2015 World Rally Championship-3

The 2015 World Rally Championship-3 is the third 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 thirteen Rallies, and Drivers and Teams must nominate a maximum of six event. The best five results will be counted towards the championship.^[1]

Stéphane Lefebvre is the defending champion, as he won the 2014 title.

Calendar

The calendar is identical to that used by the World Rally Championship. The calendar was announced at a meeting of the FIA World Motor Sport Council in Beijing in September 2014.^[2] The season will maintain the same rallies as the 2014 season and will be contested over thirteen rounds in Europe, North and South America and Australia.

Rnd.	Dates	Nat.	Rally name	Rally headquarters	Surface
1	22–25 January		83ème Rallye Automobile Monte-Carlo	Gap, Hautes-Alpes	Mixed
2	12–15 February		63rd Rally Sweden	Hagfors, Värmland	Snow
3	5–8 March		29º Rally México	León, Guanajuato	Gravel
4	23–26 April		35º Rally Argentina	Villa Carlos Paz, Córdoba	Gravel
5	21–24 May		49º Rally de Portugal	Matosinhos, Porto District[3]	Gravel
6	11–14 June		12º Rally d'Italia Sardegna	Alghero, Sardinia	Gravel
7	2–5 July		72nd Rally Poland	Mikołajki, Warmia-Masuria	Gravel
8	30 July – 2 August		65th Rally Finland	Jyväskylä, Keski-Suomi	Gravel
9	20–23 August		33. Rallye Deutschland1	Trier, Rhineland-Palatinate	Tarmac
10	10–13 September		24th Rally Australia	Coffs Harbour, New South Wales	Gravel
11	1–4 October		Rallye de France1	Ajaccio, Corse-du-Sud	Tarmac
12	22–25 October		51º Rally Catalunya – Costa Daurada	Salou, Tarragona	Mixed
13	12–15 November		71st Wales Rally GB	Deeside, Flintshire	Gravel
Source:[2][4]

Notes:

• ^1  — The Rallies of Germany and France are provisional inclusions subject to negotiation of a new agreement between their organisers and series promoters.^[2]

Calendar changes

• The Rallye Monte Carlo will adopt Rally-2 regulations, allowing retired competitors to restart the event the next day with a time penalty.^[3] Prior to 2015, the Rallye Monte Carlo was the only event being run without Rally-2 regulations.
• The Rallies of Portugal and Argentina will swap places in the calendar.^[3]
• The Rally of Portugal will move from its base in the town of Faro in the Algarve region—where it had been headquartered from 2007 until 2014—and relocate to the country's north, its original home prior until its removal from the calendar in 2002.^[3]

Regulation changes

• In the WRC 2 and WRC 3 Championships for Teams, only the best placed car in a team will be taken into account for points.^[5]
• A car which has not started from the start line within 20 seconds will be considered as retired and will be able to restart under Rally 2 on the subsequent day.^[5]
• The transmission of performance data or information to or from a competing car, not in relation with safety, is forbidden during special stages to help promote greater competition.^[5]

