2022 European Rally Championship

The 2022 European Rally Championship will be the 70th season of the FIA European Rally Championship, the European continental championship series in rallying. The season was also the ninth following the merge between the European Rally Championship and the Intercontinental Rally Challenge. Andreas Mikkelsen is the reigning champion. Javier Pardo Siota is the reigning champion of ERC 2, now renamed as ERC Open, while Jean-Baptiste Franceschi is the reigning champion of ERC 3 - now renamed as ERC 4.

Competitions
  • FIA ERC: Main open championship for all current FIA-homologated cars within sporting classes RC2 to RC5, with Rally2 cars the leading contenders.[1]
  • FIA ERC3: Second tier, specifically for the Rally3 class.
  • FIA ERC4: Third ERC tier, the first for front-wheel-drive cars. Allows Rally4, Rally5, R3 (Group R) and Group A cars.[1]
  • FIA ERC4 Junior: For drivers aged 27 and under on 1 January 2022 in Rally4 and Rally5 cars on Pirelli control tyres. Also called 'ERC Junior' by the promotor, this championship will not be contested over the first two 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]
  • ERC Open: for the cars formerly used in ERC-2, including N4, Rally2-Kit and RGT classes.[3] This championship is organised by ERC Promotor Gmbh and is not an official FIA title, therefore entry into either ERC or ERC Open does not expressively qualify for entry into the other, unlike ERC3 or ERC4 for example.
  • Clio Trophy by Toksport WRT: competition with six rounds of the ERC with Renault Clio Rally5 as the vehicle of choice.[4] The winner receives the ability to contest 3 events from ERC 2023 season behind the wheel of a Renault Clio Rally4.

Calendar

The 2022 season is set to contested over eight rounds across Central, Northern and Southern Europe, with the final round yet to be confirmed.

Round Start date Finish date Rally Rally headquarters Surface Stages Distance Ref.
1 11 March 12 March Rally Serras de Fafe e Felgueiras Fafe, Braga Gravel 17 196.21 km [5]
2 25 March 27 March Azores Rallye Ponta Delgada, Azores Gravel 13 192.86 km [6]
3 12 May 14 May Rally Islas Canarias Las Palmas, Canary Islands Tarmac TBA TBA [7]
4 11 June 12 June Rally Poland Mikołajki, Warmia-Masuria Gravel TBA TBA
5 2 July 3 July Rally Liepāja Liepāja, Liepāja Gravel TBA TBA
6 23 July 24 July Rally di Roma Capitale Fiuggi, Lazio Tarmac TBA TBA
7 27 August 28 August Barum Czech Rally Zlín Zlín, Zlín Region Tarmac TBA TBA
8 TBA TBA TBA TBA Tarmac TBA TBA
Sources:[8]

