The 2016 FIA World Rally Championship-2 was the fourth season of the World Rally Championship-2, an auto racing championship recognized by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile, ran in support of the World Rally Championship. It was created when the Group R class of rally car was introduced in 2013. The Championship was open to cars complying with R4, R5, and Super 2000 regulations. The Championship was composed of thirteen rallies, and drivers and teams had to nominate a maximum of seven events. The best six results counted towards the championship.^[1]

After winning in 2015 and 2014, Nasser Al-Attiyah didn't participate in the 2016 season. The Qatari driver decided to focus on the 2016 Dakar Rally and on training for the 2016 Summer Olympics, in attempt to win a medal in the Men's Skeet event.^[2]

Calendar

The calendar was announced in November 2015 by the FIA.^[3] The season was scheduled to expand with one rally in comparison to the 2015 championship, contested over fourteen rounds in Europe, the Americas, Oceania and Asia,^[4][5] but the Chinese round was ultimately cancelled.

Round	Dates	Rally name	Rally headquarters	Surface	Stages	Distance
1	21–24 January	Monte Carlo Rally	Gap, Hautes-Alpes, France	Mixed	16	337.59km
2	12–14 February	Rally Sweden	Karlstad, Värmland	Snow	121a	226.48km1b
3	3–6 March	Rally Mexico	León, Guanajuato	Gravel	21	399.67km
4	21–24 April	Rally Argentina	Villa Carlos Paz, Córdoba	Gravel	18	364.68km
5	19–22 May	Rally de Portugal	Matosinhos, Porto	Gravel	19	368.00km
6	9–12 June	Rally Italia Sardegna	Alghero, Sardinia	Gravel	19	324.60km
7	30 June–3 July	Rally Poland	Mikołajki, Warmia-Masuria	Gravel	21	306.10km
8	28–31 July	Rally Finland	Jyväskylä, Keski-Suomi	Gravel	24	333.99km
9	19–21 August	Rallye Deutschland	Trier, Rhineland-Palatinate	Tarmac	18	306.80km
10	9–11 September	Rally China	Beijing, Hebei	Tarmac	Cancelled2
11	30 September–2 October	Tour de Corse	Bastia, Haute-Corse	Tarmac	10	390.92km
12	13–16 October	Rally Catalunya	Salou, Tarragona	Mixed	21	321.08km
13	28–30 October	Wales Rally GB	Deeside, Flintshire	Gravel	22	336.00km
14	18–20 November	Rally Australia	Coffs Harbour, New South Wales	Gravel	23	283.36km3

Notes

• ^1  – Rally Sweden was shortened due to warm weather conditions turning frozen roads into soft, muddy gravel and making the studded tyres unsafe to use.^[6]
• ^2  – Rally China was cancelled due to weather damage caused by torrential storms and flooding in July.^[7]
• ^3  – The route of Rally Australia was shortened following concerns over dust reducing visibility in forest stages.

Calendar changes

• Rally Australia was moved from its September date to November to become the final round of the championship.^[5]
• The calendar was to be expanded to fourteen rounds in 2016,^[8] with the inclusion of the Rally of China, seventeen years after its only appearance as a round of the WRC.^[9][10]
• The Tour de Corse relocated its headquarters from Corte to Bastia, which features a brand-new route.^[11]

Regulation changes

• The Production Cup for Drivers and Co-driver will be discontinued after 2015.^[12]

Teams and drivers

Entrant	Car	Class	Tyre	Drivers	Co-drivers	Rounds
BRR Baumschlager Rally & Rally Team[13]	Škoda Fabia R5	R5	P	Armin Kremer[13]	Pirmin Winklhofer[13]	1, 3, 6–7, 9, 11
2C Competition[14]	Škoda Fabia R5	R5	P	Julien Maurin[14]	Benjamin Veillas[14]	1
					Olivier Ural[15]	5–7, 9–11
Sébastien Loeb Racing	Peugeot 208 T16 R5	R5	M	Quentin Giordano[14]	Thierry Salva[16]	6–8
					Thomas Roux	9–10
PH Sport[17]	Citroën DS3 R5				Valentin Sarreaud[14]	1
				Jean-Michel Raoux[14]	Laurent Magat[14]	1
				Pierre-Louis Loubet[14]	Vincent Landais[14]	6–10
Munaretto Sport[14]	Peugeot 207 S2000	S				1, 5
M-Sport World Rally Team[14]	Ford Fiesta R5	R5	M	Elfyn Evans[14]	Craig Parry[14]	1–2, 4–5, 7–8, 10
				Eyvind Brynildsen[18]	Anders Fredriksson[18]	2
				Henning Solberg[19]	Ilka Minor[19]	8
				Rhys Yates[20]	Tom Woodburn[20]	12
				Gus Greensmith[20]	Katrin Becker[20]	12
Napoca Rally Academy[14]	Ford Fiesta R5	R5	P	Simone Tempestini[14]	Matteo Chiarcossi[14]	1–2
Heuvel Motorsport[14]	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X	R4	M	Alain Foulon[14]	Bernard Ferro[14]	1
					Gilles Delarche[18]	2, 7, 11–12
				Jim Van den Heuvel[18]	Lisette Bakker[18]	2
					Jac Gillis[15]	5, 7
					Josefine Beinke[21]	9
					Jouri Dockx[22]	11–12
J-Motorsport[18]	Citroën DS3 R5	R5	M	Jourdan Serderidis[23]	Frédéric Miclotte[23]	1, 9, 13
				Emil Bergkvist[18]	Joakim Sjöberg[18]	2, 5, 7–8
DG Sport Compétition[24]	Citroën DS3 R5	R5	M	Quentin Gilbert[24]	Renaud Jamoul[24]	1, 5–9, 10
CHL Sport Auto[25]	Citroën DS3 R5	R5	P	Yoann Bonato[25]	Denis Giraudet[25]	1, 5–9
					Benjamin Boulloud[26]	10
Peugeot Rally Academy[27]	Peugeot 208 T16 R5	R5	M	José Antonio Suárez[27]	Cándido Carrera[27]	1, 5–6, 9–11
Triviño World Rally Team[28]	Citroën DS3 R5	R5	P	Ricardo Triviño[28]	Sergio Salom[28]	1
					Marco Hernández	3
					Mario Tomé[22]	11
The Ptock[14]	Škoda Fabia R5	R5	P	Hubert Ptaszek[14]	Kamil Kozdroń[14]	1
					Maciek Szczepaniak[18]	2, 5, 7–8
	Ford Fiesta R5					10, 12
Peugeot Sport Slovakia	Peugeot 208 T16 R5					3–4, 6, 9, 11, 13
Laskaris Foundation[14]	Škoda Fabia R5	R5	P	Lambros Athanassoulas[14]	Nikolaos Zakheos[14]	1
Škoda Motorsport[29]	Škoda Fabia R5	R5	M	Esapekka Lappi[18]	Janne Ferm[18]	2, 6–9, 12–13
				Pontus Tidemand[29]	Jonas Andersson[29]	2, 5, 7–8, 11
				Jan Kopecký[15]	Pavel Dresler[15]	5–6, 9–12
C-Rally[18]	Ford Fiesta R5	R5	P	Jarosław Kołtun[18]	Ireneusz Pleskot[18]	2, 7, 12
				Michał Sołowow[18]	Maciek Baran[18]	2
Motorsport Italia srl[30]	Ford Fiesta R5	R5	P	Max Rendina[30]	Emanuele Inglesi[30]	2–3, 6
	Škoda Fabia R5					9
CA1 Sport Ltd[18]	Ford Fiesta R5	R5	M	Fredrik Åhlin[18]	Morten Erik Abrahamsen[18]	2
					Andrew Roughead[20]	12
Drive DMACK Trophy Team[31]	Ford Fiesta R5	R5	D	Sander Pärn[32]	James Morgan[32]	2, 11
					Martin Järveoja[16]	5
				Karl Kruuda[17]		6–8
				Marius Aasen[31]	Veronica Engan[31]	2, 5–8, 11–12
				Osian Pryce[20]	Dale Furniss[20]	12
TAIF Motorsport[18]	Ford Fiesta R5	R5	M	Radik Shaymiev[18]	Maxim Tsvetkov[18]	2–5, 8
			D	Sander Pärn	James Morgan	7
MM Motorsport[18]	Ford Fiesta R5	R5	M	Oleksiy Kikireshko[18]	Kuldar Sikk[18]	2
Printsport[18]	Škoda Fabia R5	R5	M	Ole Christian Veiby[18]	Stig Rune Skjærmoen[18]	2, 11–12
Bernini Rally[33]	Ford Fiesta R5	R5	H	Augusto Bestard[33]	Fernando Mendonca[33]	2, 4–6
Anders Grøndal Rally Team[18]	Ford Fiesta R5	R5	P	Anders Grøndal[18]	Miriam Walfridsson[18]	2
Team Oreca[14]	Škoda Fabia R5	R5	M	Teemu Suninen[34]	Mikko Markkula[34]	5–8, 11–12
TGS Worldwide OU						3
				Didier Arias[35]	Hector Nunes[35]	4
	Škoda Fabia S2000	S		Joonas Soilu[19]	Tuomo Hannonen[19]	8
Culture & Sport Qatar Rally Team	Škoda Fabia R5	R5	M	Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari	Killian Duffy	3–5, 9, 11–12
				Khalid Al-Suwaidi	Marshall Clarke[17]	13
	Ford Fiesta R5					7, 9, 12
					Giovanni Bernacchini	3–5
Wevers Sport[36]	Škoda Fabia R5	R5	P	Nicolás Fuchs[36]	Fernando Mussano[36]	3–7, 11–13
				Bernhard ten Brinke[21]	Davy Thierie[21]	9, 11
				Kristian Poulsen[21]	Ole Frederiksen[21]	9
				Mark van Eldik[21]	Harmen Scholtalbers[21]	9
				Edwin Schilt[21]	Lisette Bakker[21]	9
				David Bogie[20]	Kevin Rae[20]	12
AR Vidal Racing[15]	Škoda Fabia R5	R5	M	Miguel Campos[15]	Carlos Magalhães[15]	5
Sports & You[15]	Ford Fiesta R5	R5	H	Diogo Salvi[15]	Paulo Babo[15]	5
Autotek Motorsport[15]	Škoda Fabia R5	R5	D	Scott Pedder[15]	Dale Moscatt[15]	5, 7–8
Icepol Racing Team[15]	Škoda Fabia R5	R5	M	Ghislain de Mevius[21]	Johan Jalet[15]	5, 9–11
D-Max Racing[15]	Ford Fiesta R5	R5	P	Cédric Cherain[15]	André Leyh[15]	5
RMC Motorsport[15]	Ford Fiesta R5	R5	H	Ilo Dhiel[15]	Eduardo da Silva[15]	5, 7
				Gustavo Sosa[15]	Rogelio Peñate[15]	5, 7
Turán Motorsport SE[15]	Ford Fiesta R5	R5	H	Frigyes Turán[15]	Gábor Zsíros[15]	5–7, 9, 11–12
S.A. Motorsport Italia srl[16]	Škoda Fabia R5	R5	P	Umberto Scandola[16]	Guido D'Amore[16]	6
Lotos Rally Team[37]	Ford Fiesta R5	R5	P	Kajetan Kajetanowicz[37]	Jarosław Baran[37]	7
Tommi Mäkinen Racing[19]	Ford Fiesta R5	R5	M	Hiroki Arai[19]	Glenn MacNeall[19]	8
				Takamoto Katsuta[19]	Daniel Barritt[19]	8
Toksport World Rally Team[19]	Ford Fiesta R5	R5	M	Janne Tuohino[19]	Markku Tuohino[19]	8
Škoda Auto Deutschland[21]	Škoda Fabia R5	R5	M	Fabian Kreim[21]	Frank Christian[21]	9
Hyundai Motorsport N[26]	Hyundai i20 R5	R5	M	Kevin Abbring[26]	Sebastian Marshall[26]	10, 12
Škoda Motorsport II[20]	Škoda Fabia R5	R5	M	Pontus Tidemand[20]	Jonas Andersson[20]	12

