2015 European Rally Championship

The 2015 European Rally Championship season was the 63rd season of the FIA European Rally Championship, the European continental championship series in rallying. The season was also the third following the merge between the European Rally Championship and the Intercontinental Rally Challenge.

For this year the drivers have to register for the championship, and the categories have been renamed into ERC 1 (for S2000, R5 and RRC (last year) cars), ERC 2 (category for R4 production cars, previously titled N4) and ERC 3 (for R1, R2 and R3 cars).

Calendar

The calendar for the 2015 season featured ten rallies, one less than the 2014 calendar.

Round	Dates	Rally name	Surface	Mini-Series
1	4–6 January	Internationale Jänner Rallye	Mixed	Ice Master
2	6–8 February	Rally Liepāja–Ventspils	Mixed	Ice Master
3	2–4 April	/ Circuit of Ireland	Tarmac	Asphalt Master
4	4–6 June	Rallye Açores	Gravel	Gravel Master
5	25–27 June	Ypres Rally	Tarmac	Asphalt Master
6	17–19 July	Rally Estonia	Gravel	Gravel Master
7	28–30 August	Barum Rally Zlín	Tarmac	Asphalt Master
8	25–27 September	Cyprus Rally	Mixed	Gravel Master
9	9–11 October	Acropolis Rally¹	Mixed	Gravel Master
10	29–31 October	Rallye International du Valais²	Mixed	Asphalt Master

Notes:

^1 – The Acropolis Rally has been moved to October.
^2 – Tour de Corse was scheduled to be the final event of the season, but the rally organisers moved the rally to the World Rally Championship to replace Rallye de France Alsace. Rallye International du Valais was announced as its replacement.

Selected entries

Icon	Cup
L	Ladies Trophy
ERC-2	ERC-2
ERC-3	ERC-3
J	ERC Junior

Constructor	Car	Team	Driver	Co-driver	Cup	Rounds
Registered drivers
Peugeot	Peugeot 208 T16 R5	Peugeot Rally Academy	Craig Breen	Scott Martin		1–7, 9–10
			Charles Martin	Thierry Salva		3–4, 7, 9
			Stéphane Lefebvre	Stéphane Prévot		5
			Timmu Kõrge	Erki Pints		6
			Emil Bergkvist	Joakim Sjöberg		10
		HRT Rally Team	Jonathan Hirschi	Vincent Landais		1–2
		HRT Rally Team	Jonathan Hirschi	Victor Vellotto		10
		Delta Rally	Bruno Magalhães	Hugo Magalhães		4–5, 8–10
		Peugeot Belgium Luxembourg	Kris Princen	Peter Kaspers		5
		Hannu's Rally Team	Juha Salo	Marko Salminen		6
		Bjorn Adolfsson	Bjorn Adolfsson	Mikael Johansson		5
		Romo Motorsport Technik	Bryan Bouffier	Thibault De La Haye		10
		AC Mayen	Dirk Riebensahm	Alexander Rath		10
	Peugeot 207 S2000	Delta Rally	Robert Consani	Maxime Vilmot		1–2
			Giacomo Costenaro	Justin Bardini		2, 4
			Giacomo Costenaro	Pietro Ometto		3
			Paolo Oriella	Pietro Ometto		10
		Motor Team	Johannes Keferbock	Hannes Grundlinger		1
		Autostal Duindistel VZW	Claudie Tanghe	Denis Squedin		5
		Lugano Racing Team	Florian Gonon	Manuel Guex		10
		ADAC Hessen-Thüringen e.V.	Nico Leschhorn	Josefine Beinke		10
		Ecurie des Ordons	Jean-Marc Salomon	David Comment		10
	Peugeot 208 R2	Rally Technology	Sławomir Ogryzek	Jakub Wróbel	ERC-3	1–2
			Sławomir Ogryzek	Przemysław Mazur	ERC-3	5
			Wojciech Chuchała	Sebastian Rozwadowski	ERC-3 J	2
		OPV Šport	Rok Turk	Blanca Kacin	ERC-3	1, 3, 5
		PH Sport	Renato Pita	Hugo Magalhães		1
				Luís Cavaleiro		4
				Mário Castro		7, 10
		Peugeot Belgium Luxembourg	Gino Bux	Eric Borguet	ERC-3 J	2–5
		Peugeot UK	Chris Ingram	Gabin Moreau		2–7
		Steve Røkland Motorsport	Steve Røkland	James Aldridge		2–4
		Steve Røkland Motorsport	Steve Røkland	Patrik Barth		6–7
		Peugeot Rally Academy	Diogo Gago	Jorge Carvalho		2–7
		Sports Racing Technologies	Ralfs Sirmacis	Artūrs Šimins		2–7
		Sports Racing Technologies	Vasily Gryazin	Dimitry Lebedik		2–6
		Ice Pol Racing Team	Guillaume de Mévius	Geoffrey Brion		2
		Armstrong Motorsport	Jon Armstrong	Noel O'Sullivan		2–5
		Adielsson Motorsport	Mattias Adielsson	Christoffer Bäck		2–4, 6–7
		LP Rally Team	Łukasz Pieniążek	Jakub Gerber		2–5, 7
		CMC Motorsport	Kevin Eves	Chris Melly		3
		Napoca Rally Academy	Florin Tincescu	Sergiu Itu		3–7
		Klaus Motorsport	Kristóf Klausz	Balázs Kecskeméti		3, 7
		AR Vidal Racing	Wilson Aguiar	José Camacho	ERC-3	4
		Pevatec Competition	Joachim Wagemans	Andy De Baeremaeker	ERC-3 J	5, 7
		AK Delta Sport	Szabolcs Várkonyi	Botond Csányi	ERC-3	5, 7
		Cueks Racing	Miko Niinemäe	Martin Valter	ERC-3 J	6
		Ledin Motorsport	Mattias Ledin	Erik Lindqvist	ERC-3 J	6
Citroën	Citroën DS3 R5	PH Sport	Stéphane Lefebvre	Stéphane Prévot		1
		Delta Rally	Robert Consani	Maxime Vilmot		3–7
			Robert Consani	Lara Vanneste		8–9
			Federico Della Casa	Domenico Pozzi		10
		DGM Sport	Jonathan Greer	Kirsty Riddick		3
		DS3 Vodafone Team	José Pedro Fontes	Miguel Ramalho		4
		Autostal Duindistel VZW	Kevin Abbring	Pieter Tsjoen		5
		Gemini Clinic Rally Team	Bryan Bouffier	Thibault De La Haye		5
		Gemini Clinic Rally Team	Miroslav Jakeš	Jaroslav Novák		7, 10
		D-Max Racing	Cédric Cherain	Abdré Leyh		5
		Go Drive Racing	Vincent Verschueren	Veronique Hostens		5
		ME3 Rally Team	Karl Kruuda	Martin Järveoja		6
		J-Motorsport	Jourdan Serderidis	Frédéric Miclotte		9
		D-Max Swiss	Mike Coppens	Crispino Arimondi		10
	Citroën DS3 RRC	D-Max Swiss	Olivier Burri	Nicolas Klinger		10
	Citroën DS3 R3T	Printsport	Ole Christian Veiby	Anders Jæger	ERC-3	1, 6
		Napoca Rally Academy	Simone Tempestini	Matteo Chiarcossi		1
		C-Rally	Aron Domżała	Szymon Gospodarczyk		2
		RF Competições	Paulo Neto	Vítor Oliveira		4
		Henrique Moniz Rally Team	Henrique Moniz	Jorge Diniz		4
		CERS Performance	Ondřej Bisaha	Petr Píža		7
	Citroën C2 R2	Printsport	Rainer Rohtmets	Rauno Rohtmets	ERC-3 J	2
		Bakó Rally Team	Ekaterina Stratieva	Yulianna Nyírfás	L ERC-3	3, 5, 7, 10
		Miguel Carvalho	Miguel Carvalho	Paulo Lopes	ERC-3	4
		MM Power	Yovana Jovanović	Vukasin Tomić	L	10
Ford	Ford Fiesta R5	Lotos Rally Team	Kajetan Kajetanowicz	Jarosław Baran		1–4, 6–9
		Chervonenko Racing	Alexey Lukyanuk	Yevgen Chervonenko		1–3
		Chervonenko Racing	Alexey Lukyanuk	Alexey Arnautov		7–10
		100% Sport	Jean-Michel Raoux	Thomas Escartefigue		1
		100% Sport	Jean-Michel Raoux	Laurent Magat		4
		Extrem Sport Kft.	Jozsef Trencsenyi	Gabor Verba		1
		Gabriele Noberasco	Gabriele Noberasco	Michele Ferrara		1
		MM Motorsport	Raul Jeets	Andrus Toom		2–3, 6–9
			Raul Jeets	Kristo Kraag		10
			Sander Pärn	James Morgan		6
		C-Rally	Jarosław Kołtun	Ireneusz Pleskot		2, 6
		Dom Buckley Motorsport	Alastair Fisher	Gordon Noble		3
		CA1 Sport Ltd	Robert Barrable	Damien Connolly		3
		Wright Rallying	Stephen Wright	Mikie Galvin		3
		P&B Racing	João Barros	Jorge Henriques		4
		ARC Sport	Ricardo Moura	António Costa		4
		Autostal Duindistel VZW	Bernd Casier	Pieter Vyncke		5
			Davy Vanneste	Eddy Snaet		5
			Didier Duquesne	Filip Cuvelier		5
		OT Racing	Martin Kangur	Kuldar Sikk		6
		Tiger Rally Team	Tomasz Kasperczyk	Damian Syty		6
		TAIF Rally Team	Radik Shaymiev	Maxim Tsvetkov		6
		Lars Stugemo	Lars Stugemo	Miriam Walfridsson		6
		TRT Czech Rally Sport	Roman Odložilík	Martin Tureček		7
		Lugano Racing Team	Pascal Perroud	Mélinda Beuret		10
		D-Max Swiss	Sébastien Carron	Lucien Revaz		10
		Accro Race	Laurent Vukasovic	Steve Groux		10
	Ford Fiesta S2000	ZM Racing Team	Hermann Neubauer	Bernhard Ettel		1, 7
	Ford Fiesta S2000	M-Sport	Euan Thorburn	Paul Beaton		3, 5
	Ford Fiesta RRC	Combilift Rallying	Sam Moffett	Karl Atkinson		3–5
	Ford Fiesta RRC	Combilift Rallying	Josh Moffett	John Rowan		3–5
	Ford Fiesta R2	Sports Racing Technologies	Reinis Nitišs^[1]	Māris Neikšāns	ERC-3	2
		LMT Autosporta Akadēmija	Emils Blūms	Reinis Vilsons	ERC-3 J	2, 4
		Calvin Beattie	Calvin Beattie	Darragh Mullen		3
		Major Motorsport	Gus Greensmith	Elliot Edmondson		3
		Armstrong Motorsport	Fergus Barlow	Alistair MacCrone		3
		New Ecurie Racing	Amaury Molle	Renaud Herman		5
		GPC Motorsport	Polle Geusens	Justine Demeestere	ERC-3	5
		Ice Pol Racing Team	Ghislain de Mévius	Johan Jalet	ERC-3 J	6
Škoda	Škoda Fabia S2000	T&T Czech National Team	Jaromír Tarabus	Daniel Trunkát		1, 3, 5, 8–9
		Tlusťák Racing	Antonín Tlusťák	Ladislav Kučera		All
		GPD Orsák Rally Sport	Martin Hudec	Petr Picka		2, 7
			Jaroslav Orsák	David Šmeidler		2, 4
			Tomáš Kurka	Karel Vajík		4
			Petter Kristiansen	Ole Kristian Brennum		5, 7
			Sepp Wiegand	Alexander Rath		7
			Martin Vlček	Jindřiška Žáková		7
		John McKillop Motorsport	Martin McCormack	James O'Reilly		3, 5
		Sharkey Motorsport	Joseph McGonigle	Ciaran Geaney		3
		Tommy Doyle	Tommy Doyle	Eamon Hayes		3
		Peres Competições	Carlos Martins	Daniel Amaral		4
		Cesar Racing Rally Team	Joaquim Alves	Pedro Alves		4
		TGS Worldwide	Teemu Suninen	Mikko Markkula		6
		Yuriy Arshanskiy	Yuriy Arshanskiy	Mikhail Soskin		6
		Comorant Team	Pavel Valoušek	Varonika Havelková		7
		Mogul Racing Team	Jan Černý	Petr Černohorský		7
		Sparrow Racing Team	Jan Jelínek	Petr Machů		7
		Macila Rally Team	Fikri Macila	Mehmet Mişon		8
	Škoda Fabia R5	BMA Autosport	Freddy Loix	Johan Gitsels		5
		Škoda Motorsport	Jan Kopecký	Pavel Dresler		7
		T&T Czech National Team	Jaromír Tarabus	Daniel Trunkát		7
		Rufa Sport	Tomáš Kostka	Lukáš Kostka		7
		Kobus Tuning Rally Team	Hermen Kobus	Erik de Wild		7
		Lascaris Foundation Team Greece	Lambros Athanassoulas	Nikolaos Zakheos		9
		Sports Racing Technologies	Nikolay Gryazin	Yaroslav Fedorov		10
Subaru	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	Subaru Duck Czech National Team	Vojtěch Štajf	František Rajnoha	ERC-2	1–5, 7–8, 10
		Subaru Duck Czech National Team	Lumír Firla	Zdeněk Jůrka		7
		Witek Motorsport	Łukasz Kabaciński	Grzegorz Dachowski	ERC-2	1–2
		Subaru Poland Rally Team	Dominykas Butvilas	Kamil Heller		2, 4, 6–9
		Tiger Rally Team	Tomasz Kasperczyk	Damian Syty		2
Mitsubishi	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	Botka Rally Team	Dávid Botka	Péter Mihalik	ERC-2	1–4, 6
		Botka Rally Team	Dávid Botka	Péter Szeles		7–10
		Hideg Team SE	Krisztian Hideg	István Kerék		1–3
		Kit Racing	Martin Fischerlehner	Tobias Unterweger		1, 7
		Tushkanova Motorsport	Inessa Tushkanova	Dmitry Chumak	L ERC-2	2
		Tushkanova Motorsport	Inessa Tushkanova	Cristen Laos	L ERC-2	6–7
		ARC Sport	Luís Rego	José Pedro Silva	ERC-2	4
		Topp-Cars Rallye Team	Péter Ranga	Janek Czakó		4, 8
		LEDrent Rally Team	Rainer Aus	Simo Koskinen		6
		Kaur Motorsport	Egon Kaur	Annika Arnek		6
		Tlusťák Racing	Ekaterina Stratieva	Yulianna Nyírfás	L	7
		Érdi Rally Team	Tibor Érdi	Gergely Patkó	ERC-2	8
		Etex Rally Team	Christos Demosthenous	Pambos Laos		8
		Antonis & Stavros Autoservice Ltd	Stavros Antoniou	Demetris Pieri		8
		Eneos Motor Oil	Panikos Polykarpou	Gerald Winter		8
		Tean Greece	Lambros Kyrkos	Giorgos Polizois		9
		Vallino Rally Team	Valentin Porcișteanu	Dan Dobre		10
	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X	Autostils Rally Technica	Siim Plangi	Marek Sarapuu	ERC-2	2, 6
		Vorobjovs Racing	Janis Vorobjovs	Andris Mālnieks		2
		Vorobjovs Racing	Alexander Gorelov	Igor Skuridin		2
		Vãgi Racing	Mārtiņš Svilis	Ivo Pūķis		2
		Érdi Rally Team	Tibor Érdi	Attila Táborszki		3
		Érdi Rally Team	Tibor Érdi	Gergely Patkó		5, 10
		Neikšans Rally Sport	Inessa Tushkanova	Dmitry Chumak	L ERC-2	3
		Chervonenko Racing	Alexey Lukyanuk	Alexey Arnautov	ERC-2	6
		Prorehv Rally Team	Roland Murakas	Kalle Adler	ERC-2	6
		Costas Petrou Motors	Petros Panteli	Constantinos Constantinou		8–9
Mini	Mini John Cooper Works S2000	EuroOil Invelt Czech National Team	Václav Pech	Petr Uhel		1, 7
		KM Racing Slovakia	Tomáš Kurka	Karel Vajík		7
		Lugano Racing Team	Urs Hunziker	Melanie Wahl		10
Porsche	Porsche 997 GT3	Tuthill Porsche	Robert Woodside	Allan Harryman		3
			François Delecour	Dominique Savignoni	R-GT Cup	5
			François Delecour	Sabrina De Castelli		10
			Romain Dumas	Denis Giraudet		5
		Autostal Atlantic	Patrick Snijers	Arne Bruneel		5
	Porsche 996 GT3	Autostal Duindistel VZW	Marc Duez	Hendrik Béatse		5
Renault	Renault Clio R3	Klaus Motorsport	Kristóf Klausz	Balázs Kecskeméti	ERC-3	1–2
		CERS Performance	Ondřej Bisaha	Lukáš Šintal		1–2
		Thomas Beton Racing	Mikhail Skripnikov	Alexey Krylov		2
		Colina Motorsport	Alex Filip	Bogdan Iancu		4, 7, 10
	Renault Clio Sport	ČK Motorsport	Martina Daňhelová	Karolína Jugasová	L	1
Honda	Honda Civic Type-R FN2	Rally Team Sikorski	Grzegorz Sikorski	Michał Jurgała	ERC-3	1–2, 7
Honda	Honda Civic Type-R R3	AK Delta Sport	Szabolcs Várkonyi	Dávid Berendi	ERC-3	1, 3
Opel	Opel Adam R2	MSZ Racing	Aleks Zawada	Cathy Derousseaux	ERC-3 J	2–7
		ADAC Opel Rallye Junior Team	Marijan Griebel	Stefan Clemens		2–7
		ADAC Opel Rallye Junior Team	Emil Bergkvist	Joakim Sjöberg		2–7
		ADAC Sachsen	Junius Tannert	Jennifer Thielen		2–3, 5, 7
Suzuki	Suzuki Swift Sport	Morozov Rally Team	Dmitry Morozov	Zoltán Szechenyi	ERC-3	8

Results

Round	Rally name	Podium finishers
Round	Rally name	Rank	Driver	Car	Time
1	Internationale Jänner Rallye (4–6 January) — Results	1	Kajetan Kajetanowicz	Ford Fiesta R5	2:50:52.6
		2	Robert Consani	Peugeot 207 S2000	2:57:28.8
		3	Alexey Lukyanuk	Ford Fiesta R5	2:59:20.7

2	Rally Liepāja–Ventspils (6–8 February) — Results	1	Craig Breen	Peugeot 208 T16 R5	1:56:49.1
		2	Siim Plangi	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X	1:58:29.8
		3	Dominykas Butvilas	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	2:02:37.7

3	/ Circuit of Ireland (2–4 April) — Results	1	Craig Breen	Peugeot 208 T16 R5	2:04:04.5
		2	Kajetan Kajetanowicz	Ford Fiesta R5	2:04:10.9
		3	Josh Moffett	Ford Fiesta RRC	2:05:46.8

4	Rallye Açores (4–6 June) — Results	1	Craig Breen	Peugeot 208 T16 R5	2:45:59.6
		2	Kajetan Kajetanowicz	Ford Fiesta R5	2:47:01.7
		3	Ricardo Moura	Ford Fiesta R5	2:48:13.9

5	Ypres Rally (25–27 June) — Results	1	Freddy Loix	Škoda Fabia R5	2:21:29.9
		2	Bryan Bouffier	Citroën DS3 R5	2:22:57.4
		3	Vincent Verschueren	Citroën DS3 R5	2:23:32.4

6	Rally Estonia (17–19 July) — Results	1	Alexey Lukyanuk	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X	1:32:25.4
		2	Kajetan Kajetanowicz	Ford Fiesta R5	1:32:38.1
		3	Rainer Aus	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	1:33:32.4

7	Barum Rally Zlín (28–30 August) — Results	1	Jan Kopecký	Škoda Fabia R5	2:12:17.7
		2	Václav Pech	Mini John Cooper Works S2000	2:12:45.0
		3	Kajetan Kajetanowicz	Ford Fiesta R5	2:12:57.6

8	Cyprus Rally (25–27 September) — Results	1	Kajetan Kajetanowicz	Ford Fiesta R5	2:08:45.4
		2	Bruno Magalhães	Peugeot 208 T16 R5	2:13:10.5
		3	Robert Consani	Citroën DS3 R5	2:14:21.4

9	Acropolis Rally (9–11 October) — Results	1	Kajetan Kajetanowicz	Ford Fiesta R5	1:32:11.1
		2	Craig Breen	Peugeot 208 T16 R5	1:32:21.1
		3	Lambros Athanassoulas	Škoda Fabia R5	1:32:26.4

10	Rallye du Valais (29–31 October) — Results	1	Alexey Lukyanuk	Ford Fiesta R5	2:32:53.0
		2	Craig Breen	Peugeot 208 T16 R5	2:34:13.6
		3	Olivier Burri	Citroën DS3 RRC	2:34:33.2

Championship standings

Drivers' Championship

Last update: Rally du Valais

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Kajetan Kajetanowicz	230
2	Craig Breen	185
3	Alexey Lukyanuk	157
4	Robert Consani	79
5	Jaromír Tarabus	75
6	Bruno Magalhães	68

ERC-2

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Dávid Botka	231
2	Vojitěch Štajf	191
3	Dominykas Butvilas	151
4	Tidor Érdi	73
5	Siim Plangi	63
6	Alexey Lukyanuk	39

ERC-3

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Emil Bergkvist	173
2	Ralfs Sirmacis	113
3	Marijan Griebel	96
4	Chris Ingram	80
5	Steve Røkland	79
6	Aleks Zawada	64

ERC Junior

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Emil Bergkvist	147
2	Ralfs Sirmacis	104
3	Marijan Griebel	93
4	Steve Røkland	79
5	Chris Ingram	78
6	Aleks Zawada	64

ERC Ladies

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Ekaterina Stratieva	6
2	Martina Daňhelová	3
3	Inessa Tushkanova	3

References

^ "Latvian hero Nitišs to make Erc switch". European Rally Championship. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 18 December 2014. Archived from the original on 23 December 2014. Retrieved 2 January 2015.

External links

Official website

[1] "Latvian hero Nitišs to make Erc switch". European Rally Championship. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 18 December 2014. Archived from the original on 23 December 2014. Retrieved 2 January 2015.

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