2024 WRC3 Championship

The 2024 FIA WRC3 Championship is the eleventh season of WRC3, a rallying championship for organised and governed by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile as the third-highest tier of international rallying. It is open to privateers and teams using cars complying with Group Rally3 regulations.^[1] The championship began in January 2024 with the Monte Carlo Rally and would conclude in November 2024 with the Rally Japan, and runs in support of the 2024 World Rally Championship.

Roope Korhonen and Anssi Viinikka are the defending drivers' and co-drivers' champions.^[2]

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A map showing the locations of the rallies in the 2024 championship. Event headquarters are marked with black dots.

The 2024 season is scheduled to be contested over thirteen rounds crossing Europe, Africa, South America and Asia.

Round	Start date	Finish date	Rally	Rally headquarters	Surface	Stages	Distance	Ref.
1	25 January	28 January	Rallye Automobile Monte Carlo	Gap, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France	Mixed[a]	17	324.44 km	[3]
2	15 February	18 February	Rally Sweden	Umeå, Västerbotten County, Sweden	Snow	18	300.10 km	[4]
3	28 March	31 March	Safari Rally Kenya	Nairobi, Nakuru County, Kenya	Gravel	19	355.92 km	[5]
4	18 April	21 April	Croatia Rally	Zagreb, Croatia	Tarmac	20	283.28 km	[6]
5	9 May	12 May	Rally de Portugal	Matosinhos, Porto, Portugal	Gravel	22	337.04 km	[7]
6	30 May	2 June	Rally Italia Sardegna	Alghero, Sardinia, Italy	Gravel	16	266.12 km	[8]
7	27 June	30 June	Rally Poland	Mikołajki, Warmian–Masurian, Poland	Gravel	19	304.10 km	[9]
8	18 July	21 July	Rally Latvia	Liepāja, Kurzeme Planning Region, Latvia	Gravel	20	300.13 km	[10]
9	1 August	4 August	Rally Finland	Jyväskylä, Central Finland, Finland	Gravel	20	305.69 km	[11]
10	5 September	8 September	Acropolis Rally Greece	Lamia, Central Greece, Greece	Gravel	15	305.30 km	[12]
11	26 September	29 September	Rally Chile	Concepción, Biobío, Chile	Gravel	16	306.76 km	[13]
12	17 October	20 October	Central European Rally	Bad Griesbach, Bavaria, Germany	Tarmac	18	302.51 km	[14]
13	21 November	24 November	Rally Japan	Toyota, Aichi, Japan	Tarmac	21	302.59 km	[15]
Sources:[16][17]

The championship was expected to be expanded to fourteen rounds,^[18] however WRC Promoter GmbH retained the existing total of thirteen events with the reasoning that it would aid participation of more Rally1 cars.^[19]

• Rally Liepāja stepped up from the European Rally Championship to hold a World Rally Championship event under a new name, Rally Latvia.^[20] The rally was held on gravel roads that range from the cities of Rīga and Liepāja to the regions of Talsi, Tukums, Kuldīga and Dienvidkurzeme.^[21] It replaced Rally Estonia on the calendar.^[22]
• Rally Poland returned to the championship.^[23] This marked the first time the event was held as a WRC event since 2017.^[24]
• Rally Mexico dropped off the calendar, but the organisers are seeking an opportunity for a 2025 return.^[25]
• Rally Estonia was also not featured in 2024, but the event is set to return in 2025.^[26]

The WRC Promoter GmbH was also working on the two key calendar expansions for the future.^[27]

• Progress had been made for the candidate event in the United States, a location that was also aiming to join the championship in 2024.^[28]
• The other key expansion was Rally China, which was last featured in 1999. The rally was also scheduled to be held in 2016, but it was ultimately cancelled due to the damage caused by the 2016 China floods.^[29]

In addition, the candidate list also included the event in Saudi Arabia,^[30] where it aimed at a 2025 calendar slot.^[31] The rally was a part of WRC Promoter GmbH's plan to deliver a desert event.^[32] Rally Argentina was also bidding to return to the championship.^[33]

• The organizers of the Monte Carlo Rally relocated its headquarters back to Gap in France.^[34] The rally was previously based in Monaco.^[35]
• The Kenyan Rally, which took place in June in the previous three seasons, moved ahead to March at the weekend of Easter as the third round of the season.^[36]
• The running date of the Central European Rally was moved two weeks earlier with a headquarter change to avoid the clash with All Saints' Day.^[37]

The following crews are set to enter the 2024 WRC3 Championship:

Car	Entrant	Driver name	Co-driver name	Rounds
Ford Fiesta Rally3	Hamza Anwar	Hamza Anwar	Adnan Din	3
	Atölye Kazaz	Kerem Kazaz	Corentin Silvestre	8–9
	Armin Schwarz Driving Experience	Fabio Schwarz	Bernhard Ettel	2, 4, 6, 9
	ASP Racing	Petr Borodin	Roman Cheprasov	2, 4, 6, 9
	Roberto Blach	Roberto Blach	Mauro Barreiro	2, 4
	Grzegorz Bonder	Grzegorz Bonder	Paweł Pochroń	7, 9
	Nataniel Bruun	Nataniel Bruun	Pablo Olmos	2, 4, 6–7, 9
	Bruno Bulacia	Bruno Bulacia	Gabriel Morales	2, 5–6
	Eduardo Castro	Eduardo Castro	Javiera Roman	6
	Castrol Ford Team Türkiye	Ali Türkkan	Burak Erdener	4, 6, 9
	Nuno Caetano	Nuno Caetano	Sofia Mouta	5
	Jan Černý	Jan Černý	Ondřej Krajča	1–2, 5, 7–8
	Tristan Charpentier	Tristan Charpentier	Florian Barral	4–5
			Alexis Maillefert	9
	Carlo Covi	Carlo Covi	Simone Angi	1
	Raoul Dahlqvist	Raoul Dahlqvist	Patric Öhman	9
	Dantex Rally Team	Marek Roefler	Marek Bała	7
	Diego Domínguez	Diego Domínguez Jr.	Rogelio Peñate	2, 4–7
	FIA Rally Star	Jose Caparó	Esther Gutiérrez	2, 4, 6, 9
		Taylor Gill	Daniel Brkic	2, 4, 6, 9
		Romet Jürgenson	Siim Oja	2, 4, 6, 9
		Max Smart	Cameron Fair	2, 4, 6, 9
	Raúl Hernández	Raúl Hernández	José Murado	2, 4, 6, 9
	Toni Herranen	Toni Herranen	Juho-Ville Koskela	9
	Henri Hokkala	Henri Hokkala	Kimmo Pahkala	9
	Mille Johansson	Mille Johansson	Johan Grönvall	2
	Jesse Kallio	Jesse Kallio	Ville Pynnönen	9
	Filip Kohn	Filip Kohn	Tom Woodburn	2, 4
	Hubert Laskowski	Hubert Laskowski	Michał Kuśnierz	9
	Motorsport Ireland Rally Academy	Eamonn Kelly	Conor Mohan	2, 4, 6, 9
	Norbert Maior	Norbert Maior	Francesca Maior	2, 4, 6, 9
	Jakub Matulka	Jakub Matulka	Daniel Dymurski	2, 4, 6–7
	Jan Pokos	Jan Pokos	Viljem Ošlaj	4
	Viliam Prodan	Viliam Prodan	Marko Stiperski	4
	RACB National Team	Tom Rensonnet	Loïc Dumont	2
			Manon Deliot	4, 6, 9
	Slaven Šekuljica	Slaven Šekuljica	Damir Petrović	4–6
	Sports Racing Technologies	Enola Hsieh	Matias Peippo	8
	Paweł Ważny	Paweł Ważny	Bartosz Dzienis	7
Renault Clio Rally3	Mattéo Chatillon	Mattéo Chatillon	Maxence Cornuau	4–7, 9
	LightGrey	Joosep Ralf Nõgene	Hendrik Kraav	8
	Ghjuvanni Rossi	Ghjuvanni Rossi	Kylian Sarmezan	1, 5–6
	Tom Pieri	Tom Pieri	Alexis Maillefert	5–6
Sources:[38][39][40][41][42]

Round	Event	Winning driver	Winning co-driver	Winning entrant	Winning time	Report	Ref.
1	Rallye Automobile Monte Carlo	Jan Černý	Ondřej Krajča	Jan Černý	3:42:09.1	Report
2	Rally Sweden	Mille Johansson	Johan Grönvall	Mille Johansson	2:49:33.8	Report	[43]
3	Safari Rally Kenya	Hamza Anwar	Adnan Din	Hamza Anwar	6:16:11.8	Report
4	Croatia Rally	Romet Jürgenson	Siim Oja	FIA Rally Star	3:02:44.1	Report	[44]
5	Rally de Portugal	Diego Dominguez Jr.	Rogelio Peñate	Diego Dominguez Jr.	4:09:54.7	Report	[45]
6	Rally Italia Sardegna	Diego Dominguez Jr.	Rogelio Peñate	Diego Dominguez Jr.	3:33:09.3	Report
7	Rally Poland	Diego Dominguez Jr.	Rogelio Peñate	Diego Dominguez Jr.	2:53:28.9	Report	[46]
8	Rally Latvia	Joosep Ralf Nõgene	Aleks Lesk	LightGrey	2:51:52.1	Report
9	Rally Finland	Jesse Kallio	Ville Pynnönen	Jesse Kallio	2:48:30.3	Report	[47]
10	Acropolis Rally Greece	Norbert Maior	Francesca Maria Maior	Norbert Maior	4:02:05.7	Report	[48]
11	Rally Chile	Diego Dominguez Jr.	Rogelio Peñate	Diego Dominguez Jr.	3:26:06.6	Report	[49]
12	Central European Rally	Mattéo Chatillon	Maxence Cornuau	Mattéo Chatillon	2:58:43.2	Report	[50]
13	Rally Japan	Diego Dominguez Jr.	Rogelio Peñate	Diego Dominguez Jr.	3:49:22.2	Report

Pos. Driver MON SWE KEN CRO POR ITA POL LAT FIN GRE CHL EUR JPN Points 1 Diego Dominguez Jr. Ret 13 1 1 1 1 1 125 2 Mattéo Chatillon 2 2 16 4 Ret 1 73 3 Romet Jürgenson 2 1 12 13 2 61 4 Ghjuvanni Rossi 2 5 14 3 2 61 5 Jan Černý 1 Ret 4 5 WD 6 55 6 Norbert Maior 8 5 5 Ret 1 49 7 Taylor Gill 7 4 6 2 10 45 8 Ali Türkkan Ret 2 3 5 43 9 Tom Rensonnet 5 14 10 4 3 38 10 Filip Kohn 11 3 2 33 11 Nataniel Bruun 12 18 7 3 8 6 33 12 Petr Borodin 6 Ret 4 5 Ret 30 13 Mille Johansson 1 25 14 Hamza Anwar 1 25 15 Joosep Ralf Nõgene 1 25 16 Jesse Kallio 1 25 17 Max Smart 9 10 3 12 8 22 18 Tristan Charpentier 8 6 WD 5 22 19 Eamonn Kelly 3 Ret 11 7 WD 21 20 Kerem Kazaz 2 10 19 21 Bruno Bulacia Ret NC 3 8 19 22 Jakub Matulka 13 12 2 18 23 Eduardo Castro 15 2 18 24 Jose Caparó Ret 9 13 9 4 16 25 Hermann Gaßner jr. 3 15 26 Hubert Laskowski DSQ 14 4 12 27 Raúl Hernández 4 17 Ret WD 12 28 Fabio Schwarz Ret 16 9 6 Ret 10 29 Roberto Blach Núñez 10 6 9 30 Marek Roefler 6 8 31 Viliam Prodan 7 6 32 Paweł Ważny 7 6 33 Efthimios Halkias 7 6 34 Claire Schönborn 7 6 35 Slaven Šekuljica 11 Ret WD Ret 8 4 36 Grzegorz Bonder 8 11 4 37 Paschalis Chatzimarkos 9 2 38 Lyssia Baudet 9 2 Pos. Driver MON SWE KEN CRO POR ITA POL LAT FIN GRE CHL EUR JPN Points Sources:[51]

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. Driver MON SWE KEN CRO POR ITA POL LAT FIN GRE CHL EUR JPN Points 1 Rogelio Peñate Ret 13 1 1 1 1 1 125 2 Maxence Cornuau 2 2 16 4 Ret 1 73 3 Siim Oja 2 1 12 13 2 61 4 Kylian Sarmezan 2 5 14 3 2 61 5 Ondřej Krajča 1 Ret 4 5 WD 6 55 6 Francesca Maria Maior 8 5 5 Ret 1 49 7 Daniel Brkic 7 4 6 2 10 45 8 Burak Erdener Ret 2 3 5 43 9 Pablo Olmos 12 18 7 3 8 6 33 10 Roman Cheprasov 6 Ret 4 5 Ret 30 11 Corentin Silvestre 2 10 5 29 12 Manon Deliot 14 10 4 3 28 13 Johan Grönvall 1 25 14 Adnan Din 1 25 15 Aleks Lesk 1 25 16 Ville Pynnönen 1 25 17 Cameron Fair 9 10 3 12 8 22 18 Conor Mohan 3 Ret 11 7 WD 21 19 Gabriel Morales Ret NC 3 8 19 20 Daniel Dymurski 13 12 2 18 21 Diego Vallejo 2 18 22 Ross Whittock 2 18 23 Esther Gutiérrez Porras Ret 9 13 9 4 16 24 Tom Woodburn 11 3 15 25 Michael Wenzel 3 15 26 Michał Kuśnierz DSQ 14 4 12 27 José Murado González 4 17 Ret WD 12 28 Florian Barral 8 6 12 29 Loïc Dumont 5 10 30 Bernhard Ettel Ret 16 9 6 Ret 10 31 Mauro Barreiro 10 6 9 32 Marek Bała 6 8 33 Marko Stiperski 7 6 34 Bartosz Dzienis 7 6 35 Nikos Komnos 7 6 36 Jara Hain 7 6 37 Damir Petrović 11 Ret WD Ret 8 4 38 Paweł Pochroń 8 11 4 39 Marios Tsaoussoglou 9 2 40 Léa Sam-Caw-Freve 9 2 Pos. Driver MON SWE KEN CRO POR ITA POL LAT FIN GRE CHL EUR JPN Points Sources:[52]

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)

• Official website (in English, French, and Spanish)
• FIA WRC3 Championship 2024 at eWRC-results.com