The 2018 FIA Junior World Rally Championship was the seventeenth season of the

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, an

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championship recognised by the

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, running 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 ...

. The Junior World Rally Championship was open to drivers under the age of 30—although no such restriction existed for co-drivers—and they were competing in identical one-litre Ford Fiesta R2s built and maintained by

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. Crews who contested the Junior World Rally Championship were also eligible to score points in the

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. The championship was competed over five selected

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rounds with the winning crew awarded a new

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car, tyre package, free fuel and a registration to compete in the

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Calendar

The final 2018 Junior World Rally Championship calendar consisted of five events, taken from the

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Calendar changes

The championship started in

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for the first time since 2006. The

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was removed from the calendar after the event was taken off the World Championship schedule, while the Rallies of Deutschland and

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were also removed from the schedule and replaced by the

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. The changes were made to create a more compact championship with an earlier end date whilst giving drivers experience on a wider range of surface types.

Entries

The following crews competed in the championship.

Rule changes

The final round of the championship was worth double points to encourage crews to contest all five events of the championship.

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tyres replaced the

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tyres.

Results and standings

Season summary

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.

FIA Junior World Rally Championship for Drivers

FIA Junior World Rally Championship for Co-Drivers

FIA Junior World Rally Championship for Nations

References

External links

Official website of the World Rally Championship
{{World Rally Championship results *