The 2016 FIA WRC3 Championship was the fourth season of WRC3, a rallying championship organised and governed by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile, ran in support of the World Rally Championship. It was created when the Group R class of rally car was introduced in 2013. The Championship was composed of fourteen rallies, and drivers and teams had to nominate a maximum of six events. The best five results counted towards the championship.

Quentin Gilbert was the defending champion, as he won the 2015 title.

Calendar

The calendar was announced in November 2015 by the FIA. 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, but the Chinese round was ultimately cancelled.

RoundDatesRally nameRally headquartersSurfaceStagesDistance
121–24 JanuaryMonaco Monte Carlo RallyGap, Hautes-Alpes, FranceMixed16337.59km
212–14 FebruarySweden Rally SwedenKarlstad, VärmlandSnow121a226.48km1b
33–6 MarchMexico Rally MexicoLeón, GuanajuatoGravel21399.67km
421–24 AprilArgentina Rally ArgentinaVilla Carlos Paz, CórdobaGravel18364.68km
519–22 MayPortugal Rally de PortugalMatosinhos, PortoGravel19368.00km
69–12 JuneItaly Rally Italia SardegnaAlghero, SardiniaGravel19324.60km
730 June–3 JulyPoland Rally PolandMikołajki, Warmia-MasuriaGravel21306.10km
828–31 JulyFinland Rally FinlandJyväskylä, Keski-SuomiGravel24333.99km
919–21 AugustGermany Rallye DeutschlandTrier, Rhineland-PalatinateTarmac18306.80km
109–11 SeptemberChina Rally ChinaBeijing, HebeiTarmacCancelled2
1130 September–2 OctoberFrance Tour de CorseBastia, Haute-CorseTarmac10390.92km
1213–16 OctoberSpain Rally CatalunyaSalou, TarragonaMixed21321.08km
1328–30 OctoberUnited Kingdom Wales Rally GBDeeside, FlintshireGravel22336.00km
1418–20 NovemberAustralia Rally AustraliaCoffs Harbour, New South WalesGravel23283.36km3

Notes

  • ^1 – Rally Sweden was shortened due to warm weather conditions turning frozen roads into soft, muddy gravel and making the studded tyres unsafe to use.
  • ^2 – Rally China was cancelled due to weather damage caused by torrential storms and flooding in July.
  • ^3 – The route of Rally Australia was shortened following concerns over dust reducing visibility in forest stages.

Calendar changes

  • Rally Australia was moved from its September date to November to become the final round of the championship.
  • The calendar was to be expanded to fourteen rounds in 2016, with the inclusion of the Rally of China, seventeen years after its only appearance as a round of the WRC.
  • The Tour de Corse relocated its headquarters from Corte to Bastia, which features a brand-new route.

Teams and drivers

EntrantCarClassTyreDriversCo-DriversRounds
Finland PrintsportCitroën DS3 R3TR3MNorway Ole Christian VeibySweden Jonas Andersson1
Norway Stig Rune Skjærmoen5, 7–10
Finland Juuso NordgrenFinland Mikael Korhonen8
Italy ACI Team ItaliaPeugeot 208 R2R2PItaly Fabio AndolfiItaly Manuel Fenoli1, 5–6, 8–9, 11
Italy Damiano De TommasoItaly Massimiliano Bosi1
Italy Paolo Rocca5–6, 8–9, 11
France Peugeot Rally AcademyPeugeot 208 R2R2MFrance Jordan BerfaFrance Damien Augustin1, 9–10
Slovakia Styllex Slovak National TeamCitroën DS3 R3TR3MSlovakia Martin KočiCzech Republic Lukáš Kostka1, 5, 7–10, 12
France Saintéloc Junior TeamCitroën DS3 R3TR3MFrance Michel FabreFrance Maxime Vilmot1–4, 11–13
France Yohan RosselFrance Benoît Fulcrand12
France Équipe de France FFSACitroën DS3 R3TR3M10
France Laurent PellierFrance Benoit Neyret-Gigot10
France LTB MotorPeugeot 208 R2R2MFrance Igor GiustiFrance Patrick Chiappe1
France Gilbert Dini5–6, 10
France AFC RacingCitroën DS3 R3TR3MFrance Vincent DubertFrance Sébastien Pujol1
France Alexandre Coria5, 7–10, 12
Italy VieffecorsePeugeot 208 R2R2DItaly Enrico BrazzoliItaly Maurizio Barone1, 5–6, 10–11
France Renault Sport Rally TeamRenault Clio RS R3TR3MSwitzerland Michaël BurriFrance Anderson Levratti5, 7–12
Portugal Fernando Costa MotorsportRenault Clio RS R3TR3DPortugal Carlos OliveiraPortugal José Janela5
France Abu Dhabi Racing TeamCitroën DS3 R3TR3MUnited Arab Emirates Mohamed Al-MutawaaUnited Kingdom Stephen McAuley5, 7–9
United Kingdom Stuart Loudon10, 12
France Trajectoire RacingCitroën DS3 R3TR3MFrance Romain MartelFrance Vanessa Lemoine5, 7–10
France Frédéric HauswaldFrance Maxime Vilmot5
Netherlands Hans Weijs MotorsportCitroën DS3 R3TR3MNamibia Hans Thilo HimmelSouth Africa Nicolaas Swartz5, 7
France Citroën RacingCitroën DS3 R3TR3MPoland Łukasz PieniąźekPoland Przemek Mazur5, 7–8
Italy Delta RallyCitroën DS3 R3TR3MItaly Andrea CrugnolaItaly Michele Ferrara5, 7–8
Romania Napoca Rally AcademyCitroën DS3 R3TR3MItaly Simone TempestiniItaly Giovanni Bernacchini5, 7–10, 12
France Sébastien Loeb RacingCitroën DS3 R3TR3MFrance Terry FolbFrance Franck Le Floch5, 7–10, 12
Poland Rally TechnologyPeugeot 208 R2R2MPoland Tomasz GrycPoland Michał Kuśnierz7
Netherlands Hontec MotorsportRenault Clio RS R3TR3MNetherlands Kevin van DeijneNetherlands Hein Verschuuren9, 11
France PH SportCitroën DS3 R3TR3MBelgium William WagnerFrance Antoine Paque10, 12

