The 2023 FIA WRC3 Championship was the tenth season of WRC3, a rallying championship organised and governed by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile as the third-highest tier of international rallying. It was open to privateers and teams using cars complying with Group Rally3 regulations. The championship began in January 2023 with the Rallye Monte-Carlo and concluded in November 2023 with Rally Japan, and ran in support of the 2023 World Rally Championship.
Lauri Joona and Enni Mälkönen entered as the defending drivers' and co-drivers' champions.
Roope Korhonen and Anssi Viinikka won the 2023 drivers and codrivers championships.
Calendar
Entries The following crews are set to enter into the 2023 WRC3 Championship: CarEntrantDriver nameCo-driver nameRoundsFord Fiesta Rally3 Hamza Anwar Hamza Anwar Adnan Din2, 6–7 Martin Brady 4 Alexander Kihurani 8 Julia Thulin 10 Jason Bailey Jason Bailey Shayne Peterson3, 13 Jamie Willetts7 Roberto Blach Roberto Blach Mauro Barreiro4, 6, 8, 10 Petr Borodin Petr Borodin Roman Cheprassov 9 Eduardo Castro Eduardo Castro Carla Salvat Trías 10 Fernando Mussano 11 Brendan Cumiskey Brendan Cumiskey Arthur Kierans8 Martin Connolly9 Giorgos Delaportas Giorgos Delaportas Evangelos Panaritis 10 Diego Dominguez Jr Diego Dominguez Jr Rogelio Peñate2–3, 7, 10–11 Spiros Galerakis Spiros Galerakis Konstantinos Soukoulis 10 Toni Herranen Toni Herranen Mikko Lukka2, 5, 8–9 Jesse Kallio Jesse Kallio Jussi Lindberg2, 9 Epaminondas Karanikolas Epaminondas Karanikolas Giorgos Kakavas 10 McRae Kimathi McRae Kimathi Mwangi Kioni7 Filip Kohn Filip Kohn Tomáš Střeska2, 4 Tom Woodburn 6, 9, 12 Benjamin Korhola Benjamin Korhola Pekka Kelander 8–9 Roope Korhonen Roope Korhonen Anssi Viinikka2, 5–6, 8 Ville Laakso Ville Laakso Jani Luhtaniemi9 Motorsport Ireland Rally Academy William Creighton Liam Regan2, 4, 6, 8, 10 Eamonn Kelly Conor Mohan2, 4, 6, 8, 10 Kristian Nieminen Kristian Nieminen Valtteri Nieminen9 Marek Paciorkowski Marek Paciorkowski Kamil Heller 9 Laurent Pellier Laurent Pellier Marine Pelamourgues2, 4 Kévin Bronner 6, 8, 10 RACB National Team Tom Rensonnet Loïc Dumont2, 4, 6, 8, 10 Martin Ravenščak Martin Ravenščak Dora Ravenščak4, 12 Fabio Schwarz Fabio Schwarz Bernhard Ettel12 Henri Timonen Henri Timonen Jussi Kärpijoki9 Ali Türkkan Ali Türkkan Burak Erdener 6, 8–10 Tuomas Vihtari Tuomas Vihtari Ville Harvia 9 Jeremiah Wahome Jeremiah Wahome Victor Okundi7Renault Clio Rally3 Efthimios Halkias Efthimios Halkias Nikos Komnos 10Sources:
