2016 World Rally Championship-3
The 2016 World Rally Championship-3 is the fourth season of the World Rally Championship-3, an auto racing championship recognized by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile, running in support of the World Rally Championship. It was created when the Group R class of rally car was introduced in 2013. The Championship is composed by fourteen Rallies, and Drivers and Teams must nominate a maximum of six event. The best five results will be counted towards the championship.[1]
Quentin Gilbert is the defending champion, as he won the 2015 title.
Calendar
The calendar was announced in November by the FIA.[2] The season will maintain the same rallies as the 2015 championship with the addition of the China Rally and will be contested over fourteen rounds in Europe, North America, South America, Asia and Australia.[3][4]
Round |
Dates |
Rally name |
Rally headquarters |
Surface |
Stages |
Distance |
Start |
Finish |
1 |
22 January |
24 January |
84ème Rallye Automobile Monte-Carlo |
Gap, Hautes-Alpes |
Mixed |
16 |
337.59km |
2 |
12 February |
14 February |
64th Rally Sweden |
Karlstad, Värmland |
Snow |
121a |
226.48km1b |
3 |
4 March |
6 March |
30º Rally Guanajuato México |
León, Guanajuato |
Gravel |
21 |
399.67km |
4 |
22 April |
24 April |
36º Rally Argentina |
Villa Carlos Paz, Córdoba |
Gravel |
18 |
364.68km |
5 |
20 May |
22 May |
50º Rally de Portugal |
Matosinhos, Porto |
Gravel |
19 |
368km |
6 |
10 June |
12 June |
13º Rally d'Italia Sardegna |
Alghero, Sardinia |
Gravel |
19 |
324.60km |
7 |
1 July |
3 July |
73rd Rally Poland |
Mikołajki, Warmia-Masuria |
Gravel |
21 |
306.10km |
8 |
29 July |
31 July |
66th Rally Finland |
Jyväskylä, Keski-Suomi |
Gravel |
24 |
333.99km |
9 |
19 August |
21 August |
34. ADAC Rallye Deutschland |
Trier, Rhineland-Palatinate |
Tarmac |
18 |
306.80km |
—2 |
9 September |
11 September |
19th China Rally |
Beijing, Hebei |
Tarmac |
— |
— |
10 |
30 September |
2 October |
59ème Tour de Corse – Rallye de France |
Ajaccio, Corse-du-Sud |
Tarmac |
10 |
390.92km |
11 |
14 October |
16 October |
52º Rally RACC Catalunya – Costa Daurada |
Salou, Tarragona |
Mixed |
21 |
340.32km |
12 |
28 October |
30 October |
72nd Wales Rally GB |
Deeside, Flintshire |
Gravel |
22 |
336.00km |
13 |
18 November |
20 November |
25th Rally Australia |
Coffs Harbour, New South Wales |
Gravel |
23 |
315.32km |
- Notes
- ^1 – The Rally Sweden was shortened due to warm weather conditions turning frozen roads into soft, muddy gravel.[5]
- ^2 – The China Rally was cancelled due to weather damage caused by torrential storms and flooding in July.[6]
Calendar changes
Teams and drivers
Entries |
Entrant |
Car |
Class |
