The 2017 European Rally Championship was the 65th season of the FIA European Rally Championship, the European continental championship series in rallying. The season was also the fifth following the merge between the European Rally Championship and the Intercontinental Rally Challenge. Kajetan Kajetanowicz was the reigning champion and went on to win the third straight ERC title.
This season, the European Junior Championship is split into two new categories. ERC Junior U27, which totals six events, is for drivers born on or after 1 January 1990 competing in R2 cars on Pirelli tyres. With the best four rounds counting, the winner will receive a career progression fund worth 100,000 euros to use in ERC Junior U28 in 2018.
ERC Junior U28 offers the next step on the rallying pyramid for drivers born on or after 1 January 1989. Again totalling six rounds with the best four scores counting, drivers use R5 cars with no restriction on tyre choice. The champion will get a drive on a European round of the 2018 FIA World Rally Championship as a P1 driver in a 2016-specification World Rally Car. [1]
The calendar for the 2017 season features only eight rallies compared to the previous season. Rallies dropped from the calendar were Circuit of Ireland, Ypres Rally and Rally Estonia. New event is the Rally di Roma Capitale.
Round | Dates | Rally name | Surface | |
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1 | 31 March – 2 April | ![]() | Gravel | ERC Junior Round 1 |
2 | 5–7 May | ![]() | Tarmac | ERC Junior Round 2 |
3 | 2–4 June | ![]() | Gravel | |
4 | 16–18 June | ![]() | Gravel | |
5 | 3–5 August | ![]() | Tarmac | ERC Junior Round 3 |
6 | 25–27 August | ![]() | Tarmac | ERC Junior Round 4 |
7 | 15–17 September | ![]() | Tarmac | ERC Junior Round 5 |
8 | 6–8 October | ![]() | Gravel | ERC Junior Round 6 |
Entries | ||||||||
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Constructor | Car | Entrant | Class | Tyre | Drivers | Co-drivers | Rounds | |
Ford | Ford Fiesta R5 | ![]() | R5 | P | ![]() | ![]() | All | |
![]() | R5 | P | ![]() | ![]() | 1–2, 5–8 | |||
![]() | R5 | M | ![]() | ![]() | 1 | |||
![]() | ![]() | 1 | ||||||
![]() | R5 | P | ![]() | ![]() | 1, 5–6 | U28 | ||
![]() | R5 | P | ![]() | ![]() | 1 | U28 | ||
M | 2, 5 | |||||||
![]() | R5 | P | ![]() | ![]() | 1 | U28 | ||
![]() | R5 | P | ![]() | ![]() | 1–6 | |||
![]() | R5 | P | ![]() | ![]() | 1 | |||
M | 2 | |||||||
![]() | R5 | P | ![]() | ![]() | 1, 8 | |||
M | 2, 5–7 | |||||||
![]() | ![]() | 5 | ||||||
![]() | R5 | P | ![]() | ![]() | 1 | |||
![]() | ![]() | 1 | ||||||
![]() | R5 | M | ![]() | ![]() | 2 | |||
![]() | 5 | |||||||
![]() | 6–7 | |||||||
![]() | R5 | M | ![]() | ![]() | 2 | |||
![]() | R5 | M | ![]() | ![]() | 2 | |||
![]() | ![]() | 2 | ||||||
![]() | R5 | M | ![]() | ![]() | 3–4 | |||
![]() | R5 | P | ![]() | ![]() | 4 | |||
![]() | R5 | P | ![]() | ![]() | 4 | |||
![]() | R5 | M | ![]() | ![]() | 5 | |||
![]() | R5 | M | ![]() | ![]() | 5–6 | |||
