2024 Junior WRC Championship explained

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

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
	Abdullah Al-Rawahi	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
	Tom Rensonnet	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.

nowrap	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

	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
	Driver	SWE	CRO	ITA	FIN	GRC	Total Points	Best 4
Source:^[22]

Notes:
Superscripts indicate the number of bonus points that drivers received for winning stages during each rally.

FIA Junior WRC Championship for Co-Drivers

	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
	Driver	SWE	CRO	ITA	FIN	GRC	Total Points	Best 4
Source:^[23]