2024 Junior WRC Championship

The 2024 FIA Junior WRC Championship was the eleventh season of Junior WRC, a rallying championship governed by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile, running in support of the World Rally Championship. The championship featured five events, beginning in February at the Rally Sweden and concluding in September at the Acropolis Rally.

Romet Jürgenson and Siim Oja became the 2024 Junior WRC Champions.[1]

Calendar

A map showing the locations of the rallies in the 2024 Junior WRC Championship. Click on the dot to see the rally details.
Round Start date Finish date Rally Rally headquarters Surface Stages Distance Ref.
1 15 February 18 February Rally Sweden Umeå, Västerbotten County, Sweden Snow 18 301.76 km [2]
2 18 April 21 April Croatia Rally Zagreb, Croatia Tarmac 20 283.28 km [3]
3 30 May 2 June Rally Italia Sardegna Olbia, Sardinia, Italy Gravel 16 266.48 km [4]
4 1 August 4 August Rally Finland Jyväskylä, Central Finland, Finland Gravel 20 304.81 km [5]
5 5 September 8 September Acropolis Rally Greece Lamia, Central Greece, Greece Gravel 15 303.17 km [6]
Sources:[7]

Entries

The following crews entered into the 2024 Junior WRC Championship:

Car Driver name Co-driver name Rounds
Ford Fiesta Rally3 Abdullah Al-Rawahi Ata Al-Hmoud 1–2
Ross Whittock 3
Roberto Blach Mauro Barreiro 1–2
Petr Borodin Roman Cheprasov All
Bruno Bulacia Gabriel Morales 1–3
Nataniel Bruun Pablo Olmos All
Eamonn Kelly Conor Mohan All
Jose Caparó Esther Gutiérrez All
Diego Domínguez Jr. Rogelio Peñate All
Taylor Gill Daniel Brkic All
Raúl Hernández José Murado 1–4
Mille Johansson Johan Grönvall 1
Romet Jürgenson Siim Oja All
Norbert Maior Francesca Maior All
André Martinez Guillermo Sierra 1–2
Fernando Mussano 3
Matías Aranguren 4–5
Jakub Matulka Daniel Dymurski 1–3
Tom Rensonnet Loïc Dumont 1
Manon Deliot 2–5
Gerardo Rosselot Marcelo Brizio 1, 3–4
Fabio Schwarz Bernhard Ettel All
Max Smart Cameron Fair All
Ali Türkkan Burak Erdener 2–5
Leevi Lassila Antti Linnaketo 4
Hubert Laskowski Michał Kuśnierz 4–5
Sources:[8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16]

Results and standings

Season summary

Round Event Winning driver Winning co-driver Winning time Report Ref.
1 Rally Sweden Mille Johansson Johan Grönvall 2:49:33.8 Report [17]
2 Croatia Rally Romet Jürgenson Siim Oja 3:02:44.1 Report [18]
3 Rally Italia Sardegna Diego Dominguez Jr. Rogelio Peñate 3:33:09.3 Report [19]
4 Rally Finland Taylor Gill Daniel Brkic 2:49:07.5 Report [20]
5 Acropolis Rally Greece Norbert Maior Francesca Maria Maior 4:02:05.7 Report [21]

Scoring system

Points were awarded to the top ten classified finishers. An additional point was given for every stage win. The best four results out of five counted towards the final drivers’ and co-drivers’ standings. However, all points gained from stage wins were retained.

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

FIA Junior WRC Championship for Drivers

Pos. Driver SWE
CRO
ITA
FIN
GRC
Total
Points
Best 4
1 Romet Jürgenson 23 19 145 129 23 108 108
2 Norbert Maior 91 31 5 Ret 11 80 80
3 Ali Türkkan Ret1 21 23 57 68 68
4 Taylor Gill 8 23 61 12 8 69 65
5 Tom Rensonnet 5 101 122 3 3 59 59
6 Diego Dominguez Jr. Ret3 95 1 7 91 46 46
7 Max Smart 10 7 3 11 7 34 34
8 Jose Caparó Ret 6 15 9 4 34 34
9 Mille Johansson 18 33 33
10 Petr Borodin 7 Ret 4 43 Ret 33 33
11 Nataniel Bruun 12 14 8 8 6 24 24
12 Eamonn Kelly 3 Ret 13 6 WD 23 23
13 Bruno Bulacia DNS 4 94 18 18
14 Raúl Hernández 41 131 Ret1 WD 15 15
15 Gerardo Rosselot 61 7 Ret 15 15
16 Fabio Schwarz Ret 12 11 5 Ret1 11 11
17 Roberto Blach 11 5 10 10
18 Jakub Matulka 151 8 WD 5 5
19 Andre Martinez 13 11 10 10 11 2 2
20 Hubert Laskowski DSQ 101 2 2
Pos. Driver SWE
CRO
ITA
FIN
GRC
Total
Points
Best 4
Source:[22]
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:
Superscripts indicate the number of bonus points that drivers received for winning stages during each rally.

FIA Junior WRC Championship for Co-Drivers

Pos. Driver SWE
CRO
ITA
FIN
GRC
Total
Points
Best 4
1 Siim Oja 23 19 145 129 23 108 108
2 Francesca Maior 91 31 5 Ret 11 80 80
3 Burak Erdener Ret1 21 23 57 68 68
4 Daniel Brkic 8 23 61 12 8 69 65
5 Manon Deliot 101 122 3 3 49 49
6 Rogelio Peñate Ret3 95 1 7 91 46 46
7 Cameron Fair 10 7 3 11 7 34 34
8 Esther Gutiérrez Porras Ret 6 15 9 4 34 34
9 Johan Grönvall 18 33 33
10 Roman Cheprasov 7 Ret 4 43 33 33
11 Pablo Olmos 12 14 8 8 6 24 24
12 Conor Mohan 3 Ret 13 7 WD 23 23
13 Gabriel Morales DNS 4 94 18 18
14 José Murado 41 131 Ret1 WD 15 15
15 Marcelo Brizio 61 7 Ret 15 15
16 Mauro Barreiro 11 5 10 10
17 Bernhard Ettel Ret 12 11 5 10 10
18 Loïc Dumont 5 10 10
19 Daniel Dymurski 151 8 WD 5 5
20 Michał Kuśnierz DSQ 101 2 2
21 Matías Aranguren 10 11 1 1
22 Fernando Mussano 10 1 1
Pos. Driver SWE
CRO
ITA
FIN
GRC
Total
Points
Best 4
Source:[23]
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:
Superscripts indicate the number of bonus points that drivers received for winning stages during each rally.

See also

References

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  6. ^ "Itinerary EKO Acropolis Rally 2024". eWRC-results.com. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
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