2014 WRC3 Championship

The 2014 FIA WRC3 Championship was the second season of WRC3, a rallying championship organised and governed 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.^[1]

Sébastien Chardonnet started as the defending champion.^[2] However, he did not defend his title as he competed in the WRC2 championship instead.^[3]

The championship was won by Stéphane Lefebvre.^[4] Alastair Fisher finished the championship second with Martin Koči third.^[5]

Unlike its predecessor the Production Car World Rally Championship, WRC3 did not have a fixed calendar. Instead, teams and drivers competing in the series were free to contest any of thirteen rallies that formed the 2014 World Rally Championship. They had to nominate up to six events to score points in, and their best five results from these six events counted towards their final championship points score. The World Rally Championship was open to two-wheel drive cars complying with R1, R2 and R3 regulations.^[6] The 2014 calendar was announced at a meeting of the FIA World Motor Sport Council in Croatia on 27 September 2013.^[7] The 2014 championship was contested over thirteen rounds in Europe, the Americas and Oceania.

Round	Dates	Rally name	Rally headquarters	Surface
1	16–18 January	Monte Carlo Rally	Gap, Hautes-Alpes, France	Mixed
2	5–8 February	Rally Sweden	Hagfors, Värmland	Snow
3	6–9 March	Rally Mexico	León, Guanajuato	Gravel
4	3–6 April	Rally de Portugal	Faro, Algarve	Gravel
5	8–11 May	Rally Argentina	Villa Carlos Paz, Córdoba	Gravel
6	6–8 June	Rally Italia Sardegna	Alghero, Sardinia	Gravel
7	27–29 June	Rally Poland	Mikołajki, Warmia-Masuria	Gravel
8	31 July–3 August	Rally Finland	Jyväskylä, Keski-Suomi	Gravel
9	22–24 August	Rallye Deutschland	Trier, Rhineland-Palatinate	Tarmac
10	12–14 September	Rally Australia	Coffs Harbour, New South Wales	Gravel
11	3–5 October	Rallye de France Alsace	Strasbourg, Alsace	Tarmac
12	24–26 October	Rally de Catalunya	Salou, Tarragona	Mixed
13	14–16 November	Wales Rally GB	Deeside, Flintshire	Gravel

• Rally Australia and Rally New Zealand abandoned the event-sharing arrangement established in 2008 that saw each event host a round of the championship every other year. After hosting an event in 2013, Rally Australia remains on the calendar throughout 2014 and 2015 before the arrangement is due to be renegotiated.^[8]
• The Rallye Monte Carlo relocated its base from Valence in the French province of Rhône-Alpes to the town of Gap in the neighbouring province of Hautes-Alpes.^[9]
• The 2014 calendar saw the Rally of Poland return to the championship for the first time since 2009.^[8] The event also crossed the border into Lithuania for one day of competition.^[7] Its inclusion came at the expense of the Acropolis Rally, which was removed after struggling with its financial obligations to the championship. The Acropolis Rally later moved to the European Rally Championship for the 2014 season.^[10] The rallies of Brazil and China had also been considered for inclusion on the WRC calendar before the FIA approved of the Rally of Poland.^[11][12]

Constructor Entrant Driver Co-driver Tyre Class Rounds Citroën (Citroën DS3 R3T) Quentin Gilbert[13] Quentin Gilbert[13] Renaud Jamoul[13] M R3 1 Simone Tempestini[14] Simone Tempestini[14] Dorin Pulpea[14] M R3 4, 7–9, 11 Matteo Chiarcossi[15] 13 Aron Domżała[14] Aron Domżała[14] Przemysław Zawada[14] M R3 4, 7–8 Szymon Gospodarczyk[16] 11 Kamil Heller[15] 13 ADAC Team Weser-Ems e.V.[14] Christian Riedemann[14] Lara Vanneste[14] M R3 4, 7, 11 Michael Wenzel[17] 9 Quentin Giordano[14] Quentin Giordano[14] Guillaume Duval[14] M R3 4, 7 Valentin Sarreaud[18] 8, 11, 13 Thomas Roux[19] 9 Martin Koči[14] Martin Koči[14] Lukáš Kostka[14] M R3 4 Styllex Slovak National Team[20] 7–9, 11, 13 Stéphane Lefebvre[14] Stéphane Lefebvre[14] Thomas Dubois[14] M R3 4, 7–9 Molly Taylor[14] Molly Taylor[14] Coral Taylor[14] M R3 4 Sebastian Marshall[20] 7–8, 13 Team Jaga Motorsport[14] Panikos Polykarpou[14] Gerald Winter[14] M R3 4, 7 Sylvain Michel[14] Sylvain Michel[14] Gwenola Marie[14] M R3 4 Frederico Della Casa[14] Frederico Della Casa[14] Domenico Pozzi[14] M R3 4, 7–9 Alastair Fisher[14] Alastair Fisher[14] Gordon Noble[14] M R3 4, 7–9, 11, 13 Wurmbrand Racing Team[14] Kornél Lukács[14] Márk Mesterházi[14] M R3 4, 7–9, 11 Czech National Team[21] Jan Černý[21] Pavel Kohout[21] M R3 4 Simone Campedelli[21] Simone Campedelli[21] Danilo Fappani[21] M R3 4 AKK Sports Team Finland[22] Teemu Suninen[22] Juha-Pekka Jauhiainen[22] D R3 8 Abu Dhabi Racing[17] Mohamed Al Mutawaa[17] Stephen McAuley[17] M R3 9, 12 Eric Camilli[17] Eric Camilli[17] Maxime Vilmot[17] M R3 9 Rallye Jeunes FFSA[16] 11 Yohan Rossel[16] Benoît Fulcrand[16] M R3 11 Frédéric Hauswald[16] Frédéric Hauswald[16] Olivier Ural[16] M R3 11 Hannu's Rally Team[23] Henri Haapamäki[23] Marko Salminen[23] M R3 13 Renault (Renault Clio R3T) Alain Pyrame[16] Alain Pyrame[16] Vincent Varetz[16] P R3 11