Results and standings

Season summary

RoundEvent nameWinning driverWinning co-driverWinning EntryWinning timeReport
1Monaco Rallye Monte CarloNorway Ole Christian VeibySweden Jonas AnderssonFinland Printsport4:30:42.9Report
2Sweden Rally SwedenFrance Michel FabreFrance Maxime VilmotFrance Saintéloc Junior Team2:41:39.5Report
3Mexico Rally MexicoFrance Michel FabreFrance Maxime VilmotFrance Saintéloc Junior Team5:34:30.7Report
4Argentina Rally ArgentinaFrance Michel FabreFrance Maxime VilmotFrance Saintéloc Junior Team4:53:11.0Report
5Portugal Rally de PortugalItaly Simone TempestiniItaly Giovanni BernacchiniRomania Napoca Rally Academy4:30:15.7Report
6Italy Rally Italia SardegnaItaly Fabio AndolfiItaly Manuel FenoliItaly ACI Team Italia4:08:32.3Report
7Poland Rally PolandItaly Simone TempestiniItaly Giovanni BernacchiniRomania Napoca Rally Academy3:04:11.3Report
8Finland Rally FinlandNorway Ole Christian VeibyNorway Stig Rune SkjærmoenFinland Printsport2:55:40.0Report
9Germany Rallye DeutschlandItaly Simone TempestiniItaly Giovanni BernacchiniRomania Napoca Rally Academy3:21:12.4Report
10China Rally ChinaRally cancelled
11France Tour de CorseFrance Laurent PellierFrance Benoit Neyret-GigotFrance Équipe de France FFSA4:38:19.3Report
12Spain Rally CatalunyaItaly Fabio AndolfiItaly Manuel FenoliItaly ACI Team Italia3:38:33.6Report
13United Kingdom Wales Rally GBSlovakia Martin KočiCzech Republic Lukáš KostkaSlovakia Styllex Slovak National Team3:47:47.4Report
14Australia Rally AustraliaFrance Michel FabreFrance Maxime VilmotFrance Saintéloc Junior Team2:46:05.7Report

FIA WRC3 Championship for Drivers

Points are awarded to the top ten classified finishers.

