2020 European Rally Championship

2020 European Rally Championship

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The 2020 European Rally Championship was the 68th season of the FIA European Rally Championship, the European continental championship series in rallying. The season is 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.

ERC Classes

The classes are:

• 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.

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	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
Citroën	Citroën C3 R5	Sainteloc Junior Team	P	Alexey Lukyanuk	Dmitriy Eremeev	1-4
					Alexey Arnautov	5
			M	Marijan Griebel	Pirmin Winklhofer	1, 5
					Tobias Braun	3-4
			P	Sean Johnston	Alexander Kihurani	2
		Rally Team Spain	P	Efren Llarena	Sara Fernandez	All
			P	Pepe Lopez	Borja Rozada	5
		F.P.F. Sport	P	Andrea Crugnola	Pietro Elia Ometto	1
		X Race Sport	P	Antonio Rusce	Sauro Farnocchia	1
		Guillaume de Mevius	M	Guillaume de Mevius	Martijn Wydaeghe	3
		Citroen Rally Team Hungary	P	Lukacs Kornel	Imre Toth	4
			P	Simone Tempestini	Sergio Itu	5
		Yoann Bonato	M	Yoann Bonato	Benjamin Boulloud	4-5
		Auto-Laca Competicion	M	Luis Monzon	Jose Carlos Deniz	5
		C.D. Todo Sport	P	Emma Falcon	Candido Carrera	5
Ford	Ford Fiesta R5 Mk. II	Drift Company Rally Team	P	Niki Mayr-Melnhof	Leopold Welsersheimb	All
		Yacco ACCR Team	M	Erik Cais	Jindriska Zakova	All
		M-Sport Ford WRT	M	Adrien Fourmaux	Renaud Jamoul	1, 5
		Plon Rally Team	P	Jarosław Kołtun	Ireneusz Pleskot	1
		DVTK SE	P	Andras Hadik	Krisztian Kertesz	4
		Copi Sport	P	Enrique Cruz	Yeray Mujica Eugenio	5
	Ford Fiesta R5	Adam Stec	P	Adam Stec	Kamil Kozdroń	1
Hyundai	Hyundai i20 R5	Motorsport Ireland Rally Academy	P	Callum Devine	Brian Hoy	1-2
					James Fulton	3-5
			M	Josh McErlean	Keaton Williams	4-5
		Team MRF Tyres	MR	Craig Breen	Paul Nagle	All
		Gregoire Munster	P	Gregoire Munster	Louis Louka	All
		Nikolay Gryazin	P	Nikolay Gryazin	Konstantin Aleksandrov	2
		Hyundai Ares Racing Team	P	Ivan Ares	David Vazquez Liste	3, 5
		Hyundai Motor Espana	P	Francisco A. Lopez Pacheco	Borja Odriozola	3, 5
			P	Surhayen Pernia	Eduardo Gonzalez Delgado	3, 5
		Pauric Duffy	P	Pauric Duffy	Jeff Case	3, 5
		Hyundai Canarias Motorsport	M	Yeray Lemes	Rogelio Penate	5
Skoda	Škoda Fabia R5 Evo	Orlen Team	M	Mikołaj Marczyk	Szymon Gospodarczyk	All
		Brose Motorsport	P	Dominik Dinkel	Ursula Mayrhofer	1-2, 4
					Michael Wenzel	3
		Team MRF Tyres	MR	Emil Lindholm	Mikael Korhonen	1-4
		BRR Baumschlager Rallye&Racing Team	P	Albert von Thurn and Taxis	Bernhard Ettel	1, 3-5
		Alberto Battistolli	P	Alberto Battistolli	Simone Scattolin	1
		ACCR Czech Rally Team I	M	Filip Mares	Radovan Bucha	1
		Damiano De Tommaso	P	Damiano De Tommaso	Massimo Bizzocchi	1
		Lema Racing	P	Bostjan Avbelj	Damijan Andrejka	1
		Raul Jeets	M	Raul Jeets	Andrus Toom	2
		TGS Worldwide OU	P	Mikko Heikkila	Henri Arpiainen	2
		Gulf Racing Hungary	P	Adam Velenczei	Tamas Szoke	4
		Oliver Solberg	P	Oliver Solberg	Aaron Johnston	4
		Pilis Racing	P	Ferenc Vincze Jr	Igor Bacigal	4
		The Racing Factory / ETS Racing Fuels	M	Simon Wagner	Gerald Winter	4
		Topp-Cars Rally Team	P	Andreas Mikkelsen	Ola Floene	4
					Anders Jaeger	5
		Recalvi Team	M	Jose Antonio Suarez	Alberto Iglesias Pin	5
		Team Vito Skoda	M	Nil Solans	Xavi Moreno	5
	Škoda Fabia R5	Giacomo Scattolon	P	Giacomo Scattolon	Matteo Nobili	1
		Simone Tempestini	P	Simone Tempestini	Sergio Itu	1
		Alberto Battistolli	P	Alberto Battistolli	Simone Scattolin	2
		Eerik Pietarinen	P	Eerik Pietarinen	Antti Linnaketo	2
		The Racing Factory / ETS Racing Fuels	M	Aloisio Monteiro	Sancho Elro	3
Volkswagen	Volkswagen Polo GTI R5	Oliver Solberg	P	Oliver Solberg	Aaron Johnston	1-3, 5
		Mol Racing Team	P	Norbert Herczig	Ramon Ferencz	1, 3-4
		Gass Racing	P	Alessandro Re	Paolo Zanini	1
		New Loran srl	P	Giandomenico Basso	Lorenzo Granai	1
		Pole Promotion	P	Fabian Kreim	Frank Christian	1
		Winners Rally Team SRL	P	Enrico Brazzoli	Maurizio Barone	1
		Simos Galatariotis	P	Simos Galatariotis	Antonis Ioannou	2
		Turan Motorsport SE	H	Frigyes Turan	Laszlo Bagameri	4

ERC 2

Entries
Constructor	Car	Entrant	Tyre	Drivers	Co-drivers	Rounds
Abarth	Abarth 124 Spider	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
Mitsubishi	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X	Dmitry Feofanov	P	Dmitry Feofanov		All
		Erdi Team Kft.	P	Tibor Erdi Jr		2-5
		PGS Rally Team	P	Igor Widłak		1
		Sporta klubs Autostils Rally Team	P	Ainars Igavens		2
Porsche	Porsche 997	Petr Nesetril	P	Petr Nesetril		1
Alpine	Alpine A110	Zelindo Melegari	P	Zelindo Melegari		3, 5
Subaru	Subaru Impreza					1-2, 4

External links

• Official website

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