2019 Junior WRC Championship

The 2019 FIA Junior WRC Championship was the seventh 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 with no such restriction for co-drivers. Crews competed in identical one-litre Ford Fiesta R2s built and maintained by M-Sport. The championship was contested 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 2020 WRC3 Championship.^[a]

Jan Solans and Mauro Barreiro won the drivers' and co-drivers' championships, beating Tom Kristensson and Henrik Appelskog by eighteen points. In the Trophy of Nations, Sweden beat Spain by six point to become the inaugural winners.

Calendar

The final 2019 Junior WRC Championship calendar consisted of five events of the 2019 World Rally Championship.

Round	Dates		Rally	Rally headquarters	Rally details
Round	Start	Finish	Rally	Rally headquarters	Surface	Stages	Distance
1	14 February	17 February	Rally Sweden	Torsby, Värmland	Snow	19	316.80 km
2	28 March	31 March	Tour de Corse	Bastia, Haute-Corse	Tarmac	14	347.51 km
3	13 June	16 June	Rally Italia Sardegna	Alghero, Sardinia	Gravel	19	313.44 km
4	1 August	4 August	Rally Finland	Jyväskylä, Keski-Suomi	Gravel	23	307.58 km
5	3 October	6 October	Wales Rally GB	Deeside, Flintshire	Gravel	22	312.75 km
Source:^[2]^[3]

Calendar changes

The 2019 calendar was heavily revised from the 2018 schedule. The championship dropped from six rounds to five.^[2] The Rallies of Portugal and Turkey were removed from the calendar, while events in Italy and Wales were added in their place.

Route changes

Organisers of the Tour de Corse announced plans for a new route, with up to three-quarters of the 2019 route being revised from the 2018 rally.^[4]

Entries

The following crews were entered into the championship:

Entrant	Drivers	Co-drivers	Rounds
ADAC Sachsen	Julius Tannert	Helmar Hinneberg	1
ADAC Sachsen	Julius Tannert	Jürgen Heigl	2–4
ADAC Weiser-Ems	Nico Knacker	Tobias Braun	1
		Michael Wenzel	2, 4–5
		Anne Katharina Stein	3
Aleksi Röyhkiö	Aleksi Röyhkiö	Ville Mannisenmäki	4
Dennis Rådström	Dennis Rådström	Johan Johansson	All
Enrico Oldrati	Enrico Oldrati	Elia De Guio	All
Fabrizio Zaldívar	Fabrizio Zaldívar	Fernando Mussano	All
OT Racing	Ken Torn	Kuldar Sikk	1
OT Racing	Ken Torn	Kauri Pannas	2
Keanna Erickson-Chang	Keanna Erickson-Chang	Martin Brady	5
Rally Team Spain	Jan Solans	Mauro Barreiro	All
LMT Autosporta Akadēmija	Mārtiņš Sesks	Krišjānis Caune	1–4
Raul Badiu	Raul Badiu	Gabriel Lazăr	1–4
Roland Poom	Roland Poom	Ken Järveoja	1–2, 4–5
Ryan Booth	Ryan Booth	Rhianon Smyth-Gelsomino	5
Sean Johnston	Sean Johnston	Alex Kihurani	All
Team Flying Finn	Sami Pajari	Antti Haapala	4
Tom Kristensson	Tom Kristensson	Henrik Appelskog	All
Tom Williams	Tom Williams	Phil Hall	All
Source:^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]

Changes

All teams competed with an identical car built by M-Sport. The team announced that a new model of Ford Fiesta was introduced for 2019, one that was still built to R2 specifications, but featured a new engine and drivetrain. The new engine package was capable of producing 149 kW (199.8 bhp) of power, up from the 127 kW (170.3 bhp) produced by the engine used in 2018.^[10]

Crews were no longer eligible to score points in WRC3 as the series was discontinued in 2019.^[11]