Position1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8th9th10th
Points251815121086421
Pos.DriverMON MonacoSWE SwedenMEX MexicoARG ArgentinaPOR PortugalITA ItalyPOL PolandFIN FinlandGER GermanyFRA FranceESP SpainGBR United KingdomAUS AustraliaDropsPoints
Pos. Driver MON Monaco SWE Sweden MEX Mexico ARG Argentina POR Portugal ITA Italy POL Poland FIN Finland GER Germany FRA France ESP Spain GBR United Kingdom AUS Australia Drops Points 1 Italy Simone Tempestini 1 1 2 1 4 2 0 123 2 France Michel Fabre 8 1 1 1 4 5 1 4 122 3 Italy Fabio Andolfi 3 4 1 9 4 1 0 91 4 Slovakia Martin Koči 6 2 DNS 8 2 3 1 0 88 5 Norway Ole Christian Veiby 1 8 3 1 12 8 0 73 6 Italy Damiano De Tommaso 4 6 2 6 6 3 0 69 7 France Vincent Dubert 5 5 5 4 8 7 6 0 60 8 France Terry Folb 3 2 Ret 3 6 0 56 9 Switzerland Michaël Burri 7 8 7 5 2 4 0 56 10 France Yohan Rossel 2 3 0 33 11 France Romain Martel 10 4 5 5 Ret 0 33 12 Italy Enrico Brazzoli 7 11 4 9 5 0 30 13 France Laurent Pellier 1 0 25 14 France Jordan Berfa 2 11 Ret 0 18 15 France Igor Giusti 9 13 3 10 0 18 16 Finland Juuso Nordgren 3 0 15 17 United Arab Emirates Mohamed Al-Mutawaa 12 9 7 9 Ret 0 10 18 Poland Tomasz Gryc 6 0 8 19 Poland Łukasz Pieniążek 15 7 0 6 20 France Frédéric Hauswald 9 0 2 21 Netherlands Kevin van Deijne 10 WD 0 1 Pos. Driver MON Monaco SWE Sweden MEX Mexico ARG Argentina POR Portugal ITA Italy POL Poland FIN Finland GER Germany FRA France ESP Spain GBR United Kingdom AUS Australia Drops PointsKey Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Black Excluded (EX) Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Cancelled (C) Blank Withdrew entry from the event (WD)
1Italy Simone Tempestini1121420123
2France Michel Fabre81114514122
3Italy Fabio Andolfi341941091
4Slovakia Martin Koči62DNS8231088
5Norway Ole Christian Veiby1831128073
6Italy Damiano De Tommaso462663069
7France Vincent Dubert5554876060
8France Terry Folb32Ret36056
9Switzerland Michaël Burri787524056
10France Yohan Rossel23033
11France Romain Martel10455Ret033
12Italy Enrico Brazzoli711495030
13France Laurent Pellier1025
14France Jordan Berfa211Ret018
15France Igor Giusti913310018
16Finland Juuso Nordgren3015
17United Arab Emirates Mohamed Al-Mutawaa12979Ret010
18Poland Tomasz Gryc608
19Poland Łukasz Pieniążek15706
20France Frédéric Hauswald902
21Netherlands Kevin van Deijne10WD01
Pos.DriverMON MonacoSWE SwedenMEX MexicoARG ArgentinaPOR PortugalITA ItalyPOL PolandFIN FinlandGER GermanyFRA FranceESP SpainGBR United KingdomAUS AustraliaDropsPoints
Key
ColourResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleDid not finish (Ret)
BlackExcluded (EX)
Disqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Cancelled (C)
BlankWithdrew entry from the event (WD)

