The 2023 European Rally Championship was the 71st season of the FIA European Rally Championship , the European continental championship series in rallying. The season was also the tenth following the merge between the European Rally Championship and the Intercontinental Rally Challenge . Hayden Paddon became the drivers champion.
Hayden Paddon won his first ERC drivers' championship. 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 2023 in Rally4 and Rally5 cars on Hankook tyres. This championship will be contested over six of the eight rounds.[ 1] 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] The 2023 season is contested over eight rounds across Central, Northern and Southern Europe.
Rallies are held over four days. It will also consist of Free Practice and the Qualifying Stage for Rally2 drivers. Starting positions for the leg one are chosen by the drivers, 15 first from the Qualifying Stage choosing first, followed by the drivers with FIA Priority Status, then point scorers from the 2022 ERC season, and then remaining Rally2 drivers.[ 10]
The first 15 cars run at 2-minute intervals, rest at 1-minute intervals. For the leg two, first 15 cars run in reverse order based on the leg one classification.[ 10]
Rally2 and R5 entries Entrant Car Driver Co-Driver Tyres Rounds ACCR Entry Engineering Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo Filip Mareš Radovan Bucha P All Agrotec Škoda Rally Team Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 Jan Kopecký Jan Hloušek M 7 Auto Podbabská Škoda Mol Team Škoda Fabia R5 Dominik Stříteský Jiří Hovorka H 7 Bilteknik TRT Citroën Rally Team Citroën C3 Rally2 Tom Kristensson Andreas Johansson P 1-3 Citroën C3 Rally2 Mads Østberg Patrik Barth P 8 BRC Racing Team Hyundai i20 N Rally2 Hayden Paddon John Kennard P 1-7 BRR Baumschlager Rallye & Racing Team Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo Albert von Thurn und Taxis Jara Hain P 6 Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 7 Chervonenko Racing Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 Alexey Lukyanuk Yevgen Chervonenko P 7 Citroën Rally Team Citroën C3 Rally2 Diego Ruiloba Ángel Luis Vela P 2 Citroën Vodafone Team Citroën C3 Rally2 José Pedro Fontes Inês Ponte P 1 Copi Sport Ford Fiesta Rally2 Enrique Cruz Yeray Mújica Eugenio P 1 F.P.F. Sport Citroën C3 Rally2 Andrea Crugnola Pietro Elia Ometto P 6 GNM Sweden AB Ford Fiesta Rally2 Dennis Rådström Johan Johansson MR 3-5 GR Motorsport Kft. Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo Miklós Csomós Attila Nagy P 1-2 Viktor Bán 6-8 Hyundai Canarias Motorsport Hyundai i20 N Rally2 Jan Černý Petr Černohorský P 2 Hyundai Motor España Hyundai i20 N Rally2 Iván Ares José Antonio Pintor Bouzas P 2 Hyundai i20 N Rally2 Óscar Palomo Ortíz Rodolfo del Barrio P 2 Kole Média Center Kft. Hyundai i20 N Rally2 Gábor Német Gergely Németh P 8 Kowax Racing Hyundai i20 R5 Martin Vlček Jakub Kunst M 7 Motorsport Ireland Rally Academy Hyundai i20 N Rally2 Josh McErlean Brian Hoy P 1 John Rowan 3 James Fulton 4-5, 7-8 Škoda Fabia R5 Patrick O'Brien Stephen O'Brien P 1 H 5-6 MRF Tyres Dealer Team Ford Fiesta Rally2 Jon Armstrong Julia Thulin MR 5 Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo Andrea Mabellini Virginia Lenzi MR 1-6 Citroën C3 Rally2 Mads Østberg Patrik Barth MR 1-5, 7 Hyundai i20 N Rally2 Javier Pardo Siota Adrián Pérez Fernández MR 2 Ford Fiesta Rally2 Pontus Tidemand Julia Thulin MR 1, 3 Plon RT Ford Fiesta Rally2 Jarosław Kołtun Ireneusz Pleskot P 1-4, 6-7 Printsport Oy Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 Rakan Al-Rashed Antti Haapala P 5 Pro-M Kft. Hyundai i20 N Rally2 Norbert Michelisz Róbert Tagai H 8 Racing Network Hyundai i20 N Rally2 Andrea Nucita Elia De Guio MR 1 Rudy Pollet 2 Manuel Fenoli 3 Recalvi Team Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 José Antonio Suárez Alberto Iglesias Pin M 2 RedGrey Team Hyundai i20 N Rally2 Georg Linnamäe James Morgan M 1, 4 Ford Fiesta Rally2 Robert Virves Hugo Magalhães P 1 Craig Drew 4 Revys Motor Sport Citroën C3 Rally2 Miguel Ángel Suárez Eduardo González Delgado P 2 Rufa Motor-Sport Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 Alexey Lukyanuk Yevgen Chervonenko P 6 Samohýl Škoda Team Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo Adam Březík Ondřej Krajča M 7 Team Hyundai Portugal Hyundai i20 N Rally2 Craig Breen James Fulton P 1 Hyundai i20 N Rally2 Ricardo Teodósio José Teixeira P 1 Team MRF Tyres Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo Simone Campedelli Tania Canton MR 1-6 Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 Efrén Llarena Sara Fernández MR 1-3, 6 Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo 4-5 Škoda Fabia R5 7-8 Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 Mārtiņš Sesks Renārs Francis MR All Tehase Auto Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo Gregor Jeets Timo Taniel P 1 TGS Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 Lauri Joona Janni Hussi P 5 Toksport WRT Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 Oliver Solberg Elliott Edmondson P 5 Topp-Cars Rally Team Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo Grzegorz Grzyb Jakub Wróbel P 2, 6 Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo Rafał Kwiatkowski Kamil Kozdroń H 3 Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo Martin László Dávid Berendi P All Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo József Trencsényi Gábor Verba H 8 Turán Motorsport SE Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 Frigyes Turán Ágnes Farnadi H 8 Yacco ACCR Team Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 Erik Cais Igor Bacigál M 1, 3-4, 7-8 Private entries Hyundai i20 N Rally2 Philip Allen Dale Bowen P 1 Darragh Mullen 2 Dale Furniss 8 Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo Pedro Almeida Mário Castro P 1 Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo Fabio Andolfi Nicolò Gonella P 6 Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo Armindo Araújo Luís Ramalho M 1 Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 Giandomenico Basso Lorenzo Granai P 6 Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo Alberto Battistolli Simone Scattolin P 1 Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 4-6 Citroën C3 Rally2 Simone Bertolotti Federico Capilli P 2-4 Hyundai i20 R5 William Binbach Jørgen Eriksen P 5 Ford Fiesta Rally2 László Bodolai Attila Deák P 8 Citroën C3 Rally2 Yoann Bonato Benjamin Boulloud M 1-2, 6, 8 Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo Łukasz Byśkiniewicz Daniel Siatkowski M 3 Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo Miguel Correia Jorge Carvalho M 1 Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo Bogdan Cuzma Ilka Minor MR 1-2 Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 3-5 Dorin Pulpea M 6 Hugo Magalhães 7-8 Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo Damiano De Tommaso Sofia D'Ambrosio P 6 Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo Mathieu Franceschi Jules Escartefigue M 1-5 Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 Andy Malfoy 6-7 Benoît Manzo 8 Ford Fiesta Rally2 Kalle Gustafsson Magnus Nilsson P 5 Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 Nikolay Gryazin Konstantin Aleksandrov P 5 Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo Grzegorz Grzyb Adam Binięda P 3 Ford Fiesta Rally2 András Hadik Krisztián Kertész P 8 Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo Mikko Heikkilä Samu Vaaleri M 1-5 Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 6 Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 Chris Ingram Alexander Kihurani M 7 Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo Lauri Joona Janni Hussi P 6 Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 Frank Tore Larsen Torstein Eriksen P 5 Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 Mikołaj Marczyk Szymon Gospodarczyk M 1, 3, 8 Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo Mathieu Margaillan Mathilde Margaillan M 1 Citroën C3 Rally2 Andrea Mazzocchi Silvia Gallotti P 6 Hyundai i20 N Rally2 Pedro Meireles Pedro Alves P 1 Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo Sylwester Płachytka Jakub Gerber M 3 Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo Osian Pryce Stéphane Prévot M 3-4 Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo Antonio Rusce Martina Musiari P 6 Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 Giacomo Scattolon Sauro Farnocchia P 6 Ford Fiesta Rally2 Lucas Simões Nuno Almeida MR 1 Citroën C3 Rally2 Rachele Somaschini Nicola Arena P 1-3, 5-7 Citroën C3 Rally2 Bernardo Sousa Inês Veiga P 1 Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo Simone Tempestini Sergiu Itu P 1, 3, 6-7 Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 Ole Christian Veiby Jonas Andersson P 5 Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo Ferenc Vincze Nándor Percze H 8 Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 Simon Wagner Gerald Winter M 1-2, 6-7 Hyundai i20 N Rally2 Fabrizio Zaldivar Marcelo Der Ohannesian P 1 Entrylists:[ 11] [ 12] [ 13] [ 14] [ 15] [ 16] [ 17] [ 18]
Rally4 and R3 entries Entrant Car Driver Co-Driver Tyres Rounds Category ADAC Opel Rallye Junior Team Opel Corsa Rally4 Timo Schulz Michael Wenzel H 3-8 ERC4J AMD Gorica Opel Corsa Rally4 Mark Škulj Pia Šumer H 6-7 ERC4J Matej Čar 8 CKR Estonia Peugeot 208 Rally4 Joosep Ralf Nõgene Aleks Lesk P 1 GK Door Team Sweden Ford Fiesta Rally4 Patrik Hallberg John Stigh H 5 ERC4J Herczig ASE Peugeot 208 Rally4 Patrik Herczig Kristóf Varga H 3, 8 ERC4J IK Sport Racing Ford Fiesta Rally4 Mille Johansson Johan Grönvall H 3-7 ERC4J Opel Corsa Rally4 8 Kole Média Center Kft. Peugeot 208 Rally4 Csaba Juhász Tamás Pásztor P 6 Motorsport Ireland Rally Academy Peugeot 208 Rally4 Aoife Raftery Claire Williams H 3-4 ERC4J Arthur Kierans 5 Ronan Comerford 6-7 Prestige Motorsport Kft. Peugeot 208 Rally4 Bendegúz Hangodi László Bunkoczi P 2, 4 Team Escuderia TV4 Peugeot 208 Rally4 Patrice Spitalier Nicolas Spitalier H 5-6 ERC4J Team Estonia Autosport Peugeot 208 Rally4 Karl-Markus Sei Martin Leotoots H 4 ERC4J Ford Fiesta Rally4 Jaspar Vaher Evelin Mitendorf H 4 ERC4J Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT NG Renault Clio Rally4 Hikaru Kogure Topi Matias Luhtinen P 3-4 Renault Clio Rally4 Nao Otake Marko Salminen P 3-4 Renault Clio Rally4 Yuki Yamamoto Miika Teiskonen P 3-4 TRT Motorsport MTÜ Ford Fiesta Rally4 Mark-Egert Tiits Jakko Viilo H 4-5 ERC4J Waldherr Motorsport Team Opel Corsa Rally4 Christoph Brugger Tamara Lutz P 3 Opel Corsa Rally4 Cristiana Oprea Denisa-Alexia Parteni P 7 Opel Corsa Rally4 Fabian Zeiringer Angelika Letz H 3-4, 6-7 ERC4J Private entries Peugeot 208 Rally4 Simon Andersson Jörgen Jönsson H 3-4 ERC4J Renault Clio Rally4 5 Peugeot 208 Rally4 Ernesto Cunha Carlos Magalhães P 1 Peugeot 208 Rally4 Roberto Daprà Luca Guglielmetti P 1-2 H 3-8 ERC4J Renault Clio R3 Alessandro Grillo Enrico Bracchi M 2 Peugeot 208 Rally4 Bendegúz Hangodi László Bunkoczi P 3, 6 Attila Nagy 8 Peugeot 208 Rally4 Victor Hansen Victor Johansson H 3-7 ERC4J Ford Fiesta Rally4 Miko Jalava Riikka Hakkanen H 3 ERC4J Matias Peippo 4-5 Ford Fiesta Rally4 Tymoteusz Jocz Maciej Judycki P 1, 3 Peugeot 208 Rally4 Alfred Kramer Jeannette Kvick H 3-5 ERC4J Peugeot 208 Rally4 Norman Kreuter Jeannette Kvick P 1-2, 6, 8 Maresa Lade 3, 5 Anna-Maria Seidl 4, 7 Peugeot 208 Rally4 Norbert Maior Francesca Maior H 3-8 ERC4J Opel Corsa Rally4 Max McRae Mac Kierans H 3-5, 7-8 ERC4J Peugeot 208 Rally4 6 Renault Clio Rally4 Hugo Mesquita Valter Cordaso P 1 Peugeot 208 Rally4 Patricio Muñoz Miguel Recalt P 1 Peugeot 208 Rally4 René Noller Natalie Solbach-Schmidt H 3-4, 6 ERC4J Opel Corsa Rally4 Ola Nore Rune Eilertsen H 8 ERC4J Renault Clio Rally4 3, 5-6 Torstein Eriksen 4 Opel Corsa Rally4 Marek Nowak Adrian Sadowski P 3 Ford Fiesta Rally4 Isak Reiersen Lucas Karlsson H 5 ERC4J Peugeot 208 Rally4 Ghjuvanni Rossi Nicolas Blanc P 3 Kylian Sarmezan MR 6 M 7 Peugeot 208 Rally4 Patrice Spitalier Nicolas Spitalier H 3 ERC4J Peugeot 208 Rally4 Jaromír Tarabus Daniel Trunkát H 7 Peugeot 208 Rally4 Mattia Zanin Fabio Pizzol H 3-6 ERC4J Elia De Guio 7-8 Rally5 entries Private entries Renault Clio Rally5 Ciprian Lupu Andrei George Pintilii MR 6 Renault Clio Rally5 Aleksandar Tomov Yavor Brankov H 6 Sources: [ 11] [ 12] [ 13] [ 14] [ 15] [ 16] [ 17] [ 18]
Results and standings [ 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.[ 1]
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.[ 1]
Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th Points 5 4 3 2 1
Drivers' Championships[ edit ] Pos Driver PRT CAN POL LAT SWE ITA CZE HUN Points Best 7 1 Jon Armstrong 1 1 1 1 1 Ret 150 150 2 Jakub Matulka 2 2 2 72 72 3 Piotr Parys 3 3 42 42 4 William Creighton 1 30 30 5 Igor Widłak 1 30 30 6 Paolo Andreucci 2 24 24 7 Paulo Soria Ret 4 19 19 Sources: [ 27] [ 30] [ 29]
Pos Driver PRT CAN POL LAT SWE ITA CZE HUN Points Best 7 1 Roberto Daprà 1 Ret 5 7 4 1 4 2 152 152 2 Norbert Maior 2 3 3 3 5 1 134 134 3 Ola Nore 1 1 6 4 5 111 111 4 Timo Schulz Ret 6 13 2 1 7 85 85 5 Victor Hansen 3 2 8 9 6 80 80 6 Norman Kreuter 5 2 14 12 11 10 8 Ret 70 70 7 Mattia Zanin 13 9 Ret 5 7 8 53 53 8 Bendegúz Hangodi 1 10 8 Ret Ret 48 48 9 Max McRae 11 5 12 8 Ret 9 46 46 10 Mille Johansson Ret 11 5 11 Ret 6 42 42 11 Mark Škulj 6 Ret 3 36 36 12 Fabian Zeiringer Ret Ret 7 3 34 34 13 Isak Reiersen 1 30 30 14 Tymoteusz Jocz 4 9 28 28 15 Mark-Egert Tiits 4 9 28 28 16 Ernesto Cunha 2 24 24 17 Patrik Hallberg 2 24 24 18 Jaromír Tarabus 2 24 24 19 Patricio Muñoz 3 21 21 20 Alessandro Grillo 3 21 21 21 Aoife Raftery 12 10 Ret 15 9 21 21 22 Patrik Herczig 15 4 20 20 23 Hikaru Kogure 4 Ret 19 19 24 Miko Jalava 6 Ret Ret 15 15 25 Simon Andersson Ret 14 7 15 15 26 Ghjuvanni Rossi 7 14 Ret 15 15 27 Christoph Brugger 8 11 11 28 Alfred Kramer Ret 13 10 10 10 29 Cristiana Oprea 10 7 7 30 Patrice Spitalier 16 14 12 6 6 31 Csaba Juhász 13 3 3 32 René Noller Ret 15 Ret 1 1 Sources: [ 27] [ 31] [ 29]
Pos Driver POL LAT SWE ITA CZE HUN Points Best 5 1 Norbert Maior 2 3 3 3 4 1 136 117 2 Roberto Daprà 4 7 4 1 3 2 126 113 3 Ola Nore 1 1 6 4 5 111 111 4 Timo Schulz Ret 6 12 2 1 7 86 86 5 Victor Hansen 3 2 8 9 5 82 82 6 Mattia Zanin 8 8 Ret 5 6 8 65 65 7 Max McRae 6 5 11 8 Ret 9 57 57 8 Mille Johansen Ret 10 5 10 Ret 6 46 46 9 Aoife Raftery 7 9 Ret 12 7 39 39 10 Fabian Zeiringer Ret Ret 7 2 37 37 11 Mark Škulj 6 Ret 3 36 36 12 Isak Reiersen 1 30 30 13 Mark-Egert Tiits 4 9 28 28 14 Patrik Herczig 9 4 28 28 15 Patrik Hallberg 2 24 24 16 Miko Jalava 5 Ret Ret 17 17 17 Simon Andersson Ret 12 7 17 17 18 Patrice Spitalier 10 13 11 15 15 19 Alfred Kramer Ret 11 10 12 12 20 René Noller Ret 13 Ret 3 3 Sources: [ 27] [ 32] [ 29]
Co-drivers' championships[ edit ] Pos Co-Driver PRT CAN POL LAT SWE ITA CZE HUN Points Best 7 1 Luca Guglielmetti 1 30 30 2 Carlos Magalhaes 2 24 24 3 Miguel Recalt 3 21 21 4 Maciej Judycki 4 19 19 5 Jeannette Kvick 5 17 17 Sources: [ 27] [ 31] [ 29]
Teams' championship[ edit ]