2016 World Rally Championship-3

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	121a	226.48km1b
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	19	324.60km
7	1 July	3 July	73rd Rally Poland	Mikołajki, Warmia-Masuria	Gravel	21	306.10km
8	29 July	31 July	66th Rally Finland	Jyväskylä, Keski-Suomi	Gravel	24	333.99km
9	19 August	21 August	34. ADAC Rallye Deutschland	Trier, Rhineland-Palatinate	Tarmac	18	306.80km
—2	9 September	11 September	19th China Rally	Beijing, Hebei	Tarmac	—	—
10	30 September	2 October	59ème Tour de Corse – Rallye de France	Ajaccio, Corse-du-Sud	Tarmac	10	390.92km
11	14 October	16 October	52º Rally RACC Catalunya – Costa Daurada	Salou, Tarragona	Mixed	21	340.32km
12	28 October	30 October	72nd Wales Rally GB	Deeside, Flintshire	Gravel	22	336.00km
13	18 November	20 November	25th Rally Australia	Coffs Harbour, New South Wales	Gravel	23	315.32km

Notes

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

• ^2  – The China Rally was cancelled due to weather damage caused by torrential storms and flooding in July.^[6]

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,^[7] with the inclusion of the Rally of China, seventeen years after its only appearance as a round of the WRC.^[8][9]

Teams and drivers

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

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
5	50º Rally de Portugal	Simone Tempestini	Giovanni Bernacchini	Napoca Rally Academy	4:30:15.7	Report
6	13º Rally d'Italia Sardegna	Fabio Andolfi	Manuel Fenoli	ACI Team Italia	4:08:32.3	Report
7	73rd Rally Poland	Simone Tempestini	Giovanni Bernacchini	Napoca Rally Academy	3:04:11.3	Report
8	66th Rally Finland	Ole Christian Veiby	Stig Rune Skjærmoen	Printsport	2:55:40.0	Report
9	34. ADAC Rallye Deutschland	Simone Tempestini	Giovanni Bernacchini	Napoca Rally Academy	3:21:12.4	Report
10	19th China Rally	Rally cancelled
11	59ème Tour de Corse – Rallye de France	Laurent Pellier	Benoit Neyret-Gigot	Équipe de France FFSA	4:38:19.3	Report
12	52. RallyRACC Catalunya - Costa Daurada 2016	Fabio Andolfi	Manuel Fenoli	ACI Team Italia	3:38:33.6	Report
13	72nd Wales Rally GB	Martin Koči	Lukáš Kostka	Styllex Slovak National Team	3:47:47.4	Report
14	25th Rally Australia	Michel Fabre	Maxime Vilmot	Saintéloc Junior Team	2:46:05.7	Report

FIA World Rally Championship-3 for Drivers

Points are awarded to the top ten classified finishers.

Pos. Driver MON SWE MEX ARG POR ITA POL FIN DEU CHN FRA ESP GBR AUS Drops Points 1 Simone Tempestini 1 1 2 1 C 4 2 0 123 2 Michel Fabre 8 1 1 1 C 4 5 1 4 122 3 Fabio Andolfi 3 4 1 9 4 C 1 0 91 4 Martin Koči 6 2 DNS 8 2 C 3 1 0 88 5 Ole Christian Veiby 1 8 3 1 12 C 8 0 73 6 Damiano De Tommaso 4 6 2 6 6 C 3 0 69 7 Vincent Dubert 5 5 5 4 8 C 7 6 0 60 8 Terry Folb 3 2 Ret 3 C 6 0 56 9 Michaël Burri 7 8 7 C 5 2 4 0 56 10 Yohan Rossel C 2 3 0 33 11 Romain Martel 10 4 5 5 C Ret 0 33 12 Enrico Brazzoli 7 11 4 C 9 5 0 30 13 Laurent Pellier C 1 0 25 14 Jordan Berfa 2 11 C Ret 0 18 15 Igor Giusti 9 13 3 C 10 0 18 16 Juuso Nordgren 3 C 0 15 17 Mohamed Al-Mutawaa 12 9 7 9 C Ret 0 10 18 Tomasz Gryc 6 C 0 8 19 Łukasz Pieniążek 15 7 C 0 6 20 Frédéric Hauswald 9 C 0 2 21 Kevin van Deijne 10 C WD 0 1 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 (DNF) Black Excluded (EX) Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Cancelled (C) 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 Giovanni Bernacchini 1 1 2 1 C 4 2 0 123 2 Maxime Vilmot3 8 1 1 1 C 4 5 1 4 122 3 Manuel Fenoli 3 4 1 9 4 C 1 0 91 4 Lukáš Kostka 6 2 DNS 8 2 C 3 1 0 88 5 Paolo Rocca 6 2 6 6 C 3 0 57 6 Franck Le Floch 3 2 Ret 3 C 6 0 56 7 Anderson Levratti 7 8 7 C 5 2 4 0 56 8 Alexandre Coria 5 5 4 8 C 7 6 0 50 9 Stig Rune Skjærmoen 8 3 1 12 C 8 0 48 10 Benoît Fulcrand C 2 3 0 33 11 Vanessa Lemoine 10 4 5 5 C Ret 0 33 12 Maurizio Barone 7 11 4 C 9 5 0 30 13 Jonas Andersson 1 C 0 25 14 Benoit Neyret-Gigot C 1 0 25 15 Damien Augustin 2 11 C Ret 0 18 16 Gilbert Dini 13 3 C 10 0 16 17 Mikael Korhonen 3 C 0 15 18 Massimiliano Bosi 4 C 0 12 19 Sébastien Poujol 5 C 0 10 20 Stephen McAuley 12 9 7 9 C 0 10 21 Michał Kuśnierz 6 C 0 8 22 Przemisław Mazur 15 7 C 0 6 23 Patrick Chiappe 9 C 0 2 24 Maxime Vilmot4 9 C 0 2 25 Hein Verschuuren 10 C WD 0 1 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 (DNF) Black Excluded (EX) Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Cancelled (C) Blank Withdrew entry before the event (WD)

Notes

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

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 C 3 3 1 142 2 Automobile Club d'Italia 3 3 1 2 3 C 1 113 3 Styllex Slovak National Team 1 DNS 4 1 C 2 1 105 4 Printsport 1 5 2 1 7 C 5 94 5 Renault Sport 4 4 4 C 3 2 2 87 6 Sébastien Loeb Racing 2 1 Ret 2 C 4 73 7 Abu Dhabi Racing Team 6 5 3 5 C Ret 43 8 Peugeot Rally Academy 2 6 C Ret 26 9 Équipe de France FFSA C 1 25 10 RallyTechnology 3 C 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 (DNF) Black Excluded (EX) Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Cancelled (C) Blank Withdrew entry before the event (WD)

References

External links

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