2016 WRC3 Championship

The 2016 FIA WRC3 Championship was the fourth season of WRC3, a rallying championship organised and governed by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile, ran in support of the World Rally Championship. It was created when the Group R class of rally car was introduced in 2013. The Championship was composed of fourteen rallies, and drivers and teams had to nominate a maximum of six events. The best five results counted towards the championship.^[1]

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

Calendar

The calendar was announced in November 2015 by the FIA.^[2] The season was scheduled to expand with one rally in comparison to the 2015 championship, contested over fourteen rounds in Europe, the Americas, Oceania and Asia,^[3]^[4] but the Chinese round was ultimately cancelled.

Round	Dates	Rally name	Rally headquarters	Surface	Stages	Distance
1	21–24 January	Monte Carlo Rally	Gap, Hautes-Alpes, France	Mixed	16	337.59km
2	12–14 February	Rally Sweden	Karlstad, Värmland	Snow	12^1a	226.48km^1b
3	3–6 March	Rally Mexico	León, Guanajuato	Gravel	21	399.67km
4	21–24 April	Rally Argentina	Villa Carlos Paz, Córdoba	Gravel	18	364.68km
5	19–22 May	Rally de Portugal	Matosinhos, Porto	Gravel	19	368.00km
6	9–12 June	Rally Italia Sardegna	Alghero, Sardinia	Gravel	19	324.60km
7	30 June–3 July	Rally Poland	Mikołajki, Warmia-Masuria	Gravel	21	306.10km
8	28–31 July	Rally Finland	Jyväskylä, Keski-Suomi	Gravel	24	333.99km
9	19–21 August	Rallye Deutschland	Trier, Rhineland-Palatinate	Tarmac	18	306.80km
10	9–11 September	Rally China	Beijing, Hebei	Tarmac	Cancelled²
11	30 September–2 October	Tour de Corse	Bastia, Haute-Corse	Tarmac	10	390.92km
12	13–16 October	Rally Catalunya	Salou, Tarragona	Mixed	21	321.08km
13	28–30 October	Wales Rally GB	Deeside, Flintshire	Gravel	22	336.00km
14	18–20 November	Rally Australia	Coffs Harbour, New South Wales	Gravel	23	283.36km³

Notes

^1 – Rally Sweden was shortened due to warm weather conditions turning frozen roads into soft, muddy gravel and making the studded tyres unsafe to use.^[5]
^2 – Rally China was cancelled due to weather damage caused by torrential storms and flooding in July.^[6]
^3 – The route of Rally Australia was shortened following concerns over dust reducing visibility in forest stages.

Calendar changes

Rally Australia was moved from its September date to November to become the final round of the championship.^[4]
The calendar was to be expanded to fourteen rounds in 2016,^[7] with the inclusion of the Rally of China, seventeen years after its only appearance as a round of the WRC.^[8]^[9]
The Tour de Corse relocated its headquarters from Corte to Bastia, which features a brand-new route.^[10]

