The 2018 FIA European Rallycross Championship was the 43rd season of the FIA European Championships for Rallycross Drivers. The season consists of nine rounds across three categories; Supercar, Super1600 and TouringCar. This season is confirmed as the final season for TouringCar. [1] The season commenced on 14 April with the Spanish round at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, and culminated on 13 October in Germany at the Estering. [2]
Swede Anton Marklund is the defending Supercar champion, Hungarian Krisztián Szabó the defending Super1600 champion and Norwegian Lars Øivind Enerberg the defending TouringCar champion.
Steve Volders was crowned the TouringCar champion on 18 August 2018 after champion-elect Sivert Svardal was disqualified from the final round in Höljes. [3]
| Supercar entries | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Constructor | Entrant | Car | No. | Drivers | Rounds |
| Audi |  Nyirád Motorsport | Audi A1 | 50 | Attila Mózer | All |
| Kárai Motorsport Egyesület | 102 | Tamás Kárai | All | ||
 EKS Audi Sport | Audi S1 | 123 | Krisztián Szabó | 4-5 | |
| Citroën |  Mário Barbosa | Citroën DS3 | 75 | Mário Barbosa | 1–2,4 |
| Ford |  Knut Ove Børseth | Ford Focus | 70 | Knut Ove Børseth | 3 |
 Set Promotion | Ford Fiesta | 15 |  Reinis Nitišs | All | |
 M.D.K. | 49 | M.D.K. | 1-4 | ||
| Mats Ӧhman | 54 | Mats Ӧhman | 1-3 | ||
 TSK Baltijos Sportas | 55 | Paulius Pleskovas | All | ||
| Joni-Pekka Rajala | 60 | Joni-Pekka Rajala | 5 | ||
 Derek Tohill | 111 | Derek Tohill | All | ||
| JC Raceteknik | 90 | Thomas Bryntesson | All | ||
| 91 | Ola Frøshaug | All | |||
| Volkswagen | Volkswagen Polo | 69 | Sondre Evjen | 5 | |
| Peugeot |  Dubourg Auto | Peugeot 208 | 18 | Magda Andersson | 2–5 |
| 23 | Andréa Dubourg | All | |||
 Andrew Scott | 23 | Andrew Scott | 3 | ||
| Fabien Pailler | 20 | Fabien Pailler | 4 | ||
| Florent Béduneau | 39 | Florent Béduneau | All | ||
| Rodolphe Audran | 56 | Rodolphe Audran | All | ||
| Patrick Guillerme | 83 | Patrick Guillerme | 1–2, 4 | ||
| Cyril Raymond | 113 | Cyril Raymond | 2-5 | ||
| Renault | G-Fors | Renault Clio | 14 | Jere Kalliokoski | All |
| 87 | Jean-Baptiste Dubourg | All | |||
| Lukas Walfridson | 48 | Lukas Walfridson | All | ||
| SEAT |  ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport | SEAT Ibiza | 77 | René Münnich | All |
| Audi | Audi S3 | 38 | Mandie August | 3 | |
| Škoda |  KRTZ Mot ACCR Czech Team | Škoda Fabia | 99 | Aleš Fučík | All |
| Volkswagen | Eklund Motorsport | Volkswagen Beetle | 76 | Philip Gehrman | All |
| 86 | Anders Bråten | All | |||
| Peter Hedström | Volkswagen Polo | 8 | Peter Hedström | All | |
| Hedströms Motorsport | 37 | Daniel Thorén | 5 | ||
| Speedy Motorsport | 10 | Lukács Kornél | All | ||
| Kjetil Larsen | 64 | Kjetil Larsen | All | ||
 Ulrik Linnemann | 72 | Ulrik Linnemann | All | ||
| Marklund Motorsport | 92 | Anton Marklund | All | ||
| Dennis Rømer | 27 | Dennis Rømer | 3 | ||
| Super1600 entries | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Constructor | Entrant | Car | No. | Drivers | Rounds |
| Alfa Romeo |  Andrea Carretti | Alfa Romeo MiTo | 59 | Andrea Carretti | 6 |
| Audi | Volland Racing | Audi A1 | 14 | Rokas Baciuška | All |
| 17 | Artis Baumanis | 4-6 | |||
| Citroën | Hélder Ribeiro | Citroën C2 | 22 | Hélder Ribeiro | 2 |
| Jimmy Terpereau | 37 | Jimmy Terpereau | All | ||
| Maximilien Eveno | 75 | Maximilien Eveno | All | ||
