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The 2013 European Rally Championship season was the 61st season of the FIA European Rally Championship, the European continental championship series in rallying. The season was also the first following the merger between the European Rally Championship and the Intercontinental Rally Challenge. French broadcaster Eurosport, which previously organised the IRC, assumed the duties of organising the ERC.
The season started in Austria on 3 January, with the running of the Internationale Jänner Rallye, and finished on 9 November at the International Rallye du Valais. [1] Jan Kopecký won the Championship after scoring a total of six victories and two more podium finishes.
The calendar for the 2013 season featured twelve rallies, which were drawn from the 2012 European Rally Championship and Intercontinental Rally Challenge calendars. A final calendar of thirteen events was confirmed on 15 December 2012, [1] however in April 2013 Rally San Marino lost its place on the calendar. [2]
Round | Dates | Rally name | Surface |
---|---|---|---|
1 | 16–19 January | ![]() | Mixed |
2 | 1–3 February | ![]() | Mixed |
3 | 21–23 March | ![]() | Tarmac |
4 | 25–27 April | ![]() | Gravel |
5 | 16–18 May | ![]() | Tarmac |
6 | 27–29 June | ![]() | Tarmac |
7 | 25–27 July | ![]() | Gravel |
8 | 30 August–1 September | ![]() | Tarmac |
9 | 13–15 September | ![]() | Gravel |
10 | 26–28 September | ![]() | Tarmac |
11 | 10–12 October | ![]() | Tarmac |
12 | 7–9 November | ![]() | Tarmac |
The following teams and drivers represent the major entries participating in the 2013 season:
Constructor | Car | Entrant | Driver | Co-driver | Rounds |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Škoda | Škoda Fabia S2000 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | 1, 3–5, 7–10 |
![]() | ![]() | 4 | |||
![]() | ![]() | 6 | |||
![]() | ![]() | 8, 11–12 | |||
![]() | ![]() | 8 | |||
![]() | ![]() | ![]() | 1 | ||
![]() | ![]() | 10 | |||
![]() | ![]() | ![]() | 1 | ||
![]() | 2–10 | ||||
![]() | 12 | ||||
![]() | ![]() | 12 | |||
![]() | ![]() | ![]() | 1–2, 4 | ||
![]() | ![]() | ![]() | 1, 8 | ||
![]() | ![]() | ![]() | 2–4, 7, 10–11 | ||
![]() | ![]() | ![]() | 4 | ||
![]() | ![]() | ![]() | 6, 10 | ||
![]() | ![]() | ![]() | 7 | ||
![]() | ![]() | ![]() | 7 | ||
![]() | ![]() | ![]() | 8 | ||
![]() | ![]() | ![]() | 9 | ||
![]() | ![]() | ![]() | 10 | ||
![]() | ![]() | ![]() | 11 | ||
Peugeot | Peugeot 207 S2000 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | 1 |
![]() | 5, 7–9, 11 | ||||
![]() | 6 | ||||
![]() | ![]() | ![]() | 1–2, 5, 7 | ||
![]() | ![]() | ![]() | 1 | ||
![]() | ![]() | ![]() | 1 | ||
![]() | ![]() | ![]() | 1 | ||
![]() | ![]() | 1 | |||
![]() | ![]() | 4 | |||
![]() | ![]() | 4–5 | |||
![]() | 10, 12 | ||||
![]() | ![]() | 5 | |||
![]() | ![]() | ![]() | 2 | ||
![]() | 3–6 | ||||
![]() | 9, 11–12 | ||||
![]() | ![]() | 3, 5, 11 | |||
![]() | 6 | ||||
![]() | ![]() | 3–5, 9 | |||
![]() | 11–12 | ||||
![]() | ![]() | ![]() | 6 | ||
![]() | ![]() | 6 | |||
![]() | ![]() | ![]() | 9 | ||
![]() | ![]() | ![]() | 9 | ||
![]() | ![]() | ![]() | 11 | ||
![]() | ![]() | ![]() | 11 | ||
![]() | ![]() | ![]() | 11 | ||
![]() | ![]() | ![]() | 11 | ||
![]() | ![]() | ![]() | 12 | ||
![]() | ![]() | 12 | |||
![]() | ![]() | 12 | |||
![]() | ![]() | ![]() | 12 | ||
Peugeot 208 R2 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | 8 | |
Mitsubishi | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX R4 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | 1 |
![]() | ![]() | ![]() | 2 | ||
![]() | ![]() | ![]() | 4–5 | ||