Results and standings Season summary RoundEventWinning driverWinning co-driverWinning entrantWinning timeReportRef.1 Rallye Automobile Monte CarloNo WRC3 entriesReport2 Rally Sweden Roope Korhonen Anssi Viinikka Roope Korhonen2:44:25.9Report3 Rally Guanajuato México Diego Dominguez Jr. Rogelio Peñate Diego Dominguez Jr.3:46:34.2Report4 Croatia Rally Eamonn Kelly Conor Mohan Motorsport Ireland Rally Academy3:20:15.7Report5 Rally de Portugal Roope Korhonen Anssi Viinikka Roope Korhonen4:11:51.5Report6 Rally Italia Sardegna Roope Korhonen Anssi Viinikka Roope Korhonen4:14:20.0Report7 Safari Rally Kenya Diego Dominguez Jr. Rogelio Peñate Diego Dominguez Jr.4:37:57.1Report8 Rally Estonia Roope Korhonen Anssi Viinikka Roope Korhonen2:57:16.2Report9 Rally Finland Benjamin Korhola Pekka Kelander Benjamin Korhola2:54:27.0Report10 Acropolis Rally Greece Diego Dominguez Jr. Rogelio Peñate Diego Dominguez Jr.3:24:38.9Report11 Rally Chile Eduardo Castro Fernando Mussano Eduardo Castro3:36:41.7Report12 Central European Rally Filip Kohn Tom Woodburn Filip Kohn3:23:04.4Report13 Rally Japan Jason Bailey Shayne Peterson Jason Bailey5:03:05.7Report
Scoring system Position1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8th9th10thPoints251815121086421
FIA WRC3 Championship for Drivers DriverMONSWEMEXCROPORITAKENESTFINGRECHLEURJPNPoints 1 Roope Korhonen1111 100 2 Diego Dominguez Jr.4111Ret 87 3 Jason Bailey221 61 4 Tom Rensonnet52683 55 5 Filip Kohn96931 52 6 William Creighton252108 51 7 Eamonn KellyRet17Ret2 49 8 Roberto Blach Núñez3455 47 9 Laurent Pellier3Ret5210 44 10 Eduardo Castro41 37 11 Toni Herranen823DNS 37 12 Hamza Anwar748Ret6Ret 30 13 Benjamin Korhola91 27 14 Ali Türkkan34RetRet 27 15 Jesse Kallio62 26 16 Fabio Schwarz2 18 17 Martin RavenščakRet3 15 18 McRae Kimathi3 15 19 Brendan Cumiskey76 14 20 Henri Timonen4 12 21 Tuomas Vihtari5 10 22 Efthimios Halkias6 8 23 Ville Laakso7 6 24 Spiros Galerakis7 6 25 Petr Borodin8 4 26 Giorgos Delaportas9 2DriverMONSWEMEXCROPORITAKENESTFINGRECHLEURJPNPointsSource:
FIA WRC3 Championship for Co-Drivers DriverMONSWEMEXCROPORITAKENESTFINGRECHLEURJPNPoints 1 Anssi Viinikka1111 100 2 Rogelio Peñate4111Ret 87 3 Loïc Dumont52683 55 4 Liam Regan252108 51 5 Conor MohanRet17Ret2 49 6 Mauro Barreiro3455 47 7 Shayne Peterson21 43 8 Tom Woodburn931 42 9 Mikko Lukka823DNS 37 10 Kévin Bronner5210 29 11 Pekka Kelander91 27 12 Burak Erdener34RetRet 27 13 Jussi Lindberg62 26 14 Fernando Mussano1 25 15 Jamie Willetts2 18 16 Bernhard Ettel2 18 17 Marine Pelamourgues3Ret 15 18 Dora RavenščakRet3 15 19 Mwangi Kioni3 15 20 Martin Brady4 12 21 Jussi Kärpijoki4 12 22 Carla Salvat Trías4 12 23 Ville Harvia5 10 24 Tomáš Střeska96 10 25 Adnan Din78Ret 10 26 Alexander Kihurani6 8 27 Martin Connolly6 8 28 Nikos Komnos6 8 29 Arthur Kierans7 6 30 Jani Luhtaniemi7 6 31 Konstantinos Soukoulis7 6 32 Roman Cheprassov8 4 33 Evangelos Panaritis9 2DriverMONSWEMEXCROPORITAKENESTFINGRECHLEURJPNPointsSource:
Notes
References
External links
FIA WRC3 Championship 2023 at eWRC-results.com