Tyre |
Drivers |
Co-Drivers |
Rounds |
Printsport[10] |
Citroën DS3 R3T |
R3 |
M |
Ole Christian Veiby[10] |
Jonas Andersson[10] |
1 |
Stig Rune Skjærmoen[11] |
5, 7–10 |
Juuso Nordgren[12] |
Mikael Korhonen[12] |
8 |
ACI Team Italia[10] |
Peugeot 208 R2 |
R2 |
P
|
Fabio Andolfi[10] |
Manuel Fenoli[10] |
1, 5–6, 8–9, 11 |
Damiano De Tommaso[10] |
Massimiliano Bosi[10] |
1 |
Paolo Rocca[11] |
5–6, 8–9, 11 |
Peugeot Rally Academy[10] |
Peugeot 208 R2 |
R2 |
M |
Jordan Berfa[10] |
Damien Augustin[10] |
1, 9–10 |
Styllex Slovak National Team[11] |
Citroën DS3 R3T |
R3 |
M |
Martin Koči[10] |
Lukáš Kostka[10] |
1, 5, 7–10, 12 |
Saintéloc Junior Team[10] |
Citroën DS3 R3T |
R3 |
M |
Michel Fabre[10] |
Maxime Vilmot[10] |
1–4, 11–13 |
Yohan Rossel[13] |
Benoît Fulcrand[13] |
12 |
Équipe de France FFSA[13] |
Citroën DS3 R3T |
R3 |
M |
10 |
Laurent Pellier[13] |
Benoit Neyret-Gigot[13] |
10 |
LTB Motor[10] |
Peugeot 208 R2 |
R2 |
M |
Igor Giusti[10] |
Patrick Chiappe[10] |
1 |
Gilbert Dini[11] |
5–6, 10 |
AFC Racing |
Citroën DS3 R3T |
R3 |
M |
Vincent Dubert[10] |
Sébastien Pujol[10] |
1 |
Alexandre Coria[11] |
5, 7–10, 12 |
Vieffecorse[10] |
Peugeot 208 R2 |
R2 |
D
|
Enrico Brazzoli[10] |
Maurizio Barone[10] |
1, 5–6, 10–11 |
Renault Sport Rally Team[11] |
Renault Clio RS R3T |
R3 |
M |
Michaël Burri[11] |
Anderson Levratti[11] |
5, 7–12 |
Fernando Costa Motorsport[11] |
Renault Clio RS R3T |
R3 |
D
|
Carlos Oliveira[11] |
José Janela[11] |
5 |
Abu Dhabi Racing Team[11] |
Citroën DS3 R3T |
R3 |
M |
Mohamed Al-Mutawaa[11] |
Stephen McAuley[11] |
5, 7–9 |
Stuart Loudon[13] |
10, 12 |
Trajectoire Racing[11] |
Citroën DS3 R3T |
R3 |
M |
Romain Martel[11] |
Vanessa Lemoine[11] |
5, 7–10 |
Frédéric Hauswald[11] |
Maxime Vilmot[11] |
5 |
Hans Weijs Motorsport[11] |
Citroën DS3 R3T |
R3 |
M |
Hans Thilo Himmel[11] |
Nicolaas Swartz[11] |
5, 7 |
Citroën Racing[11] |
Citroën DS3 R3T |
R3 |
M |
Łukasz Pieniąźek[11] |
Przemek Mazur[11] |
5, 7–8 |
Delta Rally[11] |
Citroën DS3 R3T |
R3 |
M |
Andrea Crugnola[11] |
Michele Ferrara[11] |
5, 7–8 |
Napoca Rally Academy[11] |
Citroën DS3 R3T |
R3 |
M |
Simone Tempestini[11] |
Giovanni Bernacchini[11] |
5, 7–10, 12 |
Sébastien Loeb Racing[11] |
Citroën DS3 R3T |
R3 |
M |
Terry Folb[11] |
Franck Le Floch[11] |
5, 7–10, 12 |
Rally Technology[14] |
Peugeot 208 R2 |
R2 |
M |
Tomasz Gryc[14] |
Michał Kuśnierz[14] |
7 |
Hontec Motorsport[15] |
Renault Clio RS R3T |
R3 |
M |
Kevin van Deijne[15] |
Hein Verschuuren[15] |
9, 11 |
PH Sport |
Citroën DS3 R3T |
R3 |
M |
William Wagner[13] |
Antoine Paque[13] |
10, 12 |
Results and standings
Season Summary
FIA World Rally Championship-3 for Drivers
Points are awarded to the top ten classified finishers.
