The 2018 FIA WRC2 Championship was the sixth season of WRC2, a rallying championship organised and governed by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile, running in support of the World Rally Championship. The championship was open to cars complying with R4, R5, and Super 2000 regulations.
Pontus Tidemand and Jonas Andersson were the defending drivers' and co-drivers' champions. Škoda Motorsport were the defending teams' champions. Although Škoda Motorsport went on to win the teams' championship for the third year in a row, Jan Kopecký and Pavel Dresler succeeded for the drivers' and co-drivers' titles defeating the former champions.
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Entries Eligible models The 2018 season saw several new car models become available for competition: Citroën made an R5 variation of the C3, known as the Citroën C3 R5. The Citroën DS3 R5 was still eligible to compete. Volkswagen entered WRC2 for the first time with the Volkswagen Polo GTI R5, the replacement for the cancelled Polo R WRC project.
Entry list The following teams and crews were entered in the 2018 FIA WRC2 Championship: Manufacturer Car Tyre Rounds Ford Ford Fiesta R5 1, 9, 11 1 3 5 Nil Solans Miquel Ibañez 3–6 9 Marc Martí 11–12 9 10–11 Pedro Heller Pablo Olmos 3, 5–6, 10, 13 5, 13 8 Georgios Vassilakis Spyros Koltsidas 10 1–2, 6 Takamoto Katsuta Marko Salminen 2, 6 4, 7–8, 12 Hiroki Arai Jarmo Lehtinen 7–8 Glenn MacNeall 4 2, 6 Jarkko Nikara Sayaka Adachi 8 2 2 Castrol Ford Team Türkiye Murat Bostanci Onur Vatansever 6, 8, 10 Keane Motorsport Simone Tempestini Sergiu Itu 6 Lotos Rally Team Kajetan Kajetanowicz Maciek Szczepaniak 7, 9–10, 12 Ford Motorsport Turkey Yağiz Avci Ersan Alkir 10 Deniz Fahri Bahadir Gücenmez 10 Bora Manyera Cem Çerkez 10Škoda AutoŠkoda Fabia R5 1, 4, 7, 9–10 4, 7 9, 11 10–11 2, 8 3, 5, 8, 12 6 12 Łukasz Pieniążek Przemysław Mazur 2, 4, 6–7, 9, 11–12 Emil Lindholm Mikael Korhonen 8 2, 8 Umberto Scandola Andrea Gaspari 2, 9 2 2 Janne Tuohino Reeta Hämäläinen 2 Jarmo Berg Rami Suorsa 2 Chris Ingram Ross Whittock 10–11 Henning Solberg Ilka Minor 12 Rhys Yates 12 Benito Guerra Borja Rozada 3, 6–9 Emanuele Inglesi 12 Diogo Salvi Hugo Magalhães 10 Armin Kremer Pirmin Winklhofer 13 Fabio Andolfi Simone Scattolin 4, 6, 12 Emanuele Inglesi 8–9, 11 Gustavo Saba 5 Tiago Weiler Fabian Cretu 5 Eerik Pietarinen Juhana Raitanen 8 Fabian Kreim Frank Christian 9 Burak Çukurova Vedat Bostanci 10 Erkan Güral Burak Koçoğlu 10 Race Seven Marco Bulacia 11–12 2C Competition Sylvain Michel 12Peugeot 1, 4 Citroën Citroën DS3 R5 1 Citroën C3 R5 Ole Christian Veiby Stig Rune Skjærmoen 11 4, 6–9, 11–12 7–12 12 4, 9 Pepe López Borja Rozada 12 Hyundai Hyundai i20 R5 Jari Huttunen Antti Linnaketo Thibault de la Haye 4, 7–9 Christopher Guieu 6 Vincent Landais 4, 6–9, 11–12 Edgardo Galindo 5 9 Cándido Carrera 9, 12 Volkswagen 12 12 Subaru 13 Source:
