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2024 WRC3 Championship

The 2024 FIA WRC3 Championship is the eleventh season of WRC3, a rallying championship for organised and governed by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile as the third-highest tier of international rallying. It is open to privateers and teams using cars complying with Group Rally3 regulations.[1] The championship began in January 2024 with the Monte Carlo Rally and would conclude in November 2024 with the Rally Japan, and runs in support of the 2024 World Rally Championship.

Roope Korhonen and Anssi Viinikka are the defending drivers' and co-drivers' champions.[2]

Calendar

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A map showing the locations of the rallies in the 2024 championship. Event headquarters are marked with black dots.

The 2024 season is scheduled to be contested over thirteen rounds crossing Europe, Africa, South America and Asia.

Round Start date Finish date Rally Rally headquarters Surface Stages Distance Ref.
1 25 January 28 January   Rallye Automobile Monte Carlo Gap, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France Mixed[a] 17 324.44 km [3]
2 15 February 18 February   Rally Sweden Umeå, Västerbotten County, Sweden Snow 18 300.10 km [4]
3 28 March 31 March   Safari Rally Kenya Nairobi, Nakuru County, Kenya Gravel 19 355.92 km [5]
4 18 April 21 April   Croatia Rally Zagreb, Croatia Tarmac 20 283.28 km [6]
5 9 May 12 May   Rally de Portugal Matosinhos, Porto, Portugal Gravel 22 337.04 km [7]
6 30 May 2 June   Rally Italia Sardegna Alghero, Sardinia, Italy Gravel 16 266.12 km [8]
7 27 June 30 June   Rally Poland Mikołajki, Warmian–Masurian, Poland Gravel 19 304.10 km [9]
8 18 July 21 July   Rally Latvia Liepāja, Kurzeme Planning Region, Latvia Gravel 20 300.13 km [10]
9 1 August 4 August   Rally Finland Jyväskylä, Central Finland, Finland Gravel 20 305.69 km [11]
10 5 September 8 September   Acropolis Rally Greece Lamia, Central Greece, Greece Gravel 15 305.30 km [12]
11 26 September 29 September   Rally Chile Concepción, Biobío, Chile Gravel 16 306.76 km [13]
12 17 October 20 October   Central European Rally Bad Griesbach, Bavaria, Germany Tarmac 18 302.51 km [14]
13 21 November 24 November   Rally Japan Toyota, Aichi, Japan Tarmac 21 302.59 km [15]
Sources:[16][17]

Calendar changes

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The championship was expected to be expanded to fourteen rounds,[18] however WRC Promoter GmbH retained the existing total of thirteen events with the reasoning that it would aid participation of more Rally1 cars.[19]

 
The headquarter of the Rally Liepāja at night in 2015.

The WRC Promoter GmbH is also working on the two key calendar expansions for the future.[27]

  • Progress has been made for the candidate event in the United States, a location that was also aiming to join the championship in 2024.[28]
  • The other key expansion is Rally China, which was last featured in 1999. The rally was also scheduled to be held in 2016, but it was ultimately cancelled due to the damage caused by the 2016 China floods.[29]

In addition, the candidate list also include the event in Saudi Arabia,[30] where it aims at a 2025 calendar slot.[31] The rally is a part of WRC Promoter GmbH's plan to deliver a desert event.[32] Rally Argentina is also bidding to return to the championship.[33]

Other changes

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  • The organizers of the Monte Carlo Rally are set to relocate its headquarters back to Gap in France.[34] The rally was previously based in Monaco.[35]
  • The Kenyan Rally, which took place in June in the previous three seasons, will move ahead to March at the weekend of Easter as the third round of the season.[36]
  • The running date of the Central European Rally was moved two weeks earlier with a headquarter change to avoid the clash with All Saints' Day.[37]

Entries

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The following crews are set to enter the 2024 WRC3 Championship:

