2016 World Rally Championship-3

2016 World Rally Championship-3
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Parent series: World Rally Championship

The 2016 World Rally Championship-3 is the fourth season of the World Rally Championship-3, an auto racing championship recognized 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. The Championship is composed by fourteen Rallies, and Drivers and Teams must nominate a maximum of six event. The best five results will be counted towards the championship.^[1]

Quentin Gilbert is the defending champion, as he won the 2015 title.

Calendar

The calendar was announced in November by the FIA.^[2] The season will maintain the same rallies as the 2015 championship with the addition of the China Rally and will be contested over fourteen rounds in Europe, North America, South America, Asia and Australia.^[3][4]

Round	Dates		Rally name	Rally headquarters	Surface	Stages	Distance
	Start	Finish
1	22 January	24 January	84ème Rallye Automobile Monte-Carlo	Gap, Hautes-Alpes	Mixed	16	337.59km
2	12 February	14 February	64th Rally Sweden	Karlstad, Värmland	Snow	12^1a	226.48km^1b
3	4 March	6 March	30º Rally Guanajuato México	León, Guanajuato	Gravel	21	399.67km
4	22 April	24 April	36º Rally Argentina	Villa Carlos Paz, Córdoba	Gravel	18	364.68km
5	20 May	22 May	50º Rally de Portugal	Matosinhos, Porto	Gravel	19	368km
6	10 June	12 June	13º Rally d'Italia Sardegna	Alghero, Sardinia	Gravel
7	1 July	3 July	73rd Rally Poland	Mikołajki, Warmia-Masuria	Gravel
8	29 July	31 July	66th Rally Finland	Jyväskylä, Keski-Suomi	Gravel
9	19 August	21 August	34. ADAC Rallye Deutschland	Trier, Rhineland-Palatinate	Tarmac
10	9 September	11 September	19th China Rally	Beijing, Hebei	Tarmac
11	30 September	2 October	59ème Tour de Corse – Rallye de France	Ajaccio, Corse-du-Sud	Tarmac
12	14 October	16 October	52º Rally RACC Catalunya – Costa Daurada	Salou, Tarragona	Mixed
13	28 October	30 October	72nd Wales Rally GB	Deeside, Flintshire	Gravel
14	18 November	20 November	25th Rally Australia	Coffs Harbour, New South Wales	Gravel

Notes

• ^1  – The Rally Sweden was shortened due to warm weather conditions turning frozen roads into soft, muddy gravel.^[5]

Calendar changes

• Rally Australia was moved from its September date to November to become the final round of the championship.^[4]
• The calendar expanded to fourteen rounds in 2016,^[6] with the inclusion of the Rally of China, seventeen years after its only appearance as a round of the WRC.^[7][8]

Teams and drivers

Entries
Nat.	Entrant	Nat.	Drivers	Nat.	Co-drivers	Car	Class	Tyre	Rounds
	Abu Dhabi Racing Team[9]		Mohamed Al-Mutawaa[9]		Stephen McAuley[9]	Citroën DS3 R3T	R3	M	5
	ACI Team Italia[10]		Fabio Andolfi[10]		Manuel Fenoli[10]	Peugeot 208 R2	R2	P	1, 5
			Damiano De Tommaso[10]		Massimiliano Bosi[10]				1
					Paolo Rocca[9]				5
	Enrico Brazzoli[10]		Enrico Brazzoli[10]		Maurizio Barone[10]	Peugeot 208 R2	R2	P	1, 5
	Andrea Crugnola[9]		Andrea Crugnola[9]		Michele Ferrara[9]	Citroën DS3 R3T	R3	M	5
	Vincent Dubert[10]		Vincent Dubert[10]		Sébastien Pujol[10]	Citroën DS3 R3T	R3	M	1
					Alexandre Coria[9]				5
	Igor Giusti[10]		Igor Giusti[10]		Patrick Chiappe[10]	Peugeot 208 R2	R2	M	1
					Gilbert Dini[9]				5
	Frédéric Hauswald[9]		Frédéric Hauswald[9]		Maxime Vilmot[9]	Citroën DS3 R3T	R3	M	5
	Thilo Himmel[9]		Thilo Himmel[9]		Nico Swartz[9]	Citroën DS3 R3T	R3	M	5
	Martin Koči[10]		Martin Koči[10]		Lukáš Kostka[10]	Citroën DS3 R3T	R3	M	1
	Styllex Slovak National Team[9]								5
	Romain Martel[9]		Romain Martel[9]		Vanessa Lemoine[9]	Citroën DS3 R3T	R3	M	5
	Carlos Oliveira[9]		Carlos Oliveira[9]		José Janela[9]	Renault Clio R3T	R3	M	5
	Peugeot Rally Academy[10]		Jordan Berfa[10]		Damien Augustin[10]	Peugeot 208 R2	R2	M	1
	Łukasz Pieniąźek[9]		Łukasz Pieniąźek[9]		Mazur Przemisław[9]	Citroën DS3 R3T	R3	M	5
	Printsport[10]		Ole Christian Veiby[10]		Jonas Andersson[10]	Citroën DS3 R3T	R3	M	1
					Stig Rune Skjærmoen[9]				5
	Renault Sport[9]		Michaël Burri[9]		Anderson Levratti[9]	Renault Clio R3T	R3	M	5
	Saintéloc Junior Team[10]		Michel Fabre[10]		Maxime Vilmot[10]	Citroën DS3 R3T	R3	M	1–4
	Sébastien Loeb Racing[9]		Terry Folb[9]		Franck Le Floch[9]	Citroën DS3 R3T	R3	M	5
	Simone Tempestini[9]		Simone Tempestini[9]		TBA	Citroën DS3 R3T	R3	M	5

