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The 2016 FIA WRC2 Championship was the fourth season of WRC2, a rallying championship organised and governed by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile, ran in support of the World Rally Championship. The Championship was open to cars complying with R4, R5, and Super 2000 regulations. The Championship was composed of thirteen rallies, and drivers and teams had to nominate a maximum of seven events. The best six results counted towards the championship.[1]
After winning in 2015 and 2014, Nasser Al-Attiyah did not participate in the 2016 season. The Qatari driver decided to focus on the 2016 Dakar Rally and on training for the 2016 Summer Olympics, in attempt to win a medal in the Men's Skeet event.[2]
The calendar was announced in November 2015 by the FIA.[3] The season was scheduled to expand with one rally in comparison to the 2015 championship, contested over fourteen rounds in Europe, the Americas, Oceania and Asia,[4][5] but the Chinese round was ultimately cancelled.
Round | Dates | Rally name | Rally headquarters | Surface | Stages | Distance |
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1 | 21–24 January | ![]() |
Gap, Hautes-Alpes, France | Mixed | 16 | 337.59km |
2 | 12–14 February | ![]() |
Karlstad, Värmland | Snow | 121a | 226.48km1b |
3 | 3–6 March | ![]() |
León, Guanajuato | Gravel | 21 | 399.67km |
4 | 21–24 April | ![]() |
Villa Carlos Paz, Córdoba | Gravel | 18 | 364.68km |
5 | 19–22 May | ![]() |
Matosinhos, Porto | Gravel | 19 | 368.00km |
6 | 9–12 June | ![]() |
Alghero, Sardinia | Gravel | 19 | 324.60km |
7 | 30 June–3 July | ![]() |
Mikołajki, Warmia-Masuria | Gravel | 21 | 306.10km |
8 | 28–31 July | ![]() |
Jyväskylä, Keski-Suomi | Gravel | 24 | 333.99km |
9 | 19–21 August | ![]() |
Trier, Rhineland-Palatinate | Tarmac | 18 | 306.80km |
10 | 9–11 September | ![]() |
Beijing, Hebei | Tarmac | Cancelled2 | |
11 | 30 September–2 October | ![]() |
Bastia, Haute-Corse | Tarmac | 10 | 390.92km |
12 | 13–16 October | ![]() |
Salou, Tarragona | Mixed | 21 | 321.08km |
13 | 28–30 October | ![]() |
Deeside, Flintshire | Gravel | 22 | 336.00km |
14 | 18–20 November | ![]() |
Coffs Harbour, New South Wales | Gravel | 23 | 283.36km3 |
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R4 | Classification within Group R |
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S | Super 2000 |
Points are awarded to the top ten classified finishers.
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th |
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Points | 25 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
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