Position |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
5th |
6th |
7th |
8th |
9th |
10th |
Points |
25 |
18 |
15 |
12 |
10 |
8 |
6 |
4 |
2 |
1 |
Pos. |
Driver |
MON
![Monaco](../I/m/Flag_of_Monaco.svg.png) |
SWE
![Sweden](../I/m/Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png) |
MEX
![Mexico](../I/m/Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png) |
ARG
![Argentina](../I/m/Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png) |
POR
![Portugal](../I/m/Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png) |
ITA
![Italy](../I/m/Flag_of_Italy.svg.png) |
POL
![Poland](../I/m/Flag_of_Poland.svg.png) |
FIN
![Finland](../I/m/Flag_of_Finland.svg.png) |
DEU
![Germany](../I/m/Flag_of_Germany.svg.png) |
CHN
![China](../I/m/Flag_of_the_People's_Republic_of_China.svg.png) |
FRA
![France](../I/m/Flag_of_France.svg.png) |
ESP
![Spain](../I/m/Flag_of_Spain.svg.png) |
GBR
![United Kingdom](../I/m/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png) |
AUS
![Australia](../I/m/Flag_of_Australia.svg.png) |
Drops |
Points |
1 |
Simone Tempestini |
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
1 |
2 |
1 |
C |
4 |
|
2 |
|
0 |
123 |
2 |
Michel Fabre |
8 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
C |
|
4 |
5 |
1 |
4 |
122 |
3 |
Fabio Andolfi |
3 |
|
|
|
4 |
1 |
|
9 |
4 |
C |
|
1 |
|
|
0 |
91 |
4 |
Martin Koči |
6 |
|
|
|
2 |
|
DNS |
8 |
2 |
C |
3 |
|
1 |
|
0 |
88 |
5 |
Ole Christian Veiby |
1 |
|
|
|
8 |
|
3 |
1 |
12 |
C |
8 |
|
|
|
0 |
73 |
6 |
Damiano De Tommaso |
4 |
|
|
|
6 |
2 |
|
6 |
6 |
C |
|
3 |
|
|
0 |
69 |
7 |
Vincent Dubert |
5 |
|
|
|
5 |
|
5 |
4 |
8 |
C |
7 |
|
6 |
|
0 |
60 |
8 |
Terry Folb |
|
|
|
|
3 |
|
2 |
Ret |
3 |
C |
6 |
|
|
|
0 |
56 |
9 |
Michaël Burri |
|
|
|
|
7 |
|
8 |
|
7 |
C |
5 |
2 |
4 |
|
0 |
56 |
10 |
Yohan Rossel |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
C |
2 |
|
3 |
|
0 |
33 |
11 |
Romain Martel |
|
|
|
|
10 |
|
4 |
5 |
5 |
C |
Ret |
|
|
|
0 |
33 |
12 |
Enrico Brazzoli |
7 |
|
|
|
11 |
4 |
|
|
|
C |
9 |
5 |
|
|
0 |
30 |
13 |
Laurent Pellier |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
C |
1 |
|
|
|
0 |
25 |
14 |
Jordan Berfa |
2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
11 |
C |
Ret |
|
|
|
0 |
18 |
15 |
Igor Giusti |
9 |
|
|
|
13 |
3 |
|
|
|
C |
10 |
|
|
|
0 |
18 |
16 |
Juuso Nordgren |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3 |
|
C |
|
|
|
|
0 |
15 |
17 |
Mohamed Al-Mutawaa |
|
|
|
|
12 |
|
9 |
7 |
9 |
C |
Ret |
|
|
|
0 |
10 |
18 |
Tomasz Gryc |
|
|
|
|
|
|
6 |
|
|
C |
|
|
|
|
0 |
8 |
19 |
Łukasz Pieniążek |
|
|
|
|
15 |
|
7 |
|
|
C |
|
|
|
|
0 |
6 |
20 |
Frédéric Hauswald |
|
|
|
|
9 |
|
|
|
|
C |
|
|
|
|
0 |
2 |
21 |
Kevin van Deijne |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10 |
C |
|
WD |
|
|
0 |
1 |
Pos. |
Driver |
MON
![Monaco](../I/m/Flag_of_Monaco.svg.png) |
SWE
![Sweden](../I/m/Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png) |
MEX
