2017 Junior WRC Championship

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]

Round	Dates		Rally name	Rally headquarters	Rally details
Round	Start	Finish	Rally name	Rally headquarters	Surface	Stages	Distance
1	7 April	9 April	Tour de Corse	Bastia, Haute-Corse	Tarmac	10	316.76 km
2	9 June	11 June	Rally Italia Sardegna	Alghero, Sardinia	Gravel	19	312.66 km
3	30 June	2 July	Rally Poland	Mikołajki, Warmia-Masuria	Gravel	23	318.47 km
4	28 July	30 July	Rally Finland	Jyväskylä, Keski-Suomi	Gravel	25	314.20 km
5	18 August	20 August	Rallye Deutschland	Trier, Rhineland-Palatinate	Tarmac	21	309.17 km
6	6 October	8 October	Rally Catalunya	Salou, Tarragona	Mixed	19	312.02 km
Source:^[3]^[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	1–6
Robert Duggan	Gerard Conway	1
Robert Duggan	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

Round	Event name	Winning driver	Winning co-driver	Winning time	Report
1	Tour de Corse	Nil Solans	Miquel Ibáñez	3:53:44.4	Report
2	Rally Italia Sardegna	Nil Solans	Miquel Ibáñez	4:00:07.8	Report
3	Rally Poland	Nil Solans	Miquel Ibáñez	3:17:47.0	Report
4	Rally Finland	Nicolas Ciamin	Thibault de la Haye	2:57:23.4	Report
5	Rallye Deutschland	Julius Tannert	Jürgen Heigl	3:30:54.4	Report
6	Rally Catalunya	Nil Solans	Miquel Ibáñez	3:29:02.3	Report

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

Pos.	Driver	FRA	ITA	POL	FIN	GER	ESP	Drops	Points
1	Nil Solans	1⁺⁴	1⁺⁸	1⁺⁹	2⁺⁵	2⁺⁴	1⁺¹⁰	18	158
2	Nicolas Ciamin	2⁺²	2⁺⁴	3	1⁺¹¹	3⁺¹⁰	5⁺⁷	10	125
3	Terry Folb	3⁺⁴	4⁺²	4⁺⁵	Ret⁺⁴	4⁺⁷	2⁺¹	0	92
4	Julius Tannert	4	3	5	4⁺¹	1	3	10	80
5	Dennis Rådström	5	5⁺¹	2⁺⁶	3⁺⁴		4⁺¹	0	77
6	Dillon Van Way	8	7	6	5	WD		0	28
7	Robert Duggan	6	6⁺⁴	WD				0	20
8	Sebastian Careaga	7	8	7	WD	WD		0	16
9	Emil Lindholm			8⁺¹	Ret⁺¹			0	6
10	Miko-Ove Niinemäe	9	Ret	WD				0	2
Pos.	Driver	FRA	ITA	POL	FIN	GER	ESP	Drops	Points
Source:^[11]

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	FRA	ITA	POL	FIN	GER	ESP	Drops	Points
1	Miquel Ibáñez	1⁺⁴	1⁺⁸	1⁺⁹	2⁺⁵	2⁺⁴	1⁺¹⁰	18	158
2	Thibault de la Haye	2⁺²	2⁺⁴	3	1⁺¹¹	3⁺¹⁰	5⁺⁷	10	125
3	Christopher Guieu	3⁺⁴	4⁺²	4⁺⁵	Ret⁺⁴	4⁺⁷	2⁺¹	0	92
4	Jürgen Heigl	4	3	5	4⁺¹	1	3	10	80
5	Johan Johansson	5	5⁺¹	2⁺⁶	3⁺⁴		4⁺¹	0	77
6	Dai Roberts	8	7	6	5	WD		0	28
7	Tom Woodburn		6⁺⁴	WD				0	12
8	Rodrigo Sanjuan		8	7	WD	WD		0	10
9	Gerard Conway	6						0	8
10	Claudio Bustos	7						0	6
11	Tomi Tuominen			8⁺¹	Ret⁺¹			0	6
12	Martin Valter	9	Ret	WD				0	2
Pos.	Co-driver	FRA	ITA	POL	FIN	GER	ESP	Drops	Points
Source:^[11]

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	FRA	ITA	POL	FIN	GER	ESP	Points
1	Spain							136
2	France							109
3	Germany							94
4	Sweden							69
5	United States							34
6	Bolivia							22
7	Ireland							20
8	Finland							6
9	Estonia							4
Pos.	Co-driver	FRA	ITA	POL	FIN	GER	ESP	Points
Source:^[11]

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

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

[Junior_WRC_in_Spain:_Solans_Secures_Title-2] "Solans Secures Title". WRC.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. Retrieved 8 October 2017.

[2017_dates-3] "2017 WRC dates confirmed". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 28 September 2016. Retrieved 29 September 2016.

[Tour_de_Corse_Entry_List-4] "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-5] "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-6] "Rally Poland Entry List" (PDF). rajdpolski.pl. rajdpolski.pl. Retrieved 5 June 2017.

[Rally_Finland_Entry_List-7] "Rally Finland Entry List" (PDF). nesterallyfinland.fi. nesterallyfinland.fi. Retrieved 30 June 2017.^{[permanent dead link]}

[Rallye_Deutschland_Entry_List-8] "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-9] "Rally Spain Entry List" (PDF). rallyracc.com. 19 September 2017. Retrieved 19 September 2017.

[Junior_in_Cosica-10] "Junior WRC in Corsica: Solans claims opener". WRC.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. Retrieved 13 April 2017.

[fia-11] "Standings". Federation Internationale de l'Automobile. Retrieved 16 January 2020.

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