Entries

ERC
Rally2 Entries
Constructor Car Entrant Tyre Driver Co-Driver Rounds
Škoda Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo Team MRF Tyres MR Efrén Llarena Sara Fernández 1–3
Norbert Herczig Igor Bacigál 1–3
Simone Campedelli Tania Canton 1–3
Toksport World Rally Team P Nikolay Gryazin Konstantin Aleksandrov 1
The Racing Factory[lower-alpha 1] M Armindo Araújo Luís Ramalho 1–2
P Pedro Almeida Mario Castro 1–2
P Josep Bassas Axel Coronado 3
Keane Motorsport[lower-alpha 1] M Simone Tempestini Sergiu Itu 1–3
Delta Rally[lower-alpha 1] P Alberto Battistolli Simone Scattolin 1–3
AR Vidal Racing[lower-alpha 1] M Luis Vilariño Javier Martínez 1–2
Race Seven[lower-alpha 1] M Javier Pardo Adrián Pérez 1–3
ARC Sport[lower-alpha 1] M Miguel Correia Jorge Carvalho 1–2
Ricardo Moura António Costa 2
Luís Rego Jorge Henriques 2
Escudería Milesocasiones.com P Ricardo Triviño Vicente Salom 1
Eurosol Racing Team Hungary M Simon Wagner Gerald Winter 2-3
Topp-Cars Rally Team TBA Grzegorz Grzyb Adrian Sadowski 3
Canarias Sport Club M Luis Monzon Jose Carlos Deniz 3
Rallytechnology[lower-alpha 1] TBA Daniel Chwist Kamil Heller 3
Škoda Fabia R5 The Racing Factory[lower-alpha 1] P Josep Bassas Axel Coronado 1
Aloísio Monteiro Sancho Eiró 2
Motorsport Italia[lower-alpha 1] P Paulo Nobre Gabriel Morales 1–2
Escudería Mollerussa M José Luis García José Murado 1
Alberto Chamorro 3
Ford Ford Fiesta Rally2 Yacco ACCR Team M Erik Cais Petr Těšínský 1
Plon Rally Team P Ken Torn Kauri Pannas 1–2
Copi Sport P Enrique Cruz Yeray Mujica 3
Volkswagen Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 Rallye Team Spain P Nil Solans Marc Martí 1, 3
ALM Motorsport P Georg Linnamäe James Morgan 1
Hyundai Hyundai i20 N Rally2 Team Hyundai Portugal M Bruno Magalhães Carlos Magalhães 1–2
P Ricardo Teodósio José Teixeira 1–2
Pedro Meireles[lower-alpha 1] Pedro Alves 1
PCRS Rallysport[lower-alpha 1] P Pauric Duffy Jeff Case 1
Citroën Citroën C3 Rally2 Citroën Vodafone Team P José Pedro Fontes Inês Ponte 1–2
PT Racing[lower-alpha 1] M Rúben Rodrigues Estevão Rodrigues 1–2
BTH Import Stal Rally Team M Łukasz Kotarba Tomasz Kotarba 1–3
F.P.F. Sport[lower-alpha 1] P Rachele Somaschini Nicola Arena 1–3
Play Racing P Pedro Câmara João Câmara 2
CHL Sport Auto[lower-alpha 1] M Yoann Bonato Benjamin Boulloud 3
Revys Motor Sport M Miguel Angel Suarez Eduardo Gonzalez Delgado 3
Source:[9][10][11]

ERC Open
Rally2-Kit / R4 Entries
Constructor Car Entrant Tyre Driver Co-Driver Rounds
Suzuki Suzuki Swift R4lly S Suzuki Motor Ibérica M Joan Vinyes Claudi Ribeiro 1
Jordi Mercader 2-3
Alberto Monarri Carlos Cancela 1–3
Toyota Toyota Yaris R4 Proracing Rally Team M Victor Cartier Marine Maye TBA
Škoda Škoda Fabia R4 Mārtiņš Sesks Renārs Francis 2
Serhii Potiiko Volodymyr Korsia TBA
Source:[9][10][11]

ERC3
Rally3 Entries
Constructor Car Entrant Tyre Driver Co-Driver Rounds
Ford Ford Fiesta Rally3 JME Rally Team[lower-alpha 1] P Dmitry Feofanov Normunds Kokinš 1
OT Racing P Kaspar Kasari Rainis Raidma 1
KG-Rally Team MR Igor Widłak Daniel Dymusrki 1–3
M-Sport Poland[lower-alpha 1] P Jon Armstrong Brian Hoy 2
Source:[9][10][11]