![Mexico](../I/m/Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png) |
ARG
![Argentina](../I/m/Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png) |
POR
![Portugal](../I/m/Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png) |
ITA
![Italy](../I/m/Flag_of_Italy.svg.png) |
POL
![Poland](../I/m/Flag_of_Poland.svg.png) |
FIN
![Finland](../I/m/Flag_of_Finland.svg.png) |
DEU
![Germany](../I/m/Flag_of_Germany.svg.png) |
CHN
![China](../I/m/Flag_of_the_People's_Republic_of_China.svg.png) |
FRA
![France](../I/m/Flag_of_France.svg.png) |
ESP
![Spain](../I/m/Flag_of_Spain.svg.png) |
GBR
![United Kingdom](../I/m/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png) |
AUS
![Australia](../I/m/Flag_of_Australia.svg.png) |
Drops |
Points |
|
Colour |
Result |
Gold |
Winner |
Silver |
2nd place |
Bronze |
3rd place |
Green |
Points finish |
Blue |
Non-points finish |
Non-classified finish (NC) |
Purple |
Retired (DNF) |
Black |
Excluded (EX) |
Disqualified (DSQ) |
White |
Did not start (DNS) |
Cancelled (C) |
Blank |
Withdrew entry before the event (WD) |
|
FIA World Rally Championship-3 for Co-Drivers
Pos. |
Co-driver |
MON
![Monaco](../I/m/Flag_of_Monaco.svg.png) |
SWE
![Sweden](../I/m/Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png) |
MEX
![Mexico](../I/m/Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png) |
ARG
![Argentina](../I/m/Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png) |
POR
![Portugal](../I/m/Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png) |
ITA
![Italy](../I/m/Flag_of_Italy.svg.png) |
POL
![Poland](../I/m/Flag_of_Poland.svg.png) |
FIN
![Finland](../I/m/Flag_of_Finland.svg.png) |
DEU
![Germany](../I/m/Flag_of_Germany.svg.png) |
CHN
![China](../I/m/Flag_of_the_People's_Republic_of_China.svg.png) |
FRA
![France](../I/m/Flag_of_France.svg.png) |
ESP
![Spain](../I/m/Flag_of_Spain.svg.png) |
GBR
![United Kingdom](../I/m/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png) |
AUS
![Australia](../I/m/Flag_of_Australia.svg.png) |
Drops |
Points |
1 |
Giovanni Bernacchini |
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
1 |
2 |
1 |
C |
4 |
|
2 |
|
0 |
123 |
2 |
Maxime Vilmot3 |
8 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
C |
|
4 |
5 |
1 |
4 |
122 |
3 |
Manuel Fenoli |
3 |
|
|
|
4 |
1 |
|
9 |
4 |
C |
|
1 |
|
|
0 |
91 |
4 |
Lukáš Kostka |
6 |
|
|
|
2 |
|
DNS |
8 |
2 |
C |
3 |
|
1 |
|
0 |
88 |
5 |
Paolo Rocca |
|
|
|
|
6 |
2 |
|
6 |
6 |
C |
|
3 |
|
|
0 |
57 |
6 |
Franck Le Floch |
|
|
|
|
3 |
|
2 |
Ret |
3 |
C |
6 |
|
|
|
0 |
56 |
7 |
Anderson Levratti |
|
|
|
|
7 |
|
8 |
|
7 |
C |
5 |
2 |
4 |
|
0 |
56 |
8 |
Alexandre Coria |
|
|
|
|
5 |
|
5 |
4 |
8 |
C |
7 |
|
6 |
|
0 |
50 |
9 |
Stig Rune Skjærmoen |
|
|
|
|
8 |
|
3 |
1 |
12 |
C |
8 |
|
|
|
0 |
48 |
10 |
Benoît Fulcrand |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
C |
2 |
|
3 |
|
0 |
33 |
11 |
Vanessa Lemoine |
|
|
|
|
10 |
|
4 |
5 |
5 |
C |
Ret |
|
|
|
0 |