| Morten Majormoen | 85 | Guro Majormoen | 3, 6 | ||
| Marius Bermingrud | Citroën DS3 | 51 | Marius Bermingrud | All | |
| Ford | Bompiso Racing | Ford Fiesta | 77 | Mário Teixeira | 2 |
| LS Tech ACCR Czech Team | 5 | Ondrej Smetana | All | ||
 Reinsalu Sport | Ford Ka | 29 | Arvo Kask | 3 | |
| Peugeot | Jihočeský autoklub v AČR | Peugeot 207 | 96 | Marcel Suchý | All |
| Espen Isaksćtre | Peugeot 208 | 8 | Espen Isaksćtre | All | |
| Veverka ACCR Czech Team | 66 | Václav Veverka | 1-5 | ||
| Ulrik Linnemann | 86 | Jan Skala | 3 | ||
| Renault | Anthony Jan | Renault Clio | 35 | Anthony Jan | 4 |
 Marcel Snoeijers | Renault Mégane | 50 | Marcel Snoeijers | 1–2, 4, 6 | |
| Rencenu Autoklubs | Renault Twingo | 7 |  Marat Knyazev | All | |
| RS Racing Team | 20 | Siim Saluri | 1, 4-6 | ||
| Artur Egorov | 99 | Artur Egorov | 1–2, 4-6 | ||
| Set Promotion | 74 | Jesse Kallio | All | ||
| 89 | Timur Shigabutdinov | All | |||
| Lars Christian Lote Rosland | 80 | Lars Christian Lote Rosland | 1–3, 5-6 | ||
| Škoda | Diana ACCR Czech Team | Škoda Fabia | 3 | Pavel Vimmer | All |
| Janno Ligur | 10 | Janno Ligur | 1-5 | ||
| Volland Racing | 15 | Gergely Márton | All | ||
| 17 | Artis Baumanis | 1-3 | |||
| 48 | Aydar Nuriev | All | |||
| Noprosu ACCR Czech Team | 16 | Josef Šusta | All | ||
| Speedy Motorsport | 18 | Zsolt Szíjj | 1-5 | ||
| Yvonnick Jagu | 31 | Yvonnick Jagu | 4 | ||
| Martins Spīķis | 34 | Juris Spīķis | 3 | ||
| ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport | 38 | Mandie August | All | ||
| Arnis Odiņš | 33 | Arnis Odiņš | 5 | ||
| Volkswagen | Anders Hansen | Volkswagen Polo | 4 | Anders Hansen | 3, 5 |
 Jakub Wyszyński | 57 | Jakub Wyszyński | 1–2 | ||
| TouringCar entries | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Constructor | Entrant | Car | No. | Drivers | Rounds |
| Audi | Camilla Antonsen | Audi A1 | 15 | Camilla Antonsen | All |
| BMW | Sondre Hansen | BMW 120 | 82 | Sondre Hansen | 3 |
| Ralf Evers | BMW e87 | 28 | Ralf Evers | 1, 3 | |
| Citroën | Jan-Emil Wilsberg | Citroën DS3 | 8 | Jan-Emil Wilsberg | All |
| Salsten Racing | 17 | Fredrik Salsten | All | ||
| Ford | Anders Bråten | Ford Fiesta | 3 | Anders Bråten | 2 |
| Daniel Holten | 10 | Daniel Holten | All | ||
| Fredrik Rolid Magnussen | 12 | Fredrik Rolid Magnussen | All | ||
| Kenneth Johansen | 75 | Kenneth Johansen | All | ||
| N.R. Trommelke vzw | 77 | Steve Volders | All | ||
| Troels Daarbak | 93 | Tobias Daarbak | All | ||
| Ole Morten Tangen | 94 | Ole Morten Tangen | 1, 3 | ||
| Peter McGarry | 111 | Peter McGarry | 3 | ||
| Mazda | Per Magne Røyrås | Mazda RX8 | 5 | Per Magne Røyrås | All |
| Jari Jaakkola | 6 | Jari Jaakkola | All | ||
| Sivert Svardal | 9 | Sivert Svardal | All | ||
| Fredrik Ågedal | 24 | Fredrik Ågedal | 2 | ||
| Ernst Atle Larsen | 27 | Ernst Atle Larsen | 2-3 | ||
| Toyota | Sören Hedlund | Toyota Auris | 83 | Sören Hedlund | 2-3 |
| Volkswagen | Jo van de Ven | Volkswagen Polo | 56 | Jo van de Ven | All |
| Volvo | Daniel Lundh | Volvo C30 | 19 | Daniel Lundh | All |
| Oud-Turnhout Rally Team VZW | 22 | Filip Baelus | All | ||
European championship points are scored as follows:
| Position | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th | 16th |
| Heats | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Semi-finals | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Final | 8 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||
(key)
