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2020 Junior WRC Championship

The 2020 FIA Junior WRC Championship was the eighth season of Junior WRC, a rallying championship governed by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile, running in support of the World Rally Championship. The championship was open to drivers under the age of thirty—although no such restriction existed for co-drivers—competing in identical one-litre Ford Fiesta R2s built and maintained by M-Sport. The championship was contested over four selected WRC rounds with the winning crew awarded a new Ford Fiesta R5 car, 200 tyres, free registration into the 2021 WRC3 Championship and five free rally entries.^[1][2] The championship offered an additional prize of €15,000 to the highest-placed rookie driver to fund a drive in the 2021 Junior WRC Championship.

Tom Kristensson and Joakim Sjöberg won the driver and co-driver championships, while Sweden sealed back-to-back Nations' Trophies.

Calendar[edit]

The 2020 Junior WRC Championship calendar consisted of four events taken from the 2020 World Rally Championship.^[3]

Round	Start date	Finish date	Rally	Rally headquarters	Surface	Stages	Distance	Ref.
1	13 February	16 February	Rally Sweden	Torsby, Värmland	Snow	11	171.64 km[a]	[5]
2	4 September	6 September	Rally Estonia	Tartu, Tartu County	Gravel	17	232.64 km	[6]
3	8 October	11 October	Rally Italia Sardegna	Alghero, Sardinia	Gravel	20	308.57 km	[7]
4	3 December	6 December	ACI Rally Monza	Monza, Brianza	Tarmac	16	241.37 km	[8]
Source:[9][10][11]

Calendar changes[edit]

The 2020 calendar was revised from the 2019 schedule. The Tour de Corse and Wales Rally GB were removed from the calendar, while events in Chile and Germany were added in their place.^[9] However, Rally Chile was later cancelled in the face of ongoing political unrest in the country,^[12] and Wales Rally GB was added back onto the calendar.^[3] Rally Italia Sardegna was postponed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[13] A new calendar was revised after the championship was interrupted by six months.^[10] Ypres Rally was set to be the season's finale,^[14] but were unable to do so as the rally was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[15] The finale moved to Monza instead.^[11]

Entries[edit]

The following crews entered into the championship:

Entrant	Drivers	Co-drivers	Rounds
Fabio Andolfi	Fabio Andolfi	Savoia Stefano	All
Jon Armstrong	Jon Armstrong	Noel O'Sullivan	1
Raul Baidu	Raul Badiu	Gabriel Lazar	1–2
Ruairi Bell	Ruairi Bell	Darren Garrod	1, 3-4
		Matthew Edwards	2
Tommaso Ciuffi	Tommaso Ciuffi	Nicolo Gonella	1
Lauri Joona	Lauri Joona	Ari Koponen	1
Tom Kristensson Motorsport	Tom Kristensson	Joakim Sjöberg	All
Pontus Lönnström	Pontus Lönnström	Stefan Gustavsson	1–2
Catie Munnings	Catie Munnings	Ida Lidebjer-Granberg	1
Enrico Oldrati	Enrico Oldrati	Elia de Guio	1–3
Team Flying Finn	Sami Pajari	Marko Salminen	All
Marco Pollara	Marco Pollara	Maurizio Messina	1–3
LMT Autosporta Akademija	Mārtiņš Sesks	Renars Francis	All
PS 110% AB	Oscar Solberg	Jim Hjerpe	1
Estonian Autosport Junior Team	Ken Torn	Kauri Pannas	1–2
Robert Virves	Robert Virves	Sander Pruul	2
Fabrizio Zaldivar	Fabrizio Zaldívar	Fernando Mussano	1–3
		Rogelio Peñate	4
Sources:[16][17][18][19][20]

Results and standings[edit]

Season summary[edit]

Round	Event	Winning driver	Winning co-driver	Winning time	Report	Ref.
1	Rally Sweden	Tom Kristensson	Joakim Sjöberg	1:22:51.3	Report	[21]
2	Rally Estonia	Mārtiņš Sesks	Renars Francis	2:21:20.5	Report	[22]
3	Rally Italia Sardegna	Tom Kristensson	Joakim Sjöberg	3:07:49.1	Report	[23]
4	ACI Rally Monza	Tom Kristensson	Joakim Sjöberg	2:35:21.4	Report	[24]

Scoring system[edit]

Points are awarded to the top ten classified finishers. An additional point is given for every stage win. 1.5-time bonus points were awarded for both drivers' and co-drivers' championships at the season's finale.

FIA Junior WRC Championship for Drivers[edit]

(Results key)

Pos.	Driver	SWE	EST	ITA	MNZ	Points
1	Tom Kristensson	13	Ret1	14	17	100.5
2	Mārtiņš Sesks	21	13	35	Ret1	69
3	Sami Pajari	41	28	56	44	66
4	Fabrizio Zaldívar	6	6	2	2	53
5	Ruairi Bell	7	4	Ret	32	42.5
6	Marco Pollara	10	5	6		19
7	Ken Torn	3	Ret3			18
8	Enrico Oldrati	11	7	4		18
9	Robert Virves		32			17
10	Raul Badiu	52	8			16
11	Pontus Lönnström	82	Ret			6
12	Lauri Joona	9				2
–	Tommaso Ciuffi	12				–
–	Oscar Solberg	13				–
–	Catie Munnings	14				–
–	Fabio Andolfi	Ret	Ret	DNS	Ret	–
–	Jon Armstrong	Ret				–
Pos.	Driver	SWE	EST	ITA	MNZ	Points
Source:[25]

FIA Junior WRC Championship for Co-Drivers[edit]

(Results key)

Pos.	Co-Driver	SWE	EST	ITA	MNZ	Points
1	Joakim Sjöberg	13	Ret1	14	17	100.5
2	Renars Francis	21	13	35	Ret1	69
3	Marko Salminen	41	28	56	44	66
4	Fernando Mussano	6	6	2		34
5	Darren Garrod	7		Ret	32	30.5
6	Maurizio Messina	10	5	6		19
7	Rogelio Peñate				2	18
8	Kauri Pannas	3	Ret3			18
9	Elia de Guio	11	7	4		18
10	Sander Pruul		32			17
11	Gabriel Lazar	52	8			16
12	Matthew Edwards		4			12
13	Stefan Gustavsson	82	Ret			6
14	Ari Koponen	9				2
–	Nicolo Gonella	12				–
–	Jim Hjerpe	13				–
–	Ida Lidebjer-Granberg	14				–
–	Stefano Savoia	Ret	Ret	DNS	Ret	–
–	Noel O'Sullivan	Ret				–
Pos.	Co-Driver	SWE	EST	ITA	MNZ	Points
Source:[25]

FIA Junior WRC Trophy for Nations[edit]

(Results key)

Pos.	Nation	SWE	EST	ITA	MNZ	Points
1	Sweden	1	Ret	1	1	75
2	Latvia	2	1	3	Ret	58
3	Paraguay	6	6	2	2	52
4	Finland	4	2	5	4	52
5	United Kingdom	7	4	Ret	3	33
6	Estonia	3	3			30
7	Italy	8	5	4	Ret	26
8	Romania	5	7			16
9	Norway	9				2
Pos.	Nation	SWE	EST	ITA	MNZ	Points
Source:[25]

Notes[edit]

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Official website
• FIA Junior WRC Championship 2020 at ewrc-results.com