Car Entrant Driver name Co-driver name Rounds
Ford Fiesta Rally3   Hamza Anwar   Hamza Anwar   Adnan Din 3
  Atölye Kazaz   Kerem Kazaz   Corentin Silvestre 8–9
  Armin Schwarz Driving Experience   Fabio Schwarz   Bernhard Ettel 2, 4, 6, 9
  ASP Racing   Petr Borodin   Roman Cheprasov 2, 4, 6, 9
  Roberto Blach   Roberto Blach   Mauro Barreiro 2, 4
  Grzegorz Bonder   Grzegorz Bonder   Paweł Pochroń 7, 9
  Nataniel Bruun   Nataniel Bruun   Pablo Olmos 2, 4, 6–7, 9
  Bruno Bulacia   Bruno Bulacia   Gabriel Morales 2, 5–6
  Eduardo Castro   Eduardo Castro   Javiera Roman 6
  Castrol Ford Team Türkiye   Ali Türkkan   Burak Erdener 4, 6, 9
  Nuno Caetano   Nuno Caetano   Sofia Mouta 5
  Jan Černý   Jan Černý   Ondřej Krajča 1–2, 5, 7–8
  Tristan Charpentier   Tristan Charpentier   Florian Barral 4–5
  Alexis Maillefert 9
  Carlo Covi   Carlo Covi   Simone Angi 1
  Raoul Dahlqvist   Raoul Dahlqvist   Patric Öhman 9
  Dantex Rally Team   Marek Roefler   Marek Bała 7
  Diego Domínguez   Diego Domínguez Jr.   Rogelio Peñate 2, 4–7
  FIA Rally Star   Jose Caparó   Esther Gutiérrez 2, 4, 6, 9
  Taylor Gill   Daniel Brkic 2, 4, 6, 9
  Romet Jürgenson   Siim Oja 2, 4, 6, 9
  Max Smart   Cameron Fair 2, 4, 6, 9
  Raúl Hernández   Raúl Hernández   José Murado 2, 4, 6, 9
  Toni Herranen   Toni Herranen   Juho-Ville Koskela 9
  Henri Hokkala   Henri Hokkala   Kimmo Pahkala 9
  Mille Johansson   Mille Johansson   Johan Grönvall 2
  Jesse Kallio   Jesse Kallio   Ville Pynnönen 9
  Filip Kohn   Filip Kohn   Tom Woodburn 2, 4
  Hubert Laskowski   Hubert Laskowski   Michał Kuśnierz 9
  Motorsport Ireland Rally Academy   Eamonn Kelly   Conor Mohan 2, 4, 6, 9
  Norbert Maior   Norbert Maior   Francesca Maior 2, 4, 6, 9
  Jakub Matulka   Jakub Matulka   Daniel Dymurski 2, 4, 6–7
  Jan Pokos   Jan Pokos   Viljem Ošlaj 4
  Viliam Prodan   Viliam Prodan   Marko Stiperski 4
  RACB National Team   Tom Rensonnet   Loïc Dumont 2
  Manon Deliot 4, 6, 9
  Slaven Šekuljica   Slaven Šekuljica   Damir Petrović 4–6
  Sports Racing Technologies   Enola Hsieh   Matias Peippo 8
  Paweł Ważny   Paweł Ważny   Bartosz Dzienis 7
Renault Clio Rally3   Mattéo Chatillon   Mattéo Chatillon   Maxence Cornuau 4–7, 9
  LightGrey   Joosep Ralf Nõgene   Hendrik Kraav 8
  Ghjuvanni Rossi   Ghjuvanni Rossi   Kylian Sarmezan 1, 5–6
  Tom Pieri   Tom Pieri   Alexis Maillefert 5–6
Sources:[38][39][40][41][42]

Results and standings

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Season summary

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Round Event Winning driver Winning co-driver Winning entrant Winning time Report Ref.
1   Rallye Automobile Monte Carlo   Jan Černý   Ondřej Krajča   Jan Černý 3:42:09.1 Report
2   Rally Sweden   Mille Johansson   Johan Grönvall   Mille Johansson 2:49:33.8 Report [43]
3   Safari Rally Kenya   Hamza Anwar   Adnan Din   Hamza Anwar 6:16:11.8 Report
4   Croatia Rally   Romet Jürgenson   Siim Oja   FIA Rally Star 3:02:44.1 Report [44]
5   Rally de Portugal   Diego Dominguez Jr.   Rogelio Peñate   Diego Dominguez Jr. 4:09:54.7 Report [45]
6   Rally Italia Sardegna   Diego Dominguez Jr.   Rogelio Peñate   Diego Dominguez Jr. 3:33:09.3 Report
7   Rally Poland   Diego Dominguez Jr.   Rogelio Peñate   Diego Dominguez Jr. 2:53:28.9 Report [46]
8   Rally Latvia   Joosep Ralf Nõgene   Aleks Lesk   LightGrey 2:51:52.1 Report
9   Rally Finland   Jesse Kallio   Ville Pynnönen   Jesse Kallio 2:48:30.3 Report [47]
10   Acropolis Rally Greece   Norbert Maior   Francesca Maria Maior   Norbert Maior 4:02:05.7 Report [48]
11   Rally Chile   Diego Dominguez Jr.   Rogelio Peñate   Diego Dominguez Jr. 3:26:06.6 Report [49]
12   Central European Rally   Mattéo Chatillon   Maxence Cornuau   Mattéo Chatillon 2:58:43.2 Report [50]
13   Rally Japan Report

Scoring system

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Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th
Points 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1

