2020 WRC3 Championship
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The 2020 FIA WRC3 Championship was the seventh season of WRC3, a rallying championship organised and governed by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. It was open to privately-entered cars complying with Group Rally2 regulations.[1][2]
No WRC3 championship took place in 2019, however eligibility in 2020 was similar to the 2019 WRC2 Championship for privateers, whereas the 2020 WRC2 Championship continued the team and manufacturer eligibility of 2019 WRC2 Pro Championship.
Jari Huttunen and Mikko Lukka won the 2020 WRC3 titles.
Calendar
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The 2020 championship was due to be contested over thirteen rounds in Europe, Africa, Asia, the Middle East, North and South America, and Oceania,[3][4] but the calendar was reduced to seven rounds due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[5]
| Round | Start date | Finish date | Rally | Rally headquarters | Surface | Stages | Distance | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 23 January | 26 January |  Rallye Automobile Monte Carlo | Gap, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur[a] | Mixed[b] | 16 | 304.28 km | [6] |
| 2 | 13 February | 16 February |  Rally Sweden | Torsby, Värmland | Snow | 11 | 171.64 km[c] | [8] |
| 3 | 12 March | 15 March |  Rally Guanajuato México | León, Guanajuato | Gravel | 21 | 268.84 km[d] | [10] |
| 4 | 4 September | 6 September |  Rally Estonia | Tartu, Tartu County | Gravel | 17 | 232.64 km | [11] |
| 5 | 18 September | 20 September |  Rally of Turkey | Marmaris, Muğla | Gravel | 12 | 223.00 km | [12] |
| 6 | 8 October | 11 October |  Rally Italia Sardegna | Alghero, Sardinia | Gravel | 16 | 238.84 km | [13] |
| 7 | 3 December | 6 December | ACI Rally Monza | Monza, Lombardy | Tarmac | 16 | 239.20 km | [14] |
| Source:[5][15][16] | ||||||||
The following rounds were included on the original calendar published by WRC Promoter GmbH, but were later cancelled:
Calendar changes
[edit]With the addition of Rally Chile to the calendar in 2019, the FIA opened the tender process for new events to join the championship in 2020.[34] Bids to revive Rally Japan and the Safari Rally were received, and candidate events were run in 2019.[35][36] Both events were accepted to the 2020 calendar, as was a proposal to revive Rally New Zealand.[3] However, none of the aforementioned events were run due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[24][27][31]
- The Safari Rally was scheduled to be run as a World Championship event for the first time since 2002. The event was to be based in the Kenyan capital Nairobi and feature stages around Lake Naivasha.[37] In contrast to the event's traditional endurance format, which featured stages hundreds of kilometres long, the 2020 Safari Rally was planned to follow a compact route to comply with FIA regulations mandating the maximum route distance.[23]
- Rally Japan was scheduled to return to the calendar for the first time since 2010, replacing Rally Australia as the final round of the championship. The rally was scheduled to move away from its original headquarters in Hokkaidō to a new base in Nagoya and was to be run on tarmac rather than gravel.[38]
- Rally New Zealand was scheduled to return to the calendar for the first time since 2012. The event was planned to return to Auckland.[3]
The addition of these events saw the Tour de Corse and the Rallies of Catalunya and Australia removed from the calendar.[4] Organisers of Rally Catalunya agreed to forfeit their place on the 2020 calendar as part of a rotation system that will see European events host rallies in two out of three calendar years. The Tour de Corse was removed in response to concerns from teams about the logistics of visiting Corsica, while Rally Australia was removed as the event's base in a regional centre rather than a major metropolitan area meant that the rally struggled to attract spectators.[4] Rally Chile was included on the original calendar, but was later removed in the face of ongoing political unrest in the country.[17] The FIA sought a replacement event to ensure that the calendar retained its planned fourteen rounds,[39] but were unable to do so.[18]
The Rallies in Italy were postponed as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.[20] Events in Argentina,[40] Portugal,[22] Kenya,[24] Finland,[26] New Zealand,[27] Germany,[28] Great Britain[29] and Japan were cancelled.[31] Organisers of the championship announced that they were considering adding events to the schedule that had not been part of the original calendar.[41] Estonia, Belgium, Latvia, Croatia and Czech Republic were among the countries who had expressed interest hosting the event.[42]