Teams and drivers

Entrant	Car	Class	Tyre	Drivers	Co-Drivers	Rounds
Printsport^[11]	Citroën DS3 R3T	R3	M	Ole Christian Veiby^[11]	Jonas Andersson^[11]	1
				Ole Christian Veiby^[11]	Stig Rune Skjærmoen^[12]	5, 7–10
				Juuso Nordgren^[13]	Mikael Korhonen^[13]	8
ACI Team Italia^[11]	Peugeot 208 R2	R2	P	Fabio Andolfi^[11]	Manuel Fenoli^[11]	1, 5–6, 8–9, 11
				Damiano De Tommaso^[11]	Massimiliano Bosi^[11]	1
				Damiano De Tommaso^[11]	Paolo Rocca^[12]	5–6, 8–9, 11
Peugeot Rally Academy^[11]	Peugeot 208 R2	R2	M	Jordan Berfa^[11]	Damien Augustin^[11]	1, 9–10
Styllex Slovak National Team^[12]	Citroën DS3 R3T	R3	M	Martin Koči^[11]	Lukáš Kostka^[11]	1, 5, 7–10, 12
Saintéloc Junior Team^[11]	Citroën DS3 R3T	R3	M	Michel Fabre^[11]	Maxime Vilmot^[11]	1–4, 11–13
Saintéloc Junior Team^[11]	Citroën DS3 R3T	R3	M	Yohan Rossel^[14]	Benoît Fulcrand^[14]	12
Équipe de France FFSA^[14]	Citroën DS3 R3T	R3	M	Yohan Rossel^[14]	Benoît Fulcrand^[14]	10
Équipe de France FFSA^[14]	Citroën DS3 R3T	R3	M	Laurent Pellier^[14]	Benoit Neyret-Gigot^[14]	10
LTB Motor^[11]	Peugeot 208 R2	R2	M	Igor Giusti^[11]	Patrick Chiappe^[11]	1
LTB Motor^[11]	Peugeot 208 R2	R2	M	Igor Giusti^[11]	Gilbert Dini^[12]	5–6, 10
AFC Racing	Citroën DS3 R3T	R3	M	Vincent Dubert^[11]	Sébastien Pujol^[11]	1
AFC Racing	Citroën DS3 R3T	R3	M	Vincent Dubert^[11]	Alexandre Coria^[12]	5, 7–10, 12
Vieffecorse^[11]	Peugeot 208 R2	R2	D	Enrico Brazzoli^[11]	Maurizio Barone^[11]	1, 5–6, 10–11
Renault Sport Rally Team^[12]	Renault Clio RS R3T	R3	M	Michaël Burri^[12]	Anderson Levratti^[12]	5, 7–12
Fernando Costa Motorsport^[12]	Renault Clio RS R3T	R3	D	Carlos Oliveira^[12]	José Janela^[12]	5
Abu Dhabi Racing Team^[12]	Citroën DS3 R3T	R3	M	Mohamed Al-Mutawaa^[12]	Stephen McAuley^[12]	5, 7–9
Abu Dhabi Racing Team^[12]	Citroën DS3 R3T	R3	M	Mohamed Al-Mutawaa^[12]	Stuart Loudon^[14]	10, 12
Trajectoire Racing^[12]	Citroën DS3 R3T	R3	M	Romain Martel^[12]	Vanessa Lemoine^[12]	5, 7–10
Trajectoire Racing^[12]	Citroën DS3 R3T	R3	M	Frédéric Hauswald^[12]	Maxime Vilmot^[12]	5
Hans Weijs Motorsport^[12]	Citroën DS3 R3T	R3	M	Hans Thilo Himmel^[12]	Nicolaas Swartz^[12]	5, 7
Citroën Racing^[12]	Citroën DS3 R3T	R3	M	Łukasz Pieniąźek^[12]	Przemek Mazur^[12]	5, 7–8
Delta Rally^[12]	Citroën DS3 R3T	R3	M	Andrea Crugnola^[12]	Michele Ferrara^[12]	5, 7–8
Napoca Rally Academy^[12]	Citroën DS3 R3T	R3	M	Simone Tempestini^[12]	Giovanni Bernacchini^[12]	5, 7–10, 12
Sébastien Loeb Racing^[12]	Citroën DS3 R3T	R3	M	Terry Folb^[12]	Franck Le Floch^[12]	5, 7–10, 12
Rally Technology^[15]	Peugeot 208 R2	R2	M	Tomasz Gryc^[15]	Michał Kuśnierz^[15]	7
Hontec Motorsport^[16]	Renault Clio RS R3T	R3	M	Kevin van Deijne^[16]	Hein Verschuuren^[16]	9, 11
PH Sport	Citroën DS3 R3T	R3	M	William Wagner^[14]	Antoine Paque^[14]	10, 12

Results and standings

Season summary

Round	Event name	Winning driver	Winning co-driver	Winning Entry	Winning time	Report
1	Rallye Monte Carlo	Ole Christian Veiby	Jonas Andersson	Printsport	4:30:42.9	Report
2	Rally Sweden	Michel Fabre	Maxime Vilmot	Saintéloc Junior Team	2:41:39.5	Report
3	Rally Mexico	Michel Fabre	Maxime Vilmot	Saintéloc Junior Team	5:34:30.7	Report
4	Rally Argentina	Michel Fabre	Maxime Vilmot	Saintéloc Junior Team	4:53:11.0	Report
5	Rally de Portugal	Simone Tempestini	Giovanni Bernacchini	Napoca Rally Academy	4:30:15.7	Report
6	Rally Italia Sardegna	Fabio Andolfi	Manuel Fenoli	ACI Team Italia	4:08:32.3	Report
7	Rally Poland	Simone Tempestini	Giovanni Bernacchini	Napoca Rally Academy	3:04:11.3	Report
8	Rally Finland	Ole Christian Veiby	Stig Rune Skjærmoen	Printsport	2:55:40.0	Report
9	Rallye Deutschland	Simone Tempestini	Giovanni Bernacchini	Napoca Rally Academy	3:21:12.4	Report
10	Rally China	Rally cancelled
11	Tour de Corse	Laurent Pellier	Benoit Neyret-Gigot	Équipe de France FFSA	4:38:19.3	Report
12	Rally Catalunya	Fabio Andolfi	Manuel Fenoli	ACI Team Italia	3:38:33.6	Report
13	Wales Rally GB	Martin Koči	Lukáš Kostka	Styllex Slovak National Team	3:47:47.4	Report
14	Rally Australia	Michel Fabre	Maxime Vilmot	Saintéloc Junior Team	2:46:05.7	Report

