2017 World Rally Championship-3

2017 FIA World Rally Championship-3
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Parent series:
World Rally Championship
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Support series:
Junior World Rally Championship

The 2017 FIA World Rally Championship-3 is the fifth season of the World Rally Championship-3, an auto racing championship recognised by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile, running in support of the World Rally Championship. It was created when the Group R class of rally car was introduced in 2013.[1] Simone Tempestini did not return to defend the 2016 title as he competes in the 2017 World Rally Championship-2.[2] Nil Solans won the title with a Ford Fiesta R2T.[3]

Season calendar

Nations that hosted a rally in 2017 are highlighted in green, with rally headquarters marked by a red dot.

The season is being contested over thirteen rounds in Europe, North and South America and Australia.[4][5]

Round Dates Rally name Rally headquarters Rally details
Start Finish Surface Stages Distance Notes
1 19 January 22 January Monaco Monte Carlo Rally Gap, Hautes-Alpes Mixed 15 355.96 km [N 1]
2 9 February 12 February Sweden Rally Sweden Torsby, Värmland Snow 17 305.83 km [N 2]
3 10 March 12 March Mexico Rally Mexico León, Guanajuato Gravel 17 231.25 km [N 3]
4 7 April 9 April France Tour de Corse Bastia, Haute-Corse Tarmac 10 316.76 km
5 28 April 30 April Argentina Rally Argentina Villa Carlos Paz, Córdoba Gravel 18 356.49 km
6 19 May 21 May Portugal Rally de Portugal Matosinhos, Porto Gravel 19 349.17 km
7 9 June 11 June Italy Rally Italia Sardegna Alghero, Sardinia Gravel 19 321.06 km
8 30 June 2 July Poland Rally Poland Mikołajki, Warmia-Masuria Gravel 23 338.34 km
9 28 July 30 July Finland Rally Finland Jyväskylä, Keski-Suomi Gravel 25 315.62 km
10 18 August 20 August Germany Rallye Deutschland Trier, Rhineland-Palatinate Tarmac 21 309.17 km
11 6 October 8 October Spain Rally Catalunya Salou, Tarragona Mixed 19 312.02 km
12 27 October 29 October United Kingdom Wales Rally GB Deeside, Flintshire Gravel 21 306.13 km
13 17 November 19 November Australia Rally Australia Coffs Harbour, New South Wales Gravel 19 287.68 km
Source:[4][5][11]

Calendar changes

The FIA re-organised the calendar for the 2017 season to include a greater variation in surfaces between events, bringing the Tour de Corse forward from October to April.[4][12] The decision was made after concerns were expressed about the 2016 calendar, which originally contained six consecutive gravel events followed by four tarmac rallies.[13]

The Rally of China was removed from the calendar.[5] The event had been included on the 2016 calendar before storm damage to the proposed route forced its cancellation.[13] The round was removed from the 2017 calendar to give event organisers more time to prepare for a future bid to rejoin the calendar.[14] Similarly, the FIA put the Rallies of Argentina and Poland on notice regarding safety concerns, threatening to rescind their World Championship status for the 2017 season unless safety standards were improved in 2016,[15][16][17] with drivers citing a lack of safety marshalls and expressing concerns over spectators getting too close to the cars as the main areas to be addressed.[18] Both events were subsequently included on the calendar.[4][5]

The Rally of Sweden was the only event to change its headquarters, staying within Värmland County but relocating from Karlstad to Torsby.[4]

Route changes

The Rallye Monte-Carlo introduced a heavily revised itinerary, with eighty-five percent of the route used in 2016 being revised for the 2017 event,[19] which saw the competitive distance increase from 337.59 km to 382.65 km and included the Col de Turini as part of the Power Stage.[19] Rally Sweden adjusted its route to remove the emphasis on purpose-built stages that had filled out the event itinerary in previous years. The new route raised the average speed of the rally and introduced more competitive mileage in Hedmark County in neighbouring Norway.[20]