The running date of Rally Turkey was moved forward by a week, which facilitated the opportunity for additional rounds.[43] Further calendar options included Ypres Rally and Croatia Rally.[40] Following the cancellation of Rallye Deutschland, the running date of Rally Sardegna moved forward by three weeks.[44] This decision was intended to avoid the clash with the 2020 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix of Formula One.[28]
On 2 July 2020, it was announced that the season would return with an updated calendar. The season restarted with newcomers Rally Estonia hosting the resuming round between 4 and 6 September. The country became the thirty-third nation to stage a championship round in the WRC.[45]
Following the cancellation of Rally Japan, it was announced that Ypres Rally, officially Renties Ypres Rally Belgium, would replace Rally Japan to hold the seventh round of the season. The Sunday's route would feature the iconic Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in Stavelot, which would run with the 2020 World RX of Benelux of the World Rallycross Championship.[46] Belgium was set to be the thirty-fourth country to hold a WRC event,[47] but were unable to do so as the rally was eventually called off due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[5]
Rally Monza was announced to be the final round of the season on 9 October. This meant Italy staged two WRC events in one season as the country also stages the Sardinia rally.[48] The rally was based in the famous Autodromo Nazionale di Monza circuit near Milan, where the Italian Grand Prix is held every year.[49]
Route changes
[edit]Prior to the Rally Sweden, it was confirmed that the route for the rally had to be shortened due to a lack of snow.[7] The route of Rally Mexico was shortened to allow teams time to pack up and return to their headquarters before several European nations imposed travel bans in a bid to manage the pandemic.[9]
Entries
[edit]The following crews compete in the 2020 WRC3:
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Changes
[edit]In 2019, the championship was run as the WRC2, while the category known as the WRC2 Pro was for professional crews entered by manufacturer teams. However, the multi-class structure was found to be too confusing,[2] and so the category was re-structured for the 2020 season. Professional crews contested the WRC2 and privateers contested WRC3.[2]
Results and standings
[edit]Season summary
[edit]| Round | Event | Winning driver | Winning co-driver | Winning entrant | Winning time | Report | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rallye Automobile Monte Carlo |  Eric Camilli | François-Xavier Buresi | Saintéloc Junior Team | 3:24:39.8 | Report | [57] |
| 2 | Rally Sweden |  Jari Huttunen | Mikko Lukka |  Hyundai Motorsport N | 1:15:46.1 | Report | [58] |
| 3 | Rally Guanajuato México |  Marco Bulacia | Giovanni Bernacchini |  Citroën Rally Team Hungary | 3:01:25.1 | Report | [59] |
| 4 | Rally Estonia | Oliver Solberg |  Aaron Johnston | PSRX | 2:07:32.2 | Report | [60] |
| 5 | Marmaris Rally of Turkey |  Kajetan Kajetanowicz | Maciek Szczepaniak | Lotos Rally Team | 2:55:38.2 | Report | [61] |
| 6 | Rally Italia Sardegna | Jari Huttunen | Mikko Lukka | Hyundai Motorsport N | 2:50:19.2 | Report | [62] |
| 7 | ACI Rally Monza |  Andreas Mikkelsen | Anders Jæger | Eurosol Racing Team Hungary | 2:19:47.2 | Report | [63] |
Scoring system
[edit]Points were awarded to the top ten classified finishers in each event. Unlike the World Rally Championship, points are not awarded for the Power Stage.
| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | 25 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
FIA WRC3 Championship for Drivers
[edit]| Pos. | Driver | MON | SWE | MEX | EST | TUR | ITA | MNZ | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jari Huttunen | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 83 | |||
| 2 | Marco Bulacia | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 70 | ||
| 3 | Kajetan Kajetanowicz | 4 | Ret | 1 | 2 | 5 | 65 | ||
| 4 | Oliver Solberg | 5 | Ret | 1 | 6 | 2 | 61 | ||
| 5 | Emil Lindholm | 2 | 4 | 30 | |||||
| 6 | Nicolas Ciamin | 2 | 6 | 9 | 28 | ||||
| 7 | Andreas Mikkelsen | 1 | 25 | ||||||
| 8 | Eric Camilli | 1 | Ret | 25 | |||||
| 9 |  Emilio Fernández | 2 | Ret | 7 | 10 | 25 | |||
