2018 World Rally Championship-2

Calendar changes

The future of the Rally of Poland was called into question after the FIA repeatedly raised concerns about the event's safety.^[8] The FIA had previously ordered a review of the event's safety standards ahead of the 2017 event, threatening to rescind the rally's World Championship status if conditions were not improved.^[9] The event was ultimately removed and replaced by the Rally of Turkey, which returned to the calendar for the first time since 2010.^[2] The event will be based in the resort town of Marmaris in the south-western Muğla Province.^[10]

Eligible models

The 2018 season will see several new car models become available for competition:

• Citroën made an R5 variation of the C3, known as the Citroën C3 R5.^[11] The Citroën DS3 R5 is still eligible to compete.
• Proton will return to international competition with the Proton Iriz R5.^[12]
• Volkswagen will enter the World Rally Championship-2 for the first time with the Volkswagen Polo GTI R5, the replacement for the cancelled Polo R WRC project.^[13]

Entry list

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

Manufacturer	Car	Entrant	Tyre	Driver	Co-driver	Rounds
Citroën	Citroën DS3 R5	Eddie Sciessere	M	Eddie Sciessere	Flavio Zanella	1
	Citroën C3 R5	Citroën Total Rallye Team	M	Stéphane Lefebvre	Gabin Moreau	4, 6–9, 11–12
				Ole Christian Veiby	Stig Rune Skjærmoen	12
				Simone Tempestini	Sergiu Itu	7–9
		Simone Tempestini	M	Simone Tempestini	Sergiu Itu	10–12
		Yoann Bonato	M	Yoann Bonato	Benjamin Boulloud	4
		CHL Sport Auto				9
		PH Sport	M	Ole Christian Veiby	Stig Rune Skjærmoen	11
		Sports&You	M	Pepe López	Borja Rozada	12
Ford	Ford Fiesta R5	Kevin Abbring	P	Kevin Abbring	Pieter Tsjoen	1–2, 6
		M-Sport Ford WRT	M	Eric Camilli	Benjamin Veillas	1, 9, 11
				Teemu Suninen	Mikko Markkula	1
				Alberto Heller	José Diaz	5
				Jouni Virtanen	Enni Mälkönen	8
		Gianluca Linari	P	Gianluca Linari	Nicola Arena	2
		TAIF Motorsport	M	Radik Shaymiev	Maxim Tsvetkov	2
		Tommi Mäkinen Racing	P	Hiroki Arai	Glenn MacNeall	2, 6
			M	Hiroki Arai	Glenn MacNeall	4
					Jarmo Lehtinen	7–8
			P	Takamoto Katsuta	Marko Salminen	2, 6
			M			4, 7–8, 12
		Tommi Mäkinen Racing 2	M	Jarkko Nikara	Sayaka Adachi	8
		Marco Bulacia Wilkinson	M	Marco Bulacia Wilkinson	Fernando Mussano	3
			D			5
		Gus Greensmith	M	Gus Greensmith	Craig Parry	3, 5–6, 8
					Stuart Loudon	9
					Alessandro Gelsomino	10–11
		Nil Solans	D	Nil Solans	Miquel Ibañez	3–6
			P	Nil Solans	Miquel Ibañez	9
					Marc Martí	11–12
		Pedro Heller	M	Pedro Heller	Pablo Olmos	3, 5–6, 10
		Castrol Ford Team Türkiye	P	Murat Bostanci	Onur Vatansever	6, 8, 10