FIA WRC3 Championship for Drivers

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Pos. Driver MON
  		SWE
  		KEN
  		CRO
  		POR
  		ITA
  		POL
  		LAT
  		FIN
  		GRE
  		CHL
  		EUR
  		JPN
  		Points
1   Diego Dominguez Jr. Ret 13 1 1 1 1 100
2   Mattéo Chatillon 2 2 16 4 Ret 1 73
3   Romet Jürgenson 2 1 12 13 2 61
4   Jan Černý 1 Ret 4 5 WD 6 55
5   Norbert Maior 8 5 5 Ret 1 49
6   Taylor Gill 7 4 6 2 10 45
7   Ghjuvanni Rossi 2 5 14 3 43
8   Ali Türkkan Ret 2 3 5 43
9   Tom Rensonnet 5 14 10 4 3 38
10   Filip Kohn 11 3 2 33
11   Nataniel Bruun 12 18 7 3 8 6 33
12   Petr Borodin 6 Ret 4 5 Ret 30
13   Mille Johansson 1 25
14   Hamza Anwar 1 25
15   Joosep Ralf Nõgene 1 25
16   Jesse Kallio 1 25
17   Max Smart 9 10 3 12 8 22
18   Tristan Charpentier 8 6 WD 5 22
19   Eamonn Kelly 3 Ret 11 7 WD 21
20   Kerem Kazaz 2 10 19
21   Bruno Bulacia Ret NC 3 8 19
22   Jakub Matulka 13 12 2 18
23   Eduardo Castro 15 2 18
24   Jose Caparó Ret 9 13 9 4 16
25   Hermann Gaßner jr. 3 15
26   Hubert Laskowski DSQ 14 4 12
27   Raúl Hernández 4 17 Ret WD 12
28   Fabio Schwarz Ret 16 9 6 Ret 10
29   Roberto Blach Núñez 10 6 9
30   Marek Roefler 6 8
31   Viliam Prodan 7 6
32   Paweł Ważny 7 6
33   Efthimios Halkias 7 6
34   Claire Schönborn 7 6
35   Slaven Šekuljica 11 Ret WD Ret 8 4
36   Grzegorz Bonder 8 11 4
37   Paschalis Chatzimarkos 9 2
38   Lyssia Baudet 9 2
Pos. Driver MON
  		SWE
  		KEN
  		CRO
  		POR
  		ITA
  		POL
  		LAT
  		FIN
  		GRE
  		CHL
  		EUR
  		JPN
  		Points
Sources:[51]
Key
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)

FIA WRC3 Championship for Co-drivers

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Pos. Driver MON
  		SWE
  		KEN
  		CRO
  		POR
  		ITA
  		POL
  		LAT
  		FIN
  		GRE
  		CHL
  		EUR
  		JPN
  		Points
1   Rogelio Peñate Ret 13 1 1 1 1 100
2   Maxence Cornuau 2 2 16 4 Ret 1 73
3   Siim Oja 2 1 12 13 2 61
4   Ondřej Krajča 1 Ret 4 5 WD 6 55
5   Francesca Maria Maior 8 5 5 Ret 1 49
6   Daniel Brkic 7 4 6 2 10 45
7   Kylian Sarmezan 2 5 14 3 43
8   Burak Erdener Ret 2 3 5 43
9   Pablo Olmos 12 18 7 3 8 6 33
10   Roman Cheprasov 6 Ret 4 5 Ret 30
11   Corentin Silvestre 2 10 5 29
12   Manon Deliot 14 10 4 3 28
13   Johan Grönvall 1 25
14   Adnan Din 1 25
15   Aleks Lesk 1 25
16   Ville Pynnönen 1 25
17   Cameron Fair 9 10 3 12 8 22
18   Conor Mohan 3 Ret 11 7 WD 21
19   Gabriel Morales Ret NC 3 8 19
20   Daniel Dymurski 13 12 2 18
21   Diego Vallejo 2 18
22   Ross Whittock 2 18
23   Esther Gutiérrez Porras Ret 9 13 9 4 16
24   Tom Woodburn 11 3 15
25   Michael Wenzel 3 15
26   Michał Kuśnierz DSQ 14 4 12
27   José Murado González 4 17 Ret WD 12
28   Florian Barral 8 6 12
29   Loïc Dumont 5 10
30   Bernhard Ettel Ret 16 9 6 Ret 10
31   Mauro Barreiro 10 6 9
32   Marek Bała 6 8
33   Marko Stiperski 7 6
34   Bartosz Dzienis 7 6
35   Nikos Komnos 7 6
36   Jara Hain 7 6
37   Damir Petrović 11 Ret WD Ret 8 4
38   Paweł Pochroń 8 11 4
39   Marios Tsaoussoglou 9 2
40   Léa Sam-Caw-Freve 9 2
Pos. Driver MON
  		SWE
  		KEN
  		CRO
  		POR
  		ITA
  		POL
  		LAT
  		FIN
  		GRE
  		CHL
  		EUR
  		JPN
  		Points
Sources:[52]
Key
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)

Notes

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  1. ^ The Monte Carlo Rally is run on a tarmac and snow surface.

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