Rally Mexico also featured route revisions, with the eighty-kilometre Guanajuato stage—the longest in the championship in 2016—removed from the schedule;[21] however, the addition of new stages and further changes to existing ones meant that the overall competitive distance of the 2017 rally was only six kilometres shorter than the route used in the 2016 event. The rally is scheduled to start in Mexico City with a spectator-friendly stage before moving to its traditional headquarters in León.[22] The Tour de Corse shortened its route by seventy-four kilometres, from 390.92 km in 2016 down to 316.76 km in 2017, with most of the changes coming from shortening each of the individual stages used in 2016.[23]

Teams and drivers

Entrant Car Class Tyre Drivers Co-drivers Rounds
France Renault Sport Racing Team Renault Clio RS R3T R3 M Switzerland Cédric Althaus Switzerland Jessica Bayard 1
France Charles Martin France Mathieu Duval 1
France Renault Sport Racing Team 2 Spain Surhayen Pernía Spain Rogelio Peñate 1
Italy Luca Panzani Italy Federico Grilli 1
Italy Vieffecorse Peugeot 208 R2 R2 D Italy Enrico Brazzoli Italy Maurizio Barone 1, 4, 6, 10, 12
Italy Enrico Ghietti 7
France CHL Sport Auto Peugeot 208 R2 R2 M France Raphaël Astier France Frédéric Vauclare 1, 4, 6, 8, 10–12
United Kingdom Relly Team GB Ford Fiesta R2 R2 M United Kingdom Louise Cook United Kingdom Stefan Davis 2, 4
France BPS Racing Citroën DS3 R3T R3 M France Loïc Astier France Loïc Declerck 4
Poland Go+Cars Atlas Ward Citroën DS3 R3T R3 M Poland Jakub Brzeziński Poland Szymon Marciniak 4
Poland Robert Hundla 6–9
Mexico Name Rua Racing Citroën DS3 R3T R3 M Mexico Francisco Name Mexico Armando Zapata 6–8
United Kingdom M-Sport Ford Fiesta R2T R2 D Spain Nil Solans Spain Miquel Ibáñez 4, 6–11
France Terry Folb France Christopher Guieu 4, 7–11
France Nicolas Ciamin France Thibault de la Haye 4, 6–11
Republic of Ireland Robert Duggan Republic of Ireland Gerard Conway 4
United Kingdom Tom Woodburn 7–8
Belgium William Wagner France Kévin Parent 4
United States Dillon van Way United Kingdom Dai Roberts 4, 7–10
Sweden Dennis Rådström Sweden Johan Johansson 4, 7–9, 11
Bolivia Sebastian Careaga Argentina Claudio Bustos 4
Spain Rodrigo Sanjuan 7–10
Finland Emil Lindholm Finland Tomi Tuominen 8–9
Germany ADAC Sachsen Ford Fiesta R2T R2 D Germany Julius Tannert Austria Jürgen Heigl 4, 7–11
Estonia Cueks Racing Ford Fiesta R2T R2 D Estonia Miko-Ove Niinemäe Estonia Martin Valter 4, 7–8
Source:[24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34]
Key
Icon Class
R2 Classification
within Group R
R3

Season report

The season started with the Rallye Monte Carlo. In the category, there were six entries, including four by Renault Sport. The rally was won from start to end by Raphaël Astier, winning by more than nine minutes over the rest of the crews. The podium was completed by Renault's Luca Panzani and Charles Martin.[35]

Louise Cook was the sole entrant for Rally Sweden in the category. She had to retire after losing the bumper of her car before the Colin's Crest jump during the second pass over the Vargåsen stage.[36] She was able to re-assemble the car, but an homologation problem in the spare seat brackets, made her unable to start the final leg of the rally, leaving the category with no winner.[37]

After there were no entries in Rally Mexico, the action continued Tour de Corse, which also featured the first round of the Junior championship. Raphaël Astier lead the event from start to finish, winning the event by almoust a minute and a half from Junior entrant Nil Solans. The podium was completed by local Nicolas Ciamin, who claimed to that position after a driveshaft problem prevented fellow Frenchman Terry Folb the means to finish in the podium.[38]