Results and standings

Season summary

Round	Event	Winning driver	Winning co-driver	Nations' winner	Winning time	Report
1	Rally Sweden	Tom Kristensson	Henrik Appelskog	Sweden	3:14:48.9	Report
2	Tour de Corse	Julius Tannert	Jürgen Heigl	Germany	3:52:10.0	Report
3	Rally Italia Sardegna	Jan Solans	Mauro Barreiro	Spain	4:02:36.2	Report
4	Rally Finland	Tom Kristensson	Henrik Appelskog	Sweden	2:55:17.2	Report
5	Wales Rally GB	Jan Solans	Mauro Barreiro	Spain	3:30:05.0	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. Classification points for the last event are doubled for the drivers’ and co-drivers’ championship, but only if they have started at least 3 of the previous Junior WRC rounds. ^[12] For the FIA Junior WRC Trophy of Nations, only the highest-placed driver from each event received points for their nation. ^[13]

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	ITA	FIN	GBR	Drops	Points
1	Jan Solans	3¹	4⁶	1¹²	2⁵	1⁷	12	139
2	Tom Kristensson	1¹	2³	3	1⁸	2²	15	118
3	Dennis Rådström	8¹²	3¹	2⁶	Ret⁵	9¹⁰	0	75
4	Sean Johnston	5	Ret	Ret	5	3	0	50
5	Roland Poom	2	6		3	10	0	43
6	Enrico Oldrati	7	8	8	6	4	4	42
7	Julius Tannert	11	1³	6	Ret¹		0	37
8	Fabrizio Zaldívar	9	10	7	8	5	1	32
9	Tom Williams	4	5	Ret	10	8	0	31
10	Mārtiņš Sesks	6³	Ret	5	9²		0	25
11	Raul Badiu	13	7	4	Ret		0	18
12	Aleksi Röyhkiö				4		0	12
13	Nico Knacker	12	9	9	7		0	10
14	Ryan Booth					6	0	8
15	Keanna Erickson-Chang					7	0	6
16	Ken Torn	10²	Ret				0	3
17	Sami Pajari				Ret²		0	2
Pos.	Driver	SWE	FRA	ITA	FIN	GBR	Drops	Points
Source:^[12]

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	ITA	FIN	GBR	Drops	Points
1	Mauro Barreiro	3¹	4⁶	1¹²	2⁵	1⁷	12	139
2	Henrik Appelskog	1¹	2³	3	1⁸	2²	15	118
3	Johan Johansson	8¹²	3¹	2⁶	Ret⁵	9¹⁰	0	75
4	Alex Kihurani	5	Ret	Ret	5	3	0	50
5	Ken Järveoja	2	6		3	10	0	43
6	Elia De Guio	7	8	8	6	4	4	42
7	Jürgen Heigl		1³	6	Ret¹		0	37
8	Fernando Mussano	9	10	7	8	5	1	32
9	Phil Hall	4	5	Ret	10	8	0	31
10	Krišjānis Caune	6³	Ret	5	9²		0	21
11	Gabriel Lazăr	13	7	4	Ret		0	18
12	Ville Mannisenmäki				4		0	12
13	Rhianon Smyth-Gelsomino					6	0	8
14	Michael Wenzel		9		7		0	8
15	Martin Brady					7	0	6
16	Krišjānis Caune				9²		0	4
17	Kuldar Sikk	10²					0	3
17	Anne Katharina Stein			9			0	2
18	Antti Haapala				Ret²		0	2
Pos.	Co-Driver	SWE	FRA	ITA	FIN	GBR	Drops	Points
Source:^[12]

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 Trophy for Nations

Pos.	Nation	SWE	FRA	ITA	FIN	GBR	Points
1	Sweden	1	2	2	1	2	104
2	Spain	3	3	1	2	1	98
3	Estonia	2	5		3	7	49
4	Germany	9	1	5	7		43
5	Italy	7	7	7	6	4	38
6	United States	5	Ret	Ret	5	3	35
7	United Kingdom	4	4		10	6	33
8	Paraguay	8	8	6	8	5	30
9	Romania	10	6	3	Ret		24
10	Latvia	6	Ret	4	9		22
11	Finland				4		12
Pos.	Nation	SWE	FRA	ITA	FIN	GBR	Points
Source:^[12]

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)

