JWRC vs DDFT / Rally-eMag
jwrc vs ddft
two junior trophies
In Portugal two special trophies started their season. The Junior World Championship (JWRC)
and the Drive DMAC Fiesta Trophy (DDFT). Both trophies aim to attract young drivers who
want to earn some experience on the highest level of competition in rallying.
junior wrc
Why two trophies? Of
course the JWRC is the
official world championship for young drivers. It is
a series that is organized
by the FIA. In 2011 the
championship’s name was
changed to as WRC Academy but since this year it is
back to its old (and better!)
name. Initially the choice
of cars was free within a
series of classes. Since
the initiation of the WRC
Academy however, the series became a one make
only series. In those days
M-Sport did the best offer
and prepared a Fiesta R2
for the competitors in the
Academy. A special department of M-Sport was built
in Poland and from there
the Fiesta’s would conquer
the world. The drivers only
saw their car at the rallies.
The total maintenance of
the car was part of the deal
and was done by M-Sport.
The three-year contract
ended in 2013 and from
then on new offers were
asked for. This time Citroën Sport was the lucky
winner. They proposed
a Citroen DS3 R3 as the
weapon of choice for the
next three years.
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JWRC Entrants
Molly Taylor
Jan Černý
Martin Koči
Panikos Polykarpou
Quentin Giordano
Stephane Lefebvre
Sylvain Michel
Australia
Czech Republic
Check Republic
Cyprus
France
France
France
Christian Riedemann
Alastair Fisher
Kornél Lukács
Simone Tempestini
Simone Campedelli
Aron Domzala
Frederico Della Casa
Germany
Great Britain
Hungary
Italy
Italy
Poland
Switzerland