ERC4
Rally4 Entries
Constructor Car Entrant Tyre Driver Co-Driver Rounds Category
Renault Renault Clio Rally4 Toksport World Rally Team M Anthony Fotia Arnaud Dunand 1–3
Andrea Mabellini Virginia Lenzi 1–3
Paulo Soria[lower-alpha 1] Marcelo Der Ohannesian 1
M-Sport Racing Kft. P Martin Laszlo David Berendi 3
Peugeot Peugeot 208 Rally4 Rallye Team Spain P Óscar Palomo Xavi Moreno 1, 3
The Racing Factory[lower-alpha 1] P Ernesto Cunha Rui Raimundo 1–2
Escuderia Maspalomas P Raul Hernandez Rodrigo Sanjuan 3
ADAC Wurttemberg[lower-alpha 1] P Rene Noller Anne Katharina Stein 3
Andorra Auto Club P Alex Espanol Jose Murado 3
Ford Ford Fiesta Rally4 CKR Estonia P Joosep Ralf Nõgene Ken Järveoja 1
Delta Rally[lower-alpha 1] P Roberto Daprà Luca Guglielmetti 1–3
M-Sport P Jon Armstrong Brian Hoy 3
Yacco ACCR Team P Nick Loof[lower-alpha 1] Hugo Magalhaes 3
Daniel Polasek Katerina Janovska 3
Ola Nore Jr[lower-alpha 1] P Ola Nore Jr Jack Morton 3
Mattia Vita[lower-alpha 1] P Mattia Vita Massimiliano Bosi 3
Victor Hansen[lower-alpha 1] P Victor Hansen Victor Johansson 3
Opel Opel Corsa Rally4 ADAC Opel Rallye Junior Team P Laurent Pellier Marine Pelamourgues 3
Topp-Cars Rally Team P Norbert Maior Francesca Maria Maior 3
Rally5 Entries
Constructor Car Entrant Tyre Driver Co-Driver Rounds Category
Renault Renault Clio Rally5 Toksport World Rally Team[lower-alpha 1] M Paulo Soria Marcelo Der Ohannesian 2-3 C by T
Ghjuvanni Rossi Maxime Martini 2-3
Patrik Herczig Viktor Bán 2-3
Andrea Mazzocchi Silvia Gallotti 2-3
Giorgio Cogni Gabriele Zanni 2-3
Sergio Fuentes Alain Peña 2-3
Emre Hasbay Kutay Ertugrul 2-3
Reiner Kuhn Tim Rauber 2
Source:[9][10][11]

Results and standings

Season summary
Round Event Winning driver Winning co-driver Winning entrant Winning time Ref.
1 Rally Serras de Fafe e Felgueiras Nil Solans Marc Martí Rallye Team Spain 2:01:14.0 [12]
2 Azores Rallye Efrén Llarena Sara Fernández Team MRF Tyres 2:24:58.4 [13]
3 Rally Islas Canarias
4 Rally Poland
5 Rally Liepāja
6 Rally di Roma Capitale
7 Barum Czech Rally Zlín
8 TBA

Scoring system

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

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 in the drivers', co-drivers' and manufacturers' championships.

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

ERC
Pos Driver PRT1
 PRT2
 ESP
 POL
 LAT
 ITA
 CZE
 TBA
 Points Best 7
1 Armindo Araújo 22 5 45 45
2 Efrén Llarena 10 11 42 42
3 Nil Solans 14 32 32
4 Bruno Magalhães 6 6 30 30
5 Alberto Battistolli 53 9 29 29
6 Ricardo Moura 23 27 27
7 Simon Wagner 34 23 23
8 Simone Tempestini Ret 42 23 23
9 Georg Linnamäe 35 22 22
10 Javier Pardo 4 13 22 22
11 José Pedro Fontes 7 12 17 17
12 Simone Campedelli Ret 75 14 14
13 Norbert Herczig Ret 8 11 11
14 Ricardo Teodósio 8 Ret 11 11
15 Pedro Almeida 9 19 9 9
16 Mārtiņš Sesks NC 10 7 7
17 Luis Vilariño 11 18 5 5
18 Miguel Correia Ret 11 5 5
19 Ken Torn 271 Ret 5 5
20 Paulo Nobre 12 Ret 4 4
21 Joan Vinyes 13 16 3 3
22 Kaspar Kasari 14 2 2
23 Luís Rego 14 2 2
24 Alberto Monarri 15 28 1 1
25 Pedro Câmara 15 1 1
Source:[14][15]
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)

