The 2021 European Rally Championship was the 69th season of the FIA European Rally Championship, the European continental championship series in rallying. The season was also the ninth following the merge between the European Rally Championship and the Intercontinental Rally Challenge.[1] Alexey Lukyanuk was the reigning champion. Andreas Mikkelsen won the championship after 2021 Rally Hungary, using a Toksport WRT prepared Škoda Fabia R5 Evo.[2] Mikkelsen therefore became the only driver to win the ERC and WRC-2 championship in one year and the first Norwegian to win ERC.
- FIA ERC: Main open class for all current FIA-homologated cars within sporting classes RC2 to RC5, with Rally2 cars the leading contenders.[3]
- FIA ERC2: Second tier, for cars more standard, albeit with turbocharged engines and four-wheel drive. This class allows the N4, the Rally2-Kit and RGT rules.[3]
- FIA ERC3: Third ERC tier, the first for front-wheel-drive cars. Allows Rally4, Rally5, R3 (Group R) and Group A cars.[3]
- FIA ERC Junior: For drivers aged 28 and under on 1 January 2021 in Rally3 cars. The champion receives a prize to contest the Junior World Rally Championship in 2022.[4]
- FIA ERC3 Junior: For drivers aged 28 and under on 1 January 2021 in Rally4 and Rally5 cars on Pirelli control tyres. The winner earns a drive in ERC Junior in 2022.[4]
- 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.[3]
- Abarth Rally Cup: competition with six rounds of the ERC with the rear-wheel-drive Abarth 124 rally.[5]
- Clio Trophy by Toksport WRT: competition with five rounds of the ERC for Renault Clio RSR Rally5.[4]
The 2021 season is contested over eight rounds across Central, Northern and Southern Europe:
Rally2 Entries |
Constructor | Car | Entrant | Tyre | Driver | Co-Driver | Rounds | Category |
Citroën | C3 Rally2 | Saintéloc Junior Team | P | Alexey Lukyanuk | Alexey Arnautov | 1, 3–6, 8 | |
Dmitry Eremeev | 2 |
Roland Poom | Darren Garrod | 1 |
CHL Sport Auto | M | Yoann Bonato | Benjamin Boulloud | All | |
BTH Import Stal Rally Team | M | Łukasz Kotarba | Tomasz Kotarba | 1 | |
F.P.F. Sport[a] | P | Damiano De Tommaso | Giorgia Ascalone | 3 | |
Sportec Engineering[a] | M | Rachele Somaschini | Nicola Arena | 3, 5 | |
Auto Açoreana Racing[a] | M | Rúben Rodrigues | Estevão Rodrigues | 5 | |
Play Racing | P | Pedro Antunes | Pedro Alves | 5 | |
Citroën Vodafone Team | P | José Pedro Fontes | Inês Ponte | 6 | |
Sports & You[a] | P | Alexander Villanueva | Víctor Ferrero | 6 | |
TRT Citroën Rally Team Hungary | P | Mads Østberg | Torstein Eriksen | 7 | |
Citroën Rally Team | P | Jan Solans | Rodrigo Sanjuan | 8 | |
Club Deportivo Todo Sport | M | Emma Falcón | Eduardo González | 8 | |
Škoda | Fabia R5 Evo | Toksport World Rally Team | M | Andreas Mikkelsen | Ola Fløene | 1–3 | |
Jonas Andersson | 4 |
Elliott Edmondson | 5–7 |
Emilio Fernández | Rubén Garcia | 1–2 |
Rally Team Spain | M | Efrén Llarena | Sara Fernández | All | |
Nil Solans | Marc Martí | 1–3, 5–6 |
Orlen Team | M | Miko Marczyk | Szymon Gospodarczyk | All | |
P | Kacper Wróblewski[a] | Jakub Wróbel | 1 |
Škoda Rally Team Hungaria | P | Norbert Herczig | Ramón Ferencz | 1–7 | |
Rufa Motor-Sport | P | Grzegorz Grzyb | Michał Poradzisz | 1 | |
M | Petr Semerád | Danny Persein | 4, 7 |
Botka Rally Team[a] | M | Simone Tempestini | Sergiu Itu | 6–7 | |
Delta Rally[a] | 1–3 |
P | Alberto Battistolli | Simone Scattolin | 2–4, 6–7 |
Lorenzo Granai | 1 |
Giandomenico Basso | 3 |
Sports Racing Technologies[a] | P | Vladas Jurkevičius | Aisvydas Paliukėnas | 1 | |
Hołowczyc Racing | P | Adrian Chwietczuk | Jarosław Baran | 1, 5 | |
Marten Sport | P | Wojciech Chuchała | Sebastian Rozwadowski | 1 | |
Tehase Auto | P | Gregor Jeets | Timo Taniel | 1 | |
Raul Jeets | 2 |
The Racing Factory[a] | M | Aloísio Monteiro | Sancho Eiró | 1–3, 5 | |
Armindo Araújo | Luís Ramalho | 6 |
Juan Carlos Alonso | Juan Pablo Monasterolo | 8 |
Escudería Lalín-Deza | H | Luis Vilariño | José Murado | 1–2 | |
M | 3–6, 8 |
Agrotec Škoda Rally Team | M | Jan Kopecký | Jan Hloušek | 4 | |
ACCR Laureta Auto Škoda Team | M | Filip Mareš | Radovan Bucha | 4 | |
Kresta Racing s.r.o. | M | Tomáš Kostka | Ladislav Kučera | 4 | |
TRT Technology | M | Martin Koči | Martin Turěcek | 4 | |
BTH Import Stal Rally Team | M | Simon Wagner | Gerald Winter | 4 | |
AR Racing | M | Robert Adolf | Petr Novák | 4 | |
BRR Baumschlager Rallye & Racing Team | P | Albert von Thurn und Taxis | Bernhard Ettel | 4, 8 | |
Rally Technology | M | Antonín Tlusťák | Michal Večerka | 4 | |
ARC Sport[a] | M | Ricardo Moura | António Costa | 5 | |
Miguel Correia | 6 |
Luís Rego | Jorge Henriques | 5 |
Ricardo Teodósio | José Teixeira | 6 |
Race Seven[a] | M | Benito Guerra | Daniel Cué | 5–6 | |
Team MRF Tyres | MR | Simone Campedelli | Tania Canton | 6–8 | |
V-V Rally Racing Kft. - Gulf Racing Hungary | P | Ádám Velenczei | Igor Bacigál | 7 | |
Canarias Sport Club | M | Luis Monzón | José Carlos Déniz | 8 | |
Fabia R5 | Printsport | P | Eerik Pietarinen | Antti Linnaketo | 2 | |
M | Lars Stugemo | Kalle Lexe | 2 |
Motorsport Italia[a] | M | Fabio Andolfi | Stefano Savoia | 3 | |
P | Andrea Mazzocchi | Silvia Gallotti | 3 |
ACA Škoda Vančík Motorsport | P | Dominik Stříteský | Jiří Hovorka | 3–4 | |
Samohýl Škoda Team | M | Miroslav Jakeš | Petr Machů | 4 | |
Adam Březík | Ondřej Krajča | 4 |
The Racing Factory[a] | P | Rafael Botelho | Rui Raimundo | 5 | |
Borsod Talent Motorsport Egyesület | P | Miklós Csomós | Attila Nagy | 7 | |
Hyundai | i20 R5 | Team MRF Tyres | MR | Craig Breen | Paul Nagle | 1–3 | |
Jari Huttunen | Mikko Lukka | 4 |
Dani Sordo | Cándido Carrera | 5–6 |
Nil Solans | Marc Martí | 8 |
Hyundai Motorsport N[a] | M | Grégoire Munster | Louis Louka | 1–3 | |
Hyundai Rally Team Italia | P | Umberto Scandola | Guido D'Amore | 1–2 | |
Danilo Fappani | 3–7 |
Andrea Crugnola | Pietro Ometto | 3 |
Alessandro Taddel | Andrea Gaspari | 6 |
APR Motorsport | M | Maciej Lubiak | Grzegorz Dachowski | 1 | |
Hyundai Poland Racing | P | Jarosław Szeja | Marcin Szeja | 1 | |
Printsport | P | Ole Christian Veiby | Jonas Andersson | 2–3 | |
TAIF Motorsport | M | Radik Shaymiev | Maxim Tsvetkov | 2 | |
Hyundai Ares Racing | P | Iván Ares | David Vázquez | 3, 6, 8 | |
Motorsport Ireland Rally Academy | P | Josh McErlean | Keaton Williams | 3 | |
Pauric Duffy[a] | Jeff Case | 3 |
Hyundai Lenner Sport[a] | M | Ondřej Bisaha | Karel Voltner | 4 | |
Hyundai Kowax Racing | M | Petr Trnovec | Miroslav Staněk | 4 | |
Hyundai Motor España | M | Surhayén Pernía | Alba Sánchez | 8 | |
i20 N Rally2 | Hyundai Kowax Racing | M | Martin Vlček | Karolína Jugasová | 4 | |
Team Hyundai Portugal | M | Bruno Magalhães | Carlos Magalhães | 6 | |
Team MRF Tyres | MR | Nil Solans | Marc Martí | 7 | |
Escudería Fuertwagen Motorsport | M | Yeray Lemes | Rogelio Peñate | 8 | |
Volkswagen | Polo GTI R5 | Team MRF Tyres | MR | Simone Campedelli | Tania Canton | 1, 3 | |
Movisport[a] | P | Nikolay Gryazin[b] | Konstantin Aleksandrov[c] | 1–3, 7 | |
Giacomo Scattolon | Giovanni Bernacchini | 3 |
Tiger Energy Drink Rally Team | P | Tomasz Kasperczyk | Damian Syty | 1 | |
Pole Promotion | P | Fabian Kreim | Frank Christian | 1–3 | |
ALM Motorsport | P | Georg Linnamäe | Volodymyr Korsia | 1–2 | |
Rally Technology | P | Zbigniew Gabryś | Krzysztof Janik | 1 | |
Daniel Chwist | Kamil Heller | 8 |
Printsport | P | Rakan Al-Rashed | Mikko Lukka | 1 | |
Balbosca Racing Team[a] | P | Tommaso Ciuffi | Nicolò Gonella | 3 | |
BRR Baumschlager Rallye & Racing Team | P | Albert von Thurn und Taxis | Bernhard Ettel | 3 | |
Turán Motorsport Kft. | H | Frigyes Turán | László Bagaméri | 7 | |
Ford | Fiesta R5 Mk. II | Yacco ACCR Team | M | Erik Cais | Jindřiška Žáková | 1–7 | |
Tomáš Kurka[a] | Kateřina Janovská | 4 |
Motorsport Ireland Rally Academy | P | Callum Devine | James Fulton | 1–4 | |
M | Cathan McCourt[a] | Brian Hoy | 1–2 |
Plon Rally Team | P | Jarosław Kołtun | Ireneusz Pleskot | 1–2 | |
M | 3–4, 8 |
DVTK SE | P | András Hadik | Krisztián Kertész | 7 | |
Copi Sport | M | Enrique Cruz | Yeray Mújica | 8 | |
Fiesta R5 | Witek Motorsport[a] | P | Marek Nowak | Adam Grzelka | 1 | |
Motorsport Ireland Rally Academy[a] | M | Jason Mitchell | Peter Ward | 1–2 | |
Team Amaral[a] | M | Bruno Amaral | Rui Medeiros | 5 | |
Proton | Iriz R5 | Proton Motorsports[a] | M | Nabila Tejpar | Matt Edwards | 1 | |
Rally3 Entries |
Constructor | Car | Entrant | Tyre | Driver | Co-Driver | Rounds | Category |
Ford | Fiesta Rally3 | M-Sport Poland | P | Ken Torn | Kauri Pannas | 1–2, 4, 7–8 | ERCJ |
Timo Taniel | 3 |
Jon Armstrong[a] | Phil Hall | 1 |
Oscar Solberg[a] | Dale Furniss | 2–4 |
APR Motorsport | M | Łukasz Byśkiniewicz | Zbigniew Cieślar | 1 | |
M-Sport Racing Kft. | P | Zoltán László | Annamária Kovács | 1–2 | |
Zsolt Balázs | 7 | |
KG-Rally Team | MR | Igor Widłak | Daniel Dymurski | 1–6 | |
Source:[15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22] |
Group N Entries |
Constructor | Car | Entrant | Tyre | Driver | Co-Driver | Rounds | Category |
Mitsubishi | Lancer Evo X | Érdi Team Kft. | P | Tibor Érdi | Zoltán Csökő | 1–2, 4, 7 | |
Prospeed[a] | P | Dmitry Feofanov | Normunds Kokinš | 2 | |
Sporta klubs Autostils Rally Team | P | Ainārs Igaveņš | Ralfs Igaveņš | 2 | |
Kole Média Center Kft. | P | Csaba Juhász | István Juhász | 3–4 | |
Zoltán Bencs | 7 |
Subaru | Impreza WRX STI | Subaru Historic Rally Team | MR | Michał Pryczek | Jacek Pryczek | 1–3 | |
P | Krzysztof Marschal | 4 |
Rally2-Kit (R4-Kit) |
Suzuki | Swift R4 | TB Racing[a] | P | Dmitry Feofanov[d] | Normunds Kokinš | 1, 3–8 | |
Suzuki Motor Ibérica | H | Javier Pardo | Adrián Pérez | 1, 3, 5–8 | |
Joan Vinyes | Jordi Mercader | 1, 3, 5–8 |
Toyota | Yaris R4 | Victor Cartier Engineering[a] | M | Victor Cartier | Fabien Craen | 1–7 | |
Škoda | Fabia R4 | Proracing Rally Team | P | Teemu Asunmaa | Topi Lihtinen | 4 (WD) | |
Serhii Potiiko | Ivan Mishyn | 4 (WD), 8 |
Érdi Team Kft. | P | Tibor Érdi | Zoltán Csökő | 8 | |
RGT Entries |
Abarth | 124 Rally RGT | Rally Technology | P | Dariusz Poloński | Łukasz Sitek | 1–4, 7–8 | A Cup |
Agrotec Czech Abarth Team[a] | P | Martin Rada | Jaroslav Jugas | 2, 4, 7 |
Evo Motorsport[a] | P | Roberto Gobbin | Alessandro Cervi | 3–4 |
Fabio Grimaldi | 7 |
Escudería La Palma Isla Bonita | P | Carlos David García | Nazer Ghuneim | 8 |
Source:[15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22] |
Rally4 Entries |
Constructor | Car | Entrant | Tyre | Driver | Co-Driver | Rounds | Category |
Peugeot | 208 Rally4 | Rally Team Spain | P | Josep Bassas | Axel Coronado | All | |
Alejandro Cachón | Alejandro López | 1–4, 7 | ERC3J |
PH Sport[a] | M | Mathieu Franceschi | Lucie Baud | 1 | |
M-Sport Racing Kft. | P | Martin László | Dávid Berendi | 1–4, 7–8 | ERC3J |
Topp-Cars Rally Team | P | Norbert Maior | Francesca Maior | 1–4, 7 | ERC3J |
Baldon Rally[a] | P | Giovanni Baruffa | Simone Brachi | 1 | ERC3J |
PT Racing[a] | P | Pedro Almeida | Hugo Magalhães | 6 | |
The Racing Factory[a] | P | Ernesto Cunha | Rui Raimundo | 6 | |
Delta Rally[a] | P | Amaury Molle | Yannick Roche | 7 | ERC3J |
Kole Média Center Kft. | P | Gábor Német | Tamás Szõke | 7 | |
Hideg Team SE | P | Gergő Szauer | István Kerék | 7 | |
Prestige Motorsport Kft. | P | Bendegúz Hangodi | László Bunkoczi | 7 | |
Escudería Hierro Sur | P | Zósimo Hernández | Marcos Guerra | 8 | |
208 R2 | Saintéloc Junior Team[a] | P | Ekaterina Stratieva | Georgi Avramov | 4 | |
Opel | Corsa Rally4 | Sports & You[a] | 8 |
Evo Tech[a] | P | Łukasz Lewandowski | Adrian Sadowski | 1–4, 6–7 | |
Renault | Clio Rally4 | CHL Sport Auto | M | Florian Bernardi | Xavier Castex | 1, 3 | |
P | Anthony Fotia | Arnaud Durand | 7–8 | ERC3J |
Toksport World Rally Team | P | Ola Nore | Jørgen Eriksen | 1–3 | ERC3J |
Marius Fuglerud | 4 |
Lucas Karlsson | 5–6 |
Ditte Kammersgaard | 7 |
Jean-Baptiste Franceschi | Arnaud Durand | 1 |
Anthony Gorguilo | 2–8 |
Paulo Soria | Sergiu Itu | 8 |
Patrik Herczig | Viktor Bán | 7 | |
Recalvi Team | M | Jorge Cagiao | Amelia Blanco | 8 | |
Ford | Fiesta Rally4 | TM Competition[a] | P | Amaury Molle | Florian Barral | 1–3 | ERC3J |
Yannick Roche | 4 |
Drift Company Rally Team | P | Nikolai Landa | Günter Landa | 1–2, 4 | ERC3J |
Porvoon Autopalvelu | P | Sami Pajari | Enni Mälkönen | 1 | ERC3J |
Marko Salminen | 2–4, 7–8 |
OT Racing | P | Kaspar Kasari | Rainis Raidma | 1–2 | ERC3J |
Yacco ACCR Team | P | Nick Loof[a] | Hugo Magalhães | 1–4, 8 | ERC3J |
Daniel Polášek | Kateřina Janovská | 1–3 |
Petr Těšínský | 4 |
LMT Autosporta Akadēmija | P | Mārtiņš Sesks | Renārs Francis | 2 | ERC3J |
CKR Estonia | P | Joosep Ralf Nõgene | Simo Koskinen | 2 | ERC3J |
Roger Racing Kft. | P | Adrienn Vogel | Ivett Notheisz | 3–4, 7 | |
M-Sport Poland | P | Jon Armstrong | Phil Hall | 7 | ERC3J |
Rally5 Entries |
Constructor | Car | Entrant | Tyre | Driver | Co-Driver | Rounds | Category |
Renault | Clio Rally5 | Northon Racing | M | Andrea Mabellini | Virginia Lenzi | 1–4, 7 | C by T |
Toksport World Rally Team | M | Bastien Bergounhe[a] | Mathieu Descharne | 1–4, 7 |
Ghjuvanni Rossi[a] | Baptiste Volpei | 1–4, 7 |
Paulo Soria[a] | Marcelo Der Ohannesian | 1–4, 7 |
Yiğit Timur[a] | Onur Aslan | 2 |
Aras Dinçer | 3–4, 7 |
Ufuk Uluocak | 1 |
Çağlayan Çelik | 6 | |
Source:[15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22] |
Results and standings
[edit] Points for final position are awarded as in the following table in ERC, ERC-2, ERC-3, ERC Junior and ERC-3 Junior. In ERC, ERC-2 and ERC-3, the best seven scores from the eight rounds count towards the final number of points. In the junior categories, the best five from six rounds are retained.
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 |
Additionally, bonus points are awarded for the first five positions in each Leg.
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th |
Points | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
In the Abarth Rally Cup and the Clio Trophy, points are awarded as in the following table. Bonus points are not awarded in these categories. The final round for Clio Trophy (Rally Hungary) is awarded with double points.
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th |
Points | 25 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 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) | |
- Notes
† – Tibor Erdi finished 2nd in Rally Liepaja, but was unable to score points in both ERC and ERC-2 due to an illegal recce by a team member.