Results and standings

Season summary

Round Event name Winning driver Winning co-driver Winning entry Winning car Winning time Report
1 Monaco Rallye Monte Carlo France Raphaël Astier France Frédéric Vauclare France CHL Sport Auto Peugeot 208 R2 4:39:55.8 Report
2 Sweden Rally Sweden No WRC-3 finishers Report
3 Mexico Rally Mexico No WRC-3 entries Report
4 France Tour de Corse France Raphaël Astier France Frédéric Vauclare France CHL Sport Auto Peugeot 208 R2 3:52:18.7 Report
5 Argentina Rally Argentina No WRC-3 entries Report
6 Portugal Rally de Portugal Mexico Francisco Name Mexico Armando Zapata Mexico Name-Rua Racing Team Citroën DS3 R3T 4:37:20.7 Report
7 Italy Rally Italia Sardegna Spain Nil Solans Spain Miquel Ibáñez United Kingdom M-Sport Ford Fiesta R2T 4:00:07.8 Report
8 Poland Rally Poland Spain Nil Solans Spain Miquel Ibáñez United Kingdom M-Sport Ford Fiesta R2T 3:17:47.0 Report
9 Finland Rally Finland France Nicolas Ciamin France Thibault de la Haye United Kingdom M-Sport Ford Fiesta R2T 2:57:23.4 Report
10 Germany Rallye Deutschland Germany Julius Tannert Austria Jürgen Heigl Germany ADAC Sachsen Ford Fiesta R2T 3:30:54.4 Report
11 Spain Rally Catalunya Spain Nil Solans Spain Miquel Ibáñez United Kingdom M-Sport Ford Fiesta R2T 3:29:02.3 Report
12 United Kingdom Wales Rally GB France Raphaël Astier France Frédéric Vauclare France CHL Sport Auto Peugeot 208 R2 3:45:26.7 Report
13 Australia Rally Australia No WRC-3 entries Report

FIA World Rally Championship-3 for Drivers

Points are awarded to the top ten classified finishers.

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th 
Points 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1
Pos. Driver MON
Monaco		 SWE
Sweden		 MEX
Mexico		 FRA
France		 ARG
Argentina		 POR
Portugal		 ITA
Italy		 POL
Poland		 FIN
Finland		 GER
Germany		 ESP
Spain		 GBR
United Kingdom		 AUS
Australia		 Drops Points
1 Spain Nil Solans 2 2 1 1 2 3 1 15 129
2 France Raphaël Astier 1 1 Ret 11 2 2 1 0 111
3 France Nicolas Ciamin 3 Ret 2 4 1 5 6 0 88
4 Germany Julius Tannert 5 3 6 4 1 4 0 82
5 Sweden Dennis Rådström 6 5 2 3 5 0 61
6 France Terry Folb 4 4 5 Ret 6 3 0 57
7 Italy Enrico Brazzoli Ret 3 8 4 2 0 49
8 Mexico Francisco Name 1 DNS 8 0 29
9 United States Dillon Van Way 9 7 7 5 WD 0 24
10 Italy Luca Panzani 2 0 18
11 Poland Jakub Brzeziński 10 Ret Ret 3 WD 0 16
12 France Charles Martin 3 0 15
13 Republic of Ireland Robert Duggan 7 6 WD 0 14
14 Spain Surhayen Pernía 4 0 12
15 Bolivia Sebastian Careaga 8 9 9 WD WD 0 8
16 Finland Emil Lindholm 10 Ret 0 1
Pos. Driver MON
Monaco		 SWE
Sweden		 MEX
Mexico		 FRA
France		 ARG
Argentina		 POR
Portugal		 ITA
Italy		 POL
Poland		 FIN
Finland		 GER
Germany		 ESP
Spain		 GBR
United Kingdom		 AUS
Australia		 Drops Points
Key
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Did not finish (Ret)
Black Excluded (EX)
Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Cancelled (C)
Blank Withdrew entry from
the event (WD)