Results and standings

Season Summary

Round	Event name	Winning driver	Winning co-driver	Winning Entry	Winning time	Report
1	84ème Rallye Automobile Monte-Carlo	Ole Christian Veiby	Jonas Andersson	Printsport	4:30:42.9	Report
2	61st Rally Sweden	Michel Fabre	Maxime Vilmot	Saintéloc Junior Team	2:41:39.5	Report
3	30º Rally Guanajuato México	Michel Fabre	Maxime Vilmot	Saintéloc Junior Team	5:34:30.7	Report
4	36º Rally Argentina	Michel Fabre	Maxime Vilmot	Saintéloc Junior Team	4:53:11.0	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 SWE MEX ARG POR ITA POL FIN DEU CHN FRA ESP GBR AUS Drops Points 1 Michel Fabre 8 1 1 1 79 2 Ole Christian Veiby 1 25 3 Jordan Berfa 2 18 4 Fabio Andolfi 3 15 5 Damiano De Tommaso 4 12 6 Vincent Dubert 5 10 7 Martin Koči 6 8 8 Enrico Brazzoli 7 6 9 Igor Giusti 9 2 Pos. Driver MON SWE MEX ARG POR ITA POL FIN DEU CHN FRA ESP GBR AUS Drops Points

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Black Excluded (EX) Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Blank Withdrew entry before the event (WD)

FIA World Rally Championship-3 for Co-Drivers

Pos. Co-driver MON SWE MEX ARG POR ITA POL FIN DEU CHN FRA ESP GBR AUS Drops Points 1 Maxime Vilmot 8 1 1 1 79 2 Jonas Andersson 1 25 3 Damien Augustin 2 18 4 Manuel Fenoli 3 15 5 Massimiliano Bosi 4 12 6 Sébastien Poujol 5 10 7 Lukáš Kostka 6 8 8 Maurizio Barone 7 6 9 Patrick Chiappe 9 2 Pos. Co-driver MON SWE MEX ARG POR ITA POL FIN DEU CHN FRA ESP GBR AUS Drops Points

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Black Excluded (EX) Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Blank Withdrew entry before the event (WD)

FIA World Rally Championship-3 for Teams

Pos. Team MON SWE MEX ARG POR ITA POL FIN DEU CHN FRA ESP GBR AUS Points 1 Saintéloc Junior Team 4 1 1 1 87 2 Printsport 1 25 3 Peugeot Rally Academy 2 18 4 ACI Team Italia 3 15 Pos. Team MON SWE MEX ARG POR ITA POL FIN DEU CHN FRA ESP GBR AUS Points

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Black Excluded (EX) Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Blank Withdrew entry before the event (WD)

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. "2016 FIA World Rally Championship Calendar". fia.com. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 3 November 2015. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
3. "WRC 2016 dates confirmed". WRC.com. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
4. "WRC 2016 dates & surfaces". eWRC-results.com. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
5. "Weather forces Sweden route revamp". WRC.com. WRC.com. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
6. Lomas, Gordan (14 May 2015). "Rally Australia on preliminary 2016 WRC draft schedule". speedcafe. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
7. "China on provisional WRC calendar". autosport.com (Haymarket Publications). Retrieved 5 November 2015.
8. "Rally GB secures WRC future". Autosport.com (Haymarket Publications). 5 August 2015. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
9. "Rally Portugal Entry List" (PDF). rallydeportugal.com. 30 April 2016. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
10. "Rallye Montecarlo Entry List". Wewrc-results.com (ewrc-results.com). 30 December 2015. Retrieved 30 December 2015.

External links

• Official website of the World Rally Championship
• Official website of the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile