The 2013 FIA WRC3 Championship was the first 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.

Unlike its predecessor, the Production Car World Rally Championship, the WRC3 Championship does not have a fixed calendar. Instead, teams and drivers competing in the series are free to contest any of thirteen rallies that form the 2013 World Rally Championship. They must nominate up to six events to score points in, and their best five results from these six events will count towards their final championship points score. The World Rally Championship is open to two-wheel drive cars complying with R1, R2 and R3 regulations.

Also in WRC3, the Citroën Top Driver was established. Within the WRC3, the drivers race in identical Citroën DS3 R3T cars, with the winner receiving the opportunity to race in the Citroën DS3 R5, in the 2014 season.

Sébastien Chardonnet clinched the Drivers' Championship at the Rallye de France-Alsace.

Teams and drivers

The following teams and drivers will take part in the 2013 WRC3 season:

Team Car Driver Co-driver Class Rounds MY Racing Citroën DS3 R3T 51 Sébastien Chardonnet Thibault de la Haye R3T 1 4, 7–9, 11, 13 PH Sport Citroën DS3 R3T 52 Quentin Gilbert Isabelle Galmiche R3T 4, 7–9 Renaud Jamoul 11, 13 Saintéloc Racing Citroën DS3 R3T 53 Renaud Poutot Ludovic Viragh R3T 1 Alastair Fisher Gordon Noble R3T 4, 7–8 Jean-Mathieu Leandri Maxime Vilmot 13 61 Simone Campedelli Matteo Chiarcossi R3T 4 Danilo Fappani 7–9 Citroën Procar Citroën DS3 R3T 56 Francesco Parli Tania Canton R3T 4, 7 Delta Rally Citroën DS3 R3T 57 Federico della Casa Marco Menchini R3T 4, 7–9 59 Bryan Bouffier Xavier Panseri 4, 7–8, 13 62 Stéphane Consani Maxime Vilmot R3T 7 Benjamin Veillas 8 Jack Boyere 11 ADAC Team Weser-Ems Citroën DS3 R3T 58 Christian Riedemann Lara Vanneste R3T 4, 7–9, 11 Jukka Korhonen Marko Salminen 13 Charles Hurst Citroën Belfast Citroën DS3 R3T 60 Keith Cronin Marshall Clarke R3T 4, 7–9, 11, 13 Printsport Racing Citroën DS3 R3T 63 Jussi Vainionpää Mika Juntunen R3T 8 Abu Dhabi Racing Citroën DS3 R3T 64 Mohamed Al Mutawaa Stephen McAuley R3T 9, 12 67 Mohamed Al Sahlawi Allan Harryman 12 Autogomas Cantabria Citroën DS3 R3T 65 Enrique García Ojeda Borja Odriozola R3T 11–12 Icon Class R1 Classificationwithin Group R R2 R3 Notes:  — Additional letters refer to the specific designation of a car within each class under Group R rules.

Driver changes After contesting the Rallye Monte Carlo in the WRC class, Bryan Bouffier entered the WRC3 series. Sébastien Chardonnet will enter a Citroën DS3 built to R3T specifications and run with the support of the Citroën World Rally Team. Chardonnet had previously contested the 2012 Rallye de France — Alsace in a WRC-spec DS3. Three-time British Rally Champion Keith Cronin entered a Citroën DS3 R3T at selected events.

