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ottobre 12, 2021 - FIA Junior WRC
Career-Boosting Prize Package on the Line in Spain
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Title fight wide open on #rally #Spain for the chance to win a career-changing prize package.
All six Junior WRC crews entered for #rally de España a have a mathematical chance of winning the #2021fiajuniorwrcchampionship thanks to the championship's unique points scoring opportunities.
Double classification points are on offer for the championship finale which means a total of 69 points are available to score when accounting for the 19 stage win points also up for grabs.
The 2021 championship marks 20 years of success, adding another name to the history books alongside the likes of Sebastien Loeb, Sebastien Ogier, Dani Sordo, Elfyn Evans and Craig Breen, all of whom have taken top honours in the Junior WRC Championship.
The 2021 champion will take home the biggest prize package in rallying, headlined by a brand-new EcoBoost-powered M-Sport Ford Fiesta Rally2. In an effort to identify and support the next star of the WRC, the 2021 Junior WRC prize package includes free registration for WRC2 in 2022, five free WRC2 entries together with 200 Pirelli tyres. A more accessible and alternative prize package will also be made available by way of five fully-funded prize drives in the all-new M-Sport Fiesta Rally3 in the 2022 WRC3 Championship. It means whatever happens, the 2021 FIA Junior WRC Champion will be able to further their rallying career at an international level.
In terms of championship chances, thanks to so many opportunities to score points there are countless permutations and possibilities for each of the six crews to win the championship. Every driver will be pushing to their maximum in the final battle of the season although some find themselves in a more comfortable position than others. All six crews entered are able to drop their lowest classification score of season while all of the stage win points count towards the championship. It means that, when discounting each driver's lowest points score, #jonarmstrong holds a slender five-point advantage of #samipajari and Martins Sesks sits third and 19 points behind. Given that there is a 14 point difference between first and second in Junior WRC this weekend, the top-three drivers are in an incredibly tight battle.
Armstrong has the most #Event wins in 2021 with two victories and has a total of 20 stage wins, his first ever WRC #Event was 2015 #rally de España and is familiar with the Spanish roads. #samipajari sits second (discounting his worst result), his first Junior WRC #Event victory came on #rally Estonia this year and has proven to be one of the fastest drivers in the field with the most Wolf Stage Points to his name so far with 22 this year. Martins Sesks claimed his second Junior WRC career victory on #rally de Portugal this year but did struggle on Junior WRC's other asphalt rallies this year.
Outside of the championship top-three #laurijoona is fourth and would need to outscore Armstrong by at least 44 points to clinch the championship. #williamcreighton put in his most impressive performance of the season on Ypres with seven Wolf Stage Win Points, he is currently fifth in the championship, just one point ahead of Estonian Robert Virves who has claimed two podium finishes this season.
2021 also marks the 20th anniversary of the FIA Junior WRC Championship which came to life in March 2001 on Rallye Catalunya with Sebastien Loeb taking the category victory in a Citroen Saxo Kit Car. 20 years later, former Junior WRC drivers have accounted for a total of 178 WRC victories, 434 WRC podiums, 2,902 points and 11,139 championship points. To celebrate this, a selection of iconic Junior WRC cars will be on display in the Junior WRC service area throughout the #rally including: Elfyn Evans' 2012 WRC Academy winning Fiesta R2, Martin Prokop's 2005 Suzuki Ignis and his 2009 Championship winning Citroen C2 S1600.
Maciej Woda, FIA Junior WRC Championship Manager, said: "We have had one of the most competitive seasons in the history of Junior WRC this year and it has all been building up to this! At the sharp end of the championship fight we have three very different characters all with three very different skill sets and it is way too close to call. I think what will be interesting on this #Event is how much the likes of #williamcreighton, #laurijoona and Robert Virves could mix things up. They have all shown speed on Tarmac at different points this year and I think it means we are actually going to have our closest fight for the category victory this season. #jonarmstrong does have experience here yes, but Friday is a totally new day which does level the playing field quite a lot. On the same side, #samipajari and Martins Sesks have been able to get in some precious testing mileage this week and this could give them an early advantage for the opening few stages. All in all, this year's crews are all bringing something to the table to fight for the biggest prize package in rallying and I cannot wait to see how things unfold."
48. #samipajari / Marko Salminen
"Last year I was third at this point of the season and now I am leading so to be honest the situation is a bit better. We still need to push in the last #rally to make the championship."
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