| 10 | Alberto Heller | Ret | 4 | 5 | 22 | ||||
| 11 | Umberto Scandola | 8 | WD | 4 | Ret | 16 | |||
| 12 | Yoann Bonato | 3 | 15 | ||||||
| 13 | Johan Kristoffersson | 3 | 15 | ||||||
| 14 | Ricardo Triviño | 3 | 15 | ||||||
| 15 | Egon Kaur | 3 | 15 | ||||||
| 16 | Yağiz Avci | 3 | 15 | ||||||
| 17 | Yohan Rossel | 4 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 15 | |||
| 18 | Eerik Pietarinen | 4 | 16 | 12 | |||||
| 19 | Benito Guerra | 5 | 10 | ||||||
| 20 | Karl Kruuda | 5 | 10 | ||||||
| 21 | Burak Cukurova | 5 | 10 | ||||||
| 22 |  Grégoire Munster | 5 | WD | 11 | Ret | 10 | |||
| 23 |  Filip Mareš | 6 | 8 | ||||||
| 24 |  Jan Solans | 12 | 6 | Ret | 8 | ||||
| 25 | Enrico Brazzoli | 6 | 11 | 8 | |||||
| 26 | Josh McErlean | 7 | 6 | ||||||
| 27 | Miguel Díaz-Aboitiz | 7 | WD | 6 | |||||
| 28 | Raul Jeets | 7 | Ret | 6 | |||||
| 29 | Rainer Aus | 7 | 6 | ||||||
| 30 | Alberto Battistolli | 7 | 6 | ||||||
| 31 |  Cédric De Cecco | 8 | 4 | ||||||
| 32 | "Pedro" | Ret | 8 | Ret | 4 | ||||
| 33 | Michał Sołowow | 8 | 4 | ||||||
| 34 |  Sean Johnston | 8 | Ret | Ret | 4 | ||||
| 35 | Luciano Cobbe | 8 | 4 | ||||||
| 36 | Giacomo Ogliari | 9 | 2 | ||||||
| 37 |  Paulo Nobre | 9 | WD | WD | WD | WD | 2 | ||
| 38 | Joakim Roman | 9 | 2 | ||||||
| 39 | Priit Koik | 10 | 1 | ||||||
| Pos. | Driver | MON | SWE | MEX | EST | TUR | ITA | MNZ | Points |
| Source:[64] | |||||||||
FIA WRC3 Championship for Co-Drivers
[edit]| Pos. | Co-Driver | MON | SWE | MEX | EST | TUR | ITA | MNZ | Points | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mikko Lukka | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 83 | |||||||
| 2 | Maciek Szczepaniak | 4 | Ret | 1 | 2 | 5 | 65 | ||||||
| 3 | Aaron Johnston | 5 | Ret | 1 | 6 | 2 | 61 | ||||||
| 4 |  Marcelo Der Ohannesian | 4 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 53 | |||||||
| 5 | Marc Martí | 3 | 4 | 5 | 37 | ||||||||
| 6 | Mikael Korhonen | 2 | 4 | 30 | |||||||||
| 7 | Yannick Roche | 2 | 6 | 9 | 28 | ||||||||
| 8 | François-Xavier Buresi | 1 | Ret | 25 | |||||||||
| 9 | Giovanni Bernacchini | 1 | 25 | ||||||||||
| 10 | Anders Jæger | 1 | 25 | ||||||||||
| 11 | Rubén García | 2 | Ret | 7 | 10 | 25 | |||||||
| 12 | Guido D'Amore | 8 | WD | 4 | Ret | 16 | |||||||
| 13 | Benjamin Boulloud | 3 | 15 | ||||||||||
| 14 | Stig Rune Skjærmoen | 3 | 15 | ||||||||||
| 15 | Silver Simm | 3 | 15 | ||||||||||
| 16 | Onur Vatansever | 3 | 15 | ||||||||||
| 17 | Benoît Fulcrand | 4 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 15 | |||||||
| 18 | Miikka Anttila | 4 | 12 | ||||||||||
| 19 | Louis Louka | 5 | WD | 11 | Ret | 10 | |||||||
| 20 | Daniel Cué | 5 | 10 | ||||||||||
| 21 |  Dale Moscatt | 5 | 10 | ||||||||||
| 22 | Burak Akcay | 5 | 10 | ||||||||||
| 23 | Maurizio Barone | 6 | 11 | 8 | |||||||||
| 24 | Jan Hloušek | 6 | 8 | ||||||||||
| 25 | Mauro Barreiro | 12 | 6 | Ret | 8 | ||||||||
| 26 | Diego Sanjuan | 7 | WD | 6 | |||||||||
| 27 | Andrus Toom | 7 | Ret | 6 | |||||||||
| 28 | Simo Koskinen | 7 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 29 | Simone Scattolin | 6 | 8 | ||||||||||
| 30 |  Keaton Williams | 7 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 31 | Emmanuele Baldaccini | Ret | 8 | Ret | 4 | ||||||||
| 32 | Maciek Baran | 8 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 33 | Alex Kihurani | 8 | Ret | Ret | 4 | ||||||||
| 34 | Fabio Turco | 8 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 35 | Jérôme Humblet | 8 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 36 | Gabriel Morales | 9 | WD | WD | WD | 2 | |||||||
| 37 | Alexander Glavsjö | 9 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 38 | Giacomo Ciucci | 9 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 39 | Uku Heldna | 10 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Pos. | Co-Driver | MON | SWE | MEX | EST | TUR | ITA | MNZ | Points | ||||
| Source:[64] | |||||||||||||
Notes
[edit]- ^ The rally base of the Monte Carlo Rally was located in France.
- ^ The Monte Carlo Rally is run on a tarmac and snow surface.
- ^ The route of Rally Sweden was shortened from 301.26 km over 19 stages to 9 stages totalling 148.55 km. The route was shortened due to a lack of snow and bad weather conditions.[7]
- ^ The route of Rally Mexico was shortened by 56.01 km.[9]
- ^ a b The running dates of Rally Argentina were initially scheduled to be 30 April to 3 May.[18]
- ^ Under the Sporting Regulations, each car is entered under the driver's name.
References
[edit]- ^ "2019 WRC Sporting Regulations" (PDF). Retrieved 1 February 2019.
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- ^ a b c Evans, David (27 September 2019). "WRC drops Corsica, Spain and Australia, three events return for 2020". autosport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
- ^ a b c "Belgium's Ypres rally off as coronavirus numbers rise". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 30 October 2020. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
- ^ "88th Rallye Monte-Carlo". acm.mc. Automobile Club de Monaco. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
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- ^ "Itinerary". rallyitaliasardegna.com. Rally Italia Sardegna. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
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- ^ a b "WRC Calendar". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. Archived from the original on 6 January 2023. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
- ^ a b "Events Calendar Season 2020". fia.com. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
- ^ a b Evans, David (29 November 2019). "WRC's 2020 Rally Chile cancelled due to political and social unrest". autosport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
- ^ a b c "Calendar changes confirmed". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 20 January 2020. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
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- ^ "Programa". rallydeportugal.pt (in Portuguese). Rally de Portugal. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
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- ^ a b "Rally Guide 1" (PDF). safarirally.co.ke. Safari Rally. p. Appendix I. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
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- ^ "Itinerary and route map". nesterallyfinland.fi. Rally Finland. Archived from the original on 3 June 2020. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
- ^ a b "No Neste Rally Finland for 2020". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 3 June 2020. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
- ^ a b c "New Zealand's 2020 WRC return off". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 4 June 2020. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
- ^ a b c Craig, Jason (26 August 2020). "Rally Germany cancelled as Italian WRC round moves to avoid Imola F1 clash". autosport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
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- ^ "Rally Guide 1" (PDF). rally-japan.jp. Rally Japan. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
- ^ a b c Klein, Jamie (19 August 2020). "Belgium gets WRC round for the first time after Rally Japan axed". autosport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
- ^ "Belgium's Ypres Rally off as Coronavirus numbers rise". wrc.com. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
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- ^ a b "WRC sets return date". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 2 July 2020. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
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- ^ Ridge, Hal (1 September 2020). "WRX to run alongside WRC at Spa as Belgium round moved to November". autosport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
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- ^ "Rally Guanajuato Mexico 2020 Entry List" (PDF). rallymexico.com. Rally Mexico. 26 February 2020. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
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External links
[edit]- Official website
- FIA WRC3 Championship 2020 at ewrc-results.com
The 2020 FIA WRC3 Championship was the seventh season of WRC3, a rallying championship organised and governed by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. It was open to privately-entered cars complying with Group Rally2 regulations.[1][2]
No WRC3 championship took place in 2019, however eligibility in 2020 was similar to the 2019 WRC2 Championship for privateers, whereas the 2020 WRC2 Championship continued the team and manufacturer eligibility of 2019 WRC2 Pro Championship.
Jari Huttunen and Mikko Lukka won the 2020 WRC3 titles.
Calendar
The 2020 championship was due to be contested over thirteen rounds in Europe, Africa, Asia, the Middle East, North and South America, and Oceania,[3][4] but the calendar was reduced to seven rounds due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[5]
