, 5–6, 8–9, 11 |
Damiano De Tommaso[11] | Massimiliano Bosi[11] | 1 |
Paolo Rocca[12] | 5–6, 8–9, 11 |
Peugeot Rally Academy[11] | Peugeot 208 R2 | R2 | M | Jordan Berfa[11] | Damien Augustin[11] | 1, 9–10 |
Styllex Slovak National Team[12] | Citroën DS3 R3T | R3 | M | Martin Koči[11] | Lukáš Kostka[11] | 1, 5, 7–10, 12 |
Saintéloc Junior Team[11] | Citroën DS3 R3T | R3 | M | Michel Fabre[11] | Maxime Vilmot[11] | 1–4, 11–13 |
Yohan Rossel[14] | Benoît Fulcrand[14] | 12 |
Équipe de France FFSA[14] | Citroën DS3 R3T | R3 | M | 10 |
Laurent Pellier[14] | Benoit Neyret-Gigot[14] | 10 |
LTB Motor[11] | Peugeot 208 R2 | R2 | M | Igor Giusti[11] | Patrick Chiappe[11] | 1 |
Gilbert Dini[12] | 5–6, 10 |
AFC Racing | Citroën DS3 R3T | R3 | M | Vincent Dubert[11] | Sébastien Pujol[11] | 1 |
Alexandre Coria[12] | 5, 7–10, 12 |
Vieffecorse[11] | Peugeot 208 R2 | R2 | D | Enrico Brazzoli[11] | Maurizio Barone[11] | 1, 5–6, 10–11 |
Renault Sport Rally Team[12] | Renault Clio RS R3T | R3 | M | Michaël Burri[12] | Anderson Levratti[12] | 5, 7–12 |
Fernando Costa Motorsport[12] | Renault Clio RS R3T | R3 | D | Carlos Oliveira[12] | José Janela[12] | 5 |
Abu Dhabi Racing Team[12] | Citroën DS3 R3T | R3 | M | Mohamed Al-Mutawaa[12] | Stephen McAuley[12] | 5, 7–9 |
Stuart Loudon[14] | 10, 12 |
Trajectoire Racing[12] | Citroën DS3 R3T | R3 | M | Romain Martel[12] | Vanessa Lemoine[12] | 5, 7–10 |
Frédéric Hauswald[12] | Maxime Vilmot[12] | 5 |
Hans Weijs Motorsport[12] | Citroën DS3 R3T | R3 | M | Hans Thilo Himmel[12] | Nicolaas Swartz[12] | 5, 7 |
Citroën Racing[12] | Citroën DS3 R3T | R3 | M | Łukasz Pieniąźek[12] | Przemek Mazur[12] | 5, 7–8 |
Delta Rally[12] | Citroën DS3 R3T | R3 | M | Andrea Crugnola[12] | Michele Ferrara[12] | 5, 7–8 |
Napoca Rally Academy[12] | Citroën DS3 R3T | R3 | M | Simone Tempestini[12] | Giovanni Bernacchini[12] | 5, 7–10, 12 |
Sébastien Loeb Racing[12] | Citroën DS3 R3T | R3 | M | Terry Folb[12] | Franck Le Floch[12] | 5, 7–10, 12 |
Rally Technology[15] | Peugeot 208 R2 | R2 | M | Tomasz Gryc[15] | Michał Kuśnierz[15] | 7 |
Hontec Motorsport[16] | Renault Clio RS R3T | R3 | M | Kevin van Deijne[16] | Hein Verschuuren[16] | 9, 11 |
PH Sport | Citroën DS3 R3T | R3 | M | William Wagner[14] | Antoine Paque[14] | 10, 12 |
Results and standings
Season Summary
FIA WRC3 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 | MON
| SWE
| MEX
| ARG
| POR
| ITA
| POL
| FIN
| GER
| FRA
| ESP
| GBR
| AUS
| Drops | Points | 1 | Simone Tempestini | | | | | 1 | | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | | 2 | | 0 | 123 | 2 | Michel Fabre | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | 4 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 122 | 3 | Fabio Andolfi | 3 | | | | 4 | 1 | | 9 | 4 | | 1 | | | 0 | 91 | 4 | Martin Koči | 6 | | | | 2 | | DNS | 8 | 2 | 3 | | 1 | | 0 | 88 | 5 | Ole Christian Veiby | 1 | | | | 8 | | 3 | 1 | 12 | 8 | | | | 0 | 73 | 6 | Damiano De Tommaso | 4 | | | | 6 | 2 | | 6 | 6 | | 3 | | | 0 | 69 | 7 | Vincent Dubert | 5 | | | | 5 | | 5 | 4 | 8 | 7 | | 6 | | 0 | 60 | 8 | Terry Folb | | | | | 3 | | 2 | Ret | 3 | 6 | | | | 0 | 56 | 9 | Michaël Burri | | | | | 7 | | 8 | | 7 | 5 | 2 | 4 | | 0 | 56 | 10 | Yohan Rossel | | | | | | | | | | 2 | | 3 | | 0 | 33 | 11 | Romain Martel | | | | | 10 | | 4 | 5 | 5 | Ret | | | | 0 | 33 | 12 | Enrico Brazzoli | 7 | | | | 11 | 4 | | | | 9 | 5 | | | 0 | 30 | 13 | Laurent Pellier | | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | | 0 | 25 | 14 | Jordan Berfa | 2 | | | | | | | | 11 | Ret | | | | 0 | 18 | 15 | Igor Giusti | 9 | | | | 13 | 3 | | | | 10 | | | | 0 | 18 | 16 | Juuso Nordgren | | | | | | | | 3 | | | | | | 0 | 15 | 17 | Mohamed Al-Mutawaa | | | | | 12 | | 9 | 7 | 9 | Ret | | | | 0 | 10 | 18 | Tomasz Gryc | | | | | | | 6 | | | | | | | 0 | 8 | 19 | Łukasz Pieniążek | | | | | 15 | | 7 | | | | | | | 0 | 6 | 20 | Frédéric Hauswald | | | | | 9 | | | | | | | | | 0 | 2 | 21 | Kevin van Deijne | | | | | | | | | 10 | | WD | | | 0 | 1 | Pos. | Driver | MON
| SWE
| MEX
| ARG
| POR
| ITA
| POL
| FIN
| GER
| FRA
| ESP
| GBR
| AUS
| Drops | 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 WRC3 Championship for Co-Drivers
Pos. | Co-driver | MON
| SWE
| MEX
| ARG
| POR
| ITA
| POL
| FIN
| GER
| FRA
| ESP
| GBR
| AUS
