2024 European Rally Championship
72nd season of the FIA European Rally Championship
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The 2024 European Rally Championship was the 72nd season of the FIA European Rally Championship, the European continental championship series in rallying. The season was also the eleventh following the merge between the European Rally Championship and the Intercontinental Rally Challenge.
Hayden Paddon won the championship for the second year in a row, driving a Hyundai i20 N Rally2 prepared by BRC Racing Team. BRC Racing Team also won the constructors' championship. [1]
Competitions
- 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.[2]
- 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 2024 in Rally4 and Rally5 cars. This championship will be contested over six of the eight rounds.[3]
- 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.[2]
- FIA European Rally Championship for Tyre suppliers: a nominated tyre supplier may score points with the two best placed Rally2 cars registered in ERC.[3]
- Fiesta Rally3 Trophy: for Ford Fiesta Rally3 cars. This championship will be contested over five of the eight rounds. The winner of this trophy will get a funded 2024 Central European Rally entry.[4]
Calendar
The 2024 season was contested over eight rounds across Central, Northern and Southern Europe.
| Round | Start date | Finish date | Rally | Rally headquarters | Surface | Stages | Distance | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12 April | 14 April | Veszprém, Veszprém County | Gravel | 13 | 192.43 km | [5] | |
| 2 | 2 May | 4 May | Las Palmas, Canary Islands | Tarmac | 13 | 190.06 km | [6] | |
| 3 | 13 June | 15 June | Karlstad, Värmland | Gravel | 17 | 190.99 km | [7] | |
| 4 | 5 July | 7 July | Tartu, Tartu County | Gravel | 14 | 187.79 km | [8] | |
| 5 | 26 July | 28 July | Fiuggi, Lazio | Tarmac | 13 | 189.52 km | ||
| 6 | 16 August | 18 August | Zlín, Zlín Region | Tarmac | 15 | 193.59 km | ||
| 7 | 30 August | 1 September | Aberystwyth, Wales | Tarmac | 14 | 184.16 km | ||
| 8 | 11 October | 13 October | Katowice, Silesia | Tarmac | 14 | 180.15 km | ||
| Sources:[9] | ||||||||
Calendar changes
- Rally Serras de Fafe e Felgueiras and Rally Liepāja were removed from the calendar.
- Rally Estonia returned to the calendar.
- Rali Ceredigion in Great Britain and Rally Silesia in Poland were introduced to the calendar.
Entry list
ERC
| Rally2, R5 and RGT entries | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entrant | Car | Driver | Co-Driver | Tyres | Rounds |
| Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 | M | 1–2, 5–6 | |||
| Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 | H | 1–3, 5–6 | |||
| Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 | M | 6 | |||
| Citroën C3 Rally2 | P | 2 | |||
| Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 | H | 6 | |||
| Hyundai i20 N Rally2 | P | 1–7 | |||
| Ford Fiesta Rally2 | P | 2 | |||
| Citroën C3 Rally2 | M | 2 | |||
| Hyundai i20 N Rally2 | P | 2 | |||
| Citroën C3 Rally2 | P | 2 | |||
| Citroën C3 Rally2 | P | 2 | |||
| Ford Fiesta R5 | M | 4 | |||
| Citroën C3 Rally2 | M | 1 | |||
| Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo | P | 1 | |||
| Škoda Fabia R5 | P | 6 | |||
| Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 | 7 | ||||
| Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 | M | 1–2 | |||
| 5–6 | |||||
| Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo | P | 1 | |||
| Citroën C3 Rally2 | P | 5 | |||
| Citroën C3 Rally2 | P | 5 | |||
| Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo | P | 1–2 | |||
| Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 | 3 | ||||
| Hyundai i20 N Rally2 | P | 2 | |||
| Hyundai i20 N Rally2 | P | 2 | |||
| Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 | P | 6 | |||
| Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 | P | 3 | |||
| Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 | P | 1 | |||
| Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo | 5 | ||||
| Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo | P | 1 | |||
| Hyundai i20 N Rally2 | H | 6 | |||
| Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 | P | 3 | |||
| Ford Fiesta Rally2 | P | 4 | |||
| Škoda Fabia R5 | P | 1 | |||
| Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 | M | 5–6 | |||
| Škoda Fabia R5 | M | 6 | |||
| Alpine A110 Rally RGT | M | 2 | |||
| Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 | M | 2 | |||
| Ford Fiesta Rally2 | P | 7 | |||
| Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 | M | 4 | |||
| Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 | M | 4 | |||
| Ford Fiesta Rally2 | 7 | ||||
| Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 | M | 5–6 | |||
| Citroën C3 Rally2 | P | 4 | |||
| Ford Fiesta Rally2 | P | 1 | |||
| Ford Fiesta Rally2 | P | 1 | |||
| Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 | P | 5 | |||
| Citroën C3 Rally2 | MR | 5 | |||
| Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 | MR | 1–3 | |||
| Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 | MR | 1–7 | |||
| Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo | MR | 6–7 | |||
| Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 | MR | 1–4 | |||
| Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 | P | 1–2, 6 | |||
| Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo | 5 | ||||
| Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 | P | 2 | |||
| Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 | P | 4 | |||
| Škoda Fabia R5 | P | 1 | |||
| Citroën C3 Rally2 | M | 1–6 | |||
| Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 | H | 1 | |||
| Private entries | Hyundai i20 N Rally2 | P | 1–2 | ||
| Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 | 3–4, 6–7 | ||||
| Ford Fiesta Rally2 | P | 1–7 | |||
| Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 | 4 | ||||
| Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 | P | 5 | |||
| Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 | P | 2 | |||
| Citroën C3 Rally2 | M | 2 | |||
| Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 | P | 3 | |||
| Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 | P | 5 | |||
| Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo | MR | 1–2 | |||
| Škoda Fabia R5 | 3–4 | ||||
| Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 | M | 1 | |||
| 3 | |||||
| Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 | P | 5 | |||
| Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 | M | 7 | |||
| Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 | M | 1–7 | |||
| Ford Fiesta Rally2 | P | 3 | |||
| Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 | P | 3 | |||
| Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 | M | 1, 3–4 | |||
| Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 | P | 2 | |||
| Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 | M | 7 | |||
| Hyundai i20 N Rally2 | P | 4 | |||
| Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 | P | 3 | |||
| 4 | |||||
| Hyundai i20 N Rally2 | M | 5 | |||
| Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 | M | 5–6 | |||
| Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 | M | 1–7 | |||
| Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 | P | 5 | |||
| Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 | MR | 5 | |||
| Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 | P | 2, 6 | |||
| Ford Fiesta Rally2 | 7 | ||||
| Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 | P | 3 | |||
| Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 | P | 3 | |||
| Citroën C3 Rally2 | P | 5 | |||
| Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 | P | 1, 3–6 | |||
| Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 | P | 2, 6–7 | |||
| Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 | P | 4 | |||
| Hyundai i20 N Rally2 | 7 | ||||
| Sources:[10][11][12][13][14][15][16] | |||||
ERC3
| Rally3 entries | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entrant | Car | Driver | Co-Driver | Tyres | Rounds | Trophy |
| Ford Fiesta Rally3 | P | 1, 3 | FRally3T | |||
| 5–6 | ||||||
| MR | 2, 4 | |||||
| Ford Fiesta Rally3 | P | 6 | ||||
| Ford Fiesta Rally3 | P | 1, 4–5 | FRally3T | |||
| 7 | ||||||
| 2 | ||||||
| 3, 6 | FRally3T | |||||
| Ford Fiesta Rally3 | P | 4 | ||||
| Renault Clio Rally3 | P | 4 | ||||
| Ford Fiesta Rally3 | P | 7 | ||||
| Ford Fiesta Rally3 | P | 4 | ||||
| Private entries | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | P | 3 | FRally3T | ||
| 4 | ||||||
| Ford Fiesta Rally3 | P | 1, 3–6 | FRally3T | |||
| 7 | ||||||
| Ford Fiesta Rally3 | P | 7 | ||||
| Renault Clio Rally3 | P | 5–6 | ||||
| Ford Fiesta Rally3 | P | 1, 3–6 | FRally3T | |||
| Renault Clio Rally3 | P | 5–7 | ||||
| Sources:[10][11][12][13][14][15][16] | ||||||
ERC4
| Rally4 and R3 entries | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entrant | Car | Driver | Co-Driver | Tyres | Rounds | Category |
| Opel Corsa Rally4 | H | 1–4, 7 | ERC4J | |||
| Opel Corsa Rally4 | H | 1–4, 7 | ERC4J | |||
| Peugeot 208 Rally4 | H | 1–4 | ERC4J | |||
| Peugeot 208 Rally4 | P | 1, 4–6 | ||||
| Peugeot 208 Rally4 | H | 1–4 | ERC4J | |||
| 6 | ||||||
| Peugeot 208 Rally4 | H | 3 | ERC4J | |||
| Peugeot 208 Rally4 | H | 1–2 | ERC4J | |||
| Opel Corsa Rally4 | H | 1–4, 7 | ERC4J | |||
| Ford Fiesta Rally4 | H | 1, 4 | ERC4J | |||
| Peugeot 208 Rally4 | H | 1–2, 7 | ERC4J | |||
| Peugeot 208 Rally4 | M | 7 | ||||
| Peugeot 208 Rally4 | H | 1–4, 7 | ERC4J | |||
| Peugeot 208 Rally4 | H | 1–4, 7 | ERC4J | |||
| Private entries | Peugeot 208 Rally4 | P | 5 | |||
| Ford Fiesta Rally4 | H | 4 | ERC4J | |||
| Peugeot 208 Rally4 | H | 3 | ERC4J | |||
| Peugeot 208 Rally4 | H | 1 | ERC4J | |||
| Ford Fiesta Rally4 | H | 1 | ERC4J | |||
| Peugeot 208 Rally4 | M | 7 | ||||
| Opel Corsa Rally4 | H | 1–3 | ERC4J | |||
| Peugeot 208 Rally4 | H | 1–3 | ERC4J | |||
| Opel Corsa Rally4 | P | 1–2, 4 | ||||
| Peugeot 208 Rally4 | H | 1–2 | ERC4J | |||
| 3–4, 7 | ||||||
| P | 5 | |||||
| Peugeot 208 Rally4 | M | 5 | ||||
| Peugeot 208 Rally4 | H | 1–4, 7 | ERC4J | |||
| 5 | ||||||
| Renault Clio Rally4 | P | 5 | ||||
| Peugeot 208 Rally4 | MR | 2, 5–6 | ||||
| Ford Fiesta Rally4 | P | 1, 4 | ||||
| Peugeot 208 Rally4 | H | 1–4 | ERC4J | |||
| Rally5 entries | ||||||
| Private entries | Renault Clio Rally5 | P | 5–6 | |||
| Sources:[10][11][12][13][14][15][16] | ||||||
Results
Season summary
| Round | Event | Winning driver | Winning co-driver | Winning entrant | Winning time | Report | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1:52:50.4 | Report | [17] | ||||
| 2 | 1:57:18.8 | Report | [18] | ||||
| 3 | 1:32:40.8 | Report | |||||
| 4 | 1:44:33.1 | Report | [19] | ||||
| 5 | 1:53:10.9 | Report | |||||
| 6 | 1:41:56.7 | Report | |||||
| 7 | 1:38:59.0 | Report | |||||
| 8 | 1:45:28.9 | Report |
Scoring system
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.
| 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.
| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Drivers' Championships
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ERC4
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Junior ERC
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Co-Drivers' championships
ERC
| Pos | Driver | HUN |
CAN |
SWE |
EST |
ITA |
CZE |
GBR |
POL |
Points | Best 7 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 65 | 3 | 5 | 73 | 73 | |||||
| 2 | 21 | 23 | Ret | 10 | 63 | 63 | |||||
| 3 | DNS | 8 | 53 | 43 | 53 | 53 | |||||
| 4 | 85 | 7 | Ret | 64 | 42 | 42 | |||||
| 5 | 13 | 10 | Ret | 40 | 40 | ||||||
| 6 | 6 | 19 | 85 | 7 | 40 | 40 | |||||
| 7 | 11 | 35 | 35 | ||||||||
| 8 | 11 | 35 | 35 | ||||||||
| 9 | 74 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 35 | 35 | |||||
| 10 | 14 | 32 | 32 | ||||||||
| 11 | Ret | 22 | Ret | 28 | 28 | ||||||
| 12 | 22 | 28 | 28 | ||||||||
| 13 | 31 | 26 | 26 | ||||||||
| 14 | 32 | Ret | 25 | 25 | |||||||
| 15 | 42 | 23 | 23 | ||||||||
| 16 | 3 | 21 | 21 | ||||||||
| 17 | 44 | 21 | 21 | ||||||||
| 18 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 19 | |||||||
| 19 | 5 | 17 | 17 | ||||||||
| 20 | Ret | 23 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 17 | |||||
| 21 | 9 | 10 | 16 | 16 | |||||||
| 22 | 7 | 13 | 13 | ||||||||
| 23 | 10 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 11 | ||||||
| 24 | 95 | 10 | 10 | ||||||||
| 25 | 9 | 9 | 9 | ||||||||
| 26 | Ret | 11 | 14 | 7 | 7 | ||||||
| 27 | 11 | 5 | 5 | ||||||||
| 28 | 11 | 5 | 5 | ||||||||
| 29 | 11 | 5 | 5 | ||||||||
| 30 | 12 | 4 | 4 | ||||||||
| 31 | 12 | 4 | 4 | ||||||||
| 32 | 12 | 4 | 4 | ||||||||
| 33 | 12 | 4 | 4 | ||||||||
| 34 | 13 | Ret | 3 | 3 | |||||||
| 35 | 13 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||
| 36 | 13 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||
| 37 | 14 | Ret | 2 | 2 | |||||||
| 38 | 15 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| 39 | 15 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| 40 | 15 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Sources:[24] | |||||||||||
ERC3
| Pos | Driver | HUN |
CAN |
SWE |
EST |
ITA |
CZE |
GBR |
POL |
Points | Best 7 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 77 | 77 | ||||||
| 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 51 | 51 | ||||||
| 3 | 1 | 4 | 49 | 49 | |||||||
| 4 | 2 | 4 | 43 | 43 | |||||||
| 5 | 4 | 3 | 40 | 40 | |||||||
| 6 | 2 | 6 | 39 | 39 | |||||||
| 7 | 1 | 30 | 30 | ||||||||
| 8 | 2 | 24 | 24 | ||||||||
| 9 | 2 | 24 | 24 | ||||||||
| 10 | 3 | 21 | 21 | ||||||||
| Sources:[25] | |||||||||||
ERC4
| Pos | Driver | HUN |
CAN |
SWE |
EST |
ITA |
CZE |
GBR |
POL |
Points | Best 7 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 100 | 100 | |||||
| 2 | Ret | 2 | 2 | 2 | 72 | 72 | |||||
| 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 62 | 62 | |||||
| 4 | Ret | 3 | 5 | 5 | 55 | 55 | |||||
| 5 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 54 | 54 | |||||
| 6 | Ret | 7 | 3 | 4 | 53 | 53 | |||||
| 7 | 3 | 1 | 51 | 51 | |||||||
| 8 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 48 | 48 | |||||
| 9 | Ret | 8 | 6 | 6 | 41 | 41 | |||||
| 10 | 2 | Ret | 24 | 24 | |||||||
| 11 | 9 | 6 | Ret | 24 | 24 | ||||||
| 12 | 6 | Ret | 15 | 15 | |||||||
| 13 | 7 | Ret | 13 | 13 | |||||||
| 14 | Ret | 7 | 13 | 13 | |||||||
| 15 | 8 | 11 | 11 | ||||||||
| 16 | 8 | 11 | 11 | ||||||||
| 17 | Ret | 10 | Ret | Ret | 7 | 7 | |||||
| 18 | Ret | 10 | 7 | 7 | |||||||
| 19 | 11 | Ret | 5 | 5 | |||||||
| 20 | 11 | 5 | 5 | ||||||||
| Sources:[26] | |||||||||||
Teams' championship
| Pos | Team | HUN |
CAN |
SWE |
EST |
ITA |
CZE |
GBR |
POL |
Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 191 | |
| 7 | ||||||||||
| 2 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 4 | Ret | 12 | 2 | 1 | 167 | |
| Ret | 11 | 5 | 7 | Ret | ||||||
| 3 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 102 | ||
| DNS | 17 | 17 | 21 | 13 | ||||||
| 6 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 81 | ||||
| 5 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 67 | ||||
| 6 | 1 | 7 | 63 | |||||||
| 5 | 13 | |||||||||
| 7 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 14 | 61 | ||||
| 8 | 1 | 30 | ||||||||
| 9 | 2 | 24 | ||||||||
| 10 | 3 | 21 | ||||||||
| Ret | ||||||||||
| 11 | 4 | 19 | ||||||||
| 12 | 6 | 15 | ||||||||
| 13 | 6 | 15 | ||||||||
| 14 | 6 | 15 | ||||||||
| 15 | 15 | 14 | 8 | 15 | 15 | |||||
| 16 | 14 | 20 | 9 | 12 | 15 | |||||
| 17 | 7 | 13 | ||||||||
| 18 | Ret | 15 | 10 | 14 | 13 | |||||
| Ret | 16 | 13 | 18 | |||||||
| 19 | 10 | 12 | ||||||||
| 11 | ||||||||||
| 20 | 8 | Ret | 11 | |||||||
| 21 | 8 | 11 | ||||||||
| 22 | 8 | 11 | ||||||||
| 23 | 11 | 17 | 11 | 17 | 10 | |||||
| 24 | 9 | 9 | ||||||||
| 25 | 9 | 9 | ||||||||
| 26 | 10 | 7 | ||||||||
| 27 | 13 | 13 | 6 | |||||||
| 28 | 12 | 4 | ||||||||
| 29 | 18 | 12 | 16 | 4 | ||||||
| 30 | 13 | 3 | ||||||||
| 31 | 21 | 14 | 19 | 2 | ||||||
| 16 | Ret | |||||||||
| 32 | 16 | 22 | 15 | 20 | 1 | |||||
| 17 | ||||||||||
| Sources:[27] | ||||||||||