| Round | Start date | Finish date | Rally | Rally headquarters | Surface | Stages | Distance | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 23 January | 26 January |  Rallye Automobile Monte Carlo | Gap, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur[a] | Mixed[b] | 16 | 304.28 km | [6] |
| 2 | 13 February | 16 February |  Rally Sweden | Torsby, Värmland | Snow | 11 | 171.64 km[c] | [8] |
| 3 | 12 March | 15 March |  Rally Guanajuato México | León, Guanajuato | Gravel | 21 | 268.84 km[d] | [10] |
| 4 | 4 September | 6 September |  Rally Estonia | Tartu, Tartu County | Gravel | 17 | 232.64 km | [11] |
| 5 | 18 September | 20 September |  Rally of Turkey | Marmaris, Muğla | Gravel | 12 | 223.00 km | [12] |
| 6 | 8 October | 11 October |  Rally Italia Sardegna | Alghero, Sardinia | Gravel | 16 | 238.84 km | [13] |
| 7 | 3 December | 6 December | ACI Rally Monza | Monza, Lombardy | Tarmac | 16 | 239.20 km | [14] |
| Source:[5][15][16] | ||||||||
The following rounds were included on the original calendar published by WRC Promoter GmbH, but were later cancelled:
| Start date | Finish date | Rally | Rally headquarters | Surface | Stages | Distance | Cancellation reason | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 April | 19 April |  Rally Chile | Concepción, Biobío | Gravel | N/a | N/a | Political unrest | [17] |
| 23 April[e] | 26 April[e] |  Rally Argentina | Villa Carlos Paz, Córdoba | Gravel | 16 | 322.36 km | COVID-19 pandemic | [19][20] |
| 21 May | 24 May | .svg/1280px-Flag_of_Portugal_(official).svg.png){kind=small} Rally de Portugal | Matosinhos, Porto | Gravel | 22 | 331.10 km | COVID-19 pandemic | [21][22] |
| 16 July | 19 July |  Safari Rally Kenya | Nairobi | Gravel | 18 | 315.12 km | COVID-19 pandemic | [23][24] |
| 6 August | 9 August |  Rally Finland | Jyväskylä, Central Finland | Gravel | 24 | 321.87 km | COVID-19 pandemic | [25][26] |
| 3 September | 6 September |  Rally New Zealand | Auckland, Te Ika-a-Māui | Gravel | N/a | N/a | COVID-19 pandemic | [27] |
| 15 October | 18 October |  ADAC Rallye Deutschland | Bostalsee, Saarland | Tarmac | N/a | N/a | COVID-19 pandemic | [28] |
| 29 October | 1 November |  Wales Rally GB | Llandudno, Conwy | Gravel | N/a | N/a | COVID-19 pandemic | [29] |
| 19 November | 22 November |  Rally Japan | Nagoya, Chūbu | Tarmac | 19 | 307.78 km | COVID-19 pandemic | [30][31] |
| 20 November | 22 November | .svg/1280px-Flag_of_Belgium_(civil).svg.png){kind=small} Renties Ypres Rally Belgium | Ypres, West Flanders | Tarmac | 23 | 265.69 km | COVID-19 pandemic | [32][33] |
| Source:[15][16][18] | ||||||||
Calendar changes
With the addition of Rally Chile to the calendar in 2019, the FIA opened the tender process for new events to join the championship in 2020.[34] Bids to revive Rally Japan and the Safari Rally were received, and candidate events were run in 2019.[35][36] Both events were accepted to the 2020 calendar, as was a proposal to revive Rally New Zealand.[3] However, none of the aforementioned events were run due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[24][27][31]
- The Safari Rally was scheduled to be run as a World Championship event for the first time since 2002. The event was to be based in the Kenyan capital Nairobi and feature stages around Lake Naivasha.[37] In contrast to the event's traditional endurance format, which featured stages hundreds of kilometres long, the 2020 Safari Rally was planned to follow a compact route to comply with FIA regulations mandating the maximum route distance.[23]
- Rally Japan was scheduled to return to the calendar for the first time since 2010, replacing Rally Australia as the final round of the championship. The rally was scheduled to move away from its original headquarters in Hokkaidō to a new base in Nagoya and was to be run on tarmac rather than gravel.[38]
- Rally New Zealand was scheduled to return to the calendar for the first time since 2012. The event was planned to return to Auckland.[3]
The addition of these events saw the Tour de Corse and the Rallies of Catalunya and Australia removed from the calendar.[4] Organisers of Rally Catalunya agreed to forfeit their place on the 2020 calendar as part of a rotation system that will see European events host rallies in two out of three calendar years. The Tour de Corse was removed in response to concerns from teams about the logistics of visiting Corsica, while Rally Australia was removed as the event's base in a regional centre rather than a major metropolitan area meant that the rally struggled to attract spectators.[4] Rally Chile was included on the original calendar, but was later removed in the face of ongoing political unrest in the country.[17] The FIA sought a replacement event to ensure that the calendar retained its planned fourteen rounds,[39] but were unable to do so.[18]