![]() | R5 | H | ![]() | ![]() | 5–6 | |||
![]() | R5 | P | ![]() | ![]() | 6 | |||
![]() | R5 | P | ![]() | ![]() | 6 | |||
![]() | R5 | P | ![]() | ![]() | 6 | |||
![]() | R5 | P | ![]() | ![]() | 6 | |||
![]() | ![]() | 6 | ||||||
![]() | R5 | P | ![]() | ![]() | 7 | U28 | ||
![]() | R5 | P | ![]() | ![]() | 8 | |||
![]() | R5 | P | ![]() | ![]() | 8 | |||
Ford Fiesta S2000 | ![]() | S | P | ![]() | ![]() | 4 | ||
Škoda | Škoda Fabia R5 | ![]() | R5 | P | ![]() | ![]() | 1–2, 5–7 | U28 |
![]() | ![]() | 6 | ||||||
![]() | R5 | P | ![]() | ![]() | 1, 8 | U28 | ||
![]() | ![]() | All | ||||||
![]() | R5 | M | ![]() | ![]() | 1–2, 5–7 | U28 | ||
![]() | R5 | M | ![]() | ![]() | 1–2, 5–7 | |||
P | 3–4, 8 | |||||||
![]() | R5 | M | ![]() | ![]() | 1 | |||
![]() | R5 | M | ![]() | ![]() | All | |||
![]() | R5 | P | ![]() | ![]() | 1 | |||
![]() | R5 | P | ![]() | ![]() | 1 | |||
![]() | R5 | P | ![]() | ![]() | 1–3, 5–6 | |||
![]() | ![]() | 4 | ||||||
![]() | ![]() | 7 | ||||||
![]() | R5 | M | ![]() | ![]() | 2, 5–7 | U28 | ||
![]() | R5 | M | ![]() | ![]() | 2 | |||
![]() | 5 | |||||||
![]() | 6–7 | |||||||
P | 3 | |||||||
![]() | R5 | P | ![]() | ![]() | 2–4, 6 | |||
![]() | ![]() | 5 | ||||||
![]() | 6–7 | |||||||
![]() | R5 | M | ![]() | ![]() | 2 | |||
![]() | R5 | M | ![]() | ![]() | 2 | |||
![]() | R5 | P | ![]() | ![]() | 3 | |||
![]() | R5 | P | ![]() | ![]() | 3 | |||
![]() | R5 | P | ![]() | ![]() | 5 | |||
![]() | R5 | M | ![]() | ![]() | 6 | |||
![]() | R5 | M | ![]() | ![]() | 6 | |||
![]() | R5 | M | ![]() | ![]() | 6 | |||
![]() | R5 | M | ![]() | ![]() | 6 | |||
![]() | R5 | P | ![]() | ![]() | 6 | |||
![]() | R5 | P | ![]() | ![]() | 8 | |||
Škoda Fabia S2000 | ![]() | S | D | ![]() | ![]() | 1 | ||
![]() | S | P | ![]() | ![]() | 6 | |||
Peugeot | Peugeot 208 T16 R5 | ![]() | R5 | M | ![]() | ![]() | 1–2, 5–8 | U28 |
![]() | ![]() | 1–2, 5–8 | ||||||
![]() | R5 | P | ![]() | ![]() | 7 | |||
Citroën | Citroën DS3 R5 | ![]() | R5 | P | ![]() | ![]() | 1–2 | |
![]() | R5 | P | ![]() | ![]() | 1 | |||
![]() | R5 | P | ![]() | ![]() | 1 | |||
![]() | R5 | P | ![]() | ![]() | 2 | |||
![]() | R5 | P | ![]() | ![]() | 3 | |||
![]() | 4 | |||||||
![]() | R5 | M | ![]() | ![]() | 7 | |||
Hyundai | Hyundai i20 R5 | ![]() | R5 | D | ![]() | ![]() | 1 | |
![]() | R5 | M | ![]() | ![]() | 2 | U28 | ||
![]() | R5 | P | ![]() | ![]() | 2 | |||
Mitsubishi | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX | ![]() | N | Y | ![]() | ![]() | 3 | |
![]() | ![]() | 4 | ||||||
![]() | ![]() | 4 | ||||||
![]() | N | Y | ![]() | ![]() | 4 | |||
![]() | N | P | ![]() | ![]() | 4 | |||
Porsche | Porsche 997 GT3 | ![]() | RGT | M | ![]() | ![]() | 6–7 | |
Fiat | Fiat Abarth 124 RGT | ![]() | RGT | M | ![]() | ![]() | 7 | |
![]() | ![]() | 7 | ||||||
![]() | ![]() | 7 | ||||||
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Constructor | Car | Entrant | Class | Tyre | Drivers | Co-drivers | Rounds | |
Mitsubishi | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X | ![]() | N | P | ![]() | ![]() | All | |
![]() | P | ![]() | ![]() | 1 | ||||
![]() | P | ![]() | ![]() | 2 | ||||
![]() | P | ![]() | ![]() | 2–3, 5–7 | ||||
![]() | 8 | |||||||
![]() | P | ![]() | ![]() | 4 | ||||
![]() | P | ![]() | ![]() | 8 | ||||
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX | ![]() | P | ![]() | ![]() | 1 | |||
![]() | P | ![]() | ![]() | 2–8 | ||||
![]() | P | ![]() | ![]() | 2 | ||||
![]() | P | ![]() | ![]() | 4 | ||||
![]() | Y | ![]() | ![]() | 4 | ||||
![]() | P | ![]() | ![]() | 8 | ||||
Subaru | Subaru Impreza WRX STI | ![]() | P | ![]() | ![]() | 5 | ||
![]() | ![]() | 5 | ||||||
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Constructor | Car | Entrant | Class | Tyre | Drivers | Co-drivers | Rounds | |
Opel | Opel Adam R2 | ![]() | R2 | P | ![]() | ![]() | 1–2, 5–7 | |
![]() | 8 | |||||||
![]() | ![]() | 1–2, 5–6 | ||||||
![]() | 7 | |||||||
![]() | 8 | |||||||
![]() | ![]() | 1–2, 5–8 | ||||||
![]() | R2 | P | ![]() | ![]() | 2, 5–7 | |||
![]() | R2 | M | ![]() | ![]() | 2 | |||
![]() | R2 | P | ![]() | ![]() | 5–6 | |||
![]() | R2 | P | ![]() | ![]() | 8 | |||
Peugeot | Peugeot 208 R2 | ![]() | R2 | P | ![]() | ![]() | 1–2, 6–8 | |
![]() | ![]() | 1–2, 5–8 | ||||||
![]() | R2 | P | ![]() | ![]() | 1, 8 | |||
![]() | ![]() | 1 | ||||||
![]() | 2 | |||||||
![]() | R2 | P | ![]() | ![]() | 1–2, 5 | |||
![]() | 7–8 | |||||||
![]() | R2 | P | ![]() | ![]() | 1–2, 5–8 | |||
![]() | R2 | P | ![]() | ![]() | 1, 4–6, 8 | |||
![]() | R2 | P | ![]() | ![]() | 2, 5–7 | |||
![]() | R2 | M | ![]() | ![]() | 2, 5, 7 | |||
P | 8 | |||||||
![]() | R2 | M | ![]() | ![]() | 2 | |||
![]() | R2 | P | ![]() | ![]() | 5–6 | |||
![]() | ![]() | 6 | ||||||
![]() | R2 | P | ![]() | ![]() | 5–8 | |||
![]() | R2 | P | ![]() | ![]() | 8 | |||
Ford | Ford Fiesta R2T | ![]() | R2 | P | ![]() | ![]() | 1–6, 8 | |
![]() | ![]() | 3–4, 8 | ||||||
![]() | ![]() | 3–4 | ||||||
![]() | ![]() | 8 | ||||||
Ford Fiesta R2 | ![]() | ![]() | 6 | |||||
![]() | R2 | P | ![]() | ![]() | 5 | |||
![]() | R2 | P | ![]() | ![]() | 4 | |||
Citroën | Citroën DS3 R3T | ![]() | R3 | M | ![]() | ![]() | 2 | |
![]() | 5–7 | |||||||
![]() | R3 | P | ![]() | ![]() | 4 | |||
Toyota | Toyota GT86 CS-R3 | ![]() | R3 | P | ![]() | ![]() | 5 | |
![]() | R3 | P | ![]() | ![]() | 5 | |||
![]() | ![]() | 6 | ||||||
![]() | ![]() | 7 | ||||||
![]() | ![]() | 7 | ||||||
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Constructor | Car | Entrant | Class | Tyre | Drivers | Co-drivers | Rounds | |
Opel | Opel Adam R2 | ![]() | R2 | P | ![]() | ![]() | 1–5 | |
![]() | 6 | |||||||
![]() | ![]() | 1–4 | ||||||
![]() | 5 | |||||||
![]() | 6 | |||||||
![]() | ![]() | All | ||||||
![]() | P | ![]() | ![]() | 2–5 | ||||
![]() | P | ![]() | ![]() | 3–4 | ||||
![]() | P | ![]() | ![]() | 6 | ||||
Peugeot | Peugeot 208 R2 | ![]() | P | ![]() | ![]() | 1–2, 4-6 | ||
![]() | ![]() | All | ||||||
![]() | P | ![]() | ![]() | 1, 6 | ||||
![]() | ![]() | 1 | ||||||