33 |
12 |
Maurizio Barone |
7 |
|
|
|
11 |
4 |
|
|
|
C |
9 |
5 |
|
|
0 |
30 |
13 |
Jonas Andersson |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
C |
|
|
|
|
0 |
25 |
14 |
Benoit Neyret-Gigot |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
C |
1 |
|
|
|
0 |
25 |
15 |
Damien Augustin |
2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
11 |
C |
Ret |
|
|
|
0 |
18 |
16 |
Gilbert Dini |
|
|
|
|
13 |
3 |
|
|
|
C |
10 |
|
|
|
0 |
16 |
17 |
Mikael Korhonen |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3 |
|
C |
|
|
|
|
0 |
15 |
18 |
Massimiliano Bosi |
4 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
C |
|
|
|
|
0 |
12 |
19 |
Sébastien Poujol |
5 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
C |
|
|
|
|
0 |
10 |
20 |
Stephen McAuley |
|
|
|
|
12 |
|
9 |
7 |
9 |
C |
|
|
|
|
0 |
10 |
21 |
Michał Kuśnierz |
|
|
|
|
|
|
6 |
|
|
C |
|
|
|
|
0 |
8 |
22 |
Przemisław Mazur |
|
|
|
|
15 |
|
7 |
|
|
C |
|
|
|
|
0 |
6 |
23 |
Patrick Chiappe |
9 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
C |
|
|
|
|
0 |
2 |
24 |
Maxime Vilmot4 |
|
|
|
|
9 |
|
|
|
|
C |
|
|
|
|
0 |
2 |
25 |
Hein Verschuuren |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10 |
C |
|
WD |
|
|
0 |
1 |
Pos. |
Co-driver |
MON
![Monaco](../I/m/Flag_of_Monaco.svg.png) |
SWE
![Sweden](../I/m/Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png) |
MEX
![Mexico](../I/m/Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png) |
ARG
![Argentina](../I/m/Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png) |
POR
![Portugal](../I/m/Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png) |
ITA
![Italy](../I/m/Flag_of_Italy.svg.png) |
POL
![Poland](../I/m/Flag_of_Poland.svg.png) |
FIN
![Finland](../I/m/Flag_of_Finland.svg.png) |
DEU
![Germany](../I/m/Flag_of_Germany.svg.png) |
CHN
![China](../I/m/Flag_of_the_People's_Republic_of_China.svg.png) |
FRA
![France](../I/m/Flag_of_France.svg.png) |
ESP
![Spain](../I/m/Flag_of_Spain.svg.png) |
GBR
![United Kingdom](../I/m/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png) |
AUS
![Australia](../I/m/Flag_of_Australia.svg.png) |
Drops |
Points |
|
Colour |
Result |
Gold |
Winner |
Silver |
2nd place |
Bronze |
3rd place |
Green |
Points finish |
Blue |
Non-points finish |
Non-classified finish (NC) |
Purple |
Retired (DNF) |
Black |
Excluded (EX) |
Disqualified (DSQ) |
White |
Did not start (DNS) |
Cancelled (C) |
Blank |
Withdrew entry before the event (WD) |
|
- Notes
- ^3 – Points earned with Michel Fabre
- ^4 – Points earned with Frédéric Hauswald
FIA World Rally Championship-3 for Teams
|
Colour |
Result |
Gold |
Winner |
Silver |
2nd place |
Bronze |
3rd place |
Green |
Points finish |
Blue |
Non-points finish |
Non-classified finish (NC) |
Purple |
Retired (DNF) |
Black |
Excluded (EX) |
Disqualified (DSQ) |
White |
Did not start (DNS) |
Cancelled (C) |
Blank |
Withdrew entry before the event (WD) |
|
References
External links