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[edit]

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[edit]

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 Liepāja	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[edit]

ERC[edit]

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[a]	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[a]	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[a]	Sauro Farnocchia	1
		Rally Team Spain	P	Efrén Llarena	Sara Fernández	All
				Pepe López	Borja Rozada	5
		Sports & You[a]	M	Guillaume de Mevius	Martijn Wydaeghe	3
		Citroen Rally Team Hungary	P	Csucsu	Imre Tóth	4
				Simone Tempestini[a]	Sergiu Itu	5
		CHL Sport Auto[a]	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[a]	P	Alberto Battistolli	Simone Scattolin	1
		DP Autosport[a]	P	Damiano De Tommaso	Massimo Bizzocchi	1
		Lema Racing-AS2005	P	Bostjan Avbelj	Damijan Andrejka	1
		Sports Racing Technologies[a]	M	Raul Jeets	Andrus Toom	2
		TGS Worldwide	P	Mikko Heikkilä	Henri Arpiainen	2
		Eurosol Racing Team Hungary[a]	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[a]	P	Simone Tempestini	Sergiu Itu	1
		Specialcar[a]	P	Giacomo Scattolon	Matteo Nobili	1
		Delta Rally[a]	P	Alberto Battistolli	Simone Scattolin	2
		TGS Worldwide[a]	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[a]	Jeff Case	3, 5
			M	Josh McErlean	Keaton Williams	4–5
		Team MRF Tyres	MR	Craig Breen	Paul Nagle	All
		Hyundai Motorsport N[a]	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[a]	P	Adam Stec	Kamil Kozdroń	1

ERC 2[edit]

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[edit]

Season summary[edit]

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[edit]

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

Bonus points awarded for position in each Leg:

Drivers' Championships[edit]

ERC[edit]

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[edit]

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Official website