| Drops | Points | 1 | Giovanni Bernacchini | | | | | 1 | | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | | 2 | | 0 | 123 | 2 | Maxime Vilmot3 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | 4 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 122 | 3 | Manuel Fenoli | 3 | | | | 4 | 1 | | 9 | 4 | | 1 | | | 0 | 91 | 4 | Lukáš Kostka | 6 | | | | 2 | | DNS | 8 | 2 | 3 | | 1 | | 0 | 88 | 5 | Paolo Rocca | | | | | 6 | 2 | | 6 | 6 | | 3 | | | 0 | 57 | 6 | Franck Le Floch | | | | | 3 | | 2 | Ret | 3 | 6 | | | | 0 | 56 | 7 | Anderson Levratti | | | | | 7 | | 8 | | 7 | 5 | 2 | 4 | | 0 | 56 | 8 | Alexandre Coria | | | | | 5 | | 5 | 4 | 8 | 7 | | 6 | | 0 | 50 | 9 | Stig Rune Skjærmoen | | | | | 8 | | 3 | 1 | 12 | 8 | | | | 0 | 48 | 10 | Benoît Fulcrand | | | | | | | | | | 2 | | 3 | | 0 | 33 | 11 | Vanessa Lemoine | | | | | 10 | | 4 | 5 | 5 | Ret | | | | 0 | 33 | 12 | Maurizio Barone | 7 | | | | 11 | 4 | | | | 9 | 5 | | | 0 | 30 | 13 | Jonas Andersson | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 | 25 | 14 | Benoit Neyret-Gigot | | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | | 0 | 25 | 15 | Damien Augustin | 2 | | | | | | | | 11 | Ret | | | | 0 | 18 | 16 | Gilbert Dini | | | | | 13 | 3 | | | | 10 | | | | 0 | 16 | 17 | Mikael Korhonen | | | | | | | | 3 | | | | | | 0 | 15 | 18 | Massimiliano Bosi | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 | 12 | 19 | Sébastien Poujol | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 | 10 | 20 | Stephen McAuley | | | | | 12 | | 9 | 7 | 9 | | | | | 0 | 10 | 21 | Michał Kuśnierz | | | | | | | 6 | | | | | | | 0 | 8 | 22 | Przemisław Mazur | | | | | 15 | | 7 | | | | | | | 0 | 6 | 23 | Patrick Chiappe | 9 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 | 2 | 24 | Maxime Vilmot4 | | | | | 9 | | | | | | | | | 0 | 2 | 25 | Hein Verschuuren | | | | | | | | | 10 | | WD | | | 0 | 1 | Pos. | Co-driver | MON
| SWE
| MEX
| ARG
| POR
| ITA
| POL
| FIN
| GER
| FRA
| ESP
| GBR
| AUS
| Drops | 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) | |
- Notes
- ^3 – Points earned with Michel Fabre
- ^4 – Points earned with Frédéric Hauswald
FIA WRC3 Championship for Teams
| 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) | |
References
- ^ "2013 FIA World Rally Championship Sporting Regulations" (PDF). fia.com. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 17 December 2012. Retrieved 2 December 2013.
- ^ "2016 FIA World Rally Championship Calendar". fia.com. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 3 November 2015. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
- ^ "WRC 2016 dates confirmed". WRC.com. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
- ^ a b "WRC 2016 dates & surfaces". eWRC-results.com. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
- ^ "Weather forces Sweden route revamp". WRC.com. WRC.com. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
- ^ "Rally China cancelled due to weather damage - wrc.com". www.wrc.com. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
- ^ Lomas, Gordan (14 May 2015). "Rally Australia on preliminary 2016 WRC draft schedule". speedcafe. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
- ^ "China on provisional WRC calendar". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
- ^ "Rally GB secures WRC future". Autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. 5 August 2015. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
- ^ "New look for Corsica encounter". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x "Rallye Montecarlo Entry List". Wewrc-results.com. ewrc-results.com. 30 December 2015. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah "Rally Portugal Entry List" (PDF). rallydeportugal.com. 30 April 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 June 2016. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
- ^ a b "Rally Finland Entry List". ewrc-results.com. 2 July 2016. Retrieved 3 July 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Tour de Corse Entry List" (PDF). rallylink.it. 9 September 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2018. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
- ^ a b c "Rally Poland Entry List" (PDF). rajdpolski.pl. 7 June 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 June 2016. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
- ^ a b c "Rallye Deutschland Entry List" (PDF). adac-rallye-deutschland.de. 16 August 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 August 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
External links
- Official website of the World Rally Championship
- Official website of the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile
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