![]() | 6 | ||||
![]() | 7–9 | ||||
![]() | 10 | ||||
![]() | ![]() | ![]() | 5 | ||
![]() | ![]() | ![]() | 7 | ||
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | 1–2 | |
![]() | ![]() | 8 | |||
![]() | ![]() | ![]() | 1 | ||
![]() | ![]() | ![]() | 7 | ||
![]() | ![]() | 7, 10 | |||
![]() | ![]() | 7 | |||
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | 2 | |
![]() | ![]() | 2 | |||
![]() | ![]() | ![]() | 4, 7 | ||
![]() | ![]() | ![]() | 6 | ||
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X R4 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | 2 | |
![]() | ![]() | ![]() | 2, 7 | ||
![]() | ![]() | ![]() | 2, 4, 7 | ||
![]() | ![]() | ![]() | 6 | ||
![]() | ![]() | ![]() | 7 | ||
![]() | ![]() | ![]() | 9 | ||
![]() | ![]() | ![]() | 10 | ||
Mini | Mini John Cooper Works S2000 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | 1, 8 |
![]() | ![]() | ![]() | 2 | ||
![]() | ![]() | ![]() | 3 | ||
![]() | ![]() | ![]() | 5 | ||
Subaru | Subaru Impreza R4 [4] | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | 1 |
![]() | ![]() | ![]() | 1–2 | ||
![]() | ![]() | ![]() | 2, 4–5, 9 | ||
![]() | 6, 8, 10 | ||||
![]() | ![]() | 2, 4 | |||
![]() | 7, 10 | ||||
![]() | ![]() | 7 | |||
![]() | ![]() | ![]() | 3, 5–6 | ||
![]() | 10–12 | ||||
![]() | ![]() | 3, 5, 10, 12 | |||
![]() | ![]() | 7–9, 11 | |||
![]() | ![]() | ![]() | 9 | ||
![]() | ![]() | 9 | |||
![]() | ![]() | ![]() | 12 | ||
Subaru Impreza WRX STI | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | 4 | |
![]() | ![]() | 7 | |||
![]() | ![]() | 8 | |||
Ford | Ford Fiesta RRC | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | 2 |
![]() | ![]() | ![]() | 3 | ||
![]() | 5 | ||||
![]() | ![]() | ![]() | 4 | ||
![]() | ![]() | ![]() | 5 | ||
![]() | ![]() | ![]() | 5 | ||
![]() | ![]() | ![]() | 6, 9 | ||
![]() | ![]() | ![]() | 9 | ||
![]() | ![]() | ![]() | 10 | ||
![]() | ![]() | ![]() | 12 | ||
Ford Fiesta S2000 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | 6 | |
![]() | ![]() | ![]() | 6 | ||
![]() | ![]() | ![]() | 6 | ||
![]() | ![]() | ![]() | 9 | ||
![]() | ![]() | ![]() | 9 | ||
![]() | ![]() | ![]() | 9, 11–12 | ||
Ford Fiesta R5 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | 8 | |
![]() | ![]() | ![]() | 8 | ||
![]() | ![]() | ![]() | 9 | ||
![]() | ![]() | 9 | |||
![]() | ![]() | ![]() | 9 | ||
![]() | ![]() | ![]() | 10 | ||
Citroën | Citroën DS3 RRC | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | 3–5, 9 |
Renault | Renault Mégane RS | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | 3, 5–6, 8 |
![]() | 10–11 | ||||
![]() | 12 | ||||
![]() | ![]() | 3, 5–6, 8, 10–11 | |||
![]() | ![]() | 11 | |||
![]() | ![]() | 12 | |||
Constructor | Car | Entrant | Driver | Co-driver | Rounds |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Peugeot | Peugeot 207 S2000 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | 6 |
Mitsubishi | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | 10 |
Ford | Ford Fiesta R2 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | 3 |
Ford Fiesta R1 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | 6 | |
Citroën | Citroën C2 R2 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | 3–7 |
![]() | 9–10, 12 | ||||
![]() | 8 | ||||
Citroën DS3 R3T | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | 4–10 | |
Citroën DS3 R1 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | 6 | |
Renault | Renault Clio Sport | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | 8 |
Volkswagen | Volkswagen Polo | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | 10 |
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