Notes

^ The prize was originally presented as registration to compete in the 2020 WRC2 Championship; however, the FIA restructured the support categories in October 2019 and the WRC2 for privateers became known as WRC3 for 2020.^[1]

References

^ Evans, David (8 October 2019). "FIA steps up plan to simplify WRC into five-tier career ladder". autosport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
^ ^a ^b "Junior WRC Dates Revealed". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 9 November 2018. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
^ "JWRC season 2019". eWRC-results.com.
^ Evans, David (12 October 2018). "Tour of Corsica announces 2019 World Rally Championship reprieve". autosport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
^ "Rally Sweden 2019 Official Entry List" (PDF). rallysweden.com. Rally Sweden. 18 January 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 January 2019. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
^ "Corsica linea Tour de Corse 2019 Entry List" (PDF). tourdecorse.com. tourdecorse.com. 2 March 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 July 2019. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
^ "Rally Italia Sardegna 2019 Official Entry List". rallyitaliasardegna.com. Rally Italia Sardegna. 3 June 2019. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
^ "Rally Finland 2019 Official Entry List" (PDF). nesterallyfinland.fi. Rally Finland. 5 July 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 July 2019. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
^ "Wales Rally GB 2019 Official Entry List" (PDF). walesrallygb.com. Wales Rally GB. 11 September 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 October 2018. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
^ Evans, David. "M-Sport Poland reveals new Ford Fiesta R2 car for 2019 Junior WRC". autosport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
^ Herrero, Daniel (13 October 2018). "Australia remains finale on 2019 WRC calendar". speedcafe.com. Speedcafe. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Standings". Federation Internationale de l'Automobile. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
^ "2019 FIA World Rally Championship Sporting Regulations" (PDF). fia.com. 2018-12-12. Retrieved 2019-03-10.

External links

Official website

[2] The prize was originally presented as registration to compete in the 2020 WRC2 Championship; however, the FIA restructured the support categories in October 2019 and the WRC2 for privateers became known as WRC3 for 2020.^[1]

[1] Evans, David (8 October 2019). "FIA steps up plan to simplify WRC into five-tier career ladder". autosport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 8 October 2019.

[calendar-3] "Junior WRC Dates Revealed". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 9 November 2018. Retrieved 16 November 2018.

[4] "JWRC season 2019". eWRC-results.com.

[bastia-5] Evans, David (12 October 2018). "Tour of Corsica announces 2019 World Rally Championship reprieve". autosport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 14 October 2018.

[6] "Rally Sweden 2019 Official Entry List" (PDF). rallysweden.com. Rally Sweden. 18 January 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 January 2019. Retrieved 18 January 2019.

[7] "Corsica linea Tour de Corse 2019 Entry List" (PDF). tourdecorse.com. tourdecorse.com. 2 March 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 July 2019. Retrieved 25 March 2019.

[Rally_Italia_Sardegna_Entry_List-8] "Rally Italia Sardegna 2019 Official Entry List". rallyitaliasardegna.com. Rally Italia Sardegna. 3 June 2019. Retrieved 3 June 2019.

[Rally_Finland_Entry_List-9] "Rally Finland 2019 Official Entry List" (PDF). nesterallyfinland.fi. Rally Finland. 5 July 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 July 2019. Retrieved 5 July 2019.

[Wales_Rally_GB_Entry_List-10] "Wales Rally GB 2019 Official Entry List" (PDF). walesrallygb.com. Wales Rally GB. 11 September 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 October 2018. Retrieved 16 September 2019.

[11] Evans, David. "M-Sport Poland reveals new Ford Fiesta R2 car for 2019 Junior WRC". autosport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 22 December 2018.

[wrc_2_pro-12] Herrero, Daniel (13 October 2018). "Australia remains finale on 2019 WRC calendar". speedcafe.com. Speedcafe. Retrieved 13 October 2018.

[fia-13] "Standings". Federation Internationale de l'Automobile. Retrieved 16 January 2020.

[14] "2019 FIA World Rally Championship Sporting Regulations" (PDF). fia.com. 2018-12-12. Retrieved 2019-03-10.

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