FIA WRC3 Championship 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	GER	FRA	ESP	GBR	AUS	Drops	Points
1	Simone Tempestini					1		1	2	1	4		2		0	123
2	Michel Fabre	8	1	1	1							4	5	1	4	122
3	Fabio Andolfi	3				4	1		9	4		1			0	91
4	Martin Koči	6				2		DNS	8	2	3		1		0	88
5	Ole Christian Veiby	1				8		3	1	12	8				0	73
6	Damiano De Tommaso	4				6	2		6	6		3			0	69
7	Vincent Dubert	5				5		5	4	8	7		6		0	60
8	Terry Folb					3		2	Ret	3	6				0	56
9	Michaël Burri					7		8		7	5	2	4		0	56
10	Yohan Rossel										2		3		0	33
11	Romain Martel					10		4	5	5	Ret				0	33
12	Enrico Brazzoli	7				11	4				9	5			0	30
13	Laurent Pellier										1				0	25
14	Jordan Berfa	2								11	Ret				0	18
15	Igor Giusti	9				13	3				10				0	18
16	Juuso Nordgren								3						0	15
17	Mohamed Al-Mutawaa					12		9	7	9	Ret				0	10
18	Tomasz Gryc							6							0	8
19	Łukasz Pieniążek					15		7							0	6
20	Frédéric Hauswald					9									0	2
21	Kevin van Deijne									10		WD			0	1
Pos.	Driver	MON	SWE	MEX	ARG	POR	ITA	POL	FIN	GER	FRA	ESP	GBR	AUS	Drops	Points

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

FIA WRC3 Championship for Co-Drivers

Pos.	Co-driver	MON	SWE	MEX	ARG	POR	ITA	POL	FIN	GER	FRA	ESP	GBR	AUS	Drops	Points
1	Giovanni Bernacchini					1		1	2	1	4		2		0	123
2	Maxime Vilmot³	8	1	1	1							4	5	1	4	122
3	Manuel Fenoli	3				4	1		9	4		1			0	91
4	Lukáš Kostka	6				2		DNS	8	2	3		1		0	88
5	Paolo Rocca					6	2		6	6		3			0	57
6	Franck Le Floch					3		2	Ret	3	6				0	56
7	Anderson Levratti					7		8		7	5	2	4		0	56
8	Alexandre Coria					5		5	4	8	7		6		0	50
9	Stig Rune Skjærmoen					8		3	1	12	8				0	48
10	Benoît Fulcrand										2		3		0	33
11	Vanessa Lemoine					10		4	5	5	Ret				0	33
12	Maurizio Barone	7				11	4				9	5			0	30
13	Jonas Andersson	1													0	25
14	Benoit Neyret-Gigot										1				0	25
15	Damien Augustin	2								11	Ret				0	18
16	Gilbert Dini					13	3				10				0	16
17	Mikael Korhonen								3						0	15
18	Massimiliano Bosi	4													0	12
19	Sébastien Poujol	5													0	10
20	Stephen McAuley					12		9	7	9					0	10
21	Michał Kuśnierz							6							0	8
22	Przemisław Mazur					15		7							0	6
23	Patrick Chiappe	9													0	2
24	Maxime Vilmot⁴					9									0	2
25	Hein Verschuuren									10		WD			0	1
Pos.	Co-driver	MON	SWE	MEX	ARG	POR	ITA	POL	FIN	GER	FRA	ESP	GBR	AUS	Drops	Points