Results and standings Season summary Round Event Report 1 Pavel Dresler 4:35:38.5 Report 2 Rally Sweden 3:01:27.5 Report 3 Rally México Pontus Tidemand Škoda Motorsport 4:04:32.7 Report 4 Tour de Corse Pavel Dresler 3:37:27.5 Report 5 Rally Argentina Pontus Tidemand Jonas Andersson Škoda Motorsport 3:55:44.7 Report 6 Rally Portugal Pontus Tidemand Jonas Andersson Škoda Motorsport 4:03:57.4 Report 7 Jan Kopecký Pavel Dresler Škoda Motorsport II 3:42:33.3 Report 8 Rally Finland Eerik Pietarinen Juhana Raitanen TGS Worldwide OU 2:45:18.4 Report 9 Rallye Deutschland Jan Kopecký Pavel Dresler Škoda Motorsport II 3:16:49.7 Report 10 Rally Turkey Jan Kopecký Pavel Dresler Škoda Motorsport II 4:17:49.7 Report 11 Wales Rally GB Kalle Rovanperä Jonne Halttunen Škoda Motorsport II 3:15:27.2 Report 12 Kalle Rovanperä Jonne Halttunen Škoda Motorsport 3:20:47.6 Report 13 Rally Australia Alberto Heller José Diaz M-Sport Ford WRT 3:22:20.5 Report
Scoring system Points were awarded to the top ten classified finishers in each event. Six best results counted towards championship.
Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th Points 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1
FIA WRC2 Championship for Drivers DriverMONSWEMEXFRAARGPORITAFINDEUTURGBRCATAUS DropsPoints 1 Jan Kopecký 1 1 1 1 1 2 0 143 2 Pontus Tidemand 2 1 1 1 Ret 2 0 111 3 Kalle Rovanperä 5 Ret 4 2 1 1 0 90 4 Gus Greensmith 2 2 8 3 Ret Ret 3 0 70 5 9 5 2 5 6 6 16 0 56 6 Fabio Andolfi 3 15 4 8 3 8 8 0 54 7 3 4 2 Ret 11 9 0 47 8 6 6 12 2 12 4 11 0 46 9 Pedro Heller 3 3 10 5 Ret 0 41 10 Kajetan Kajetanowicz 7 5 4 4 0 40 11 6 4 Ret 5 Ret Ret 7 0 36 12 Nil Solans 7 7 5 9 Ret 13 5 0 34 13 Stéphane Lefebvre Ret 3 8 13 8 5 15 0 33 14 Takamoto Katsuta 1 8 13 Ret Ret 12 0 29 15 16 Ret 9 10 2 7 10 0 28 16 Eerik Pietarinen 1 0 25 17 Alberto Heller Ret 1 0 25 18 7 9 5 Ret 7 0 24 19 Benito Guerra DNS 7 6 6 9 0 24 20 Nicolas Ciamin Ret 3 Ret 7 0 21 21 2 11 0 18 22 12 2 0 18 23 Eddie Sciessere 2 WD 0 18 24 Chris Ingram 3 12 0 15 25 Teemu Suninen 3 0 15 26 Petter Solberg 3 0 15 27 4 Ret 9 18 0 14 28 4 WD 0 12 29 4 0 12 30 4 0 12 31 4 0 12 32 5 0 10 33 Juuso Nordgren 6 0 8 34 Burak Cukurova 6 0 8 35 Henning Solberg 6 0 8 36 Diogo Salvi 7 0 6 37 8 12 0 4 38 8 0 4 39 9 0 2 40 11 10 Ret 0 1 41 Eric Camilli Ret Ret 10 17 0 1 42 10 0 1 43 10 0 1DriverMONSWEMEXFRAARGPORITAFINDEUTURGBRCATAUS DropsPoints