Results and standings

Season summary

Round	Event name	Winning driver	Winning co-driver	Winning Entry	Winning Car	Winning time	Report
1	Rallye Monte Carlo	Elfyn Evans	Craig Parry	M-Sport World Rally Team	Ford Fiesta R5	4:08:23.9	Report
2	Rally Sweden	Elfyn Evans	Craig Parry	M-Sport World Rally Team	Ford Fiesta R5	2:05:04.4	Report
3	Rally Mexico	Teemu Suninen	Mikko Markkula	TGS Worldwide OU	Škoda Fabia R5	4:43:59.2	Report
4	Rally Argentina	Nicolás Fuchs	Fernando Mussano	Wevers Sport	Škoda Fabia R5	4:05:35.7	Report
5	Rally de Portugal	Pontus Tidemand	Jonas Andersson	Škoda Motorsport	Škoda Fabia R5	4:10:46.2	Report
6	Rally Italia Sardegna	Teemu Suninen	Mikko Markkula	Team Oreca	Škoda Fabia R5	3:44:23.2	Report
7	Rally Poland	Teemu Suninen	Mikko Markkula	Team Oreca	Škoda Fabia R5	2:43:27.7	Report
8	Rally Finland	Esapekka Lappi	Janne Ferm	Škoda Motorsport	Škoda Fabia R5	2:42:59.6	Report
9	Rallye Deutschland	Esapekka Lappi	Janne Ferm	Škoda Motorsport	Škoda Fabia R5	3:09:03.5	Report
10	Rally China	Rally cancelled
11	Tour de Corse	Elfyn Evans	Craig Parry	M-Sport World Rally Team	Ford Fiesta R5	4:14:22.0	Report
12	Rally Catalunya	Jan Kopecký	Pavel Dresler	Škoda Motorsport	Škoda Fabia R5	3:22:08.7	Report
13	Wales Rally GB	Esapekka Lappi	Janne Ferm	Škoda Motorsport	Škoda Fabia R5	3:24:00.3	Report
14	Rally Australia	Esapekka Lappi	Janne Ferm	Škoda Motorsport	Škoda Fabia R5	2:53:38.0	Report

