2024 European Rally Championship

The 2024 European Rally Championship is the 72nd season of the FIA European Rally Championship, the European continental championship series in rallying. The season is also the eleventh following the merge between the European Rally Championship and the Intercontinental Rally Challenge. Hayden Paddon is the defending drivers champion.

Competitions

• FIA ERC: Main open championship for all current FIA-homologated cars within sporting classes RC2 to RC5, with Rally2 cars the leading contenders.
• FIA ERC3: Second tier, specifically for the Rally3 class.^[1]
• FIA ERC4: Third ERC tier, the first for front-wheel-drive cars. Allows Rally4 and Rally5 cars.
• FIA ERC Junior: For drivers aged 27 and under on 1 January 2024 in Rally4 and Rally5 cars. This championship will be contested over six of the eight rounds.^[2]
• FIA European Rally Championship for Teams: each team can nominate a maximum of three cars (from all categories), counting the two highest-placed cars from each team.^[1]
• FIA European Rally Championship for Tyre suppliers: a nominated tyre supplier may score points with the two best placed Rally2 cars registered in ERC.^[2]
• Fiesta Rally3 Trophy: for Ford Fiesta Rally3 cars. This championship will be contested over five of the eight rounds. The winner of this trophy will get a funded 2024 Central European Rally entry.^[3]

Calendar

The 2024 season is contested over eight rounds across Central, Northern and Southern Europe.

Round	Start date	Finish date	Rally	Rally headquarters	Surface	Stages	Distance	Ref.
1	12 April	14 April	Rally Hungary	Veszprém, Veszprém County	Gravel	13	192.43 km	[4]
2	2 May	4 May	Rally Islas Canarias	Las Palmas, Canary Islands	Tarmac	13	190.06 km	[5]
3	13 June	15 June	Royal Rally of Scandinavia	Karlstad, Värmland	Gravel	17	190.99 km	[6]
4	5 July	7 July	Rally Estonia	Tartu, Tartu County	Gravel	14	187.79 km	[7]
5	26 July	28 July	Rally di Roma Capitale	Fiuggi, Lazio	Tarmac	TBA	TBA
6	16 August	18 August	Barum Czech Rally Zlín	Zlín, Zlín Region	Tarmac	TBA	TBA
7	30 August	1 September	Rali Ceredigion	Aberystwyth, Wales	Tarmac	TBA	TBA
8	6 October	8 October	Rally Silesia	Katowice, Silesia	Tarmac	TBA	TBA
Sources:[8]

Calendar changes

• Rally Serras de Fafe e Felgueiras and Rally Liepāja were removed from the calendar.
• Rally Estonia returned to the calendar.
• Rali Ceredigion in Great Britain and Rally Silesia in Poland were introduced to the calendar.

