The 2018 FIA WRC2 Championship was the sixth season of WRC2, a rallying championship organised and governed by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile, running in support of the World Rally Championship. The championship was open to cars complying with R4, R5, and Super 2000 regulations.[1]
Pontus Tidemand and Jonas Andersson were the defending drivers' and co-drivers' champions. Škoda Motorsport were the defending teams' champions. Although Škoda Motorsport went on to win the teams' championship for the third year in a row, Jan Kopecký and Pavel Dresler succeeded for the drivers' and co-drivers' titles defeating the former champions.
The 2018 season saw several new car models become available for competition:
The following teams and crews were entered in the 2018 FIA WRC2 Championship:
| Manufacturer | Car | Tyre | Rounds | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ford | Ford Fiesta R5 | 1, 9, 11 | ||||
| 1 | ||||||
| 3 | ||||||
| 5 | ||||||
 Nil Solans | Miquel Ibañez | 3–6 | ||||
| 9 | ||||||
| Marc Martí | 11–12 | |||||
| 9 | ||||||
| 10–11 | ||||||
| Pedro Heller |  Pablo Olmos | 3, 5–6, 10, 13 | ||||
| 5, 13 | ||||||
| 8 | ||||||
| Georgios Vassilakis | Spyros Koltsidas | 10 | ||||
| 1–2, 6 | ||||||
 Takamoto Katsuta |  Marko Salminen | 2, 6 | ||||
| 4, 7–8, 12 | ||||||
| Hiroki Arai | Jarmo Lehtinen | 7–8 | ||||
 Glenn MacNeall | 4 | |||||
| 2, 6 | ||||||
| Jarkko Nikara | Sayaka Adachi | 8 | ||||
| 2 | ||||||
| 2 | ||||||
 Castrol Ford Team Türkiye | Murat Bostanci | Onur Vatansever | 6, 8, 10 | |||
 Keane Motorsport |  Simone Tempestini | Sergiu Itu | 6 | |||
 Lotos Rally Team | Kajetan Kajetanowicz | Maciek Szczepaniak | 7, 9–10, 12 | |||
| Ford Motorsport Turkey | Yağiz Avci | Ersan Alkir | 10 | |||
| Deniz Fahri | Bahadir Gücenmez | 10 | ||||
| Bora Manyera | Cem Çerkez | 10 | ||||
| Škoda Auto | Škoda Fabia R5 | 1, 4, 7, 9–10 | ||||
| 4, 7 | ||||||
| 9, 11 | ||||||
| 10–11 | ||||||
| 2, 8 | ||||||
| 3, 5, 8, 12 | ||||||
| 6 | ||||||
| 12 | ||||||
| Łukasz Pieniążek | Przemysław Mazur | 2, 4, 6–7, 9, 11–12 | ||||
| Emil Lindholm | Mikael Korhonen | 8 | ||||
| 2, 8 | ||||||
 Umberto Scandola | Andrea Gaspari | 2, 9 | ||||
| 2 | ||||||
| 2 | ||||||
| Janne Tuohino | Reeta Hämäläinen | 2 | ||||
| Jarmo Berg | Rami Suorsa | 2 | ||||
 Chris Ingram | Ross Whittock | 10–11 | ||||
 Henning Solberg |  Ilka Minor | 12 | ||||
| Rhys Yates | 12 | |||||
 Benito Guerra | Borja Rozada | 3, 6–9 | ||||
| Emanuele Inglesi | 12 | |||||
 Diogo Salvi | Hugo Magalhães | 10 | ||||
| Armin Kremer | Pirmin Winklhofer | 13 | ||||
| Fabio Andolfi | Simone Scattolin | 4, 6, 12 | ||||
| Emanuele Inglesi | 8–9, 11 | |||||
 Gustavo Saba | 5 | |||||
| Tiago Weiler | Fabian Cretu | 5 | ||||
| Eerik Pietarinen | Juhana Raitanen | 8 | ||||
 Fabian Kreim | Frank Christian | 9 | ||||
| Burak Çukurova | Vedat Bostanci | 10 | ||||
| Erkan Güral | Burak Koçoğlu | 10 | ||||
| Race Seven |  Marco Bulacia | 11–12 | ||||
 2C Competition | Sylvain Michel | 12 | ||||
| Peugeot | 1, 4 | |||||
| Citroën | Citroën DS3 R5 | 1 | ||||
| Citroën C3 R5 | Ole Christian Veiby | Stig Rune Skjærmoen | 11 | |||
| 4, 6–9, 11–12 | ||||||
| 7–12 | ||||||
| 12 | ||||||
| 4, 9 | ||||||
| Pepe López | Borja Rozada | 12 | ||||
| Hyundai | Hyundai i20 R5 | Jari Huttunen | Antti Linnaketo | |||
| Thibault de la Haye | 4, 7–9 | |||||
| Christopher Guieu | 6 | |||||
| Vincent Landais | 4, 6–9, 11–12 | |||||
| Edgardo Galindo | 5 | |||||
| 9 | ||||||
| Cándido Carrera | 9, 12 | |||||
| Volkswagen | 12 | |||||
| 12 | ||||||
| Subaru | 13 | |||||
| Source:[4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] | ||||||
| Round | Event | Report | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pavel Dresler | 4:35:38.5 | Report | |||
| 2 |  Rally Sweden | 3:01:27.5 | Report | |||
| 3 | Rally México | Pontus Tidemand | Škoda Motorsport | 4:04:32.7 | Report | |
| 4 | Tour de Corse | Pavel Dresler | 3:37:27.5 | Report | ||
| 5 | Rally Argentina | Pontus Tidemand | Jonas Andersson | Škoda Motorsport | 3:55:44.7 | Report |
| 6 | Rally Portugal | Pontus Tidemand | Jonas Andersson | Škoda Motorsport | 4:03:57.4 | Report |
| 7 | Jan Kopecký | Pavel Dresler | Škoda Motorsport II | 3:42:33.3 | Report | |
| 8 | Rally Finland | TGS Worldwide OU | 2:45:18.4 | Report | ||
| 9 | Rallye Deutschland | Jan Kopecký | Pavel Dresler | Škoda Motorsport II | 3:16:49.7 | Report |
| 10 | Rally Turkey | Jan Kopecký | Pavel Dresler | Škoda Motorsport II | 4:17:49.7 | Report |
| 11 | Wales Rally GB | Kalle Rovanperä | Jonne Halttunen | Škoda Motorsport II | 3:15:27.2 | Report |
| 12 | Kalle Rovanperä | Jonne Halttunen | Škoda Motorsport | 3:20:47.6 | Report | |
| 13 | Rally Australia | José Diaz | M-Sport Ford WRT | 3:22:20.5 | Report | |
Points were awarded to the top ten classified finishers in each event. Six best results counted towards championship.
| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | 25 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
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