		Simone Tempestini	P	Simone Tempestini	Sergiu Itu	6
		Lotos Rally Team	P	Kajetan Kajetanowicz	Maciej Szczepaniak	7, 9–10, 12
		Ford Motorsport Turkey	P	Yağiz Avci	Ersan Alkir	10
				Deniz Fahri	Bahadir Gücenmez	10
		Bora Manyera	P	Bora Manyera	Cem Çerkez	10
		Georgios Vassilakis	P	Georgios Vassilakis	Spyros Koltsidas	10
Hyundai	Hyundai i20 R5	Hyundai Motorsport	M	Jari Huttunen	Antti Linnaketo	2–3, 6, 8–9, 11–12
		BRC Racing Team	M	Pierre-Louis Loubet	Vincent Landais	4, 6–9, 11–12
		Nicolas Ciamin	M	Nicolas Ciamin	Thibault de la Haye	4, 7–9
		Diego Dominguez	D	Diego Dominguez	Edgardo Galindo	5
		Max Vatanen	M	Max Vatanen	Christopher Guieu	6
		Eddie Sciessere	M	Eddie Sciessere	Elia Pietro Ometto	9
		Hyundai Motor España	M	José Antonio Suárez	Cándido Carrera	9
		José Antonio Suárez				12
Peugeot	Peugeot 208 T16 R5	Guillaume de Mevius	M	Guillaume de Mevius	Louis Louka	1
Škoda Auto	Škoda Fabia R5	Škoda Motorsport II	M	Jan Kopecký	Pavel Dresler	1, 4, 7, 9–10
				Ole Christian Veiby	Stig Rune Skjærmoen	4, 7
				Kalle Rovanperä	Jonne Halttunen	9, 11
				Pontus Tidemand	Jonas Andersson	10–11
		Škoda Motorsport	M	Ole Christian Veiby	Stig Rune Skjærmoen	2, 8
				Pontus Tidemand	Jonas Andersson	2–3, 5–6
				Kalle Rovanperä	Jonne Halttunen	3, 5, 8, 12
				Juuso Nordgren	Tapio Suominen	6
				Jan Kopecký	Pavel Dresler	12
		Fredrik Åhlin	D	Fredrik Åhlin	Joakim Sjöberg	2
		Lars Stugemo	P	Lars Stugemo	Kalle Lexe	2, 8
		Mattias Adielsson	P	Mattias Adielsson	Andreas Johansson	2
		Printsport	M	Łukasz Pieniążek	Przemysław Mazur	2, 4, 6–7, 9, 11–12
				Emil Lindholm	Mikael Korhonen	8
		S.A. Motorsport Italia Srl	D	Umberto Scandola	Andrea Gaspari	2, 9
			P	Benito Guerra	Borja Rozada	9
					Emanuele Inglesi	12
		Toksport World Rally Team	P	Janne Tuohino	Reeta Hämäläinen	2
				Jarmo Berg	Rami Suorsa	2
			M	Chris Ingram	Ross Whittock	10–12
				Henning Solberg	Ilka Minor	12
		Motorsport Italia	P	Benito Guerra	Borja Rozada	3, 6–8
				Diogo Salvi	Hugo Magalhães	10
		ACI Team Italia WRC	P	Fabio Andolfi	Simone Scattolin	4, 6, 12
					Emanuele Inglesi	8–9, 11
		Gustavo Saba	D	Gustavo Saba	Marcelo der Ohannesian	5
		Tiago Weiler	D	Tiago Weiler	Fabian Cretu	5
		TGS Worldwide	M	Eerik Pietarinen	Juhana Raitanen	8
		Škoda Auto Deutschland	M	Fabian Kreim	Frank Christian	9
		BC Vision Motorsport	M	Burak Çukurova	Vedat Bostanci	10
			P	Erkan Güral	Burak Koçoğlu	10
		Marco Bulacia Wilkinson	D	Marco Bulacia Wilkinson	Fabian Cretu	11–12
		Sylvain Michel	M	Sylvain Michel	TBA	12
Volkswagen	Volkswagen Polo GTI R5	Volkswagen Motorsport	M	Eric Camilli	Benjamin Veillas	12
				Petter Solberg	Veronica Engan	12
Source:[14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26]