Icon Class R1 Classification within Group R‡ R2 R3

Round	Rally name	Podium finishers				Statistics
		Pos.	Driver	Team	Time	Stages	Length	Starters	Finishers
1	Monte Carlo Rally (15–20 January) — Results and report	1	Quentin Gilbert Renaud Jamoul	Quentin Gilbert (Citroën DS3 R3T)	5:18:33.8	(15)1a 14	(383.88 km)1b 360.48 km	1	1
		No further WRC3 entries.
2	Rally Sweden (5–8 February) — Results and report	No WRC3 entries.				(24) 23	(323.54 km) 312.22 km	—	—
3	Rally Mexico (6–9 March) — Results and report	No WRC3 entries.				21	401.77 km	—	—
4	Rally de Portugal (3–6 April) — Results and report	1	Stéphane Lefebvre Thomas Dubois	Stéphane Lefebvre (Citroën DS3 R3T)	4:02:51.8	16	339.46 km	14	12
		2	Christian Riedemann Lara Vanneste	ADAC Team Weser-Ems e.V. (Citroën DS3 R3T)	4:03:54.5
		3	Martin Koči Lukáš Kostka	Martin Koči (Citroën DS3 R3T)	4:06:22.4
5	Rally Argentina (8–11 May) — Results and report	No WRC3 entries.				14	405.10 km	—	—
6	Rally Italia Sardegna (6–8 June) — Results and report	No WRC3 entries.				17	364.54 km	—	—
7	Rally Poland (26–29 June) — Results and report	1	Stéphane Lefebvre Thomas Dubois	Stéphane Lefebvre (Citroën DS3 R3T)	2:58:25.3	24	336.64 km	11	9
		2	Alastair Fisher Gordon Noble	Alastair Fisher (Citroën DS3 R3T)	3:00:38.6
		3	Quentin Giordano Guillaume Duval	Quentin Giordano (Citroën DS3 R3T)	3:01:51.2
8	Rally Finland (1–3 August) — Results and report	1	Teemu Suninen Juha-Pekka Jauhiainen	AKK Sports Team Finland (Citroën DS3 R3T)	3:31:27.8	26	360.94 km	10	9
		2	Martin Koči Lukáš Kostka	Styllex Slovak National Team (Citroën DS3 R3T)	3:31:59.7
		3	Quentin Giordano Valentin Sarreaud	Quentin Giordano (Citroën DS3 R3T)	3:33:19.8
9	Rallye Deutschland (22–24 August) — Results and report	1	Stéphane Lefebvre Thomas Dubois	Stéphane Lefebvre (Citroën DS3 R3T)	3:27:45.4	18	324.31 km	10	6
		2	Christian Riedemann Michael Wenzel	ADAC Team Weser-Ems e.V. (Citroën DS3 R3T)	3:27:54.8
		3	Quentin Giordano Thomas Roux	Quentin Giordano (Citroën DS3 R3T)	3:33:21.5
10	Rally Australia (12–14 September) — Results and report	No WRC3 entries.				20	319.58 km	—	—
11	Rallye de France Alsace (3–5 October) — Results and report	No results; all 7 finishers excluded for technical irregularities.[24]				18	303.63 km	11	7[24]
12	Rally Catalunya (24–26 October) — Results and report	1	Mohamed Al Mutawaa Stephen McAuley	Abu Dhabi Racing (Citroën DS3 R3T)	4:51:22.6	17	372.96 km	1	1
			Alain Pyrame Vincent Varetz	Alain Pyrame (Renault Clio R3T)	Withdrew
		No further WRC3 entries.
13	Wales Rally GB (14–16 November) — Results and report	1	Alastair Fisher Gordon Noble	Alastair Fisher (Citroën DS3 R3T)	3:31:20.1	17	305.64 km	7	6
		2	Martin Koči Lukáš Kostka	Styllex Slovak National Team (Citroën DS3 R3T)	3:32:38.9
		3	Henri Haapamäki Marko Salminen	Hannu's Rally Team (Citroën DS3 R3T)	3:34:14.6