FIA WRC3 Championship for Co-Drivers

Pos.Co-driverMON MonacoSWE SwedenMEX MexicoARG ArgentinaPOR PortugalITA ItalyPOL PolandFIN FinlandGER GermanyFRA FranceESP SpainGBR United KingdomAUS AustraliaDropsPoints
Pos. Co-driver MON Monaco SWE Sweden MEX Mexico ARG Argentina POR Portugal ITA Italy POL Poland FIN Finland GER Germany FRA France ESP Spain GBR United Kingdom AUS Australia Drops Points 1 Italy Giovanni Bernacchini 1 1 2 1 4 2 0 123 2 France Maxime Vilmot3 8 1 1 1 4 5 1 4 122 3 Italy Manuel Fenoli 3 4 1 9 4 1 0 91 4 Czech Republic Lukáš Kostka 6 2 DNS 8 2 3 1 0 88 5 Italy Paolo Rocca 6 2 6 6 3 0 57 6 France Franck Le Floch 3 2 Ret 3 6 0 56 7 France Anderson Levratti 7 8 7 5 2 4 0 56 8 France Alexandre Coria 5 5 4 8 7 6 0 50 9 Norway Stig Rune Skjærmoen 8 3 1 12 8 0 48 10 France Benoît Fulcrand 2 3 0 33 11 France Vanessa Lemoine 10 4 5 5 Ret 0 33 12 Italy Maurizio Barone 7 11 4 9 5 0 30 13 Sweden Jonas Andersson 1 0 25 14 France Benoit Neyret-Gigot 1 0 25 15 France Damien Augustin 2 11 Ret 0 18 16 France Gilbert Dini 13 3 10 0 16 17 Finland Mikael Korhonen 3 0 15 18 Italy Massimiliano Bosi 4 0 12 19 France Sébastien Poujol 5 0 10 20 United Kingdom Stephen McAuley 12 9 7 9 0 10 21 Poland Michał Kuśnierz 6 0 8 22 Poland Przemisław Mazur 15 7 0 6 23 France Patrick Chiappe 9 0 2 24 France Maxime Vilmot4 9 0 2 25 Netherlands Hein Verschuuren 10 WD 0 1 Pos. Co-driver MON Monaco SWE Sweden MEX Mexico ARG Argentina POR Portugal ITA Italy POL Poland FIN Finland GER Germany FRA France ESP Spain GBR United Kingdom AUS Australia Drops PointsKey Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Black Excluded (EX) Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Cancelled (C) Blank Withdrew entry from the event (WD)
1Italy Giovanni Bernacchini1121420123
2France Maxime Vilmot381114514122
3Italy Manuel Fenoli341941091
4Czech Republic Lukáš Kostka62DNS8231088
5Italy Paolo Rocca62663057
6France Franck Le Floch32Ret36056
7France Anderson Levratti787524056
8France Alexandre Coria554876050
9Norway Stig Rune Skjærmoen831128048
10France Benoît Fulcrand23033
11France Vanessa Lemoine10455Ret033
12Italy Maurizio Barone711495030
13Sweden Jonas Andersson1025
14France Benoit Neyret-Gigot1025
15France Damien Augustin211Ret018
16France Gilbert Dini13310016
17Finland Mikael Korhonen3015
18Italy Massimiliano Bosi4012
19France Sébastien Poujol5010
20United Kingdom Stephen McAuley12979010
21Poland Michał Kuśnierz608
22Poland Przemisław Mazur15706
23France Patrick Chiappe902
24France Maxime Vilmot4902
25Netherlands Hein Verschuuren10WD01
Pos.Co-driverMON MonacoSWE SwedenMEX MexicoARG ArgentinaPOR PortugalITA ItalyPOL PolandFIN FinlandGER GermanyFRA FranceESP SpainGBR United KingdomAUS AustraliaDropsPoints
Key
ColourResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleDid not finish (Ret)
BlackExcluded (EX)
Disqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Cancelled (C)
BlankWithdrew entry from the event (WD)

Notes

  • ^3 – Points earned with Michel Fabre
  • ^4 – Points earned with Frédéric Hauswald

FIA WRC3 Championship for Teams

Pos.TeamMON MonacoSWE SwedenMEX MexicoARG ArgentinaPOR PortugalITA ItalyPOL PolandFIN FinlandGER GermanyFRA FranceESP SpainGBR United KingdomAUS AustraliaPoints
Pos. Team MON Monaco SWE Sweden MEX Mexico ARG Argentina POR Portugal ITA Italy POL Poland FIN Finland GER Germany FRA France ESP Spain GBR United Kingdom AUS Australia Points 1 France Saintéloc Junior Team 4 1 1 1 3 3 1 142 2 Italy Automobile Club d'Italia 3 3 1 2 3 1 113 3 Slovakia Styllex Slovak National Team 1 DNS 4 1 2 1 105 4 Finland Printsport 1 5 2 1 7 5 94 5 France Renault Sport 4 4 4 3 2 2 87 6 France Sébastien Loeb Racing 2 1 Ret 2 4 73 7 United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi Racing Team 6 5 3 5 Ret 43 8 France Peugeot Rally Academy 2 6 Ret 26 9 France Équipe de France FFSA 1 25 10 Poland RallyTechnology 3 15 Pos. Team MON Monaco SWE Sweden MEX Mexico ARG Argentina POR Portugal ITA Italy POL Poland FIN Finland GER Germany FRA France ESP Spain GBR United Kingdom AUS Australia PointsKey Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Black Excluded (EX) Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Cancelled (C) Blank Withdrew entry from the event (WD)
1France Saintéloc Junior Team4111331142
2Italy Automobile Club d'Italia331231113
3Slovakia Styllex Slovak National Team1DNS4121105
4Finland Printsport15217594
5France Renault Sport44432287
6France Sébastien Loeb Racing21Ret2473
7United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi Racing Team6535Ret43
8France Peugeot Rally Academy26Ret26
9France Équipe de France FFSA125
10Poland RallyTechnology315
Pos.TeamMON MonacoSWE SwedenMEX MexicoARG ArgentinaPOR PortugalITA ItalyPOL PolandFIN FinlandGER GermanyFRA FranceESP SpainGBR United KingdomAUS AustraliaPoints
Key
ColourResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleDid not finish (Ret)
BlackExcluded (EX)
Disqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Cancelled (C)
BlankWithdrew entry from the event (WD)

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