Entry list

ERC

Rally2, R5 and RGT entries
Entrant	Car	Driver	Co-Driver	Tyres	Rounds
ACCR Orsák Rally Sport	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	Erik Cais	Igor Bacigál	M	1–2
ACCR Toyota Dolák	Toyota GR Yaris Rally2	Filip Mareš	Radovan Bucha	H	1–3
Auto-Laca Competición	Citroën C3 Rally2	Luis Monzón	José Carlos Déniz	P	2
BRC Racing Team	Hyundai i20 N Rally2	Hayden Paddon	John Kennard	P	1–3
C.D. Copi Sport	Ford Fiesta Rally2	Enrique Cruz	Yeray Mújica	P	2
C.D. Todo Sport	Citroën C3 Rally2	Yeray Lemes	Rogelio Peñate	M	2
	Hyundai i20 N Rally2	Alexey Lukyanuk	Yuriy Kulikov	P	2
	Citroën C3 Rally2	Miguel Suárez	Eduardo González	P	2
Citroën Rally Team	Citroën C3 Rally2	Diego Ruiloba	Ángel Vela	P	2
Dunakanyar Autós SE	Citroën C3 Rally2	Róbert Bútor	Róbert Tagai	M	1
Eldorado x Humbility Sports	Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo	Vladas Jurkevičius	Aisvydas Paliukėnas	P	1
Eurosol Racing Team Hungary	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	Simon Wagner	Gerald Winter	M	1–2
Extrém Sport Team Kft.	Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo	József Trencsényi	Gábor Verba	P	1
HRT Racing Kft.	Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo	Miklós Csomós	Attila Nagy	P	1–2
	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2				3
Hyundai Motor España	Hyundai i20 N Rally2	Óscar Palomo	Sergio Fernández	P	2
Hyundai Motor España -AresRacing-	Hyundai i20 N Rally2	Iván Ares	Javier Martínez	P	2
JC Raceteknik	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	Isak Reiersen	Stefan Gustavsson	P	3
Kole Média Center Kft.	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	Gábor Német	Gergely Németh	P	1
Klaus Motorsport	Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo	Kristóf Klausz	Tamás Papp	P	1
Kristofferson Motorsport	Volkswagen Polo GTI R5	Johan Kristoffersson	Stig Rune Skjærmoen	P	3
Pécsi Sport Nonprofit Zrt.	Škoda Fabia R5	Péter Ranga	János Czakó	P	1
Recalvi Team	Alpine A110 Rally RGT	Javier Pardo	David de la Puente	M	2
	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	José Antonio Suárez	Alberto Iglesias	M	2
SZA Performance Kft.	Ford Fiesta Rally2	László Bodolai	Attila Deák	P	1
	Ford Fiesta Rally2	András Hadik	István Juhász	P	1
Team MRF Tyres	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	Efrén Llarena	Sara Fernández	MR	1–3
	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	Andrea Mabellini	Virginia Lenzi	MR	1–3
	Toyota GR Yaris Rally2	Mārtiņš Sesks	Renārs Francis	MR	1–3
Topp-Cars Rally Team	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	Martin László	Viktor Bán	P	1–2
Toyota España	Toyota GR Yaris Rally2	Alejandro Cachón	Borja Rozada	P	2
Treff-Autóház Kft.	Škoda Fabia R5	Sándor Ollé	Rebeka Ollé	P	1
TRT Rally Team	Citroën C3 Rally2	Mads Østberg	Patrik Barth	M	1–3
Turán Motorsport SE	Volkswagen Polo GTI R5	Frigyes Turán	Gábor Zsiros	H	1
Private entries	Hyundai i20 N Rally2	Philip Allen	Dale Furniss	P	1–2
	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2				3
	Ford Fiesta Rally2	Jon Armstrong	Eoin Treacy	P	1–3
	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	Roberto Blach	Mauro Barreiro	P	2
	Citroën C3 Rally2	Yoann Bonato	Benjamin Boulloud	M	2
	Volkswagen Polo GTI R5	Eyvind Brynildsen	Jørn Listerud	P	3
	Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo	Giacomo Costenaro	Justin Bardini	MR	1–2
	Škoda Fabia R5		Pietro Elia Ometto		3
	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	Bogdan Cuzma	Ditte Kammersgaard	M	1
			Florin Dorca		3
	Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo	Mathieu Franceschi	Andy Malfoy	M	1–3
	Ford Fiesta Rally2	Kalle Gustafsson	Magnus Nilsson	P	3
	Volkswagen Polo GTI R5	Christoffer Haglund	Johan Johansson	P	3
	Toyota GR Yaris Rally2	Mikko Heikkilä	Kristian Temonen	M	1, 3
	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	Raúl Hernández	José Murado	P	2
	Volkswagen Polo GTI R5	Frank Tore Larsen	Lars-Håkon Lundgreen	P	3
	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	Mikołaj Marczyk	Szymon Gospodarczyk	M	1–3
	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	Hermann Neubauer	Bernhard Ettel	P	2
	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	Oliver Solberg	Elliott Edmondson	P	3
	Volkswagen Polo GTI R5	Petter Solberg	Jonas Andersson	P	3
	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	Simone Tempestini	Sergiu Itu	P	1, 3
	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	Albert von Thurn und Taxis	Frank Christian	P	2
Sources:[9][10][11]

ERC3

Rally3 entries
Entrant	Car	Driver	Co-Driver	Tyres	Rounds	Trophy
Atölye Kazaz	Ford Fiesta Rally3	Kerem Kazaz	Andris Mālnieks	P	1, 3	FRally3T
			Hugo Magalhães	MR	2
Grupa PGS RT	Ford Fiesta Rally3	Igor Widłak	Michał Marczewski	P	1	FRally3T
			Daniel Dymurski		2
					3	FRally3T
Private entries	Ford Fiesta Rally3	Tristan Charpentier	Florian Barral	P	3	FRally3T
	Ford Fiesta Rally3	Filip Kohn	Tom Woodburn	P	1, 3	FRally3T
	Ford Fiesta Rally3	Martin Ravenščak	Dora Ravenščak	P	1, 3	FRally3T
Sources:[9][10][11]