ERC3
Pos Driver PRT1
 PRT2
 ESP
 POL
 LAT
 ITA
 CZE
 TBA
 Points Best 7
1 Igor Widłak 3 2 45 45
2 Kaspar Kasari 1 30 30
3 Jon Armstrong 1 30 30
4 Dmitry Feofanov 2 24 24

ERC4
Pos Driver PRT1
 PRT2
 ESP
 POL
 LAT
 ITA
 CZE
 TBA
 Points Best 7
1 Andrea Mabellini 2 2 48 48
2 Paulo Soria 3 3 42 42
3 Anthony Fotia Ret 1 30 30
4 Óscar Palomo 1 30 30
5 Roberto Daprà 4 Ret 19 19
6 Giorgio Cogni 4 19 19
7 Joosep Ralf Nõgene 5 17 17
8 Sergio Fuentes 5 17 17
9 Emre Hasbay 6 15 15
10 Ernesto Cunha Ret 7 13 13
11 Andrea Mazzocchi 8 11 11

ERC Open
Pos Driver PRT1
 PRT2
 ESP
 POL
 LAT
 ITA
 CZE
 TBA
 Points Best 6
1 Joan Vinyes 1 2 54 54
2 Alberto Monarri 2 3 45 45
3 Mārtiņš Sesks NC 1 30 30
Source:[16]

Clio Trophy by Toksport WRT
Pos Driver PRT2
 ESP
 LAT
 ITA
 CZE
 Points
1 Paulo Soria 1 25
2 Giorgio Cogni 2 18
3 Sergio Fuentes 3 15
4 Emre Hasbay 4 12
5 Andrea Mazzocchi 5 10
- Patrik Herczig Ret 0
- Ghjuvanni Rossi Ret 0
- Reiner Kuhn Ret 0

ERC
Pos Driver PRT1
 PRT2
 ESP
 POL
 LAT
 ITA
 CZE
 TBA
 Points Best 7
1 Luís Ramalho 22 5 45 45
2 Sara Fernández 10 11 42 42
3 Marc Martí 14 32 32
4 Carlos Magalhães 6 6 30 30
5 Simone Scattolin 53 9 29 29
6 António Costa 23 27 27
7 Gerald Winter 34 23 23
8 Sergiu Itu Ret 42 23 23
9 James Morgan 35 22 22
10 Adrián Pérez 4 13 22 22
11 Inês Ponte 7 12 17 17
12 Tania Canton Ret 75 14 14
13 Igor Bacigál Ret 8 11 11
14 José Teixeira 8 Ret 11 11
15 Mario Castro 9 18 9 9
16 Renārs Francis NC 10 7 7
17 Javier Martínez 11 17 5 5
18 Jorge Carvalho Ret 11 5 5
19 Kauri Pannas 271 Ret 5 5
20 Gabriel Morales 12 Ret 4 4
21 Claudi Ribeiro 13 3 3
22 Rainis Raidma 14 2 2
23 Jorge Henriques 14 2 2
24 Carlos Cancela 15 28 1 1
25 João Câmara 15 1 1
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)

ERC
Pos Team PRT1
 PRT2
 ESP
 POL
 LAT
 ITA
 CZE
 TBA
 Points Best 7
1 Toksport World Rally Team 24 54 78
2 Team MRF Tyres 15 49 64
3 Rallye Team Spain 60 - 60
4 Team Hyundai Portugal 38 21 59
5 Suzuki Motor Ibérica 22 18 40
6 Citroën Vodafone Team 19 15 34
7 ALM Motorsport 24 - 24
8 Eurosol Racing Team Hungary - 24 24
9 CKR Estonia 21 - 21
10 Proracing Rally Team - 17 17
11 Play Racing - 13 13
12 KG-Rally Team 7 5 12
13 OT Racing 11 - 11
14 BTH Import Stal Rally Team - 9 9
15 Escudería Milesocasiones.com 5 - 5
16 Plon Rally Team 4 - 4

Notes
  1. Entered under driver's name.

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