The Rallies in Italy were postponed as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.[20] Events in Argentina,[40] Portugal,[22] Kenya,[24] Finland,[26] New Zealand,[27] Germany,[28] Great Britain[29] and Japan were cancelled.[31] Organisers of the championship announced that they were considering adding events to the schedule that had not been part of the original calendar.[41] Estonia, Belgium, Latvia, Croatia and Czech Republic were among the countries who had expressed interest hosting the event.[42]
The running date of Rally Turkey was moved forward by a week, which facilitated the opportunity for additional rounds.[43] Further calendar options included Ypres Rally and Croatia Rally.[40] Following the cancellation of Rallye Deutschland, the running date of Rally Sardegna moved forward by three weeks.[44] This decision was intended to avoid the clash with the 2020 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix of Formula One.[28]
On 2 July 2020, it was announced that the season would return with an updated calendar. The season restarted with newcomers Rally Estonia hosting the resuming round between 4 and 6 September. The country became the thirty-third nation to stage a championship round in the WRC.[45]
Following the cancellation of Rally Japan, it was announced that Ypres Rally, officially Renties Ypres Rally Belgium, would replace Rally Japan to hold the seventh round of the season. The Sunday's route would feature the iconic Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in Stavelot, which would run with the 2020 World RX of Benelux of the World Rallycross Championship.[46] Belgium was set to be the thirty-fourth country to hold a WRC event,[47] but were unable to do so as the rally was eventually called off due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[5]
Rally Monza was announced to be the final round of the season on 9 October. This meant Italy staged two WRC events in one season as the country also stages the Sardinia rally.[48] The rally was based in the famous Autodromo Nazionale di Monza circuit near Milan, where the Italian Grand Prix is held every year.[49]
Route changes
Prior to the Rally Sweden, it was confirmed that the route for the rally had to be shortened due to a lack of snow.[7] The route of Rally Mexico was shortened to allow teams time to pack up and return to their headquarters before several European nations imposed travel bans in a bid to manage the pandemic.[9]
Entries
The following crews compete in the 2020 WRC3:
| Entrant | Driver name[f] | Co-driver name | Car | Rounds | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Motorsport Italia |  Paulo Nobre | Gabriel Morales | Škoda Fabia R5 | 1–3, 5 | |
| Diogo Salvi | Hugo Magalhães | 5 | |||
 CHL Sport Auto | Yoann Bonato | Benjamin Boulloud | Citroën C3 R5 | 1 | |
| Saintéloc Junior Team | Eric Camilli | François-Xavier Buresi | Citroën C3 R5 | 1, 6 | |
 Sean Johnston | Alex Kihurani | 4–6 | |||
| DG Sport Compétition | Nicolas Ciamin | Yannick Roche | Citroën C3 R5 | 1, 4, 6 | |
 Pepe Lopéz | Borja Rozada | 1 | |||
| M-Sport Ford World Rally Team | "Pedro" | Emmanuele Baldaccini | Ford Fiesta R5 Mk. II | 1, 5–6 | |
| Alberto Heller | José Díaz | 3 | |||
| Marc Martí | 5–6 | ||||
| Jan Solans | Mauro Barreiro | 4–6 | |||
| BMA Autosport |  Grégoire Munster | Louis Louka | Škoda Fabia R5 | 1 | |
 Hyundai Motorsport N | Hyundai i20 R5 | 2, 4, 7 | |||
| Jari Huttunen | Mikko Lukka | 2, 4, 6–7 | |||
| PH Sport | Yohan Rossel | Benoît Fulcrand | Citroën C3 R5 | 1, 4, 6–7 | |
| Sarrazin Motorsport | Stéphane Sarrazin | Kévin Parent | Hyundai i20 R5 | 1 | |
| Hyundai Rally Team Italia | Umberto Scandola | Guido D'Amore | Hyundai i20 R5 | 1–2, 6–7 | |
| Bernini Rally | Andrea Nucita | Bernardo Di Caro | Hyundai i20 R5 | 1 | |
| Calm Compéticio | Miguel Díaz-Aboitiz | Diego Sanjuan | Škoda Fabia R5 | 1–2 | |
| PA Racing | Enrico Brazzoli | Maurizio Barone | Škoda Fabia R5 | 1, 7 | |
| Kristoffersson Motorsport | Johan Kristoffersson |  Stig Rune Skjærmoen | Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 | 2 | |
| TGS Worldwide | Rainer Aus | Simo Koskinen | Škoda Fabia R5 | 4 | |
| Eerik Pietarinen | Antti Linnaketo | 4 | |||
| Miikka Anttila | Škoda Fabia R5 Evo | 2 | |||
| Emil Lindholm | Mikael Korhonen | 2 | |||
 Eurosol Racing Team Hungary | 7 | ||||
| Andreas Mikkelsen | Anders Jæger | 7 | |||
 Škoda Motorsport | Oliver Solberg |  Aaron Johnston | Škoda Fabia R5 Evo | 2, 6–7 | |
| PSRX | Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 | 3–4 | |||