FIA World Rally Championship-3 for Co-Drivers

Pos. Co-driver MON
Monaco		 SWE
Sweden		 MEX
Mexico		 FRA
France		 ARG
Argentina		 POR
Portugal		 ITA
Italy		 POL
Poland		 FIN
Finland		 GER
Germany		 ESP
Spain		 GBR
United Kingdom		 AUS
Australia		 Drops Points
1 Spain Miquel Ibáñez 2 2 1 1 2 3 1 15 129
2 France Frédéric Vauclare 1 1 Ret 11 2 2 1 0 111
3 France Thibault de la Haye 3 Ret 2 4 1 5 6 0 88
4 Austria Jürgen Heigl 5 3 6 4 1 4 0 82
5 Sweden Johan Johansson 6 5 2 3 5 0 61
6 France Christopher Guieu 4 4 5 Ret 6 3 0 57
7 Italy Maurizio Barone Ret 3 4 2 0 45
8 Mexico Armando Zapata 1 DNS 8 0 29
9 United Kingdom Dai Roberts 9 7 7 5 WD 0 24
10 Italy Federico Grilli 2 0 18
11 Poland Robert Hundla Ret Ret 3 WD 0 15
12 France Mathieu Duval 3 0 15
13 Spain Rogelio Peñate 4 0 12
14 United Kingdom Tom Woodburn 6 WD 0 8
15 Republic of Ireland Gerard Conway 7 0 6
16 Argentina Claudio Bustos 8 0 4
17 Italy Enrico Ghietti 8 0 4
18 Spain Rodrigo Sanjuan 9 9 WD WD 0 4
19 Poland Szymon Marciniak 10 0 1
20 Finland Tomi Tuominen 10 Ret 0 1
Pos. Co-driver MON
Monaco		 SWE
Sweden		 MEX
Mexico		 FRA
France		 ARG
Argentina		 POR
Portugal		 ITA
Italy		 POL
Poland		 FIN
Finland		 GER
Germany		 ESP
Spain		 GBR
United Kingdom		 AUS
Australia		 Drops Points
Key
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Did not finish (Ret)
Black Excluded (EX)
Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Cancelled (C)
Blank Withdrew entry from
the event (WD)

FIA World Rally Championship-3 for Teams

Pos. Team MON
Monaco		 SWE
Sweden		 MEX
Mexico		 FRA
France		 ARG
Argentina		 POR
Portugal		 ITA
Italy		 POL
Poland		 FIN
Finland		 GER
Germany		 ESP
Spain		 GBR
United Kingdom		 AUS
Australia		 Points
1 Germany ADAC Sachsen 1 1 2 1 1 1 143
2 Poland Go+Cars Atlas Ward 2 Ret Ret 1 WD 43
3 Mexico Name-Rua Racing Team 1 DNS 3 40
4 France Renault Sport Racing Team 2 1 25
5 France Renault Sport Racing Team 2 18
6 Estonia Cueks Racing 3 Ret WD 15
Pos. Team MON
Monaco		 SWE
Sweden		 MEX
Mexico		 FRA
France		 ARG
Argentina		 POR
Portugal		 ITA
Italy		 POL
Poland		 FIN
Finland		 GER
Germany		 ESP
Spain		 GBR
United Kingdom		 AUS
Australia		 Points
Key
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Did not finish (Ret)
Black Excluded (EX)
Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Cancelled (C)
Blank Withdrew entry from
the event (WD)

Notes

  1. ↑ Rallye Monte Carlo was shortened when the first stage was cancelled due to a fatal accident involving a spectator.[6][7] The sixteenth stage was later cancelled owing to overcrowding of spectators.[8]
  2. ↑ Rally Sweden was shortened when the second pass over the Knon stage was cancelled on the advice of the FIA as the leading drivers exceeded the maximum average stage speed of 130 km/h (80.8 mph) during the first run through the stage.[9]
  3. ↑ Rally Mexico had its route shortened when a highway accident prevented the cars being transported to León in time for the start of the first stages.[10]