Season summary

Round	Event	Winning driver	Winning co-driver	Winning entrant	Winning time	Report
1	Rallye Monte Carlo	Jan Kopecký	Pavel Dresler	Škoda Motorsport II	4:35:38.5	Report
2	Rally Sweden	Takamoto Katsuta	Marko Salminen	Tommi Mäkinen Racing	3:01:27.5	Report
3	Rally México	Pontus Tidemand	Jonas Andersson	Škoda Motorsport	4:04:32.7	Report
4	Tour de Corse	Jan Kopecký	Pavel Dresler	Škoda Motorsport II	3:37:27.5	Report
5	Rally Argentina	Pontus Tidemand	Jonas Andersson	Škoda Motorsport	3:55:44.7	Report
6	Rally Portugal	Pontus Tidemand	Jonas Andersson	Škoda Motorsport	4:03:57.4	Report
7	Rally Italia Sardegna	Jan Kopecký	Pavel Dresler	Škoda Motorsport II	3:42:33.3	Report
8	Rally Finland	Eerik Pietarinen	Juhana Raitanen	TGS Worldwide OU	2:45:18.4	Report
9	Rallye Deutschland	Jan Kopecký	Pavel Dresler	Škoda Motorsport II	3:16:49.7	Report
10	Rally Turkey	Jan Kopecký	Pavel Dresler	Škoda Motorsport II	4:17:49.7	Report
11	Wales Rally GB	Kalle Rovanperä	Jonne Halttunen	Škoda Motorsport II	3:15:27.2	Report
12	Rally Catalunya					Report
13	Rally Australia					Report

Scoring system

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

FIA World Rally Championship-2 for Drivers

Pos. Driver MON SWE MEX FRA ARG POR ITA FIN DEU TUR GBR CAT AUS Drops Points 1 Jan Kopecký 1 1 1 1 1 125 2 Pontus Tidemand 2 1 1 1 Ret 2 111 3 Gus Greensmith 2 2 8 3 Ret Ret 3 0 70 4 Kalle Rovanperä 5 Ret 4 2 1 65 5 Łukasz Pieniążek 9 5 2 5 6 6 56 6 Fabio Andolfi 3 15 4 8 3 8 50 7 Jari Huttunen 6 6 12 2 12 4 46 8 Ole Christian Veiby 3 4 2 Ret 11 45 9 Pedro Heller 3 3 10 5 41 10 Stéphane Lefebvre Ret 3 8 13 8 5 33 11 Pierre-Louis Loubet 6 4 Ret 5 Ret Ret 30 12 Takamoto Katsuta 1 8 13 Ret Ret 29 13 Kajetan Kajetanowicz 7 5 4 28 14 Simone Tempestini 16 Ret 9 10 2 7 27 15 Eerik Pietarinen 1 25 16 Hiroki Arai 7 9 5 Ret 7 24 17 Nil Solans 7 7 5 9 Ret 13 24 18 Benito Guerra DNS 7 6 6 9 24 19 Nicolas Ciamin Ret 3 Ret 7 21 20 Yoann Bonato 2 11 18 21 Eddie Sciessere 2 WD 18 22 Teemu Suninen 3 15 23 Chris Ingram 3 12 15 24 Marco Bulacia Wilkinson 4 Ret 9 14 25 Guillaume de Mevius 4 WD 12 26 Mattias Adielsson 4 12 27 Diego Dominguez 4 12 28 Fabian Kreim 4 12 29 Janne Tuohino 5 10 30 Juuso Nordgren 6 8 31 Burak Cukurova 6 8 32 Diogo Salvi 7 6 33 Lars Stugemo 8 12 4 34 Bora Manyera 8 4 35 Erkan Güral 9 2 36 Murat Bostanci 11 10 Ret 1 37 Eric Camilli Ret Ret 10 1 38 Jarmo Berg 10 1 39 Georgios Vassilakis 10 1 Pos. Driver MON SWE MEX FRA ARG POR ITA FIN DEU TUR GBR CAT AUS 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-2 for Co-Drivers

