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The FIA Junior World Rally Championship (JWRC) is a complementary series to the World Rally Championship (WRC) as is the Production World Rally Championship (PWRC), and the Super 2000 World Rally Championship (SWRC). As JWRC was originally envisioned as a series for developing drivers, it is limited to drivers below the age of 28. The series' main car specification is Super 1600 (S1600). The cars have restricted power and front wheel drive only, and are more competitive on tarmac, rather than on mixed surface or gravel rallies.

Like in the PWRC and SWRC, the series' calendar includes about half of the WRC's events, and it is contested on the same stages. JWRC entrants race through the stages after the WRC competitors.

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History

The championship was first held in 2001 as the FIA Super 1600 Drivers' Championship, and included six events in Europe. Sébastien Loeb became the series' first champion in his Super 1600 -class Citroën Saxo. The series became the Junior World Rally Championship the following year. In 2007, the championship did not include events outside Europe, and was known as the FIA Junior Rally Championship (JRC).

Rules

The cars in the Junior World Rally Championship are usually homologated in the Super 1600 class, but selected Group A and Group N specifications are also allowed to contest the series. In the 2008 season, the JWRC includes seven events, and the competitors must participate in six of them. The point-scoring system is the same as in the WRC and the PWRC, with points allocated to the top eight competitors as follows; 10, 8, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.[1]

The age limit for the JWRC is 28 years (at the start of the championship year). However, there is no age limit for co-drivers. From the 2008 season, all competitors are required to wear an FIA-approved head restraint, such as the HANS device.[1] To reduce the costs of contesting the championship, the number of tyres in use in rallies and the number of mechanics allowed to work at service parks are limited. All competitors are also required to use the control fuel and the control tyre by Pirelli.[1]

Calendar

The 2010 JWRC calendar

Round Dates Rally Name Rally HQ Surface
04 18 April Rally Turkey Istanbul[2] Gravel with some asphalt
06 30 May Rally de Portugal Vilamoura Gravel
07 11 July Rally Bulgaria Borovets Asphalt
09 22 August Rallye Deutschland Trier Asphalt
11 03 October Rallye de France Strasbourg Asphalt
12 24 October Rally Catalunya Salou Asphalt with some gravel

Champions

Year Driver Car
2010 Aaron Burkart Suzuki Swift S1600
2009 Martin Prokop Citroën C2 S1600
2008 Sébastien Ogier Citroën C2 S1600
2007 Per-Gunnar Andersson Suzuki Swift S1600
2006 Patrik Sandell Renault Clio S1600
2005 Dani Sordo Citroën C2 S1600
2004 Per-Gunnar Andersson Suzuki Ignis S1600
2003 Brice Tirabassi Renault Clio S1600
2002 Daniel Solà Citroën Saxo VTS S1600
2001 Sébastien Loeb Citroën Saxo VTS S1600

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See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "FIA Junior World Rally Championship". WRC.com. http://www.wrc.com/jsp/index.jsp?lnk=921&featureid=203. Retrieved 2008-09-26. 
  2. ^ http://wrc.com/jsp/index.jsp?lnk=101&id=6503&desc=Turkey+ready+to+step+up

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