FIA WRC2 Championship for Co-Drivers DriverMONSWEMEXFRAARGPORITAFINDEUTURGBRCATAUS DropsPoints 1 Pavel Dresler 1 1 1 1 1 2 0 143 2 Jonas Andersson 2 1 1 1 Ret 2 0 111 3 Jonne Halttunen 5 Ret 4 2 1 1 0 90 4 9 5 2 5 6 6 16 0 56 5 Craig Parry 2 2 8 3 0 55 6 3 4 2 Ret 11 9 0 47 7 Antti Linnaketo 6 6 12 2 12 4 11 0 46 8 3 3 10 5 Ret 0 41 9 Maciek Szczepaniak 7 5 4 4 0 40 10 6 4 Ret 5 Ret Ret 7 0 36 11 Gabin Moreau Ret 3 8 13 8 5 15 0 33 12 3 15 4 8 0 31 13 Marko Salminen 1 8 13 Ret Ret 12 0 29 14 16 Ret 9 10 2 7 10 0 28 15 Juhana Raitanen 1 0 25 16 José Díaz Ret 1 0 25 17 Miquel Ibañez 7 7 5 9 Ret 0 24 18 Borja Rozada WD 7 6 6 9 0 24 19 Emanuele Inglesi 8 3 8 0 23 20 Ret 3 Ret 7 0 21 21 Benjamin Boulloud 2 11 0 18 22 Flavio Zanella 2 0 18 23 Pietro Elia Ometto 2 0 18 24 Glenn MacNeall 7 9 5 0 18 25 3 12 0 15 26 3 0 15 27 Ret 3 0 15 28 3 0 15 29 Fernando Mussano 4 Ret 0 12 30 4 WD 0 12 31 Andreas Johansson 4 0 12 32 Edgardo Galindo 4 0 12 33 Frank Christian 4 0 12 34 Marc Martí 13 5 0 10 35 Reeta Hämäläinen 5 0 10 36 Tapio Suominen 6 0 8 37 Vedat Bostanci 6 0 8 38 Ilka Minor 6 0 8 39 Hugo Magalhães 7 0 6 40 Jarmo Lehtinen Ret 7 0 6 41 Kalle Lexe 8 12 0 4 42 Cem Cerkez 8 0 4 43 Fabian Cretu Ret 9 18 0 2 44 Burak Koçoğlu 9 0 2 45 11 10 Ret 0 1 46 Benjamin Veillas Ret Ret 10 17 0 1 47 Rami Suorsa 10 0 1 48 Spiros Koltsidas 10 0 1DriverMONSWEMEXFRAARGPORITAFINDEUTURGBRCATAUS DropsPoints
FIA WRC2 Championship for Teams
TeamMONSWEMEXFRAARGPORITAFINDEUTURGBRCATAUSPoints 1 Škoda Motorsport II 1 1 1 1 1 1 150 2 Škoda Motorsport 2 1 1 1 3 1 133 3 Printsport 5 3 2 3 10 5 4 11 81 4 ACI Team Italia WRC 2 9 2 7 2 5 6 80 5 Hyundai Motorsport 4 2 8 2 9 2 8 76 6 Ret 3 6 8 6 3 7 56 7 Tommi Mäkinen Racing 1 5 5 Ret 6 9 55 8 Lotos Rally Team 5 4 3 3 52 9 M-Sport Ford WRT 2 Ret 11 Ret 6 1 51 10 3 2 8 4 49 11 BRC Racing Team 4 4 Ret 4 Ret Ret 5 46 12 Motorsport Italia WD 6 4 5 5 Ret 40 13 TGS Worldwide OU 1 25 14 Volkswagen Motorsport 2 18 15 3 15 16 S.A. Motorsport Italia Srl 6 7 14 17 BC Vision Motorsport 4 12 18 Castrol Ford Team Türkiye 7 9 Ret 8 19 PH Sport 7 6 20 CHL Sport Auto 8 4 21 Sports&you 10 1DriverMONSWEMEXFRAARGPORITAFINDEUTURGBRCATAUSPoints
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References
External links Official website of the World Rally Championship Official website of the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile