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[edit]

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[edit]

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	TBA	TBA
4	5 July	7 July	Rally Estonia	Tartu, Tartu County	Gravel	TBA	TBA
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:^[6]

Calendar changes[edit]

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[edit]

ERC[edit]

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	1–2
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	1–2
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
Hyundai Motor España	Hyundai i20 N Rally2	Iván Ares	Javier Martínez	P	2
Hyundai Motor España	Hyundai i20 N Rally2	Óscar Palomo	Sergio Fernández	P	2
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
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
Recalvi Team	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	José Antonio Suárez	Alberto Iglesias	M	2
SZA Performance Kft.	Ford Fiesta Rally2	László Bodolai	Attila Deák	P	1
SZA Performance Kft.	Ford Fiesta Rally2	András Hadik	István Juhász	P	1
Team MRF Tyres	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	Efrén Llarena	Sara Fernández	MR	1–2
	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	Andrea Mabellini	Virginia Lenzi	MR	1–2
	Toyota GR Yaris Rally2	Mārtiņš Sesks	Renārs Francis	MR	1–2
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	1–2
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
	Ford Fiesta Rally2	Jon Armstrong	Eoin Treacy	P	1–2
	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	Roberto Blach	Mauro Barreiro	P	2
	Citroën C3 Rally2	Yoann Bonato	Benjamin Boulloud	M	2
	Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo	Giacomo Costenaro	Justin Bardini	MR	1–2
	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	Bogdan Cuzma	Ditte Kammersgaard	M	1
	Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo	Mathieu Franceschi	Andy Malfoy	M	1–2
	Toyota GR Yaris Rally2	Mikko Heikkilä	Kristian Temonen	M	1
	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	Raúl Hernández	José Murado	P	2
	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	Mikołaj Marczyk	Szymon Gospodarczyk	M	1–2
	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	Hermann Neubauer	Bernhard Ettel	P	2
	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	Simone Tempestini	Sergiu Itu	P	1
	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	Albert von Thurn und Taxis	Frank Christian	P	2
Sources:^[7]^[8]

ERC3[edit]

Rally3 entries
Entrant	Car	Driver	Co-Driver	Tyres	Rounds	Trophy
Atölye Kazaz	Ford Fiesta Rally3	Kerem Kazaz	Andris Mālnieks	P	1	FRally3T
Atölye Kazaz	Ford Fiesta Rally3	Kerem Kazaz	Hugo Magalhães	MR	2
Grupa PGS RT	Ford Fiesta Rally3	Igor Widłak	Michał Marczewski	P	1	FRally3T
Grupa PGS RT	Ford Fiesta Rally3	Igor Widłak	Daniel Dymurski	P	2
Private entries	Ford Fiesta Rally3	Filip Kohn	Tom Woodburn	P	1	FRally3T
Private entries	Ford Fiesta Rally3	Martin Ravenščak	Dora Ravenščak	P	1	FRally3T
Sources:^[7]^[8]

ERC4[edit]

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	1–2	ERC4J
ADAC Opel Rallye Junior Team	Opel Corsa Rally4	Timo Schulz	Michael Wenzel	H	1–2	ERC4J
ALM Motorsport	Peugeot 208 Rally4	Karl-Markus Sei	Martin Leotoots	H	1–2	ERC4J
HRT Racing Kft.	Peugeot 208 Rally4	Márton Bertalan	Róbert Paizs	P	1
	Peugeot 208 Rally4	Patrik Herczig	Kristóf Varga	H	1–2	ERC4J
	Peugeot 208 Rally4	Aleksandar Tomov	Yavor Brankov	H	1–2	ERC4J
IK Sport Racing	Opel Corsa Rally4	Mille Johansson	Johan Grönvall	H	1–2	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
Motorsport Ireland Rally Academy	Peugeot 208 Rally4	Aoife Raftery	Hannah McKillop	H	1–2	ERC4J
TRT Rally Team	Peugeot 208 Rally4	Max McRae	Cameron Fair	H	1–2	ERC4J
Private entries	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	1–2	ERC4J
	Peugeot 208 Rally4	Geronimo Nerobutto	Alessio Angeli	H	1–2	ERC4J
	Opel Corsa Rally4	Cristiana Oprea	Denisa-Alexia Parteni	P	1–2
	Peugeot 208 Rally4	Davide Pesavento	Matteo Zaramella	H	1–2	ERC4J
	Peugeot 208 Rally4	Daniel Polášek	Zdeněk Omelka	H	1–2	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	1–2	ERC4J
Sources:^[7]^[8]

Results[edit]

Season summary[edit]

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	^[9]
2	Rally Islas Canarias					Report
3	Royal Rally of Scandinavia					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[edit]

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