Junior World Rally Championship
The FIA Junior World Rally Championship (from 2011 FIA WRC Academy former FIA Junior World Rally Championship in short JWRC) has been held since of 2002. It emerged from the 2001 world championship for Super 1600 vehicles. The first champion in a Citroën Saxo VTS Super 1600 was the French Sébastien Loeb .
All races are held as part of the World Rally Championship. Thus the JWRC participants are also entitled to points for this championship. However, the age of the participants is limited. These may be a maximum of 29 years old on January 1st. In addition to the driver classification, a rookie classification has also been advertised since 2007.
As of the 2011 World Rally Championship , this class will be known as the WRC Academy . From 2011 it will be launched uniformly with Ford Fiesta R2 vehicles of the A6 class, in order to keep the costs of an entire season participation at approx. 135,000 euros. Points are awarded according to the FIA standard 25-18-15-12-10-8-6-4-2-1 for the ten fastest drivers in a rally. In addition, the five fastest pilots who reach the finish receive one bonus point each for the fastest special stage time achieved in this class.
The prize for the 2011 season champion is a capital of 500,000 euros to finance participation in the 2012 World Rally Championship.
master
Two of the champions, Sébastien Loeb and Sébastien Ogier, also won a World Rally Championship title. With two titles, Per-Gunnar Andersson is the most successful driver in the JWRC.
| year | driver | vehicle |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 * | Sébastien Loeb | Citroën Saxo VTS Super 1600 |
| 2002 | Daniel Solà | Citroën Saxo VTS Super 1600 |
| 2003 | Brice Tirabassi | Renault Clio Super 1600 |
| 2004 | Per-Gunnar Andersson | Suzuki Ignis Super 1600 |
| 2005 | Daniel Sordo | Citroën C2 Super 1600 |
| 2006 | Patrik Sandell | Renault Clio Super 1600 |
| 2007 | Per-Gunnar Andersson | Suzuki Swift Super 1600 |
| 2008 | Sébastien Ogier | Citroën C2 Super 1600 |
| 2009 | Martin Prokop | Citroën C2 Super 1600 |
| 2010 | Aaron Burkart | Suzuki Swift Super 1600 |
| 2011 | Craig Breen | Ford Fiesta R2 |
| 2012 | Elfyn Evans | Ford Fiesta R2 |
| 2013 | Pontus Tidemand | Ford Fiesta R2 |
| 2014 | Stéphane Lefebvre | Citroën DS3 R3 |
* Nor as FIA World Cup for drivers of Super 1600 cars held
Rookie rating
Since 2007 the FIA has also announced a rookie rating for drivers who are taking part in the JWRC for the first time.
| year | driver | vehicle |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Shaun Gallagher | Citroën Saxo C2 Super 1600 |
| 2008 |