The 2018 FIA World Rally Championship-2 was the sixth season of the World Rally Championship-2, an

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championship recognised by the

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, running in support of the

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. It was created when the

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class of rally car was introduced in

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. The championship was open to cars complying with R4, R5, and Super 2000 regulations.

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and Jonas Andersson were the defending drivers' and co-drivers' champions.

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were the defending teams' champions. Although

went on to win the teams' championship for the third year in a row,

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and

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succeeded for the drivers' and co-drivers' titles defeating the former champions.

Calendar

Entries

Eligible models

The 2018 season saw several new car models become available for competition: *

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made an R5 variation of the C3, known as the

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. The

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was still eligible to compete. *

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entered the World Rally Championship-2 for the first time with the Volkswagen Polo GTI R5, the replacement for the cancelled Polo R WRC project.

Entry list

The following teams and crews were entered in the 2018 FIA World Rally Championship-2:

Results and standings

Season summary

Scoring system

Points were awarded to the top ten classified finishers in each event. Six best results counted towards championship.

FIA World Rally Championship-2 for Drivers

FIA World Rally Championship-2 for Co-Drivers

FIA World Rally Championship-2 for Teams

Notes

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 The Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile, FIA WRC2 (previously also known as World Rally Championship 2 and WRC 2), is a support championship of the World Rally Championship. The calendar consists of the same rallies and stages as the main ...