2020 European Rally Championship

The 2020 European Rally Championship was the 68th season of the FIA European Rally Championship, the European continental championship series in rallying. The season was also the eighth following the merge between the European Rally Championship and the Intercontinental Rally Challenge. Chris Ingram was the reigning champion, but did not return to defend the title. Alexey Lukyanuk won the championship in Citroën C3 R5.[1]

ERC Classes

The classes are:[2]

  • FIA ERC: Main class, for FIA-homologated cars with R5 regulations.
  • FIA ERC2: Second tier, for cars more standard, albeit with turbocharged engines and four-wheel drive. This class allows the N4, the R4-K and RGT rules.
  • FIA ERC3: Third ERC tier, for front-wheel-drive cars. Allows R3 and R2 cars.
  • FIA ERC1 Junior: For drivers aged 28 and under on 1 January 2020 in R5 cars.
  • FIA ERC3 Junior: For drivers aged 27 and under on 1 January 2020 in R2 cars on Pirelli control tyres.
  • ERC Ladies Trophy: for female drivers including all classes (ERC1, ERC2 and ERC3) eligible.
  • Abarth Rally Cup: for Abarth 124 Rally RGT cars.
  • 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.
  • ERC Nations Cup: like the ERC for Teams but for teams supported by a national motorsport federation or automobile association.

Calendar

The final 2020 calendar featured 5 rallies - 4 tarmac rounds and only 1 gravel round. Rally di Roma Capitale turned out to be the inaugural event. Rally Liepaja was the second and the only gravel round. Rally Fafe Montelongo was added to calendar during the season after the cancelation of multiple events as the third round. Rally Hungary and Rally Islas Canarias remained in the calendar.[1]

Round Dates Rally name Surface
1 24–26 July Rally di Roma Capitale Tarmac ERC Junior Round 1
2 14–16 August Rally Liepaja Gravel ERC Junior Round 2
3 2–4 October Rally Fafe Montelongo Asphalt ERC Junior Round 3
4 6–8 November 2nd Rally Hungary Asphalt ERC Junior Round 4
5 26–28 November Rally Islas Canarias Tarmac ERC Junior Round 5

Teams and drivers

ERC
Entries
Constructor Car Entrant Tyre Drivers Co-drivers Rounds
Volkswagen Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 Loran P Giandomenico Basso Lorenzo Granai 1
MOL Racing Team P Norbert Herczig Ramón Ferencz 1, 3–4
PA Racing[lower-alpha 1] P Oliver Solberg Aaron Johnston 1–3, 5
Enrico Brazzoli Maurizio Barone 1
Pole Promotion P Fabian Kreim Frank Christian 1
Gass Racing srl P Alessandro Re Marco Menchini 1
Galatariotis Rally Team[lower-alpha 1] P Simos Galatariotis Antonis Ioannou 2
Turán Motorsport SE H Frigyes Turán László Bagaméri 4
Citroën Citroën C3 R5 Saintéloc Junior Team P Alexey Lukyanuk Dmitry Eremeev 1-4
Alexey Arnautov 5
Sean Johnston Alex Kihurani 2
M Marijan Griebel Pirmin Winklhofer 1, 5
Tobias Braun 3–4
F.P.F. Sport P Andrea Crugnola Pietro Ometto 1
Antonio Rusce[lower-alpha 1] Sauro Farnocchia 1
Rally Team Spain P Efrén Llarena Sara Fernández All
Pepe López Borja Rozada 5
Sports & You[lower-alpha 1] M Guillaume de Mevius Martijn Wydaeghe 3
Citroen Rally Team Hungary P Csucsu Imre Tóth 4
Simone Tempestini[lower-alpha 1] Sergiu Itu 5
CHL Sport Auto[lower-alpha 1] M Yoann Bonato Benjamin Boulloud 3-5
Auto Laca Competicion M Luis Monzon Jose Carlos Deniz 5
C.D. Todo Sport P Emma Falcon Candido Carrera 5
Skoda Škoda Fabia R5 Evo ACCR Czech Rally Team M Filip Mareš Radovan Bucha 1
BRR Baumschlager Rallye & Racing Team P Albert von Thurn und Taxis Bernhard Ettel 1, 3–5
Orlen Team M Miko Marczyk Szymon Gospodarczyk All
Team MRF Tyres MR Emil Lindholm Mikael Korhonen 1–4
Brose Motorsport P Dominik Dinkel Ursula Mayrhofer 1–2, 4
Michael Wenzel 3
Delta Rally[lower-alpha 1] P Alberto Battistolli Simone Scattolin 1
DP Autosport[lower-alpha 1] P Damiano De Tommaso Massimo Bizzocchi 1
Lema Racing-AS2005 P Bostjan Avbelj Damijan Andrejka 1
Sports Racing Technologies[lower-alpha 1] M Raul Jeets Andrus Toom 2
TGS Worldwide P Mikko Heikkilä Henri Arpiainen 2
Eurosol Racing Team Hungary[lower-alpha 1] P Oliver Solberg Aaron Johnston 4
Topp-Cars Rally Team P Andreas Mikkelsen Ola Fløene 4
Anders Jæger 5
Pilis Racing Kft. / Dani Fischer Team P Vincze Ferenc Igor Bacigál 4
Gulf Racing Hungary P Ádám Velenczei Tamás Szőke 4
The Racing Factory / ETS Racing Fuels M Simon Wagner Gerald Winter 4
Recalvi Team M Jose Antonio Suarez Alberto Iglesias 5
Team Vito Škoda M Nil Solans Marc Martí 5
Škoda Fabia R5 Tagai Racing Technology[lower-alpha 1] P Simone Tempestini Sergiu Itu 1
Specialcar[lower-alpha 1] P Giacomo Scattolon Matteo Nobili 1
Delta Rally[lower-alpha 1] P Alberto Battistolli Simone Scattolin 2
TGS Worldwide[lower-alpha 1] P Eerik Pietarinen Antti Linnaketo 2
The Racing Factory / ETS Racing Fuels M Aloísio Monteiro Sancho Eiró 3
Hyundai Hyundai i20 R5 Motorsport Ireland Rally Academy P Callum Devine Brian Hoy 1–2
James Fulton 3–5
Pauric Duffy[lower-alpha 1] Jeff Case 3, 5
M Josh McErlean Keaton Williams 4–5
Team MRF Tyres MR Craig Breen Paul Nagle All
Hyundai Motorsport N[lower-alpha 1] P Grégoire Munster Louis Louka All
Nikolay Gryazin Konstantin Aleksandrov 2, 4
Hyundai Ares Racing Team P Iván Ares David Vázquez 3, 5
Hyundai Motor España P Surhayen Pernía Eduardo González 3, 5
Francisco López Borja Odriozola 3, 5
Hyundai Canarias Motorsport M Yeray Lemes Rogelio Penate 5
Ford Ford Fiesta R5 Mk. II Drift Company Rally Team P Niki Mayr-Melnhof Leopold Welsersheimb All
Yacco ACCR Team M Erik Cais Jindřiška Žáková All
M-Sport Ford World Rally Team M Adrien Fourmaux Renaud Jamoul 1, 5
Plon Rally Team P Jarosław Kołtun Ireneusz Pleskot 1
DVTK SE P András Hadik Krisztián Kertész 4
Copi Sport P Enrique Cruz Yeray Mujica 5
Ford Fiesta R5 C-Rally[lower-alpha 1] P Adam Stec Kamil Kozdroń 1

ERC 2
Entries
Constructor Car Entrant Tyre Drivers Co-drivers Rounds
Mitsubishi Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X Prospeed P Dmitry Feofanov Nurmonds Kokins All
Erdi Team Kft. P Tibor Erdi Szavolcs Kovacs 2–5
PGS Rally Team P Igor Widłak Lukasz Wloch 1–2
Sporta klubs Autostils Rally Team P Ainars Igavens 2
Porsche Porsche 997 Petr Nesetril P Petr Nesetril 1
Abarth Fiat Abarth 124 Rally RGT Napoca Rally Academy P Andrea Mabellini All A Cup
Rallytechnology P Dariusz Poloński 1-2, 5
Roberto Gobbin P Roberto Gobbin 1, 3-4
Martin Rada P Martin Rada 2, 4
Minhea Muresan P Minhea Muresan 4
Alpine Alpine A110 Zelindo Melegari P Zelindo Melegari 3, 5
Subaru Subaru Impreza 1-2, 4

Results and standings

Season summary
Round Event Winning driver Winning co-driver Winning entrant Winning time Report Ref.
1 Rally di Roma Capitale Alexey Lukyanuk Dmitriy Eremeev Saintéloc Junior Team 1:58:57.0 Report [3]
2 Rally Liepāja Oliver Solberg Aaron Johnston Oliver Solberg 1:27:23.0 Report [4]
3 Rally Fafe Montelongo Alexey Lukyanuk Dmitriy Eremeev Saintéloc Junior Team 1:45:52.5 Report [5]
4 Rally Hungary Andreas Mikkelsen Ola Fløene Topp-Cars Rally Team 1:48:31.1 Report [6]
5 Rally Islas Canarias Adrien Fourmaux Renaud Jamoul M-Sport Ford WRT 2:12:21.2 Report [7]

Scoring system

Only the four best results out of the five rounds counted towards the championship. Points for final position were awarded as in following table:

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

Bonus points awarded for position in each Leg:

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

ERC
Pos Driver ITA
 LAT
 PRT
 HUN
 ESP
 Points Best 4
1 Alexey Lukyanuk 130+8 224+8 130+8 133+5 713 129 121
2 Oliver Solberg 321+5 130+10 23 419+4 419+4 112 112
3 Grégoire Munster 713 615 321+7 224+3 180+1 84 83
4 Iván Ares 224+9 321+5 59 59
5 Andreas Mikkelsen 130+5 615+2 52 52
6 Efrén Llarena 615 811 Ret 321+3 20 50 50
7 Craig Breen 419 419+2 160+3 Ret0+4 115 52 49
8 Miko Marczyk 107 124+2 419+2 151 99 44 43
9 Adrien Fourmaux Ret 130+7 37 37
10 Norbert Herczig 32 517+2 615+2 36 36
11 Erik Cais 37 115 615+2 811+3 34 36 36
12 Callum Devine Ret Ret 811 713 811 35 35
13 Yoann Bonato 142 224+7 33 33
14 Giandomenico Basso 224+8 32 32
15 Emil Lindholm 99 517+1 Ret 19 27 27
16 Niki Mayr-Melnhof 23 142 115 517+1 16 25 25
17 Eerik Pietarinen 321+3 24 24
18 Dominik Dinkel 133 133 713 124 23 23
19 Simone Tempestini 517+2 142 21 21
20 Marijan Griebel 151 107 99 133 20 20
21 José Antonio Suárez 517+1 18 18
22 Mikko Heikkilä 713 13 13
23 Surhayen Pernía 99 124 13 13
24 Filip Mareš 811+1 12 12
25 Sean Johnston 99+1 10 10
26 Raul Jeets 107 7 7
27 András Hadik 107 7 7
28 Luis Monzón 107 7 7
29 Albert von Thurn und Taxis 142 124 16 Ret 6 6
30 Josh McErlean 115 19 5 5
31 Andrea Crugnola 380+5 5 5
32 Alessandro Re 115 5 5
33 Antonio Rusce 124 4 4
34 Nikolay Gryazin 200+3 3 3
35 Francisco Antonio López 180+2 Ret 2 2
36 Ken Torn 18 151 14 18 21 1 1
37 Enrique Cruz 151 1 1
38 Aloísio Monteiro 190+1 1 1
39 Fabian Kreim Ret0+1 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)

Notes
  1. Entered under driver's name.

References
  1. "Classements".
  2. "FIA European Rally Championship". 29 January 2021.
  3. "Final results Rally di Roma Capitale 2020". eWRC-results.com. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  4. "Final results Rally Liepāja 2020". eWRC-results.com. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  5. "Final results Rally Fafe Montelongo 2020". eWRC-results.com. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  6. "Final results Rally Hungary 2020". eWRC-results.com. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  7. "Final results Rally Islas Canarias 2020". eWRC-results.com. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
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