![]() | 2 | |||||||
![]() | P | ![]() | ![]() | 1–3 | ||||
![]() | 5–6 | |||||||
![]() | P | ![]() | ![]() | All | ||||
![]() | P | ![]() | ![]() | 2–5 | ||||
![]() | P | ![]() | ![]() | 3–4 | ||||
![]() | ![]() | 4 | ||||||
![]() | P | ![]() | ![]() | 3–6 | ||||
![]() | P | ![]() | ![]() | 6 | ||||
Ford | Ford Fiesta R2T | ![]() | P | ![]() | ![]() | 1–4, 6 | ||
Ford Fiesta R2 | ![]() | P | ![]() | ![]() | 5 |
Entries | ||||||||
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Constructor | Car | Entrant | Class | Tyre | Drivers | Co-drivers | Rounds | |
Opel | Opel Adam R2 | ![]() | R2 | P | ![]() | ![]() | 1–2, 5–6 | |
![]() | 7 | |||||||
![]() | 8 | |||||||
Peugeot | Peugeot 208 R2 | ![]() | R2 | P | ![]() | ![]() | 1–2, 5–8 | |
![]() | R2 | M | ![]() | ![]() | 2 | |||
Ford | Ford Fiesta R2 | ![]() | R2 | P | ![]() | ![]() | 1 | |
Citroën | Citroën DS3 R3T | ![]() | R3 | M | ![]() | ![]() | 2 | |
![]() | 5–7 | |||||||
Citroën C2 R2 | ![]() | R2 | M | ![]() | ![]() | 6 | ||
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th |
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Points | 25 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Points | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
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Pos | Driver | AZO ![]() | CAN ![]() | ACR ![]() | CYP ![]() | RZE ![]() | ZLÍ ![]() | RMC ![]() | LIE ![]() | Points | Best 6 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | 125+13 | 218+7 | Ret0+7 | 125+14 | 125+14 | 218+10 | 176 | 176 | ||
2 | ![]() | 218+6 | WD | 125+13 | 315+10 | 125+11 | 218+11 | Ret | Ret0+3 | 155 | 155 |
3 | ![]() | Ret0+7 | 218+13 | Ret | 218+7 | 315+11 | Ret | 315+10 | 114 | 114 | |
4 | ![]() | 125+13 | 412+5 | 55 | 55 | ||||||
5 | ![]() | 125+14 | 39 | 39 | |||||||
6 | ![]() | 125+11 | 36 | 36 | |||||||
7 | ![]() | 218+12 | 30 | 30 | |||||||
8 | ![]() | 315+9 | 24 | 24 | |||||||
9 | ![]() | Ret0+7 | 7 | 7 | |||||||
10 | ![]() | Ret0+6 | 6 | 6 | |||||||
Pos | Driver | AZO ![]() | CAN ![]() | ACR ![]() | CYP ![]() | RZE ![]() | ZLÍ ![]() | RMC ![]() | LIE ![]() | Points | Best 6 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | 125+14 | 125+10 | 84+3 | 86+7 | 315+11 | 125+12 | 157 | 157 | ||
2 | ![]() | 315+8 | Ret0+2 | 218+12 | 218+9 | 125+12 | 315+9 | 143 | 143 | ||
3 | ![]() | Ret0+6 | 218+10 | 125+14 | Ret | 218+13 | 412+9 | 125 | 125 | ||
4 | ![]() | 218+11 | 130+7 | 315+9 | 125+12 | Ret | 510+8 | 115 | 115 | ||
5 | ![]() | 510+5 | 92 | 125+14 | 412+8 | 510+5 | 68+3 | 92 | 104 | 102 | |
6 | ![]() | 218+12 | 125+12 | 101 | 68 | 68 | |||||
7 | ![]() | Ret | 510+5 | 412+6 | 412+8 | 12 | 53 | 53 | |||
8 | ![]() | 315+10 | 218+9 | 52 | 52 | ||||||
9 | ![]() | 68+1 | Ret | 510+6 | 68+4 | 37 | 37 | ||||
10 | ![]() | 412+5 | 101 | 76 | 101 | 76+1 | 11 | 32 | 32 | ||
11 | ![]() | 76+1 | 11 | 68+1 | 510+6 | Ret | Ret | 32 | 32 | ||
12 | ![]() | 218+11 | 29 | 29 | |||||||
13 | ![]() | 315+10 | 25 | 25 | |||||||
14 | ![]() | 315+10 | 25 | 25 | |||||||