FIA World Rally Championship-2 for Drivers

Points are awarded to the top ten classified finishers.

Pos. Driver MON SWE MEX ARG POR ITA POL FIN GER FRA ESP GBR AUS Drops Points 1 Esapekka Lappi 3 9 3 1 1 1 1 2 130 2 Elfyn Evans 1 1 4 14 2 3 1 0 120 3 Teemu Suninen 1 16 1 1 2 4 3 0 120 4 Jan Kopecký 10 2 2 2 1 4 WD 0 92 5 Pontus Tidemand 2 1 7 Ret 2 2 0 85 6 Nicolás Fuchs 4 1 2 Ret 8 7 2 0 83 7 Armin Kremer 2 5 4 Ret 3 Ret 0 55 8 Hubert Ptaszek3 2 2 WD 9 Ret 3 0 53 9 Marius Aasen 8 3 7 Ret 6 6 5 0 51 10 Pierre-Louis Loubet WD Ret 6 6 Ret 5 5 0 36 11 Quentin Gilbert 3 Ret 10 Ret 5 Ret 6 0 34 12 Yoann Bonato 5 7 WD Ret 9 12 3 0 33 13 Ole Christian Veiby 6 5 6 0 26 14 Julien Maurin Ret 13 5 15 Ret 4 11 0 22 15 Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari Ret 3 8 10 0 20 16 Ghislain de Mevius 6 4 WD 12 0 20 17 Frigyes Turán 9 8 9 8 8 8 0 20 18 Hubert Ptaszek4 7 Ret Ret Ret 7 7 Ret 0 18 19 Karl Kruuda 3 10 Ret 0 16 20 Scott Pedder 4 Ret 8 0 16 21 José Antonio Suárez 6 12 Ret 7 Ret 9 0 16 22 Jim Van Den Heuvel Ret 18 13 3 13 0 15 23 Max Redina Ret 3 WD Ret 0 15 24 Khalid Al-Suwaidi Ret Ret 11 11 Ret 10 4 0 13 25 Quentin Giordano 4 Ret Ret Ret WD 0 12 26 Anders Grøndal 4 0 12 27 Kajetan Kajetanowicz 4 0 12 28 Henning Solberg 4 0 12 29 Augusto Bestard 11 WD 5 15 11 12 0 10 30 Jourdan Serderidis Ret 12 5 0 10 31 Jarosław Kołtun WD 5 Ret 0 10 32 Eyvind Brynildsen 5 0 10 33 Miguel Campos 5 0 10 34 Bernhard ten Brinke 6 Ret 0 8 35 Emil Bergkvist 7 Ret Ret 13 WD 0 6 36 Sander Pärn Ret Ret Ret 7 0 6 37 Lambros Athanassoulas 8 0 4 38 Simone Tempestini 9 9 0 4 39 David Bogie 9 0 2 40 Radik Shaymiev 10 Ret 10 0 2 41 Alain Foulon 10 12 14 13 Ret 0 1 42 Ricardo Triviño 12 WD 10 0 1 Pos. Driver MON SWE MEX ARG POR ITA POL FIN GER FRA ESP GBR AUS Drops 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)

Notes

• ^3  – Points earned as Peugeot Sport Slovakia entry.
• ^4  – Points earned as The Ptock entry.

