2019 Rally Poland - Alexey Lukyanuk The 2019 European Rally Championship was the 67th season of the FIA European Rally Championship , the European continental championship series in rallying. The season was also the seventh following the merge between the European Rally Championship and the Intercontinental Rally Challenge . Alexey Lukyanuk was the reigning champion and he returned to defend the title switching from a Ford Fiesta R5 to the Citroën C3 R5 . On the final round at Rally Hungary, Chris Ingram became the first British driver in 52 years to win the title in a Skoda Fabia R5 .
In 2019 the two European Junior Championship tiers were renamed: ERC Junior U28 became ERC1 Junior and ERC Junior U27 is retitled ERC3 Junior.[1]
ERC Classes [ edit ] FIA ERC1: Main class, for FIA-homologated cars with R5 regulations. Best 6 scores from 8 events. 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. Best 4 scores from 8 events. FIA ERC3: Third ERC tier, the first for front-wheel-drive cars. Allows R3 and R2 cars. Best 6 scores from 8 events. FIA ERC1 Junior: For drivers aged 28 and under on 1 January 2019 in R5 cars. The champion receives a prize money to contest the two last rounds of ERC (not part of ERC1 Junior). Best 4 scores from 6 events. FIA ERC3 Junior: For drivers aged 27 and under on 1 January 2019 in R2 cars on Pirelli control tyres. The winner will get the chance to drive in two rounds of the 2020 FIA ERC in Škoda Fabia R5. Best 4 scores from 6 events. ERC Ladies Trophy: for female drivers including all classes (ERC1, ERC2 and ERC3) eligible. Drivers count their best four scores. Abarth Rally Cup: competition with six rounds of the ERC with the rear-wheel-drive Abarth 124 rally.[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. Counting 6 best scores from 8 events. ERC Nations Cup: like the ERC for Teams but for teams supported by a national motorsport federation or automobile association. Calendar [ edit ] The calendar for the 2019 season features eight rallies (four rallies on tarmac and four on gravel) like the previous season, albeit in a shaked-up order. The Acropolis Rally was discontinued in its entirety after 2018, and was replaced by a new event in Hungary, Nyíregyháza Rally , which will also be the season finale. The previous season finale, Rally Liepāja , was moved to the third round of the season in May. The Cyprus Rally and Rally Poland were switched to the seventh and fourth rounds, respectively.
Teams and drivers [ edit ] Entries Constructor Car Class Tyre Drivers Co-drivers Rounds Citroën Citroën C3 R5 Saintéloc Junior Team R5 M Alexey Lukyanuk Alexey Arnautov All Sean Johnston Alex Kihurani 8 Sweden National Team M Mattias Adielsson Andreas Johansson 1, 3–4 ERC1J Raly/Auto Açoreana Racing P Bernardo Sousa Victor Calado 1 Citroën Rally Team P Pepe López Borja Rozada 2 ERC1J Escudería Fuertwagen Motorsport M Emma Falcón Eduardo González 2 ERC1J Rally Team Spain 5 STARD Y Hiroki Arai Ilka Minor 3–4, 6 ERC1J Jürgen Heigl 5 BTH Import Stal Rally Team P Łukasz Kotarba Tomasz Kotarba 4 F.P.F. Sport SRL P Luca Rossetti Eleonora Mori 5 Citroën Rally Team Hungary P Ádám Velenczei Gábor Zsiros 8 Citroën DS3 R5 Psaltis Auto Parts P Andreas Psaltis Andreas Chrysostomou 7 Hyundai Hyundai i20 R5 Team Hyundai Portugal R5 M Bruno Magalhães Hugo Magalhães 1 Hyundai Motor España P Iván Ares David Vázquez 2 M Surhayén Pernía Alba Sánchez 2 Francisco López Borja Odriozola 2 Rally Team Spain M José Antonio Suárez Alberto Iglesias 2 Escudería Fuertwagen Motorsport M Yeray Lemes Ariday Bonilla 2 Hyundai Motorsport N P Jari Huttunen Antti Linnaketo 4 Callum Devine Brian Hoy 8 M Umberto Scandola Guido D'Amore 5 Hyundai Kowax Racing P Kacper Wróblewski Marcin Szeja 4 M Martin Vlček Ondřej Krajča 6 Petr Trnovec Miroslav Staněk 6 Rally Technology P Daniel Chwist Kamil Heller 4 Printsport M Lars Stugemo Kalle Lexe 5 Yiangou Motorsport Ltd P Panayiotis Yiangou Panayiotis Kyriakou 7 Škoda Škoda Fabia R5 Toksport World Rally Team R5 M Chris Ingram Ross Whittock 1–7 ERC1J Alex Tsouloftas Antonis Chrysostomou 1–3 P Eyvind Brynildsen Cato Menkerud 3 M Rakan Al-Rashed Hugo Magalhães 7 Printsport 3 Sports Racing Technologies P Łukasz Habaj Daniel Dymurski All M Nikolay Gryazin Yaroslav Fedorov 5–6 ERC1J ARC Sport M Ricardo Moura António Costa 1 Ricardo Teodósio José Teixeira 1 Luís Rego Jorge Henriques 1 Pedro Almeida Nuno Almeida 1 ERC1J ACCR Czech Rally Team I P Vojtěch Štajf Veronika Havelková 1–2 M Filip Mareš Jan Hloušek 3–6 ERC1J 2C Competition M Pierre-Louis Loubet Vincent Landais 1–2 ERC1J Palmeirinha Rally P Paulo Nobre Gabriel Morales All BP Ultimate Vodafone Škoda Team P Miguel Barbosa Jorge Carvalho 1 FPAK Portugal Team ERC M Aloísio Monteiro Sancho Eiró 1, 4–5 BRR Baumschlager Rally & Racing Team M Marijan Griebel Stefan Kopczyk 2–3 Pirmin Winklhofer 4, 6 P Albert von Thurn und Taxis Bernhard Ettel 2, 5 ACSM Rallye Team M Xavier Pons Rodrigo Sanjuan 2 Érdi Team Kft. P Tibor Érdi Szabolcs Kovács 2–3, 5, 7–8 Agrorodeo P Vaidotas Žala Andris Mālnieks 3–4 M Jaromír Tarabus Daniel Trunkát 6 LMT Autosporta Akadēmija P Mārtiņš Sesks Krišjānis Caune 3 ERC1J Uldis Briedis 5 Škoda Polska Motorsport M Miko Marczyk Szymon Gospodarczyk 4, 6 ERC1J Pro Racing P Vytautas Švedas Žilvinas Sakalauskas 4 TGS Worldwide P Aron Domżała Jarosław Baran 4 Loran SRL M Giandomenico Basso Lorenzo Granai 5 Gass Racing srl P Andrea Crugnola Pietro Ometto 5 Mogul Auto Šídlo Škoda Team M Jan Černý Petr Černohorský 6 Samohýl Škoda Team H Miroslav Jakeš Petr Machů 6 Martin Březík Marek Omelka 6 SK DER Rally Team P Roman Odložilík Martin Tureček 6 BTH Import Stal Rally Team M Tomáš Pospíšilík Jiří Hovorka 6 ERC1J Rally Technology P Antonín Tlusťák Ivo Vybíral 6 Petrolina Racing Team M Simos Galatariotis Antonis Ioannou 7 MC Racing P Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari Marshall Clarke 7 Korda Racing Team P Firenc Vincze Igor Bacigál 8 Turán Motorsport SE H Frigyes Turán László Bagaméri 8 LPWM Sport Kft P Pál Lovász Tamás Kürti 8 TBR Racing P Róbert Bútor Róbert Tagai 8 Extrém Sport Team Kft. P József Trencsényi Gábor Verba 8 Speedlife Motorsport M Maximilian Koch Lisa Brunthaler 8 Škoda Fabia R5 Evo Škoda Motorsport M Jan Kopecký Pavel Dresler 6 Kresta Racing s.r.o. M Tomáš Kostka Ladislav Kučera 6 Rally Technology M Simon Wagner Gerald Winter 6 ERC1J BRR Baumschlager Rally & Racing Team P Albert von Thurn und Taxis Bernhard Ettel 6–8 FPAK Portugal Team ERC M Aloísio Monteiro Sancho Eiró 6 Toksport World Rally Team M Emilio Fernández Axel Coronado 7 Chris Ingram Ross Whittock 8 ERC1J ACCR Czech Rally Team I M Filip Mareš Jan Hloušek 8 ERC1J Rally Technology M János Puskádi Barnabás Góbor 8 Volkswagen Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 BRR Baumschlager Rally & Racing Team R5 M Marijan Griebel Stefan Kopczyk 1 P Albert von Thurn und Taxis Bernhard Ettel 3–4 Mol Racing Team M Norbert Herczig Ramón Ferencz All Printsport M Lars Stugemo Kalle Lexe 2 Szymon Ruta Bartłomiej Boba 4 Sport Racing Technologies P Oliver Solberg Aaron Johnston 3 ERC1J ACCR Czech Rally Team II P Vojtěch Štajf Veronika Havelková 5–6 Autotek Motorsport M Nasser Al-Attiyah Matthieu Baumel 7 Ford Ford Fiesta R5 ARC Sport R5 M Miguel Correia Pedro Alves 1 ERC1J Auto Laca Competición P Luis Monzón José Carlos Déniz 2 Drift Company Rally Team P Niki Mayr-Melnhof Leopold Welsersheimb 2, 5, 7–8 MR Motorsport P Artur Muradian Pavel Chelebaev 3 Tiger Energy Drink Rally Team P Tomasz Kasperczyk Damian Syty 4 Rally Technology P Marcin Słobodzian Kamil Kozdroń 4 C-Rally P Jarosłw Kołtun Ireneusz Pleskot 4 EuroOil Invelt Team P Václav Pech Petr Uhel 6 Sweden National Team P Mattias Adielsson Andreas Johansson 6 ERC1J MM Motorsport MR Mikko Hirvonen Jarno Ottman 7 ACCR Czech Rally Team I P Tomáš Kurka Kateřina Janovská 7 Ford Hungary Rally Team Kft. P László Bodolai Tamás Szőke 8 Speedbox Racing Team Kft. P László Kiss Annamária Budai 8 Klaus Motorsport P Kristóf Klausz Botond Csányi 8 Ford Fiesta R5 Mk. II Orange 1 M-Sport Rally Team P Simone Campedelli Tania Canton 5 Hadik Rally Team P András Hadik Atilla Deák 8 Peugeot Peugeot 208 T16 R5 Joachim Wagemans Rally Team R5 M Joachim Wagemans François Geerlandt 8
Entries Constructor Car Entrant Class Tyre Drivers Co-drivers Rounds Peugeot Peugeot 208 R2 Rally Team Spain R2 P Efrén Llarena Sara Fernández 1–6 ERC3J Peugeot Rally Academy M 7 Catie Munnings Veronica Engan 1–3, 5–6 Yohan Rossel Benoît Fulcrand 1–3, 6 Stengg Motorsport P Dominik Brož Petr Téšínský 4 ERC3J ACCR Czech Rally Team II 1, 3 René Dohnal Roman Švec 6 ACCR Czech Rally Team I Jan Talaš Ondřej Krajča 1–2, 4–5 ERC3J Tomáš Šmíd 6 Petr Semerád Jiří Hlávka 2–4 FPAK Portugal Team ERC P Pedro Antunes Paulo Lopes 1–2, 4–6 ERC3J Saintéloc Junior Team P Sindre Furuseth Jim Hjerpe 1–6 ERC3J M Sean Johnston Alex Kihurani 1–4, 6 P Adam Westlund Joakim Sjöberg 4 ERC3J M Ekaterina Stratieva Georgi Avramov 7–8 Team Romo P Roman Schwedt Lina Meter 1–4 ERC3J Henry Wichura 5 TB Racing P Dmitry Myachin Alexander Gorlanov 1 Klaus Motorsport Kft P Kristóf Klausz Ágnes Farnadi 2–3 ERC3J Botond Csányi 6 Mavisa Sport P Miika Hokkanen Rami Suorsa 2–4 ERC3J Grigorov Rally Team P Grigor Grigorov Yanaki Yanakiev 2, 6 ERC3J PT Racing P Nabila Tejpar Max Freeman 2 ERC3J Allied Polymer 4 Hugo Magalhães 6, 8 Steve Røkland Motorsport P Steve Røkland Marius Fuglerud 3–4 ERC3J Toksport World Rally Team M Orhan Avcioğlu Burçin Korkmaz 7–8 P 6 Aras Dinçer 5 Amaury Molle Florian Barral 6 ERC3J M Marijan Griebel Alexander Rath 8 H Motorsport M Cristiana Oprea Diana Hațegan 5 Samohýl Motor P Adam Březík Zdeněk Bělák 6 Spies Hecker - autolaky M Jiří Navrátil Michal Večerka 6 East Motorsport Kft. P Miklós Csomós Attila Nagy 6, 8 Bakó Rally Team M Eugen Caragui Robert Fus 8 Opel Opel Adam R2 Stengg Motorsport R2 P Simon Wagner Gerald Winter 1–2 ERC3J Roland Stengg Alessandra Baumann 1–3 ADAC Opel Rallye Junior Team P Grégoire Munster Louis Louka 1–6 ERC3J Elias Lundberg David Arhusiander 1–6 Go+Cars Go+EAuto P Petr Semerád Jiří Hlávka 6 ERCJ Ford Ford Fiesta R2T M-Sport Ford World Rally Team R2 P Steve Røkland Marius Fuglerud 1 ERC3J Jean-Baptiste Franceschi Anthony Gorguilo 2 Jacques-Julien Renucci 3, 6 James Williams Tom Woodburn 5 ACCR Czech Rally Team I P Erik Cais Jindřiška Žáková 1, 3–8 ERC3J FPAK Portugal Team ERC P Pedro Antunes Paulo Lopes 3 ERC3J Estonian Autosport Junior Team P Ken Torn Kauri Pannas 3–6 ERC3J Gregor Jeets Kuldar Sikk 3–6 Ford Fiesta R2 Q8 Oils Rally Team P Konstantinos Televantos Takis Stavrou 7 Renault Renault Clio RS R3T Fred Anne Compétition R3 M Florian Bernardi Victor Vellotto 2, 4–7 Citroën Citroën DS3 R3T Go+Cars Go+EAuto R3 P Tomasz Zbroja Jakub Wróbel 4 Mannouris Rally Team P Christos Mannouris Andreas Mannouris 7
Ladies Trophy [ edit ] Results [ edit ] Championship standings [ edit ] Points Systems [ edit ] For both the Drivers' championships of the ERC, ERC-3, Teams' championship and Nations Cup only the best six results will be retained by each driver/team. For the ERC-2, ERC1 Junior, the ERC3 Junior the Ladies Trophy, only the best four results will be retained by each driver. Points for final position are awarded as in following table: Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th Points 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1
Bonus points awarded for position in each Leg Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th Points 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Drivers' Championships [ edit ] 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)
Ladies Trophy [ edit ] ERC 1 Junior [ edit ]