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.

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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

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

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

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
Points	25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1

2016 WRC3 Championship

Calendar

Calendar changes

Teams and drivers

Results and standings

Season summary

FIA WRC3 Championship for Drivers

FIA WRC3 Championship for Co-Drivers

FIA WRC3 Championship for Teams

References

External links

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