FIA World Rally Championship-2 for Co-Drivers

Pos. Co-driver MON SWE MEX ARG POR ITA POL FIN GER FRA ESP GBR AUS Drops Points 1 Janne Ferm 3 9 3 1 1 1 1 2 130 2 Mikko Markkula 1 16 1 1 2 4 3 0 120 3 Craig Parry 1 1 4 14 2 3 1 0 120 4 Pavel Dresler 10 2 2 2 1 4 WD 0 92 5 Jonas Andersson 2 1 7 Ret 2 2 0 85 6 Fernando Mussano 4 1 2 Ret 8 7 2 0 83 7 Pirmin Winklhofer 2 5 4 3 Ret 0 55 8 Maciek Szczepaniak3 2 2 WD 9 Ret 3 0 53 9 Veronica Engan 8 3 7 Ret 6 6 5 0 51 10 Vincent Landais WD Ret 6 6 Ret 5 5 0 36 11 Renaud Jamoul 3 Ret 10 Ret 5 Ret 6 0 34 12 Stig Rune Skjærmoen 6 5 6 0 26 13 Olivier Ural 13 5 15 Ret 4 11 0 22 14 Killian Duffy Ret 3 8 10 0 20 15 Johan Jalet 6 4 WD 12 0 20 16 Gábor Zsíros 9 8 9 8 8 8 0 20 17 Denis Giraudet 5 7 WD Ret 9 12 0 18 18 Martin Järveoja Ret 3 10 Ret 0 16 19 Dale Moscatt 4 Ret 8 0 16 20 Cándido Carrera 6 12 Ret 7 Ret 9 0 16 21 Emanuele Inglesi Ret 3 WD Ret 0 15 22 Jouri Dockx 3 12 0 15 23 Benjamin Boulloud 3 0 15 24 Marshall Clarke 11 11 Ret 10 4 0 13 25 Valentin Sarreaud 4 0 12 26 Miriam Walfridsson 4 0 12 27 Jarosław Baran 4 0 12 28 Ilka Minor 4 0 12 29 Maciek Szczepaniak4 Ret Ret Ret 7 7 Ret 0 12 30 Fernando Mendonca 11 WD 5 15 11 12 0 10 31 Frédéric Miclotte Ret 12 5 0 10 32 Ireneusz Pleskot WD 5 Ret 0 10 33 Anders Fredriksson 5 0 10 34 Carlos Magalhães 5 0 10 35 Davy Thierie 6 Ret 0 8 36 Joakim Sjöberg 7 Ret Ret 13 WD 0 6 37 James Morgan Ret Ret 7 0 6 38 Kamil Kozdroń 7 0 6 39 Nikolaos Zakheos 8 0 4 40 Matteo Chiarcossi 9 9 0 4 41 Kevin Rae 9 0 2 40 Maxim Tsvetkov 10 Ret 10 0 2 42 Bernard Ferro 10 0 1 43 Mario González Tomé 10 0 1 Pos. Co-driver MON SWE MEX ARG POR ITA POL FIN GER FRA ESP GBR AUS Drops 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)

FIA World Rally Championship-2 for Teams

Pos. Team MON SWE MEX ARG POR ITA POL FIN GER FRA ESP GBR AUS Points 1 Škoda Motorsport 2 1 2 3 1 1 2 1 1 1 219 2 M-Sport World Rally Team 1 1 3 7 2 3 1 9 131 3 Team Oreca 8 1 1 2 2 3 105 4 Drive DMACK Trophy Team 4 2 3 7 4 4 4 87 5 Peugeot Sport Slovakia 2 1 WD 6 Ret 2 69 6 BRR Baumschlager Rally & Rally Team 2 4 4 Ret 2 Ret 60 7 Culture & Sport Qatar Rally Team Ret 2 4 8 7 8 3 59 8 Turán Motorsport SE 5 5 6 5 5 6 56 9 Peugeot Rally Academy 3 6 Ret 4 Ret 6 43 10 Printsport 3 3 5 40 11 The Ptock 4 Ret Ret Ret 5 3 Ret 37 12 TGS Worldwide 1 Ret 9 27 13 Wevers Sport 3 Ret 7 21 14 Icepol Racing Team 3 8 19 15 Škoda Motorsport II 2 18 16 Napoca Rally Academy 6 5 18 17 TAIF Motorsport 6 Ret Ret 6 16 18 Motorsport Italia s.r.l. Ret 3 WD Ret 15 19 Lotos Rally Team 4 12 20 Triviño World Rally Team 7 WD 7 12 21 C-Rally WD 5 Ret 10 22 Laskaris Foundation 5 10 23 Toksport World Rally Team 7 6 24 Tommi Mäkinen Racing 8 4 25 Škoda Auto Deutschland 8 4 26 RMC Motorsport 9 Ret 2 Pos. Team MON SWE MEX ARG POR ITA POL FIN GER FRA ESP GBR AUS 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)