15 | ![]() | 315+9 | 24 | 24 | |||||||
16 | ![]() | 412+10 | 22 | 22 | |||||||
17 | ![]() | 412+9 | 21 | 21 | |||||||
18 | ![]() | 68+3 | 76+3 | 20 | 20 | ||||||
19 | ![]() | 68+5 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 13 | 13 | ||||
20 | ![]() | 76+1 | Ret | 92 | Ret | 9 | 9 | ||||
21 | ![]() | 84+1 | 5 | 5 | |||||||
22 | ![]() | 84 | 4 | 4 | |||||||
23 | ![]() | Ret | 84 | 4 | 4 | ||||||
24 | ![]() | Ret | 12 | Ret | 11 | 84 | 4 | 4 | |||
25 | ![]() | 92 | 2 | 2 | |||||||
Pos | Driver | AZO ![]() | CAN ![]() | ACR ![]() | CYP ![]() | RZE ![]() | ZLÍ ![]() | RMC ![]() | LIE ![]() | Points | Best 4 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | 125+7 | 218+12 | 125+14 | 218+12 | 125+13 | 125+14 | 208 | 148 | ||
2 | ![]() | Ret | 315+10 | Ret0+6 | 315+11 | 218+11 | 86 | 86 | |||
3 | ![]() | 125+14 | Ret | 125+13 | Ret0+7 | 84 | 84 | ||||
4 | ![]() | 412+8 | 20 | 20 | |||||||
Pos | Driver | AZO ![]() | CAN ![]() | RZE ![]() | ZLÍ ![]() | RMC ![]() | LIE ![]() | Points | Best 4 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | 125+13 | 315+8 | 125+13 | 125+14 | WD | 138 | 138 | |
2 | ![]() | 412+10 | 412+9 | Ret | 315+7 | 218+11 | 125+14 | 133 | 112 |
3 | ![]() | Ret | 68+9 | 315+10 | 412+9 | 412+7 | 218+11 | 111 | 94 |
4 | ![]() | Ret0+4 | Ret | 68+3 | 218+9 | 125+12 | 79 | 79 | |
5 | ![]() | 315+6 | 125+12 | Ret | 68+7 | Ret | Ret0+6 | 79 | 79 |
6 | ![]() | 218+10 | 412+7 | 510+8 | 65 | 65 | |||
7 | ![]() | 218+10 | 218+10 | 56 | 56 | ||||
8 | ![]() | 315+10 | 25 | 25 | |||||
9 | ![]() | Ret0+3 | Ret | 510+5 | 18 | 18 | |||
10 | ![]() | 510+6 | 16 | 16 | |||||
11 | ![]() | 510+5 | WD | 15 | 15 | ||||
12 | ![]() | 68+4 | 12 | 12 | |||||
Pos | Driver | AZO ![]() | CAN ![]() | RZE ![]() | ZLÍ ![]() | RMC ![]() | LIE ![]() | Points | Best 4 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | 125+14 | 125+12 | 84+3 | 76+7 | 315+11 | 125+12 | 159 | 139 |
2 | ![]() | Ret0+6 | 218+12 | 125+14 | Ret | 218+13 | 412+10 | 128 | 122 |
3 | ![]() | 315+8 | Ret0+4 | 218+12 | 218+9 | 125+12 | 315+9 | 145 | 118 |
4 | ![]() | 218+11 | 92+7 | 315+9 | 125+12 | Ret | 510+8 | 117 | 108 |
5 | ![]() | Ret | 315+9 | 412+6 | 412+8 | 92 | 64 | 64 | |
6 | ![]() | 510+6 | 510+3 | 510+5 | 68+4 | 76+1 | 63 | 56 | |
7 | ![]() | 412+5 | 68+3 | 76 | 84+1 | 68+4 | 84 | 55 | 46 |
8 | ![]() | 68+2 | 76 | 68+1 | 510+6 | Ret | Ret0+1 | 42 | 41 |
9 | ![]() | 218+11 | 29 | 29 | |||||
10 | ![]() | 510+6 | 68+4 | 28 | 28 | ||||
11 | ![]() | 315+9 | 24 | 24 | |||||
12 | ![]() | 412+9 | 21 | 21 | |||||
13 | ![]() | Ret | 412+6 | 18 | 18 | ||||
14 | ![]() | Ret | 84 | Ret | 92 | 76+1 | 13 | 13 | |
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The 2024 European Rally Championship is the 72nd season of the FIA European Rally Championship, the European continental championship series in rallying. The season is also the eleventh following the merge between the European Rally Championship and the Intercontinental Rally Challenge. Hayden Paddon is the defending drivers champion.