 Sports Racing Technologies | Raul Jeets | Andrus Toom | Škoda Fabia R5 Evo | 2, 4 | |
| Red Grey Team | Roland Poom | Ken Järveoja | Ford Fiesta R5 | 2 | |
| Erik Lepikson | Ford Fiesta R5 Mk. II | 4 | |||
 Radik Shaymiev | Alexey Arnautov | 4 | |||
| Maxim Tsvetkov | Ford Fiesta R5 | 3 | |||
| Kresta Racing | Filip Mareš | Jan Hloušek | Škoda Fabia R5 Evo | 2 | |
 Barlinek Synthos Rally Team | Michał Sołowow | Maciek Baran | Škoda Fabia R5 | 2 | |
| SXM Compétition | Joakim Roman | Alexander Glavsjö | Škoda Fabia R5 | 2 | |
| Delta Rally | Giacomo Costenaro | Justin Bardini | Škoda Fabia R5 | 2 | |
| Alberto Battistolli | Fabrizia Pons | 2 | |||
| Simone Scattolin | Škoda Fabia R5 Evo | 6 | |||
| Lotos Rally Team | Kajetan Kajetanowicz | Maciek Szczepaniak | Škoda Fabia R5 Evo | 3–7 | |
| Race Seven | Benito Guerra | Daniel Cué | Škoda Fabia R5 | 3 | |
| Citroën Rally Team Hungary |  Marco Bulacia | Giovanni Bernacchini | Citroën C3 R5 | 3 | |
| Marcelo Der Ohannesian | 4–7 | ||||
| Yağiz Avci | Onur Vatansever | 5 | |||
| Triviño Rally Team | Ricardo Triviño | Marc Martí | Škoda Fabia R5 | 3 | |
| GB Motors | Gianluca Linari | Nicola Arena | Ford Fiesta R5 | 3 | |
| Toksport World Rally Team | Emilio Fernández | Rubén García | Škoda Fabia R5 Evo | 3–6 | |
| McKenna Motorsport | Barry McKenna | James Fulton | Škoda Fabia R5 | 3 | |
| Printsport | Karl Kruuda | .svg/1280px-Flag_of_Australia_(converted).svg.png){kind=small} Dale Moscatt | Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 | 4 | |
 Rakan Al-Rashed | Hugo Magalhães | 4 | |||
| Kaur Motorsport | Egon Kaur | Silver Simm | Škoda Fabia R5 Evo | 4 | |
| OT Racing | Priit Koik | Uku Heldna | Ford Fiesta R5 | 4 | |
| ALM Motorsport | Georg Linnamäe |  Volodymyr Korsia | Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 | 4 | |
| Gustav Kruuda | Ken Järveoja | 4 | |||
| Plon Rally Team | Jarosław Koltun | Ireneusz Pleskot | Ford Fiesta R5 Mk. II | 4 | |
| BC Vision Motorsport | Burak Çukurova | Burak Akcay | Škoda Fabia R5 | 5 | |
| Neo Motorspor | Uğur Soylu | Mehmet Köleoğlu | Škoda Fabia R5 | 5 | |
| Free Rally Service | Luciano Cobbe | Fabio Turco | Škoda Fabia R5 Evo | 6 | |
| Metior Sport | Cédric De Cecco | Jérôme Humblet | Škoda Fabia R5 Evo | 7 | |
| Motorsport Ireland Rally Academy | Josh McErlean | Keaton Williams | Hyundai i20 R5 | 7 | |
| G. Car Sport Racing | Giacomo Ogliari | Giacomo Ciucci | Citroën C3 R5 | 7 | |
| Source:[50][51][52][53][54][55][56] | |||||
Changes
In 2019, the championship was run as the WRC2, while the category known as the WRC2 Pro was for professional crews entered by manufacturer teams. However, the multi-class structure was found to be too confusing,[2] and so the category was re-structured for the 2020 season. Professional crews contested the WRC2 and privateers contested WRC3.[2]
Results and standings
Season summary
| Round | Event | Winning driver | Winning co-driver | Winning entrant | Winning time | Report | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rallye Automobile Monte Carlo | Eric Camilli | François-Xavier Buresi | Saintéloc Junior Team | 3:24:39.8 | Report | [57] |
| 2 | Rally Sweden | Jari Huttunen | Mikko Lukka | Hyundai Motorsport N | 1:15:46.1 | Report | [58] |
| 3 | Rally Guanajuato México | Marco Bulacia | Giovanni Bernacchini | Citroën Rally Team Hungary | 3:01:25.1 | Report | [59] |
| 4 | Rally Estonia | Oliver Solberg | Aaron Johnston | PSRX | 2:07:32.2 | Report | [60] |
| 5 | Marmaris Rally of Turkey | Kajetan Kajetanowicz | Maciek Szczepaniak | Lotos Rally Team | 2:55:38.2 | Report | [61] |
| 6 | Rally Italia Sardegna | Jari Huttunen | Mikko Lukka | Hyundai Motorsport N | 2:50:19.2 | Report | [62] |
| 7 | ACI Rally Monza | Andreas Mikkelsen | Anders Jæger | Eurosol Racing Team Hungary | 2:19:47.2 | Report | [63] |
Scoring system
Points were awarded to the top ten classified finishers in each event. Unlike the World Rally Championship, points are not awarded for the Power Stage.
| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | 25 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
FIA WRC3 Championship for Drivers
| Pos. | Driver | MON | SWE | MEX | EST | TUR | ITA | MNZ | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jari Huttunen | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 83 | |||
| 2 | Marco Bulacia | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 70 | ||
| 3 | Kajetan Kajetanowicz | 4 | Ret | 1 | 2 | 5 | 65 | ||
| 4 | Oliver Solberg | 5 | Ret | 1 | 6 | 2 | 61 | ||
| 5 | Emil Lindholm | 2 | 4 | 30 | |||||
| 6 | Nicolas Ciamin | 2 | 6 | 9 | 28 | ||||
| 7 | Andreas Mikkelsen | 1 | 25 | ||||||
| 8 | Eric Camilli | 1 | Ret | 25 | |||||
