2026 European Rally Championship

The 2026 FIA European Rally Championship is the 74th season of the European Rally Championship, a European continental rallying series in rallying organised by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) and WRC Promoter GmbH. The season is also the thirteenth following the merge between the European Rally Championship and the Intercontinental Rally Challenge.

Mikołaj Marczyk and Szymon Gospodarczyk are the reigning European drivers' and co-drivers' champions.

Categories

  • 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.

Calendar

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]

Calendar changes

  • 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.

Entrants

ERC

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
Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 2
GK Door Team Sweden Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 Calle Carlberg Jørgen Eriksen H 2
Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 Patrik Hallberg John Stigh P 2
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 1–2
Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 Isak Reiersen Stefan Gustavsson H 1–2
Lancia Corse HF Lancia Ypsilon Rally2 HF Integrale Andrea Mabellini Virginia Lenzi P 1–2
Motorsport Ireland Rally Academy Citroën C3 Rally2 William Creighton Liam Regan M 1–2
Orsák Rallysport Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 Tristan Charpentier Loris Pascaud M 1–2
Rautio Motorsport Lancia Ypsilon Rally2 HF Integrale Tuukka Kauppinen Sebastian Virtanen M 1
Topi Luhtinen 2
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 1–2
Team MRF Tyres Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 Eyvind Brynildsen Anders Erik Fredriksson MR 2
Hyundai i20 N Rally2 Erik Cais Igor Bacigál MR 1
Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 Andrei Gîrtofan Dorin Pulpea MR 1[a]
Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 Frank Tore Larsen Lars-Håkon Lundgreen MR 2
Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 Mārtiņš Sesks Renārs Francis MR 2
Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 Simone Tempestini Sergiu Itu MR 1
Francesca Maria Maior 2
The Racing Factory - Motorsport Solutions Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 Teemu Suninen Antti Haapala P 1–2
Toyota España Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 Iván Ares Borja Rozada P 1
Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT NG Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 Shotaro Goto Jussi Lindberg P 2
Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 Takumi Matsushita Pekka Kelander P 2
Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 Jaspar Vaher Rait Jansen P 2
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 1–2
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
Ford Fiesta Rally2 Kalle Gustafsson Jim Hjerpe H 2
Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 Mikko Heikkilä Kristian Temonen P 2
Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 Benjamin Korhola Patric Öhman P 1–2
Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 Tim Liljegren Sofie Sjöberg Karlsson P 2
Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 Mikołaj Marczyk Szymon Gospodarczyk M 1
Daniel Dymurski 2
Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 Jakub Matulka Damian Syty M 1–2
Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 Joosep Ralf Nõgene Aleks Lesk P 2
Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 Pierre Ragues Julien Pesenti M 1–2
Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 Adrian Rzeźnik Kamil Kozdroń P 1
Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 Brandon Semenuk Keaton Williams P 2
Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 Fabrizio Zaldivar Marcelo Der Ohannesian M 1–2
Sources:[6][7]

ERC3

Rally3 entries
Entrant Car Driver Co-Driver Tyres Rounds Category
AK Opatija Motorsport Ford Fiesta Rally3 Jan Pokos Jara Hain P 1 FRally3T
Anna-Maria Seidl 2
Duck Racing Autoklub v AČR Ford Fiesta Rally3 Petr Kačírek Ladislav Kučera P 1–2 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
Kamil Heller 2[b]
IK Sport Racing Ford Fiesta Rally3 Charlie Tuthill Niall Burns P 2 FRally3T
Motorsport Ireland Rally Academy Ford Fiesta Rally3 Cian Caldwell Paul McPhillips P 1–2 FRally3T
Ford Fiesta Rally3 Casey Jay Coleman Killian McArdle P 1–2 FRally3T
Ford Fiesta Rally3 Craig Rahill Conor Smith P 1–2 FRally3T
Team Petrol Ofisi Renault Clio Rally3 Kerem Kazaz Corentin Silvestre P 2
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 1–2 FRally3T
Renault Clio Rally3 Hubert Kowalczyk Jarosław Hryniuk P 1[a]
Renault Clio Rally3 Maximilian Lichtenegger Bernhard Ettel P 1–2
Ford Fiesta Rally3 Robert Proudlock Harry Marchbank P 1–2 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 1–2 FRally3T
Renault Clio Rally3 Lucas Zielinski Ewen Leenhardt M 1–2
Sources:[6][7]

ERC4

Rally4 and Rally5 entries
Entrant Car Driver Co-Driver Tyres Rounds Category
ADAC Opel Rally Junior Team Opel Corsa Rally4 Tom Heindrichs Jonas Schmitz H 2 ERC4J
Opel Corsa Rally4 Claire Schönborn Michael Wenzel H 2 ERC4J
Opel Corsa Rally4 Timo Schulz Maresa Lade H 2 ERC4J
IK Sport Racing Opel Corsa Rally4 Karl Peder Nordstrand Sunniva Rudi H 2 ERC4J
Lancia Corse HF Lancia Ypsilon Rally4 HF Francesco Dei Ceci Danilo Fappani H 1–2 ERC4J
Lancia Ypsilon Rally4 HF Davide Pesavento Alessio Angeli H 2 ERC4J
Motorsport Ireland Rally Academy Peugeot 208 Rally4 Kyle McBride Liam Callaghan H 2 ERC4J
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 Markas Buteikis Titas Čapkauskas H 2 ERC4J
Opel Corsa Rally4 Arvid Carlsson David Arhusiander H 2 ERC4J
Lancia Ypsilon Rally4 HF Sebastian Dallapiccola Nicolò Lazzarini H 2 ERC4J
Ford Fiesta Rally4 Colin Dünker Jonas Decker H 2 ERC4J
Lancia Ypsilon Rally4 HF Aatu Hakalehto Niklas Heino H 1
Ari Koponen 2 ERC4J
Opel Corsa Rally4 Valentino Ledda Marco Demontis P 1
Lorenzo Fratta 2
Lancia Ypsilon Rally4 HF Marcel Neulinger Jürgen Heigl H 2 ERC4J
Lancia Ypsilon Rally4 HF Tommaso Sandrin Andrea Dal Maso P 1
H 2 ERC4J
Lancia Ypsilon Rally4 HF Martin Stenberg Øyvind Rødsjø Beckstrøm H 2 ERC4J
Peugeot 208 Rally4 Reis Suliman Lorcan Moore H 2 ERC4J
Renault Clio Rally5 Ludwig Zigliani Sara Montavoci P 1–2
Sources:[6][7]

Results

Season summary

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 [8][9]
2 Royal Rally of Scandinavia Mikko Heikkilä Kristian Temonen Mikko Heikkilä 1:31:07.8 Report [10][11]
3 Rally di Roma Capitale
4 Rally Poland
5 Barum Czech Rally Zlín
6 Rali Ceredigion
7 Rally Five Cities North of Portugal

Scoring system

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.[12]

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.[12]

Drivers' championships

ERC

Pos. Driver ESP
 SWE
 ITA
 POL
 CZE
 GBR
 POR
 Points Best 6
1 José Antonio Suárez 1 30 30
2 Mikko Heikkilä 1 30 30
3 Mārtiņš Sesks 22 28 28
4 Iván Ares 23 27 27
5 Teemu Suninen 42 Ret 23 23
6 Giandomenico Basso 35 22 22
7 Calle Carlberg 18 43 22 22
8 Isak Reiersen 16 3 21 21
9 Andrea Mabellini 61 Ret 20 20
10 Simone Tempestini 15 5 18 18
11 Jorge Cagiao 5 17 17
12 Eyvind Brynildsen 6 15 15
13 Mikołaj Marczyk 474 7 15 15
14 William Creighton 7 Ret 13 13
15 Joosep Ralf Nõgene 84 13 13
16 Jakub Matulka 8 Ret 11 11
17 Tuukka Kauppinen 11 11 10 10
18 Dominik Stříteský 9 9 9
19 Brandon Semenuk 9 9 9
20 Tristan Charpentier 12 125 9 9
21 Fabrizio Zaldivar 20 10 7 7
22 Marco Bulacia 10 7 7
23 Benjamin Korhola Ret 381 5 5
24 Pierre Ragues 17 13 3 3
25 Callum Devine 13 3 3
26 Ville Vatanen 32 14 2 2
27 Erik Cais 14 2 2
28 Craig Rahill Ret 15 1 1
Sources:[13]
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

ERC3

Pos. Driver ESP
 SWE
 ITA
 POL
 CZE
 GBR
 POR
 Points Best 6
1 Lucas Zielinski 1 6 45 45
2 Ville Vatanen 7 1 43 43
3 Casey Jay Coleman 2 4 43 43
4 Petr Kačírek 6 3 36 36
5 Maximilian Lichtenegger 3 9 30 30
6 Kalum Graffin 4 8 30 30
7 Craig Rahill Ret 2 24 24
8 Cian Caldwell 5 Ret 17 17
9 Kerem Kazaz 5 17 17
10 Charlie Tuthill 7 13 13
11 Igor Widłak 8 WD 11 11
12 Aleksandar Tomov 9 9 9
13 Jan Pokos 10 Ret 7 7
14 Sebastian Butyński 11 5 5
15 Błażej Gazda 12 4 4
16 Alexandra Teslovan 13 3 3
17 Joan Socías 14 2 2
Sources:[13]

ERC4

Pos. Driver ESP
 SWE
 ITA
 POL
 CZE
 GBR
 POR
 Points Best 6
1 Tommaso Sandrin 2 6 39 39
2 Aatu Hakalehto 1 Ret 30 30
3 Timo Schulz 1 30 30
4 Valentino Ledda 5 9 26 26
5 Tom Heindrichs 2 24 24
6 Ludwig Zigliani 4 13 22 22
7 Petr Turkin 3 21 21
8 Davide Pesavento 3 21 21
9 Arvid Carlsson 4 19 19
10 Colin Dünker 5 17 17
11 Marcel Neulinger 7 13 13
12 Markas Buteikis 8 11 11
13 Sebastian Dallapiccola 10 7 7
14 Claire Schönborn 11 5 5
15 Francesco Dei Ceci Ret 12 4 4
16 Reis Suliman 14 2 2
Sources:[13]

Junior ERC

Pos. Driver SWE
 ITA
 POL
 CZE
 GBR
 POR
 Points Best 5
1 Timo Schulz 1 30 30
2 Tom Heindrichs 2 24 24
3 Davide Pesavento 3 21 21
4 Arvid Carlsson 4 19 19
5 Colin Dünker 5 17 17
6 Tommaso Sandrin 6 15 15
7 Marcel Neulinger 7 13 13
8 Markas Buteikis 8 11 11
9 Sebastian Dallapiccola 9 9 9
10 Claire Schönborn 10 7 7
11 Francesco Dei Ceci 11 5 5
12 Reis Suliman 12 4 4
Sources:[13]

Master ERC

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:[13]

Fiesta Rally3 Trophy

Pos. Driver ESP
 SWE
 ITA
 POL
 CZE
 Points
1 Casey Jay Coleman 1 4 49
2 Ville Vatanen 5 1 47
3 Petr Kačírek 4 3 40
4 Kalum Graffin 2 6 39
5 Cian Caldwell 3 Ret 21
6 Charlie Tuthill 5 17
7 Igor Widłak 6 WD 15
8 Jan Pokos 7 Ret 13
9 Alexandra Teslovan 8 11
10 Joan Socías 9 9
Sources:[13]

Co-drivers' championships

ERC

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:[13]

ERC3

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:[13]

ERC4

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:[13]

Teams' championship

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:[13]

Tyre suppliers' championship

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:[13]

Notes

  1. ^ a b The crew appeared on the entry list for the Andalusia Rally Sierra Morena, but were withdrawn before the start.
  2. ^ The crew appeared on the entry list for the Royal Rally of Scandinavia, but were withdrawn before the start.

References

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  2. ^ a b "Seven up for ERC in 2026". fiaerc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 10 February 2026. Retrieved 7 March 2026.
  3. ^ "FIA comfirms 2026 FIA European Rally Championship calendar". Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 10 February 2026. Retrieved 7 March 2026.
  4. ^ "Revved and refreshed 2026 ERC Calendar revealed". fiaerc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 16 October 2025. Retrieved 8 March 2026.
  5. ^ "ERC loses its season opener, Rally Hungary". dirtfish.com. 7 January 2026. Retrieved 7 March 2026.
  6. ^ a b c "Entries Andalucía Rally - Sierra Morena - Córdoba World Heritage Site 2026". Retrieved 17 April 2026.
  7. ^ a b c "Entries 4. BAUHAUS Royal Rally of Scandinavia 2026". Retrieved 14 May 2026.
  8. ^ "Home hero Suárez shines with first ERC win". fiaerc.com. 19 April 2026. Retrieved 20 April 2026.
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  10. ^ "Heikkilä picks up the pieces for maiden ERC victory". fiaerc.com. 24 May 2026. Retrieved 28 May 2026.
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