References

  1. ↑ "2013 FIA World Rally Championship Sporting Regulations" (PDF). fia.com. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 17 December 2012. Retrieved 2 December 2013.
  2. ↑ "Tempestini:Corsica challenge was tough". WRC.com. WRC.com. 4 October 2016. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
  3. ↑ "Nil Solans WRC-3 champion". WRC.com. WRC.com. 20 August 2017. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 "2017 WRC dates confirmed". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 28 September 2016. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "FIA Announces World Motorsport Council Decisions". FIA.com. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 30 November 2016. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
  6. ↑ Benyon, Jack; Evans, David (19 January 2017). "Hayden Paddon crash halts Monte Carlo Rally's opening stage". autosport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
  7. ↑ "Spectator dies in tragic start to Monte Carlo Rally". speedcafe.com. 20 January 2017. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
  8. ↑ "Sebastien Ogier lands first victory of new WRC era". speedcafe.com. 22 January 2017. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
  9. ↑ Benyon, Jack (11 February 2017). "Rally Sweden stage cancelled due to high speed of 2017 WRC cars". autosport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
  10. ↑ "WRC stars left carless in Mexico". speedcafe.com. 11 March 2017. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  11. ↑ Evans, David; Beer, Matt (28 September 2016). "World Rally Championship only confirms partial 2017 calendar". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
  12. ↑ Evans, David (20 September 2016). "Tour of Corsica set to get April slot in 2017 WRC schedule". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  13. 1 2 "Rally China cancelled due to weather damage". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  14. ↑ Lomas, Gordon (17 December 2016). "WRC: More at stake than Aus v NZ for 2018". speedcafe.com. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
  15. ↑ Evans, David (2 March 2016). "FIA taking hard line on WRC Rally Argentina safety". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
  16. ↑ Evans, David. "Rally Argentina under FIA observation after 2015 safety failings". autosport.com. 20 April 2016. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
  17. ↑ Evans, David (30 June 2016). "Rally Poland under pressure to prove safety to ensure WRC future". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
  18. ↑ Evans, David (15 December 2016). "WRC drivers want Rally Poland safety improvements for 2017". autosport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
  19. 1 2 "Rallye Monte Carlo preview". 2017 World Rally Championship season. January 2017. WRC Promoter GmbH.
  20. ↑ "Rally Sweden — Day 1". 2017 World Rally Championship season. February 2017. WRC Promoter GmbH.
  21. ↑ Evans, David (31 December 2016). "Mexico drops World Rally Championship's longest stage for 2017". autosport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
  22. ↑ Evans, David (25 January 2017). "Rally Mexico adds stage around Bond film venue in Mexico City". autosport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
  23. ↑ "Corsica route 2017". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
  24. ↑ "Rallye Montecarlo Entry List" (PDF). acm.mc. Automobile Club Montecarlo. 2 January 2017. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
  25. ↑ "Rally Sweden Entry List" (PDF). rallysweden.com. Rally Sweden. 16 January 2017. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
  26. ↑ "FIA Monte Entry List". FIA.com. FIA. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
  27. ↑ "Tour de Corse Entry List" (PDF). tourdecorse.com. tourdecorse.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 March 2017. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
  28. ↑ "Rally Portugal Entry List" (PDF). rallyportugal.py. rallyportugal.pt. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
  29. ↑ "Rally Italia Entry List" (PDF). rallylink.it. Rallylink. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
  30. ↑ "Rally Poland Entry List" (PDF). rajdpolski.pl. rajdpolski.pl. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
  31. ↑ "Rally Finland Entry List" (PDF). nesterallyfinland.fi. nesterallyfinland.fi. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
  32. ↑ "Rallye Deutschalnd Entry List" (PDF). adac-rallye-deutschland.de. adac-rallye-deutschland.de. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  33. ↑ "Rally Spain Entry List" (PDF). rallyracc.com. 19 September 2017. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
  34. ↑ "Wales Rally GB Entry List" (PDF). walesrallygb.com. 6 October 2017. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
  35. ↑ "WRC-3 Monte Results". EWRC-Results.com. Shacki. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
  36. ↑ Louise, Cook. "Cook loose bumper". Twitter.com. Twitter.com. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
  37. ↑ Louise, Cook. "Cook Homologation problem". Facebook.com. Facebook.com. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
  38. ↑ "Junior WRC in Corsica: Solans claims opener". WRC.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
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