2026 European Rally Championship

• FIA European Championship for Drivers, Co-Drivers and Teams: Main open championship for all current FIA-homologated cars within sporting classes RC2 to RC5, with Rally2 cars the leading contenders. A team may nominate a maximum of three cars (from all categories) for the teams' championship, with the two highest-placed cars counting for points.
• FIA ERC3 for Drivers and Co-Drivers: Second tier, specifically for the Rally3 class.
• FIA ERC4 for Drivers and Co-Drivers: Third tier, meant for front-wheel-drive cars. Allows Rally4, Rally5 and Rally6 cars.
• FIA Junior ERC: For drivers aged 27 and under on 1 January 2026 in Rally4 and Rally5 cars.
• FIA Master ERC: for drivers over the age of 50 at the start of the season.
• FIA ERC Fiesta Rally3 Trophy: For crews driving the Ford Fiesta Rally3. The winner of the trophy will get a funded prize drive with the Ford Fiesta Rally2 at the 2026 Rali Ceredigion.
• FIA Tyre Suppliers' Trophy: A nominated tyre supplier may score points with the two best placed Rally2 cars registered in ERC.

The 2026 season is due to be contested over seven rounds across Central, Northern, Western and Southern Europe.

Round	Start date	Finish date	Rally	Rally headquarters	Surface	Stages	Distance	Ref.
1	17 April	19 April	Andalusia Rally Sierra Morena	Córdoba, Andalusia, Spain	Tarmac	13	203.80 km	[1]
2	22 May	24 May	Royal Rally of Scandinavia	Karlstad, Värmland County, Sweden	Gravel	TBA	TBA
3	3 July	5 July	Rally di Roma Capitale	Rome, Lazio, Italy	Tarmac	TBA	TBA
4	24 July	26 July	Rally Poland	Katowice, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland	Tarmac	TBA	TBA
5	14 August	16 August	Barum Czech Rally Zlín	Zlín, Zlín Region, Czechia	Tarmac	TBA	TBA
6	4 September	6 September	Rali Ceredigion	Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, Wales	Tarmac	TBA	TBA
7	23 October	25 October	Rally Five Cities North of Portugal	Fafe, Braga, Portugal	Gravel	TBA	TBA
Sources:[2][3]

The following round was included on the original calendar published by WRC Promoter GmbH, but was later cancelled:

Start date	Finish date	Rally	Rally headquarters	Surface	Stages	Distance	Cancellation reason	Ref.
20 March	22 March	Rally Hungary	Veszprém, Veszprém County, Hungary	Gravel	—N/a	—N/a	Financial issues	[4][5]

• The Rally Hungary was set to be the season opener, however it was later cancelled reportedly due to financial issues. The Andalusia Rally Sierra Morena replaced it as the first round of the season.
• The Rally di Roma Capitale moved its headquarters from Fiuggi to Rome, ahead of the event joining the WRC in 2027.
• The Rally Poland also moved its headquarters from Mikołajki to Katowice, which hosted Rally Silesia in 2024. This also marked the event surface changing from gravel to tarmac for the first time since 2004.
• The Rally Five Cities North of Portugal joined the calendar, replacing the Croatia Rally as the season finale.

Rally2 entries
Entrant	Car	Driver	Co-Driver	Tyres	Rounds	Category
Auto Podbabská Škoda Team	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	Dominik Stříteský	Ondřej Krajča	M	1
Chooligan Racing Team	Hyundai i20 N Rally2	Robert Kolčák	Julius Lapdavský	M	1
H Rally Rent	Ford Fiesta Rally2	András Hadik	Attila Deák	P	1	Master ERC
JC Raceteknik	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	Adam Grahn	Christoffer Bäck	H	1
	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	Isak Reiersen	Stefan Gustavsson	H	1
Lancia Corse HF	Lancia Ypsilon Rally2 HF Integrale	Andrea Mabellini	Virginia Lenzi	P	1
Motorsport Ireland Rally Academy	Citroën C3 Rally2	William Creighton	Liam Regan	M	1
Orsák Rallysport	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	Tristan Charpentier	Loris Pascaud	M	1
Rautio Motorsport	Lancia Ypsilon Rally2 HF Integrale	Tuukka Kauppinen	Sebastian Virtanen	M	1
Recalvi Team	Citroën C3 Rally2	Jorge Cagiao	Javier Martínez	M	1
	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	José Antonio Suárez	Alberto Iglesias	M	1
Solution Proviser Now Kft.	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	Gábor Német	Gergely Németh	P	1
Team MRF Tyres	Hyundai i20 N Rally2	Erik Cais	Igor Bacigál	MR	1
	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	Andrei Gîrtofan	Dorin Pulpea	MR	1[a]
	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	Simone Tempestini	Sergiu Itu	MR	1
The Racing Factory - Motorsport Solutions	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	Teemu Suninen	Antti Haapala	P	1
Toyota España	Toyota GR Yaris Rally2	Iván Ares	Borja Rozada	P	1
Villaria Rally Team	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	Piotr Krotoszyński	Marcin Szeja	M	1
Private Rally2 entries
Entered under driver's name	Toyota GR Yaris Rally2	Philip Allen	Craig Drew	M	1
	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	Giandomenico Basso	Lorenzo Granai	P	1	Master ERC
	Toyota GR Yaris Rally2	Roberto Blach	Daniel Sosa	M	1
	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	Marco Bulacia	Axel Coronado	P	1
	Citroën C3 Rally2	Calle Carlberg	Jørgen Eriksen	H	1
	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	Callum Devine	Noel O'Sullivan	M	1
	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	Benjamin Korhola	Patric Öhman	P	1
	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	Mikołaj Marczyk	Szymon Gospodarczyk	M	1
	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	Jakub Matulka	Damian Syty	M	1
	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	Pierre Ragues	Julien Pesenti	M	1
	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	Adrian Rzeźnik	Kamil Kozdroń	P	1
	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	Fabrizio Zaldivar	Marcelo Der Ohannesian	M	1
Sources:[6]

Rally3 entries
Entrant	Car	Driver	Co-Driver	Tyres	Rounds	Category
AK Opatija Motorsport	Ford Fiesta Rally3	Jan Pokos	Jara Hain	P	1	FRally3T
Duck Racing Autoklub v AČR	Ford Fiesta Rally3	Petr Kačírek	Ladislav Kučera	P	1	FRally3T
Escudería Costa Nord C.E.	Ford Fiesta Rally3	Joan Socías	Diego Fuentes	P	1	FRally3T
Grupa PGS Rally Team	Ford Fiesta Rally3	Igor Widłak	Daniel Dymurski	P	1	FRally3T
Motorsport Ireland Rally Academy	Ford Fiesta Rally3	Cian Caldwell	Paul McPhillips	P	1	FRally3T
	Ford Fiesta Rally3	Casey Jay Coleman	Killian McArdle	P	1	FRally3T
	Ford Fiesta Rally3	Craig Rahill	Conor Smith	P	1	FRally3T
Private Rally3 entries
Entered under driver's name	Renault Clio Rally3	Sebastian Butyński	Łukasz Jastrzębski	P	1
	Renault Clio Rally3	Błażej Gazda	Michał Jurgała	P	1
	Ford Fiesta Rally3	Kalum Graffin	Rhodri Evans	P	1	FRally3T
	Renault Clio Rally3	Hubert Kowalczyk	Jarosław Hryniuk	P	1[a]
	Renault Clio Rally3	Maximilian Lichtenegger	Bernhard Ettel	P	1
	Ford Fiesta Rally3	Robert Proudlock	Harry Marchbank	P	1	FRally3T
	Ford Fiesta Rally3	Alexandra Teslovan	Mihai Supuran	P	1	FRally3T
	Renault Clio Rally3	Aleksandar Tomov	Nedyalko Sivov	P	1
	Ford Fiesta Rally3	Ville Vatanen	Joonas Ojala	P	1	FRally3T
	Renault Clio Rally3	Lucas Zielinski	Ewen Leenhardt	M	1
Sources:[6]

Rally4 and Rally5 entries
Entrant	Car	Driver	Co-Driver	Tyres	Rounds	Category
Lancia Corse HF	Lancia Ypsilon Rally4 HF	Francesco Dei Ceci	Danilo Fappani	H	1
Sporta klubs Autostils Rally Team	Renault Clio Rally4	Petr Turkin	Vasily Mirkotan	P	1	Master ERC
Private Rally4 and Rally5 entries
Entered under driver's name	Lancia Ypsilon Rally4 HF	Aatu Hakalehto	Niklas Heino	H	1
	Opel Corsa Rally4	Valentino Ledda	Marco Demontis	P	1
	Lancia Ypsilon Rally4 HF	Tommaso Sandrin	Andrea Dal Maso	P	1
	Renault Clio Rally5	Ludwig Zigliani	Sara Montavoci	P	1
Sources:[6]

Summarize Timeline Top Qs Fact Check

Round	Event	Winning driver	Winning co-driver	Winning entrant	Winning time	Report	Ref.
1	Andalusia Rally Sierra Morena	José Antonio Suárez	Alberto Iglesias	Recalvi Team	1:57:02.5	Report	[7][8]
2	Royal Rally of Scandinavia
3	Rally di Roma Capitale
4	Rally Poland
5	Barum Czech Rally Zlín
6	Rali Ceredigion
7	Rally Five Cities North of Portugal

Points for final position are awarded as in the following table in the ERC. In ERC, ERC3, ERC4, Master ERC, the Teams’ and the Tyre Suppliers' categories, the best six scores from the seven rounds count towards the final number of points. In the Junior ERC category, the best five rounds out of six count.^[2]

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.^[9]

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th
Points	5	4	3	2	1

Teams may register a maximum of three cars under a team name to score points in the teams' championship, of which the best two will score points. Cars driven by ERC4 priority drivers score points in their own group.^[9]

Pos. Driver ESP SWE ITA POL CZE GBR POR Points Best 6 1 José Antonio Suárez 1 30 30 2 Iván Ares 23 27 27 3 Teemu Suninen 42 23 23 4 Giandomenico Basso 35 22 22 5 Andrea Mabellini 61 20 20 6 Jorge Cagiao 5 17 17 7 William Creighton 7 13 13 8 Jakub Matulka 8 11 11 9 Dominik Stříteský 9 9 9 10 Marco Bulacia 10 7 7 11 Tuukka Kauppinen 11 5 5 12 Tristan Charpentier 12 4 4 13 Callum Devine 13 3 3 14 Erik Cais 14 2 2 15 Mikołaj Marczyk 474 2 2 16 Simone Tempestini 15 1 1 Sources:[10]

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: 1 2 3 4 5 – Power Stage position

Pos. Driver ESP SWE ITA POL CZE GBR POR Points Best 6 1 Lucas Zielinski 1 30 30 2 Casey Jay Coleman 2 24 24 3 Maximilian Lichtenegger 3 21 21 4 Kalum Graffin 4 19 19 5 Cian Caldwell 5 17 17 6 Petr Kačírek 6 15 15 7 Ville Vatanen 7 13 13 8 Igor Widłak 8 11 11 9 Aleksandar Tomov 9 9 9 10 Jan Pokos 10 7 7 11 Sebastian Butyński 11 5 5 12 Błażej Gazda 12 4 4 13 Alexandra Teslovan 13 3 3 14 Joan Socías 14 2 2 Sources:[10]

Pos. Driver ESP SWE ITA POL CZE GBR POR Points Best 6 1 Aatu Hakalehto 1 30 30 2 Tommaso Sandrin 2 24 24 3 Petr Turkin 3 21 21 4 Ludwig Zigliani 4 19 19 5 Valentino Ledda 5 17 17 Sources:[10]

Pos. Driver ESP SWE ITA POL CZE GBR POR Points Best 6 1 Giandomenico Basso 1 30 30 2 András Hadik 2 24 24 3 Petr Turkin 3 21 21 Sources:[10]

Pos. Driver ESP SWE ITA POL CZE Points 1 Casey Jay Coleman 1 30 2 Kalum Graffin 2 24 3 Cian Caldwell 3 21 4 Petr Kačírek 4 19 5 Ville Vatanen 5 17 6 Igor Widłak 6 15 7 Jan Pokos 7 13 8 Alexandra Teslovan 8 11 9 Joan Socías 9 9 Sources:[10]

Pos. Driver ESP SWE ITA POL CZE GBR POR Points Best 6 1 Alberto Iglesias 1 30 30 2 Borja Rozada 23 27 27 3 Antti Haapala 42 23 23 4 Lorenzo Granai 35 22 22 5 Virginia Lenzi 61 20 20 6 Javier Martínez 5 17 17 7 Liam Regan 7 13 13 8 Damian Syty 8 11 11 9 Ondřej Krajča 9 9 9 10 Axel Coronado 10 7 7 11 Sebastian Virtanen 11 5 5 12 Loris Pascaud 12 4 4 13 Noel O'Sullivan 13 3 3 14 Igor Bacigál 14 2 2 15 Szymon Gospodarczyk 474 2 2 16 Sergiu Itu 15 1 1 Sources:[10]

Pos. Driver ESP SWE ITA POL CZE GBR POR Points Best 6 1 Ewen Leenhardt 1 30 30 2 Killian McArdle 2 24 24 3 Bernhard Ettel 3 21 21 4 Rhodri Evans 4 19 19 5 Paul McPhillips 5 17 17 6 Ladislav Kučera 6 15 15 7 Joonas Ojala 7 13 13 8 Daniel Dymurski 8 11 11 9 Nedyalko Sivov 9 9 9 10 Jara Hain 10 7 7 11 Łukasz Jastrzębski 11 5 5 12 Michał Jurgała 12 4 4 13 Mihai Supuran 13 3 3 14 Diego Fuentes 14 2 2 Sources:[10]

Pos. Driver ESP SWE ITA POL CZE GBR POR Points Best 6 1 Niklas Heino 1 30 30 2 Andrea Dal Maso 2 24 24 3 Vasily Mirkotan 3 21 21 4 Sara Montavoci 4 19 19 5 Marco Demontis 5 17 17 Sources:[10]

Pos. Team ESP SWE ITA POL CZE GBR POR Points Best 6 1 Recalvi Team 1 49 49 4 2 Toyota España 2 24 24 3 The Racing Factory - Motorsport Solutions 3 21 21 4 Lancia Corse HF 5 17 17 Ret 5 Motorsport Ireland Rally Academy 6 15 15 17 Ret 6 Auto Podbabská Škoda Team 7 13 13 7 Team MRF Tyres 10 12 12 11 WD 8 Rautio Motorsport 8 11 11 9 Orsák Rallysport 9 9 9 10 JC Raceteknik 12 7 7 13 11 Solution Proviser Now Kft. 14 2 2 12 H Rally Rent 15 1 1 Sources:[10]

Pos. Tyre supplier ESP SWE ITA POL CZE GBR POR Points Best 6 1 Michelin 1 49 49 4 2 Pirelli 2 45 45 3 3 MRF 5 32 32 6 4 Hankook 7 24 24 8 Sources:[10]