The 2016 FIA World Rally Championship-2 was the fourth season of the World Rally Championship-2, an
auto racing
Auto racing (also known as car racing, motor racing, or automobile racing) is a motorsport involving the racing of automobiles for competition.
Auto racing has existed since the invention of the automobile. Races of various sorts were organise ...
championship recognized by the
Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile
The Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA; en, International Automobile Federation) is an association established on 20 June 1904 to represent the interests of motoring organisations and motor car users. It is the governing body for ...
, ran in support of the
World Rally Championship
The World Rally Championship (abbreviated as WRC) is the highest level of global competition in the motorsport discipline of rallying, owned and governed by the FIA. There are separate championships for drivers, co-drivers, manufacturers and t ...
. It was created when the
Group R
In relation to motorsport governed by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile, Group R refers to a set of regulations providing production-derived vehicles for rally competition. The Group R regulations were created in 2008 as a gradual ...
class of rally car was introduced in
2013
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. The Championship was open to cars complying with
R4,
R5, and
Super 2000 regulations. The Championship was composed of thirteen rallies, and drivers and teams had to nominate a maximum of seven events. The best six results counted towards the championship.
After winning in
2015 and
2014
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,
Nasser Al-Attiyah
Nasser Salih Nasser Abdullah Al-Attiyah ( ar, ناصر صالح ناصر عبدالله العطية : nāṣir ṣāliḥ nāṣir ʿabdullāh al-ʿaṭṭīyah; born 21 December 1970 in Doha) is a Qatari rally driver and sport shooter. He wa ...
didn't participate in the 2016 season. The Qatari driver decided to focus on the
2016 Dakar Rally
The 2016 Dakar Rally was the 38th edition of the event and the eighth successive year that the event was held in South America. The event started in Buenos Aires, Argentina on January 2, then ran through Argentina and Bolivia.
Sébastien Loeb and ...
and on training for the
2016 Summer Olympics, in attempt to win a medal in the
Men's Skeet event.
Calendar
Regulation changes
* The Production Cup for Drivers and Co-driver will be discontinued after 2015.
Teams and drivers
Results and standings
Season summary
FIA World Rally Championship-2 for Drivers
Points are awarded to the top ten classified finishers.
;Notes:
* – Points earned as
Peugeot Sport Slovakia entry.
* – Points earned as
The Ptock entry.
FIA World Rally Championship-2 for Co-Drivers
FIA World Rally Championship-2 for Teams
References
External links
Official website of the World Rally ChampionshipOfficial website of the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile
{{World Rally Championship results
World Rally Championship 2