Rally summaries Round Rally name Podium finishers Statistics Driver Entrant Time Stages Length Starters Finishers 1 Monte Carlo Rally(15–20 January) — Results and report 1 51 Sébastien Chardonnet Thibault de la Haye MY Racing (Citroën DS3 R3T) 6:04:28.2 (18)†16 (478.42 km)†436.02 km 2 1 — 53 Renaud Poutot Ludovic Viragh Saintéloc Racing (Citroën DS3 R3T) DNF — 52 Quentin Gilbert Isabelle Galmiche PH Sport (Citroën DS3 R3T) Withdrawn 2 Rally Sweden(8–10 February) — Results and report No WRC3 entries 22 297.78 km 3 Rally Mexico(8–10 March) — Results and report No WRC3 entries 23 396.82 km 4 Rally de Portugal(12–14 April) — Results and report 1 59 Bryan Bouffier Xavier Panseri Delta Rally (Citroën DS3 R3T) 4:38:52.5 15 386.73 km 9 6 2 51 Sébastien Chardonnet Thibault de la Haye MY Racing (Citroën DS3 R3T) 4:48:59.1 3 52 Quentin Gilbert Isabelle Galmiche PH Sport (Citroën DS3 R3T) 5:04:43.8 5 Rally Argentina(3–5 May) — Results and report No WRC3 entries 14 407.64 km 6 Acropolis Rally(31 May–2 June) — Results and report No WRC3 entries 14 306.53 km 7 Rally Italia Sardegna(21–23 June) — Results and report 1 58 Christian Riedemann Lara Vanneste ADAC Team Weser Ems (Citroën DS3 R3T) 3:52:39.9 16 304.50 km 10 9 2 60 Keith Cronin Marshall Clarke Charles Hurst Citroën Belfast (Citroën DS3 R3T) 3:57:45.3 3 52 Quentin Gilbert Isabelle Galmiche PH Sport (Citroën DS3 R3T) 4:01:59.2 8 Rally Finland(1–3 August) — Results and report 1 60 Keith Cronin Marshall Clarke Charles Hurst Citroën Belfast (Citroën DS3 R3T) 3:06:35.4 23 324.21 km 9 6 2 51 Sébastien Chardonnet Thibault de la Haye MY Racing (Citroën DS3 R3T) 3:07:49.9 3 63 Jussi Vainionpää Mika Juntunen Printsport Racing (Citroën DS3 R3T) 3:09:18.5 9 Rallye Deutschland(23–25 August) — Results and report 1 51 Sébastien Chardonnet Thibault de la Haye MY Racing (Citroën DS3 R3T) 3:39:32.6 (16)†15 (371.86 km)†330.78 km 7 5 2 60 Keith Cronin Marshall Clarke Charles Hurst Citroën Belfast (Citroën DS3 R3T) 3:41:56.9 3 58 Christian Riedemann Lara Vanneste ADAC Team Weser Ems (Citroën DS3 R3T) 4:02:20.3 10 Rally Australia(13–15 September) — Results and report No WRC3 entries 22 352.36 km 11 Rallye de France Alsace(4–7 October) — Results and report 1 52 Quentin Gilbert Isabelle Galmiche PH Sport (Citroën DS3 R3T) 3:12:51.2 22 312.14 km 6 4 2 51 Sébastien Chardonnet Thibault de la Haye MY Racing (Citroën DS3 R3T) 3:13:45.1 3 60 Keith Cronin Marshall Clarke Charles Hurst Citroën Belfast (Citroën DS3 R3T) 3:15:23.8 12 Rally Catalunya(25–27 October) — Results and report 1 65 Enrique García Ojeda Borja Odriozola Autogomas Cantabria (Citroën DS3 R3T) 3:57:11.8 15 355.92 km 3 3 2 64 Mohamed Al Mutawaa Stephen McAuley Abu Dhabi Racing (Citroën DS3 R3T) 4:14:07.1 3 67 Mohamed Al Sahlawi Allan Harryman Abu Dhabi Racing (Citroën DS3 R3T) 4:27:34.8 13 Wales Rally GB(15–17 November) — Results and report 1 58 Jukka Korhonen Marko Salminen ADAC Team Weser Ems Citroën DS3 R3T 3:48:32.7 22 311.15 km 4 2 2 60 Keith Cronin Marshall Clarke Charles Hurst Citroën Belfast (Citroën DS3 R3T) 3:56:14.3 3 59 Bryan Bouffier Xavier Panseri Delta Rally (Citroën DS3 R3T) DNF

Championship standings

Drivers' championship Points are awarded to the top 10 classified finishers.

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th  Points 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1 Driver MON SWE MEX POR ARG GRE ITA FIN GER AUS FRA ESP GBR Drops Points 1 Sébastien Chardonnet 1 2 4 2 1 2 12 104 2 Keith Cronin 5 2 1 2 3 2 10 94 3 Quentin Gilbert WD 3 3 5 5 1 75 4 Christian Riedemann Ret 1 Ret 3 4 52 5 Mohamed Al Mutawaa 4 2 30 6 Bryan Bouffier 1 8 WD Ret 29 7 Enrique García Ojeda Ret 1 25 8 Jukka Korhonen 1 25 9 Simone Campedelli 6 Ret 4 Ret 20 10 Jussi Vainionpää 3 1511 Mohamed Al Sahlawi 3 1512 Alastair Fisher 4 9 Ret WD 1413 Federico della Casa Ret 5 Ret Ret 1014 Francesco Parli Ret 7 WD 6 EX Stéphane Consani 6 6 WD† 0† Driver MON SWE MEX POR ARG GRE ITA FIN GER AUS FRA ESP GBR Drops Points

† – Stéphane Consani admitted illegally recceing a Rallye de France-Alsace stage on the month of October. This action result on the rally stewards having his points withdrawn and was suspended from the final two rounds of the season.

Co-Drivers' Championship

Driver MON SWE MEX POR ARG GRE ITA FIN GER AUS FRA ESP GBR Drops Points 1 Thibault de la Haye 1 2 4 2 1 2 12 104 2 Marshall Clarke 5 2 1 2 3 2 10 94 3 Lara Vanneste Ret 1 Ret 3 4 52 4 Isabelle Galmiche WD 3 3 5 5 50 5 Stephen McAuley 4 2 30 6 Xavier Panseri 1 8 Ret 29 7 Jamoul Renaud 1 25 8 Borja Odriozola Ret 1 25 9 Marko Salminen 1 25 10 Maxime Vilmot 6 6 Ret 16 11 Mika Juntunen 3 1512 Allan Harryman 3 1513 Gordon Noble 4 9 Ret WD 1414 Danilo Fappani Ret 4 Ret 12 15 Marco Menchini Ret 5 Ret Ret 10 16 Matteo Chiarcossi 6 8 17 Tania Canton Ret 7 WD 6 Driver MON SWE MEX POR ARG GRE ITA FIN GER AUS FRA ESP GBR Drops Points

Teams' Championship

Team MON SWE MEX POR ARG GRE ITA FIN GER AUS FRA ESP GBR Drops Points 1 Charles Hurst Citroën Belfast 60 2 2 1 1 1 2 18 111 2 ADAC Team Weser-Ems 58 Ret 1 Ret 2 2 1 0 86 3 Saintéloc Racing 53 Ret 1 3 Ret WD Ret 073 61 3 Ret 2 Ret 4 Autogomas Cantabria 65 Ret 1 25 Team MON SWE MEX POR ARG GRE ITA FIN GER AUS FRA ESP GBR Drops Points

References

www.fia.com/

External links Official website of the World Rally Championship