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

Notes

^3 – Points earned with Michel Fabre
^4 – Points earned with Frédéric Hauswald

FIA WRC3 Championship for Teams

Pos.	Team	MON	SWE	MEX	ARG	POR	ITA	POL	FIN	GER	FRA	ESP	GBR	AUS	Points
1	Saintéloc Junior Team	4	1	1	1							3	3	1	142
2	Automobile Club d'Italia	3				3	1		2	3		1			113
3	Styllex Slovak National Team					1		DNS	4	1	2		1		105
4	Printsport	1				5		2	1	7	5				94
5	Renault Sport					4		4		4	3	2	2		87
6	Sébastien Loeb Racing					2		1	Ret	2	4				73
7	Abu Dhabi Racing Team					6		5	3	5	Ret				43
8	Peugeot Rally Academy	2								6	Ret				26
9	Équipe de France FFSA										1				25
10	RallyTechnology							3							15
Pos.	Team	MON	SWE	MEX	ARG	POR	ITA	POL	FIN	GER	FRA	ESP	GBR	AUS	Points

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

References

^ "2013 FIA World Rally Championship Sporting Regulations" (PDF). fia.com. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 17 December 2012. Retrieved 2 December 2013.
^ "2016 FIA World Rally Championship Calendar". fia.com. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 3 November 2015. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
^ "WRC 2016 dates confirmed". WRC.com. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
^ ^a ^b "WRC 2016 dates & surfaces". eWRC-results.com. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
^ "Weather forces Sweden route revamp". WRC.com. WRC.com. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
^ "Rally China cancelled due to weather damage - wrc.com". www.wrc.com. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
^ Lomas, Gordan (14 May 2015). "Rally Australia on preliminary 2016 WRC draft schedule". speedcafe. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
^ "China on provisional WRC calendar". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
^ "Rally GB secures WRC future". Autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. 5 August 2015. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
^ "New look for Corsica encounter". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x "Rallye Montecarlo Entry List". Wewrc-results.com. ewrc-results.com. 30 December 2015. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac ^ad ^ae ^af ^ag ^ah "Rally Portugal Entry List" (PDF). rallydeportugal.com. 30 April 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 June 2016. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
^ ^a ^b "Rally Finland Entry List". ewrc-results.com. 2 July 2016. Retrieved 3 July 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "Tour de Corse Entry List" (PDF). rallylink.it. 9 September 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2018. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Rally Poland Entry List" (PDF). rajdpolski.pl. 7 June 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 June 2016. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Rallye Deutschland Entry List" (PDF). adac-rallye-deutschland.de. 16 August 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 August 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2016.

External links

[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.

[2016_dates-4] "WRC 2016 dates & surfaces". eWRC-results.com. Retrieved 3 November 2015.

[Sweden_route_revamp-5] "Weather forces Sweden route revamp". WRC.com. WRC.com. Retrieved 11 February 2016.

[:0-6] "Rally China cancelled due to weather damage - wrc.com". www.wrc.com. Retrieved 16 August 2016.

[7] Lomas, Gordan (14 May 2015). "Rally Australia on preliminary 2016 WRC draft schedule". speedcafe. Retrieved 20 July 2015.

[provisional-8] "China on provisional WRC calendar". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 5 November 2015.

[GBR_saved-9] "Rally GB secures WRC future". Autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. 5 August 2015. Retrieved 5 August 2015.

[10] "New look for Corsica encounter". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. Retrieved 5 May 2016.

[Rallye_Montecarlo_Entry_List-11] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x "Rallye Montecarlo Entry List". Wewrc-results.com. ewrc-results.com. 30 December 2015. Retrieved 30 December 2015.

[Rally_Portugal_Entry_List-12] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac ^ad ^ae ^af ^ag ^ah "Rally Portugal Entry List" (PDF). rallydeportugal.com. 30 April 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 June 2016. Retrieved 30 April 2016.

[Rally_Finland_Entry_List-13] "Rally Finland Entry List". ewrc-results.com. 2 July 2016. Retrieved 3 July 2016.

[Tour_de_Corse_Entry_List-14] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "Tour de Corse Entry List" (PDF). rallylink.it. 9 September 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2018. Retrieved 9 September 2016.

[Rally_Poland_Entry_List-15] "Rally Poland Entry List" (PDF). rajdpolski.pl. 7 June 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 June 2016. Retrieved 8 June 2016.

[Rallye_Deutschland_Entry_List-16] "Rallye Deutschland Entry List" (PDF). adac-rallye-deutschland.de. 16 August 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 August 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2016.

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