| 9 | Emilio Fernández | 2 | Ret | 7 | 10 | 25 | |||
| 10 | Alberto Heller | Ret | 4 | 5 | 22 | ||||
| 11 | Umberto Scandola | 8 | WD | 4 | Ret | 16 | |||
| 12 | Yoann Bonato | 3 | 15 | ||||||
| 13 | Johan Kristoffersson | 3 | 15 | ||||||
| 14 | Ricardo Triviño | 3 | 15 | ||||||
| 15 | Egon Kaur | 3 | 15 | ||||||
| 16 | Yağiz Avci | 3 | 15 | ||||||
| 17 | Yohan Rossel | 4 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 15 | |||
| 18 | Eerik Pietarinen | 4 | 16 | 12 | |||||
| 19 | Benito Guerra | 5 | 10 | ||||||
| 20 | Karl Kruuda | 5 | 10 | ||||||
| 21 | Burak Cukurova | 5 | 10 | ||||||
| 22 | Grégoire Munster | 5 | WD | 11 | Ret | 10 | |||
| 23 | Filip Mareš | 6 | 8 | ||||||
| 24 | Jan Solans | 12 | 6 | Ret | 8 | ||||
| 25 | Enrico Brazzoli | 6 | 11 | 8 | |||||
| 26 | Josh McErlean | 7 | 6 | ||||||
| 27 | Miguel Díaz-Aboitiz | 7 | WD | 6 | |||||
| 28 | Raul Jeets | 7 | Ret | 6 | |||||
| 29 | Rainer Aus | 7 | 6 | ||||||
| 30 | Alberto Battistolli | 7 | 6 | ||||||
| 31 | Cédric De Cecco | 8 | 4 | ||||||
| 32 | "Pedro" | Ret | 8 | Ret | 4 | ||||
| 33 | Michał Sołowow | 8 | 4 | ||||||
| 34 | Sean Johnston | 8 | Ret | Ret | 4 | ||||
| 35 | Luciano Cobbe | 8 | 4 | ||||||
| 36 | Giacomo Ogliari | 9 | 2 | ||||||
| 37 | Paulo Nobre | 9 | WD | WD | WD | WD | 2 | ||
| 38 | Joakim Roman | 9 | 2 | ||||||
| 39 | Priit Koik | 10 | 1 | ||||||
| Pos. | Driver | MON | SWE | MEX | EST | TUR | ITA | MNZ | Points |
| Source:[64] | |||||||||
FIA WRC3 Championship for Co-Drivers
| Pos. | Co-Driver | MON | SWE | MEX | EST | TUR | ITA | MNZ | Points | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mikko Lukka | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 83 | |||||||
| 2 | Maciek Szczepaniak | 4 | Ret | 1 | 2 | 5 | 65 | ||||||
| 3 | Aaron Johnston | 5 | Ret | 1 | 6 | 2 | 61 | ||||||
| 4 | Marcelo Der Ohannesian | 4 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 53 | |||||||
| 5 | Marc Martí | 3 | 4 | 5 | 37 | ||||||||
| 6 | Mikael Korhonen | 2 | 4 | 30 | |||||||||
| 7 | Yannick Roche | 2 | 6 | 9 | 28 | ||||||||
| 8 | François-Xavier Buresi | 1 | Ret | 25 | |||||||||
| 9 | Giovanni Bernacchini | 1 | 25 | ||||||||||
| 10 | Anders Jæger | 1 | 25 | ||||||||||
| 11 | Rubén García | 2 | Ret | 7 | 10 | 25 | |||||||
| 12 | Guido D'Amore | 8 | WD | 4 | Ret | 16 | |||||||
| 13 | Benjamin Boulloud | 3 | 15 | ||||||||||
| 14 | Stig Rune Skjærmoen | 3 | 15 | ||||||||||
| 15 | Silver Simm | 3 | 15 | ||||||||||
| 16 | Onur Vatansever | 3 | 15 | ||||||||||
| 17 | Benoît Fulcrand | 4 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 15 | |||||||
| 18 | Miikka Anttila | 4 | 12 | ||||||||||
| 19 | Louis Louka | 5 | WD | 11 | Ret | 10 | |||||||
| 20 | Daniel Cué | 5 | 10 | ||||||||||
| 21 | Dale Moscatt | 5 | 10 | ||||||||||
| 22 | Burak Akcay | 5 | 10 | ||||||||||
| 23 | Maurizio Barone | 6 | 11 | 8 | |||||||||
| 24 | Jan Hloušek | 6 | 8 | ||||||||||
| 25 | Mauro Barreiro | 12 | 6 | Ret | 8 | ||||||||
| 26 | Diego Sanjuan | 7 | WD | 6 | |||||||||
| 27 | Andrus Toom | 7 | Ret | 6 | |||||||||
| 28 | Simo Koskinen | 7 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 29 | Simone Scattolin | 6 | 8 | ||||||||||
| 30 | Keaton Williams | 7 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 31 | Emmanuele Baldaccini | Ret | 8 | Ret | 4 | ||||||||
| 32 | Maciek Baran | 8 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 33 | Alex Kihurani | 8 | Ret | Ret | 4 | ||||||||
| 34 | Fabio Turco | 8 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 35 | Jérôme Humblet | 8 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 36 | Gabriel Morales | 9 | WD | WD | WD | 2 | |||||||
| 37 | Alexander Glavsjö | 9 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 38 | Giacomo Ciucci | 9 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 39 | Uku Heldna | 10 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Pos. | Co-Driver | MON | SWE | MEX | EST | TUR | ITA | MNZ | Points | ||||
| Source:[64] | |||||||||||||
Notes
- ^ The rally base of the Monte Carlo Rally was located in France.
- ^ The Monte Carlo Rally is run on a tarmac and snow surface.
- ^ The route of Rally Sweden was shortened from 301.26 km over 19 stages to 9 stages totalling 148.55 km. The route was shortened due to a lack of snow and bad weather conditions.[7]
- ^ The route of Rally Mexico was shortened by 56.01 km.[9]
- ^ a b The running dates of Rally Argentina were initially scheduled to be 30 April to 3 May.[18]
- ^ Under the Sporting Regulations, each car is entered under the driver's name.
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External links
- Official website
- FIA WRC3 Championship 2020 at ewrc-results.com