Teams and drivers

Entries
Constructor	Nat.	Team	Tyre	Nat.	Drivers	Nat.	Co-drivers	Rounds
Citroën (Citroën DS3 R3T)		Abu Dhabi Racing[6]	M		Mohammed Al Mutawaa[6]		Stephen McAuley[6]	5, 7–8, 11–13
		ADAC Team Weser-Ems[7]	M		Christian Riedemann[7]		Michael Wenzel[7]	1
		AKK Sports Team Finland[8]	M		Jari Huttunen[8]		Antti Linnaketo[8]	8
		Charlotte Dalmasso[7]	M		Charlotte Dalmasso[7]		Marine Delon[7]	1
							Céline Rovira[6]	5
							Marion Renchet[9]	11
		Federico Della Casa[6]	M		Federico Della Casa[6]		Domenico Pozzi[6]	5, 7–8, 11–12
		Equipe de France FFSA[7]	M		Yohan Rossel[7]		Benoît Fulcrand[7]	1, 11
		Terry Folb[7]	M		Terry Folb[7]		Franck Le Floch[7]	1, 5, 7–8, 11–13
		Quentin Gilbert[7]	M		Quentin Gilbert[7]		Renaud Jamoul[7]	1, 5, 7–8, 11–13
		Hannu's Rally Team[6]	M		Henri Haapamäki[6]		Marko Salminen[6]	5, 7–8
		J-Motorsport[7]	M		John Wartique[7]		Gabin Moreau[7]	1
		Pierre-Louis Loubet[6]	M		Pierre-Louis Loubet[6]		Victor Bellotto[6]	5, 7–8
							Vincent Landais[9]	11–13
		Kornél Lukács[7]	M		Kornél Lukács[7]		Márk Mesterházi[7]	1
		Varga Racing Team[6]						5
		Matthieu Margaillan[6]	M		Matthieu Margaillan[6]		Mathilde Margaillan[6]	5
							Fabrice Gordon[8]	7–8
		Daniel McKenna[7]	M		Daniel McKenna[7]		Andrew Grennan[7]	1, 5, 8
		Jean-René Perry[6]	M		Jean-René Perry[6]		Joshua Reibel[6]	5, 7–8
							Christopher Guieu[9]	11
		Printsport[7]	M		Ole Christian Veiby[7]		Anders Jæger[7]	1–2, 8, 11–13
							Stig Rune Skjærmoen[6]	5
		Osian Pryce[6]	M		Osian Pryce[6]		Dale Furniss[6]	5, 7, 13
		Dean Raftery[6]	M		Dean Raftery[6]		John Higgins[6]	5
							Arthur Kierans[10]	13
		Alessandro Re[7]	M		Alessandro Re[7]		Giacomo Ciucci[7]	1
		Team ORECA[6]	M		Teemu Suninen[6]		Mikko Markkula[6]	5–6, 8
		Simone Tempestini[11]	M		Simone Tempestini[11]		Matteo Chiarcossi[11]	1, 5, 7–8, 11–13
		Jordan Berfa[9]	M		Jordan Berfa[9]		Damien Augustin[9]	11
		Jean-Philippe Martini[9]	M		Jean-Philippe Martini[9]		Ambroise Fieschi[9]	11
		Chris Ingram[10]	M		Chris Ingram[10]		Gabin Moreau[10]	13
		William Wagner[10]	M		William Wagner[10]		Kevin Parent[10]	13
Peugeot (Peugeot 208 R2)		ACI Team Italia[6]	P		Giuseppe Testa[6]		Emanuele Inglesi[6]	5–7
					Fabio Andolfi[6]		Simone Scattolin[6]	5–8, 12–13
					Damiano De Tommaso[8]		Massimiliano Bosi[8]	7–8, 12–13
Renault (Renault Clio R3T)		Stéphane Consani[12]	P		Stéphane Consani[12]		Maxime Vilmot[12]	1
		Team Renault Sport Technologies[6]	TBA		Andrea Crugnola[6]		Michele Ferrara[6]	5–7, 9, 11–12

Rally summaries

Round	Event name	Winning driver	Winning co-driver	Winning Entry	Winning Car	Winning time	Report
1	83ème Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo	Quentin Gilbert	Renaud Jamoul	Quentin Gilbert	Citroën DS3 R3T	4:08:32.7	Report
2	63rd Rally Sweden	Ole Christian Veiby	Anders Jæger	Printsport	Citroën DS3 R3T	3:16:03.5	Report
3	29º Rally México	No WRC-3 entries.					Report
4	35° Rally Argentina	No WRC-3 entries.					Report
5	49° Rally de Portugal	Quentin Gilbert	Renaud Jamoul	Quentin Gilbert	Citroën DS3 R3T	4:03:52.5	Report
6	12° Rally d'Italia Sardegna	Teemu Suninen	Mikko Markkula	Team ORECA	Citroën DS3 R3T	5:54:13.8	Report
7	72nd Rally Poland	Simone Tempestini	Matteo Chiarcossi	Simone Tempestini	Citroën DS3 R3T	2:47:32.3	Report
8	65th Rally Finland	Quentin Gilbert	Renaud Jamoul	Quentin Gilbert	Citroën DS3 R3T	2:54:43.6	Report
9	33. Rallye Deutschland	Andrea Crugnola	Michele Ferrara	Team Renault Sport Technologies	Renault Clio R3T	4:07:48.8	Report
10	24th Rally Australia	No WRC-3 entries.					Report
11	Rallye de France	Simone Tempestini	Matteo Chiarcossi	Simone Tempestini	Citroën DS3 R3T	2:57:39.0	Report
12	51° Rally RACC Catalunya — Costa Daurada	Quentin Gilbert	Renaud Jamoul	Quentin Gilbert	Citroën DS3 R3T	3:45:52.6	Report
13	71st Wales Rally GB	Ole Christian Veiby	Anders Jæger	Printsport	Citroën Ds3 R3T	3:36:38.0	Report

Results and standings

Points are awarded to the top ten classified finishers.

