History
The championship was first held in 2001 as the FIA Super 1600 Drivers' Championship, and included six events in Europe. Sébastien Loeb became the series' first champion in his Super 1600 -class Citroën Saxo. The series became the Junior World Rally Championship the following year. In 2007, the championship did not include events outside Europe, and was known as the FIA Junior Rally Championship (JRC).
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