Pos. Driver MON SWE MEX FRA ARG POR ITA FIN DEU TUR GBR CAT AUS Drops Points 1 Pavel Dresler 1 1 1 1 1 125 2 Jonas Andersson 2 1 1 1 Ret 2 111 3 Jonne Halttunen 5 Ret 4 2 1 65 4 Przemysław Mazur 9 5 2 5 6 6 56 5 Craig Parry 2 2 8 3 55 6 Antti Linnaketo 6 6 12 2 12 4 46 7 Stig Rune Skjærmoen 3 4 2 Ret 11 45 8 Pablo Olmos 3 3 10 5 41 9 Gabin Moreau Ret 3 8 13 8 5 33 10 Vincent Landais 6 4 Ret 5 Ret Ret 30 11 Marko Salminen 1 8 13 Ret Ret 29 12 Maciej Szczepaniak 7 5 4 28 13 Sergiu Itu 16 Ret 9 10 2 7 27 14 Simone Scattolin 3 15 4 27 15 Juhana Raitanen 1 25 16 Miquel Ibañez 7 7 5 9 Ret 24 17 Borja Rozada WD 7 6 6 9 24 18 Emanuele Inglesi 8 3 8 23 19 Thibault de la Haye Ret 3 Ret 7 21 20 Benjamin Boulloud 2 11 18 21 Flavio Zanella 2 18 22 Glenn MacNeall 7 9 5 18 23 Ross Whittock 3 12 15 24 Mikko Markkula 3 15 25 Alessandro Gelsomino Ret 3 15 26 Fernando Mussano 4 Ret 12 27 Louis Louka 4 WD 12 28 Andreas Johansson 4 12 29 Edgardo Galindo 4 12 30 Frank Christian 4 12 31 Reeta Hämäläinen 5 10 32 Tapio Suominen 6 8 33 Vedat Bostanci 6 8 34 Hugo Magalhães 7 6 35 Jarmo Lehtinen Ret 7 6 36 Kalle Lexe 8 12 4 37 Cem Cerkez 8 4 38 Burak Koçoğlu 9 2 39 Fabian Cretu Ret 9 2 40 Onur Vatansever 11 10 Ret 1 41 Rami Suorsa 10 1 42 Spiros Koltsidas 10 1 43 Benjamin Veillas Ret Ret 10 1 Pos. Driver MON SWE MEX FRA ARG POR ITA FIN DEU TUR GBR CAT AUS 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-2 for Teams

Pos. Team MON SWE MEX FRA ARG POR ITA FIN DEU TUR GBR CAT AUS Points 1 Škoda Motorsport II 1 1 1 1 1 1 150 2 Škoda Motorsport 2 1 1 1 3 108 3 Printsport 5 3 2 3 10 5 4 81 4 Hyundai Motorsport 4 2 8 2 9 2 72 5 ACI Team Italia WRC 2 9 2 7 2 5 72 6 Tommi Mäkinen Racing 1 5 5 Ret 6 53 7 Citroën Total Rallye Team Ret 3 6 8 6 3 50 8 Motorsport Italia WD 6 4 5 5 40 9 Toksport World Rally Team 3 2 8 37 10 Lotos Rally Team 5 4 3 37 11 BRC Racing Team 4 4 Ret 4 Ret Ret 36 12 M-Sport Ford WRT 2 Ret 11 Ret 6 26 13 TGS Worldwide OU 1 25 14 Škoda Auto Deutschland 3 15 15 S.A. Motorsport Italia Srl 6 7 14 16 BC Vision Motorsport 4 12 17 Castrol Ford Team Türkiye 7 9 Ret 8 18 PH Sport 7 6 19 CHL Sport Auto 8 4 Pos. Driver MON SWE MEX FRA ARG POR ITA FIN DEU TUR GBR CAT AUS 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)