FIA World Rally Championship-3 for Drivers

Pos. Driver MON SWE MEX ARG POR ITA POL FIN DEU AUS FRA ESP GBR Drops Points 1 Quentin Gilbert 1 1 11 1 3 1 3 0 130 2 Ole Christian Veiby 3 1 5 3 6 9 1 2 98 3 Simone Tempestini 4 7 1 10 1 4 Ret 0 81 4 Andrea Crugnola 6 2 10 1 2 Ret 0 70 5 Terry Folb Ret 13 6 4 4 2 4 0 62 6 Fabio Andolfi 10 3 5 Ret 3 2 0 59 7 Henri Haapamäki 3 3 2 0 48 8 Pierre-Louis Loubet 2 Ret Ret Ret 7 5 0 34 9 Jean-René Perry 4 EX 5 7 0 28 10 Teemu Suninen Ret 1 11 0 25 11 Damiano De Tommaso 7 6 5 Ret 0 24 12 Osian Pryce Ret 2 WD 0 18 13 Christian Riedemann 2 0 18 14 Yohan Rossel 6 5 0 18 15 Mohammed Al Mutawaa Ret 9 7 Ret 6 Ret 0 16 16 Federico Della Casa 8 8 9 Ret 8 0 14 17 Giuseppe Testa 14 4 0 12 18 Matthieu Margaillan Ret 4 Ret Ret 0 12 19 Stéphane Consani 5 0 10 20 William Wagner 6 0 8 21 Alessandro Re 7 0 6 22 Kornél Lukács 8 11 0 4 23 Jari Huttunen 8 0 4 23 Charlotte Dalmasso 9 12 Ret 0 2 24 Daniel McKenna Ret 9 Ret 0 2 Pos. Driver MON SWE MEX ARG POR ITA POL FIN DEU AUS FRA ESP GBR 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 SWE MEX ARG POR ITA POL FIN DEU AUS FRA ESP GBR Drops Points 1 Renaud Jamoul 1 1 11 1 3 1 3 0 130 2 Matteo Chiarcossi 4 7 1 10 1 4 Ret 0 81 3 Anders Jæger 3 1 3 6 9 1 0 80 4 Michele Ferrara 6 2 10 1 2 Ret 0 70 5 Franck Le Floch Ret 13 6 4 4 2 4 0 62 6 Simone Scattolin 10 3 5 Ret 3 2 0 59 7 Marko Salminen 3 3 2 0 48 8 Mikko Markkula Ret 1 11 0 25 9 Massimiliano Bosi 7 6 5 Ret 0 24 10 Joshua Reibel 4 EX 5 0 22 11 Victor Bellotto 2 Ret Ret 0 18 12 Dale Furniss Ret 2 0 18 13 Michael Wenzel 2 0 18 14 Benoît Fulcrand 6 5 0 18 15 Vincent Landais Ret 7 5 0 16 16 Stephen McAuley Ret 9 7 Ret 6 Ret 0 16 17 Domenico Pozzi 8 8 9 8 0 14 18 Emanuele Inglesi 14 4 0 12 19 Fabrice Gordon 4 Ret 0 12 20 Maxime Vilmot 5 0 10 21 Stig Rune Skjærmoen 5 0 10 22 Kevin Parent 6 0 8 23 Giacomo Ciucci 7 0 6 24 Christopher Guieu 7 0 6 25 Márk Mesterházi 8 11 0 4 26 Antti Linnaketo 8 0 4 27 Andrew Grennan Ret 9 Ret 0 2 28 Marine Delon 9 0 2 Pos. Co-driver MON SWE MEX ARG POR ITA POL FIN DEU AUS FRA ESP GBR Points Drops

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 SWE MEX ARG POR ITA POL FIN DEU AUS FRA ESP GBR Points 1 Printsport 2 1 2 2 3 3 1 134 2 ACI Team Italia 4 3 2 3 1 2 103 3 Team Renault Sport Technologies 3 2 3 1 1 Ret 98 4 Hannu's Rally Team 1 1 1 75 5 Team ORECA Ret 1 6 33 6 Equipe de France FFSA 3 2 33 7 Abu Dhabi Racing Ret 4 Ret 2 Ret 30 8 ADAC Team Weser-Ems 1 25 9 Varga Racing Team 5 10 10 AKK Sports Team Finland 5 10 Pos. Team MON SWE MEX ARG POR ITA POL FIN DEU AUS FRA ESP GBR 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)

References

External links

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