Notes

• ^1  — The Monte Carlo Rally was shortened when a competitor stopped on Stage 14, blocking traffic and forcing organisers to abandon the stage.

Pos. Driver MON SWE MEX POR ARG ITA POL FIN GER AUS FRA ESP GBR Points 1 Stéphane Lefebvre 1 1 8 1 EX 79 2 Alastair Fisher Ret 2 5 4 EX 1 65 3 Martin Koči 3 4 2 Ret EX 2 63 4 Quentin Giordano 10 3 3 3 EX 6 54 5 Christian Riedemann 2 5 WD 2 WD 46 6 Molly Taylor 8 8 4 4 32 7 Simone Tempestini 6 Ret 6 5 Ret Ret 26 8 Teemu Suninen 1 25 9 Quentin Gilbert 1 25 10 Mohamed Al-Mutawaa Ret 1 25 11 Aron Domżała Ret 7 7 EX 5 22 12 Federico della Casa 4 9 9 Ret 16 13 Kornél Lukács 12 6 Ret 6 Ret 16 14 Henri Haapamäki 3 15 15 Simone Campedelli 5 WD 10 16 Jan Černý 7 6 17 Panikos Polykarpou 9 Ret 2 Pos. Driver MON SWE MEX POR ARG ITA POL FIN GER AUS FRA ESP GBR Points

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)

Pos. Co-driver MON SWE MEX POR ARG ITA POL FIN GER AUS FRA ESP GBR Points 1 Thomas Dubois 1 1 8 1 EX 79 2 Gordon Noble Ret 2 5 4 EX 1 65 3 Lukáš Kostka 3 4 2 Ret EX 2 63 4 Lara Vanneste 2 5 WD WD 28 5 Sebastian Marshall 8 4 4 28 6 Dorin Pulpea 6 Ret 6 5 Ret 26 7 Juha-Pekka Jauhiainen 1 25 8 Renaud Jamoul 1 25 9 Stephen McAuley Ret 1 25 10 Valentin Sarreaud 3 EX 6 23 11 Michael Wenzel 2 18 12 Guillaume Duval 10 3 16 13 Márk Mesterházi 12 6 Ret 6 Ret 16 14 Domenico Pozzi 4 9 9 Ret 16 15 Thomas Roux 3 15 16 Marko Salminen 3 15 17 Przemek Zawada Ret 7 7 12 18 Danilo Fappani 5 WD 10 19 Kamil Heller 5 10 20 Pavel Kohout 7 6 21 Coral Taylor 8 4 22 Gerald Winter 9 Ret 2 Pos. Co-driver MON SWE MEX POR ARG ITA POL FIN GER AUS FRA ESP GBR Points

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)

Pos. Team MON SWE MEX POR ARG ITA POL FIN GER AUS FRA ESP GBR Points 1 ADAC Team Weser-Ems e.V. 1 2 WD 1 WD 68 2 Styllex Slovak National Team 1 2 Ret EX 1 68 3 Wurmbrand Racing Team 4 3 Ret 2 Ret 45 4 AKK Sports Team Finland 1 25 5 Abu Dhabi Racing Ret 1 25 6 Czech National Team 2 18 7 Hannu's Rally Team 2 18 8 Team Jaga Motorsport 3 Ret 15 Pos. Team MON SWE MEX POR ARG ITA POL FIN GER AUS FRA ESP GBR Points

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)

• All competitors registered in the Manufacturers', WRC2, WRC3 and Junior WRC championships were obliged to use a colour-coded windscreen sticker to distinguish its category.^[25]
• Drivers were no longer assigned permanent numbers, except upon request.^[25]
• All competitors registered for the Junior WRC were registered for scoring points in the WRC3 Championship.^[26]

• Official website of the World Rally Championship
• Official website of the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile