2020 European Rally Championship
# 2020 European Rally Championship

The 2020 European Rally Championship was the 68th season of the FIA European Rally Championship, the European continental championship series in rallying. The season was also the eighth following the merge between the European Rally Championship and the Intercontinental Rally Challenge. Chris Ingram was the reigning champion, but did not return to defend the title. Alexey Lukyanuk won the championship in Citroën C3 R5.

## ERC Classes

The classes are:

* FIA ERC: Main class, for FIA-homologated cars with R5 regulations.
* FIA ERC2: Second tier, for cars more standard, albeit with turbocharged engines and four-wheel drive. This class allows the N4, the R4-K and RGT rules.
* FIA ERC3: Third ERC tier, for front-wheel-drive cars. Allows R3 and R2 cars.
* FIA ERC1 Junior: For drivers aged 28 and under on 1 January 2020 in R5 cars.
* FIA ERC3 Junior: For drivers aged 27 and under on 1 January 2020 in R2 cars on Pirelli control tyres.
* ERC Ladies Trophy: for female drivers including all classes (ERC1, ERC2 and ERC3) eligible.
* Abarth Rally Cup: for Abarth 124 Rally RGT cars.
* 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.
* ERC Nations Cup: like the ERC for Teams but for teams supported by a national motorsport federation or automobile association.

## Calendar

The final 2020 calendar featured 5 rallies - 4 tarmac rounds and only 1 gravel round. Rally di Roma Capitale turned out to be the inaugural event. Rally Liepaja was the second and the only gravel round. Rally Fafe Montelongo was added to calendar during the season after the cancelation of multiple events as the third round. Rally Hungary and Rally Islas Canarias remained in the calendar.

| Round | Dates | Rally name | Surface | |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 24–26 July | Rally di Roma Capitale | Tarmac | ERC Junior Round 1 |
| 2 | 14–16 August | Rally Liepāja | Gravel | ERC Junior Round 2 |
| 3 | 2–4 October | Rally Fafe Montelongo | Asphalt | ERC Junior Round 3 |
| 4 | 6–8 November | 2nd Rally Hungary | Asphalt | ERC Junior Round 4 |
| 5 | 26–28 November | Rally Islas Canarias | Tarmac | ERC Junior Round 5 |

## Teams and drivers

### ERC

Entries :

| Constructor | Car | Entrant | Tyre | Drivers | Co-drivers | Rounds |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Volkswagen | Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 | Loran | P | Giandomenico Basso | Lorenzo Granai | 1 |
| Volkswagen | Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 | MOL Racing Team | P | Norbert Herczig | Ramón Ferencz | 1, 3–4 |
| Volkswagen | Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 | PA Racing | P | Oliver Solberg | Aaron Johnston | 1–3, 5 |
| Volkswagen | Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 | PA Racing | P | Enrico Brazzoli | Maurizio Barone | 1 |
| Volkswagen | Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 | Pole Promotion | P | Fabian Kreim | Frank Christian | 1 |
| Volkswagen | Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 | Gass Racing srl | P | Alessandro Re | Marco Menchini | 1 |
| Volkswagen | Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 | Galatariotis Rally Team | P | Simos Galatariotis | Antonis Ioannou | 2 |
| Volkswagen | Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 | Turán Motorsport SE | H | Frigyes Turán | László Bagaméri | 4 |
| Citroën | Citroën C3 R5 | Saintéloc Junior Team | P | Alexey Lukyanuk | Dmitry Eremeev | 1-4 |
| Citroën | Citroën C3 R5 | Saintéloc Junior Team | P | Alexey Lukyanuk | Alexey Arnautov | 5 |
| Citroën | Citroën C3 R5 | Saintéloc Junior Team | P | Sean Johnston | Alex Kihurani | 2 |
| Citroën | Citroën C3 R5 | Saintéloc Junior Team | M | Marijan Griebel | Pirmin Winklhofer | 1, 5 |
| Citroën | Citroën C3 R5 | Saintéloc Junior Team | M | Marijan Griebel | Tobias Braun | 3–4 |
| Citroën | Citroën C3 R5 | F.P.F. Sport | P | Andrea Crugnola | Pietro Ometto | 1 |
| Citroën | Citroën C3 R5 | F.P.F. Sport | P | Antonio Rusce | Sauro Farnocchia | 1 |
| Citroën | Citroën C3 R5 | Rally Team Spain | P | Efrén Llarena | Sara Fernández | All |
| Citroën | Citroën C3 R5 | Rally Team Spain | P | Pepe López | Borja Rozada | 5 |
| Citroën | Citroën C3 R5 | Sports & You | M | Guillaume de Mevius | Martijn Wydaeghe | 3 |
| Citroën | Citroën C3 R5 | Citroen Rally Team Hungary | P | Csucsu | Imre Tóth | 4 |
| Citroën | Citroën C3 R5 | Citroen Rally Team Hungary | P | Simone Tempestini | Sergiu Itu | 5 |
| Citroën | Citroën C3 R5 | CHL Sport Auto | M | Yoann Bonato | Benjamin Boulloud | 3-5 |
| Citroën | Citroën C3 R5 | Auto Laca Competicion | M | Luis Monzon | Jose Carlos Deniz | 5 |
| Citroën | Citroën C3 R5 | C.D. Todo Sport | P | Emma Falcon | Candido Carrera | 5 |
| Skoda | Škoda Fabia R5 Evo | ACCR Czech Rally Team | M | Filip Mareš | Radovan Bucha | 1 |
| Skoda | Škoda Fabia R5 Evo | BRR Baumschlager Rallye & Racing Team | P | Albert von Thurn und Taxis | Bernhard Ettel | 1, 3–5 |
| Skoda | Škoda Fabia R5 Evo | Orlen Team | M | Miko Marczyk | Szymon Gospodarczyk | All |
| Skoda | Škoda Fabia R5 Evo | Team MRF Tyres | MR | Emil Lindholm | Mikael Korhonen | 1–4 |
| Skoda | Škoda Fabia R5 Evo | Brose Motorsport | P | Dominik Dinkel | Ursula Mayrhofer | 1–2, 4 |
| Skoda | Škoda Fabia R5 Evo | Brose Motorsport | P | Dominik Dinkel | Michael Wenzel | 3 |
| Skoda | Škoda Fabia R5 Evo | Delta Rally | P | Alberto Battistolli | Simone Scattolin | 1 |
| Skoda | Škoda Fabia R5 Evo | DP Autosport | P | Damiano De Tommaso | Massimo Bizzocchi | 1 |
| Skoda | Škoda Fabia R5 Evo | Lema Racing-AS2005 | P | Bostjan Avbelj | Damijan Andrejka | 1 |
| Skoda | Škoda Fabia R5 Evo | Sports Racing Technologies | M | Raul Jeets | Andrus Toom | 2 |
| Skoda | Škoda Fabia R5 Evo | TGS Worldwide | P | Mikko Heikkilä | Henri Arpiainen | 2 |
| Skoda | Škoda Fabia R5 Evo | Eurosol Racing Team Hungary | P | Oliver Solberg | Aaron Johnston | 4 |
| Skoda | Škoda Fabia R5 Evo | Topp-Cars Rally Team | P | Andreas Mikkelsen | Ola Fløene | 4 |
| Skoda | Škoda Fabia R5 Evo | Topp-Cars Rally Team | P | Andreas Mikkelsen | Anders Jæger | 5 |
| Skoda | Škoda Fabia R5 Evo | Pilis Racing Kft. / Dani Fischer Team | P | Vincze Ferenc | Igor Bacigál | 4 |
| Skoda | Škoda Fabia R5 Evo | Gulf Racing Hungary | P | Ádám Velenczei | Tamás Szőke | 4 |
| Skoda | Škoda Fabia R5 Evo | The Racing Factory / ETS Racing Fuels | M | Simon Wagner | Gerald Winter | 4 |
| Skoda | Škoda Fabia R5 Evo | Recalvi Team | M | Jose Antonio Suarez | Alberto Iglesias | 5 |
| Skoda | Škoda Fabia R5 Evo | Team Vito Škoda | M | Nil Solans | Marc Martí | 5 |
| Skoda | Škoda Fabia R5 | Tagai Racing Technology | P | Simone Tempestini | Sergiu Itu | 1 |
| Skoda | Škoda Fabia R5 | Specialcar | P | Giacomo Scattolon | Matteo Nobili | 1 |
| Skoda | Škoda Fabia R5 | Delta Rally | P | Alberto Battistolli | Simone Scattolin | 2 |
| Skoda | Škoda Fabia R5 | TGS Worldwide | P | Eerik Pietarinen | Antti Linnaketo | 2 |
| Skoda | Škoda Fabia R5 | The Racing Factory / ETS Racing Fuels | M | Aloísio Monteiro | Sancho Eiró | 3 |
| Hyundai | Hyundai i20 R5 | Motorsport Ireland Rally Academy | P | Callum Devine | Brian Hoy | 1–2 |
| Hyundai | Hyundai i20 R5 | Motorsport Ireland Rally Academy | P | Callum Devine | James Fulton | 3–5 |
| Hyundai | Hyundai i20 R5 | Motorsport Ireland Rally Academy | P | Pauric Duffy | Jeff Case | 3, 5 |
| Hyundai | Hyundai i20 R5 | Motorsport Ireland Rally Academy | M | Josh McErlean | Keaton Williams | 4–5 |
| Hyundai | Hyundai i20 R5 | Team MRF Tyres | MR | Craig Breen | Paul Nagle | All |
| Hyundai | Hyundai i20 R5 | Hyundai Motorsport N | P | Grégoire Munster | Louis Louka | All |
| Hyundai | Hyundai i20 R5 | Hyundai Motorsport N | P | Nikolay Gryazin | Konstantin Aleksandrov | 2, 4 |
| Hyundai | Hyundai i20 R5 | Hyundai Ares Racing Team | P | Iván Ares | David Vázquez | 3, 5 |
| Hyundai | Hyundai i20 R5 | Hyundai Motor España | P | Surhayen Pernía | Eduardo González | 3, 5 |
| Hyundai | Hyundai i20 R5 | Hyundai Motor España | P | Francisco López | Borja Odriozola | 3, 5 |
| Hyundai | Hyundai i20 R5 | Hyundai Canarias Motorsport | M | Yeray Lemes | Rogelio Penate | 5 |
| Ford | Ford Fiesta R5 Mk. II | Drift Company Rally Team | P | Niki Mayr-Melnhof | Leopold Welsersheimb | All |
| Ford | Ford Fiesta R5 Mk. II | Yacco ACCR Team | M | Erik Cais | Jindřiška Žáková | All |
| Ford | Ford Fiesta R5 Mk. II | M-Sport Ford World Rally Team | M | Adrien Fourmaux | Renaud Jamoul | 1, 5 |
| Ford | Ford Fiesta R5 Mk. II | Plon Rally Team | P | Jarosław Kołtun | Ireneusz Pleskot | 1 |
| Ford | Ford Fiesta R5 Mk. II | DVTK SE | P | András Hadik | Krisztián Kertész | 4 |
| Ford | Ford Fiesta R5 Mk. II | Copi Sport | P | Enrique Cruz | Yeray Mujica | 5 |
| Ford | Ford Fiesta R5 | C-Rally | P | Adam Stec | Kamil Kozdroń | 1 |

### ERC 2

Entries :

| Constructor | Car | Entrant | Tyre | Drivers | Co-drivers | Rounds | |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mitsubishi | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X | Prospeed | P | Dmitry Feofanov | Nurmonds Kokins | All | |
| Mitsubishi | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X | Erdi Team Kft. | P | Tibor Erdi | Szavolcs Kovacs | 2–5 | |
| Mitsubishi | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X | PGS Rally Team | P | Igor Widłak | Lukasz Wloch | 1–2 | |
| Mitsubishi | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X | Sporta klubs Autostils Rally Team | P | Ainars Igavens | | 2 | |
| Porsche | Porsche 997 | Petr Nesetril | P | Petr Nesetril | | 1 | |
| Abarth | Fiat Abarth 124 Rally RGT | Napoca Rally Academy | P | Andrea Mabellini | | All | A Cup |
| Abarth | Fiat Abarth 124 Rally RGT | Rallytechnology | P | Dariusz Poloński | | 1-2, 5 | A Cup |
| Abarth | Fiat Abarth 124 Rally RGT | Roberto Gobbin | P | Roberto Gobbin | | 1, 3-4 | A Cup |
| Abarth | Fiat Abarth 124 Rally RGT | Martin Rada | P | Martin Rada | | 2, 4 | A Cup |
| Abarth | Fiat Abarth 124 Rally RGT | Minhea Muresan | P | Minhea Muresan | | 4 | A Cup |
| Alpine | Alpine A110 | Zelindo Melegari | P | Zelindo Melegari | | 3, 5 | |
| Subaru | Subaru Impreza | Zelindo Melegari | P | Zelindo Melegari | | 1-2, 4 | |

## Results and standings

### Season summary

| Round | Event | Winning driver | Winning co-driver | Winning entrant | Winning time | Report |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Rally di Roma Capitale | Alexey Lukyanuk | Dmitriy Eremeev | Saintéloc Junior Team | 1:58:57.0 | Report |
| 2 | Rally Liepāja | Oliver Solberg | Aaron Johnston | Oliver Solberg | 1:27:23.0 | Report |
| 3 | Rally Fafe Montelongo | Alexey Lukyanuk | Dmitriy Eremeev | Saintéloc Junior Team | 1:45:52.5 | Report |
| 4 | Rally Hungary | Andreas Mikkelsen | Ola Fløene | Topp-Cars Rally Team | 1:48:31.1 | Report |
| 5 | Rally Islas Canarias | Adrien Fourmaux | Renaud Jamoul | M-Sport Ford WRT | 2:12:21.2 | Report |

### Scoring system

Only the four best results out of the five rounds counted towards the championship. Points for final position were awarded as in following table:

| 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 |

Bonus points awarded for position in each Leg:

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

### Drivers' Championships

**ERC**

| Pos | Driver | ITA | LAT | PRT | HUN | ESP | Points | Best 4 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Alexey Lukyanuk | $1^{30+8}$ | $2^{24+8}$ | $1^{30+8}$ | $13^{3+5}$ | $7^{13}$ | 129 | 121 |
| 2 | Oliver Solberg | $3^{21+5}$ | $1^{30+10}$ | 23 | $4^{19+4}$ | $4^{19+4}$ | 112 | 112 |
| 3 | Grégoire Munster | $7^{13}$ | $6^{15}$ | $3^{21+7}$ | $2^{24+3}$ | $18^{0+1}$ | 84 | 83 |
| 4 | Iván Ares | | | $2^{24+9}$ | | $3^{21+5}$ | 59 | 59 |
| 5 | Andreas Mikkelsen | | | | $1^{30+5}$ | $6^{15+2}$ | 52 | 52 |
| 6 | Efrén Llarena | $6^{15}$ | $8^{11}$ | Ret | $3^{21+3}$ | 20 | 50 | 50 |
| 7 | Craig Breen | $4^{19}$ | $4^{19+2}$ | $16^{0+3}$ | $Ret^{0+4}$ | $11^5$ | 52 | 49 |
| 8 | Miko Marczyk | $10^7$ | $12^{4+2}$ | $4^{19+2}$ | $15^1$ | $9^9$ | 44 | 43 |
| 9 | Adrien Fourmaux | Ret | | | | $1^{30+7}$ | 37 | 37 |
| 10 | Norbert Herczig | 32 | | $5^{17+2}$ | $6^{15+2}$ | | 36 | 36 |
| 11 | Erik Cais | 37 | $11^5$ | $6^{15+2}$ | $8^{11+3}$ | 34 | 36 | 36 |
| 12 | Callum Devine | Ret | Ret | $8^{11}$ | $7^{13}$ | $8^{11}$ | 35 | 35 |
| 13 | Yoann Bonato | | | | $14^2$ | $2^{24+7}$ | 33 | 33 |
| 14 | Giandomenico Basso | $2^{24+8}$ | | | | | 32 | 32 |
| 15 | Emil Lindholm | $9^9$ | $5^{17+1}$ | Ret | 19 | | 27 | 27 |
| 16 | Niki Mayr-Melnhof | 23 | $14^2$ | $11^5$ | $5^{17+1}$ | 16 | 25 | 25 |
| 17 | Eerik Pietarinen | | $3^{21+3}$ | | | | 24 | 24 |
| 18 | Dominik Dinkel | $13^3$ | $13^3$ | $7^{13}$ | $12^4$ | | 23 | 23 |
| 19 | Simone Tempestini | $5^{17+2}$ | | | | $14^2$ | 21 | 21 |
| 20 | Marijan Griebel | $15^1$ | | $10^7$ | $9^9$ | $13^3$ | 20 | 20 |
| 21 | José Antonio Suárez | | | | | $5^{17+1}$ | 18 | 18 |
| 22 | Mikko Heikkilä | | $7^{13}$ | | | | 13 | 13 |
| 23 | Surhayen Pernía | | | $9^9$ | | $12^4$ | 13 | 13 |
| 24 | Filip Mareš | $8^{11+1}$ | | | | | 12 | 12 |
| 25 | Sean Johnston | | $9^{9+1}$ | | | | 10 | 10 |
| 26 | Raul Jeets | | $10^7$ | | | | 7 | 7 |
| 27 | András Hadik | | | | $10^7$ | | 7 | 7 |
| 28 | Luis Monzón | | | | | $10^7$ | 7 | 7 |
| 29 | Albert von Thurn und Taxis | $14^2$ | | $12^4$ | 16 | Ret | 6 | 6 |
| 30 | Josh McErlean | | | | $11^5$ | 19 | 5 | 5 |
| 31 | Andrea Crugnola | $38^{0+5}$ | | | | | 5 | 5 |
| 32 | Alessandro Re | $11^5$ | | | | | 5 | 5 |
| 33 | Antonio Rusce | $12^4$ | | | | | 4 | 4 |
| 34 | Nikolay Gryazin | | $20^{0+3}$ | | | | 3 | 3 |
| 35 | Francisco Antonio López | | | $18^{0+2}$ | | Ret | 2 | 2 |
| 36 | Ken Torn | 18 | $15^1$ | 14 | 18 | 21 | 1 | 1 |
| 37 | Enrique Cruz | | | | | $15^1$ | 1 | 1 |
| 38 | Aloísio Monteiro | | | $19^{0+1}$ | | | 1 | 1 |
| 39 | Fabian Kreim | $Ret^{0+1}$ | | | | | 1 | 1 |

Key :

| Colour | Result |
| - | - |
| Gold | Winner |
| Silver | 2nd place |
| Bronze | 3rd place |
| Green | Points finish |
| Blue | Non-points finish |
| Blue | Non-classified finish (NC) |
| Purple | Did not finish (Ret) |
| Black | Excluded (EX) |
| Black | Disqualified (DSQ) |
| White | Did not start (DNS) |
| White | Cancelled (C) |
| Blank | Withdrew entry from the event (WD) |