ERC4

Rally4 and R3 entries
Entrant	Car	Driver	Co-Driver	Tyres	Rounds	Category
ADAC Opel Rallye Junior Team	Opel Corsa Rally4	Calle Carlberg	Jørgen Eriksen	H	1–3	ERC4J
	Opel Corsa Rally4	Timo Schulz	Michael Wenzel	H	1–3	ERC4J
ALM Motorsport	Peugeot 208 Rally4	Karl-Markus Sei	Martin Leotoots	H	1–3	ERC4J
HRT Racing Kft.	Peugeot 208 Rally4	Márton Bertalan	Róbert Paizs	P	1
	Peugeot 208 Rally4	Patrik Herczig	Kristóf Varga	H	1–3	ERC4J
	Peugeot 208 Rally4	Herman Lie-Nilsen	Vegard Halland	H	3	ERC4J
	Peugeot 208 Rally4	Aleksandar Tomov	Yavor Brankov	H	1–2	ERC4J
IK Sport Racing	Opel Corsa Rally4	Mille Johansson	Johan Grönvall	H	1–3	ERC4J
M-Sport Poland	Ford Fiesta Rally4	Jaspar Vaher	Sander Pruul	H	1	ERC4J
Motorsport Ireland Rally Academy	Peugeot 208 Rally4	Jack Brennan	John McGrath	H	1–2	ERC4J
	Peugeot 208 Rally4	Aoife Raftery	Hannah McKillop	H	1–3	ERC4J
TRT Rally Team	Peugeot 208 Rally4	Max McRae	Cameron Fair	H	1–3	ERC4J
Private entries	Peugeot 208 Rally4	Patrik Hallberg	John Stigh	H	3	ERC4J
	Peugeot 208 Rally4	Alfred Kramer	Jeannette Kvick	H	1	ERC4J
	Ford Fiesta Rally4	Leevi Lassila	Antti Linnaketo	H	1	ERC4J
	Opel Corsa Rally4	Liam Müller	Alexander Hirsch	H	1–3	ERC4J
	Peugeot 208 Rally4	Geronimo Nerobutto	Alessio Angeli	H	1–3	ERC4J
	Opel Corsa Rally4	Cristiana Oprea	Denisa-Alexia Parteni	P	1–2
	Peugeot 208 Rally4	Davide Pesavento	Matteo Zaramella	H	1–2	ERC4J
			Flavio Zanella		3
	Peugeot 208 Rally4	Daniel Polášek	Zdeněk Omelka	H	1–3	ERC4J
	Peugeot 208 Rally4	Ekaterina Stratieva	Georgi Avramov	MR	2
	Ford Fiesta Rally4	Tuomas Välilä	Päivi Välilä	P	1
	Peugeot 208 Rally4	Mattia Zanin	Elia De Guio	H	1–3	ERC4J
Sources:[9][10][11]

Results

Season summary

Round	Event	Winning driver	Winning co-driver	Winning entrant	Winning time	Report	Ref.
1	Rally Hungary	Simone Tempestini	Sergiu Itu	Simone Tempestini	1:52:50.4	Report	[12]
2	Rally Islas Canarias	Yoann Bonato	Benjamin Boulloud	Yoann Bonato	1:57:18.8	Report	[13]
3	Royal Rally of Scandinavia	Oliver Solberg	Elliott Edmondson	Oliver Solberg	1:32:40.8	Report
4	Rally Estonia					Report
5	Rally di Roma Capitale					Report
6	Barum Czech Rally Zlín					Report
7	Rali Ceredigion					Report
8	Rally Silesia					Report

Scoring system

Points for final position are awarded as in the following table in ERC, ERC3 and ERC4. In ERC, ERC3 and ERC4, the best seven scores from the eight rounds count towards the final number of points. In Junior category, best five rounds of six count.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th
Points	30	24	21	19	17	15	13	11	9	7	5	4	3	2	1

There are also five bonus points awarded to the winners of the Power Stage, four points for second place, three for third, two for fourth and one for fifth. Power Stage points are awarded only in the main ERC drivers' and co-drivers' championships.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th
Points	5	4	3	2	1

Drivers' Championships

ERC

Pos Driver HUN CAN SWE EST ITA CZE GBR POL Points Best 7 1 Mathieu Franceschi 21 23 Ret 56 56 2 Hayden Paddon 4 65 3 56 56 3 Simone Tempestini 13 10 40 40 4 Oliver Solberg 11 35 35 5 Yoann Bonato 14 32 32 6 Mads Østberg DNS 8 53 31 31 7 Mikko Heikkilä Ret 22 28 28 8 Mikołaj Marczyk 6 18 85 27 27 9 Alejandro Cachón 31 26 26 10 Jon Armstrong 85 7 Ret 25 25 11 Miklós Csomós 32 Ret 25 25 12 Andrea Mabellini 74 17 9 24 24 13 Diego Ruiloba 42 23 23 14 Frank Tore Larsen 44 21 21 15 Erik Cais 5 14 19 19 16 José Antonio Suárez 5 17 17 17 Simon Wagner 9 10 16 16 18 Mārtiņš Sesks Ret 23 6 15 15 19 Isak Reiersen 7 13 13 20 Filip Mareš 10 15 13 11 11 21 Yeray Lemes 9 9 9 22 Efrén Llarena Ret 11 14 7 7 23 Vladas Jurkevičius 11 5 5 23 Johan Kristoffersson 11 5 5 25 Frigyes Turán 12 4 4 25 Enrique Cruz 12 4 4 25 Kalle Gustafsson 12 4 4 28 Martin László 13 Ret 3 3 28 Alexey Lukyanuk 13 3 3 30 Giacomo Costenaro 14 Ret 16 2 2 31 Kristóf Klausz 15 1 1 31 Petter Solberg 15 1 1 Sources:[14]

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: 1 2 3 4 5 – Power Stage position

ERC3

Pos Driver HUN CAN SWE EST ITA CZE GBR POL Points Best 7 1 Igor Widłak 2 1 4 73 73 2 Kerem Kazaz 4 2 3 64 64 3 Filip Kohn 1 1 60 60 4 Martin Ravenščak 3 5 38 38 5 Tristan Charpentier 2 24 24 Sources:[15]

ERC4

Pos Driver HUN CAN SWE EST ITA CZE GBR POL Points Best 7 1 Mille Johansson 4 1 1 79 79 2 Max McRae 1 4 9 58 58 3 Calle Carlberg Ret 2 2 48 48 4 Daniel Polášek 10 5 4 43 43 5 Aoife Raftery 5 9 7 39 39 6 Timo Schulz Ret 3 5 38 38 7 Karl-Markus Sei Ret 7 3 34 34 8 Patrik Herczig Ret 8 6 26 26 9 Márton Bertalan 2 24 24 9 Liam Müller 9 6 Ret 24 24 11 Jaspar Vaher 3 21 21 12 Jack Brennan 6 Ret 15 15 13 Davide Pesavento 7 Ret 13 13 14 Alfred Kramer 8 11 11 14 Lie-Nilsen Herman 8 11 11 16 Mattia Zanin Ret 10 Ret 7 7 17 Geronimo Nerobutto 11 Ret Ret 5 5 Sources:[16]

Junior ERC

Pos Driver HUN CAN SWE EST GBR POL Points Best 5 1 Mille Johansson 3 1 1 81 81 2 Max McRae 1 4 9 58 58 3 Calle Carlberg Ret 2 2 48 48 4 Daniel Polášek 9 5 4 43 43 5 Aoife Raftery 4 9 7 39 39 6 Timo Schulz Ret 3 5 38 38 7 Karl-Markus Sei Ret 7 3 34 34 8 Liam Müller 8 6 Ret 26 26 8 Patrik Herczig Ret 8 6 26 26 10 Jaspar Vaher 2 24 24 11 Jack Brennan 5 Ret 17 17 12 Davide Pesavento 6 Ret Ret 15 15 13 Alfred Kramer 7 13 13 14 Lie-Nilsen Herman 8 11 11 15 Mattia Zanin Ret 10 7 7 16 Geronimo Nerobutto 10 Ret Ret 7 7 Sources:[17]

Co-Drivers' championships

ERC

Pos	Driver	HUN	CAN	SWE	EST	ITA	CZE	GBR	POL	Points	Best 7
1	Andy Malfoy	21	23	Ret						56	56
2	John Kennard	4	65	3						56	56
3	Sergiu Itu	13		10						40	40
4	Elliott Edmondson			11						35	35
5	Benjamin Boulloud		14							32	32
6	Patrik Barth	DNS	8	53						31	31
7	Kristian Temonen	Ret		22						28	28
8	Szymon Gospodarczyk	6	19	85						27	27
9	Borja Rozada		31							26	26
10	Attila Nagy	32	Ret							25	25
11	Eoin Tracy	85	7	Ret						25	25
12	Virginia Lenzi	74	17	9						24	24
13	Ángel Vela		42							23	23
14	Lars-Håkon Lundgreen			44						21	21
15	Igor Bacigál	5	14							19	19
16	Alberto Iglesias		5							17	17
17	Gerald Winter	9	10							16	16
18	Renārs Francis	Ret	23	6						15	15
19	Stefan Gustavsson			7						13	13
20	Radovan Bucha	10	15	13						11	11
21	Rogelio Peñate		9							9	9
22	Sara Fernández	Ret	11	14						7	7
23	Aisvydas Paliukėnas	11								5	5
24	Stig Rune Skjærmoen			11						5	5
25	Gábor Zsiros	12								4	4
26	Yeray Mújica		12							4	4
27	Magnus Nilsson			12						4	4
28	Viktor Bán	13	Ret							3	3
29	Yuriy Kulikov		13							3	3
30	Justin Bardini	14	Ret							2	2
31	Tamás Papp	15								1	1
32	Jonas Andersson			15						1	1
Sources:[18]

ERC3

Pos	Driver	HUN	CAN	SWE	EST	ITA	CZE	GBR	POL	Points	Best 7
1	Tom Woodburn	1		1						60	60
2	Daniel Dymurski		1	4						49	49
3	Andris Mālnieks	4		3						40	40
4	Dora Ravenščak	3		5						38	38
5	Michał Marczewski	2								24	24
6	Hugo Magalhães		2							24	24
7	Florian Barral			2						24	24
Sources:[19]

ERC4

Pos	Driver	HUN	CAN	SWE	EST	ITA	CZE	GBR	POL	Points	Best 7
1	Johan Grönvall	4	1	1						79	79
2	Cameron Fair	1	4	9						58	58
3	Jørgen Eriksen	Ret	2	2						48	48
4	Zdeněk Omelka	10	5	4						43	43
5	Hannah McKillop	5	9	7						39	39
6	Michael Wenzel	Ret	3	5						38	38
7	Martin Leotoots	Ret	7	3						34	34
8	Kristóf Varga	Ret	8	6						26	26
9	Róbert Paizs	2								24	24
10	Alexander Hirsch	9	6	Ret						24	24
11	Sander Pruul	3								21	21
12	John McGrath	6	Ret							15	15
13	Matteo Zaramella	7	Ret							13	13
14	Jeannette Kvick	8								11	11
15	Vegard Halland			8						11	11
16	Elia De Guio	Ret	10	Ret						7	7
17	Alessio Angeli	11	Ret							5	5
Sources:[20]

Teams' championship

Pos	Team	HUN	CAN	SWE	EST	ITA	CZE	GBR	POL	Points
1	BRC Racing Team	1	4	1						79
2	Team MRF Tyres	3	7	3						77
		Ret	11	5
3	TRT Rally Team	12	5	2						45
		DNS	17	17
4	ACCR Toyota Dolák	5	10	7						37
5	Eurosol Racing Team Hungary	4	6							34
6	ACCR Orsák Rally Sport	2	9							33
7	Toyota España		1							30
8	Citroën Rally Team		2							24
9	Recalvi Team		3							21
			Ret
10	JC Raceteknik			4						19
11	Eldorado x Humbility Sports	6								15
12	Kristoffersson Motorsport			6						15
13	IK Sport Racing	15	14	8						14
14	Turán Motorsport SE	7								13
15	Topp-Cars Rally Team	8	Ret							11
16	C.D. Copi Sport		8							11
17	Atölye Kazaz	14	20	9						11
18	ADAC Opel Rallye Junior Team	Ret	15	10						11
		Ret	16	13
19	Grupa PGS RT	11	17	11						10
20	Klaus Motorsport	9								9
21	Kole Média Center Kft.	10								7
22	Hyundai Motor España		12							4
23	ALM Motorsport		18	12						4
24	M-Sport Poland	13								3
25	Hyundai Motor España -AresRacing-		13							3
26	HRT Racing Kft.		21	14						2
				16
27	Motorsport Ireland Rally Academy	16	22	15						1
		17
Sources:[21]

Tyre suppliers' championship

Pos	Tyre supplier	HUN	CAN	SWE	EST	ITA	CZE	GBR	POL	Points
1	Michelin	1	1	2						151
		2	2	4
2	Pirelli	3	3	1						131
		4	4	3
3	MRF	5	5	5						90
		8	7	7
4	Hankook	6	6	6						56
		7
Sources:[22]

References

External links

• Official website
• Season 2024 at FIA.com
• Season 2024 at ewrc-results.com