| Pos. | Driver | BAR  | BEL | SWE | FRA | LAT | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Reinis Nitišs | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 135 |
| 2 | Anton Marklund | 2 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 101 |
| 3 | Cyril Raymond | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 100 | |
| 4 | Thomas Bryntesson | 18 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 62 |
| 5 | Jean-Baptiste Dubourg | 3 | 13 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 61 |
| 6 | Ulrik Linnemann | 5 | 5 | 24 | 8 | 15 | 53 |
| 7 | René Münnich | 11 | 9 | 5a | 10 | 4 | 52 |
| 8 | Krisztián Szabó | 2 | 6 | 47 | |||
| 9 | Peter Hedström | 6 | 4 | 6 | 27 | 26 | 46 |
| 10 | Jere Kalliokoski | 17 | 10 | 19 | 5 | 8 | 43 |
| 11 | Lukas Walfridson | 10 | 12 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 43 |
| 12 | Andréa Dubourg | 13 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 17 | 29 |
| 13 | Philip Gehrman | 4 | 17 | 20 | 20 | 10 | 28 |
| 14 | Derek Tohill | 9 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 25 |
| 15 | Ola Frøshaug | 7 | 20 | 12 | 22 | 18 | 19 |
| 16 | Kjetil Larsen | 14 | 19 | 17 | 21 | 9 | 15 |
| 17 | Mário Barbosa | 24 | 25 | 9 | 14 | ||
| 18 | Sondre Evjen | 5 | 12 | ||||
| 19 | Michael De Keersmaeckeer | 25 | 11 | 15 | 29 | 12 | |
| 20 | Mats Ӧhman | 21 | 18 | 9 | 10 | ||
| 21 | Andrew Scott | 10 | 10 | ||||
| 22 | Anders Bråten | 15 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 19a | 7 |
| 23 | Tamás Kárai | 12 | 16 | 16 | 11a | 12 | 5 |
| 24 | Paulius Pleskovas | 16 | 23 | 27 | 23 | 27 | 1 |
| 25 | Joni-Pekka Rajala | 16 | 1 | ||||
| 26 | Magda Andersson | 15 | 18a | 7 | 22 | 0 | |
| 27 | Fabien Pailler | 19 | 0 | ||||
| 28 | Rodolphe Audran | 20 | 21 | 26 | 26 | 0 | |
| 29 | Daniel Thorén | 20 | 0 | ||||
| 30 | Attila Mózer | 23 | 22 | 21 | 25 | 21 | 0 |
| 31 | Mandie August | 22 | 0 | ||||
| 32 | Aleš Fučík | 26 | 26 | 23 | 28 | 25 | 0 |
| 33 | Dennis Romer | 28 | 0 | ||||
| 34 | Knut Ove Børseth | 30 | 0 | ||||
| 35 | Florent Béduneau | 8 | 28 | 25 | 14 | 23a | -1 |
| 36 | Patrick Guillerme | 19 | 27 | 24a | -15 | ||
| 37 | Lukács Kornél | 22 | 24 | 29a | 17a | 24a | -60 |
| Pos. | Driver | BAR | BEL | SWE | FRA | LAT | Points |
aLoss of fifteen championship points – stewards' decision
| Pos. | Driver | BAR | POR | NOR | FRA | LAT | GER | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rokas Baciuška | 4 | 4 | 3 | 63 | |||
| 2 | Aydar Nuriev | 8 | 10 | 2 | 52 | |||
| 3 | Artis Baumanis | 1 | 1 | 4 | 65 | |||
| 4 | Jimmy Terpereau | 2 | 6 | 12 | 47 | |||
| 5 | Espen Isaksćtre | 6 | 2 | 8 | 44 | |||
| 6 | Janno Ligur | 9 | 8 | 6 | 44 | |||
| 7 | Gergely Márton | 3 | 14 | 5 | 43 | |||
| 8 | Jesse Kallio | 15 | 9 | 1 | 42 | |||
| 9 | Maximilien Eveno | 7 | 24 | 10 | 42 | |||
| 10 | Josef Šusta | 13 | 7 | 7 | 36 | |||
| 11 | Ondřej Smetana | 5 | 3 | 14 | 34 | |||
| 12 | Václav Veverka | 10 | 5 | 17 | 24 | |||
| 13 | Marius Bermingrud | 18 | 11 | 9 | 24 | |||
| 14 | Zsolt Szíjj | 11 | 12 | 25 | 9 | |||
| 15 | Pavel Vimmer | 12 | 17 | 16 | 9 | |||
| 16 | Jan Skala | 11 | 8 | |||||
| 17 | Timur Shigabutdinov | 16 | 13 | 24 | 5 | |||
| 18 | Jakub Wyszyński | 14 | 15 | 5 | ||||
| 19 | Anders Hansen | 13 | 4 | |||||
| 20 | Marat Knyazev | 17 | 23 | 15 | 2 | |||
| 21 | Lars Christian Lote Rosland | 22 | 16 | 21 | 1 | |||
| 22 | Juris Spīķis | 18 | 0 | |||||
| 23 | Artur Egorov | 19 | 18 | 0 | ||||
| 23 | Marcel Suchý | 20 | 25 | 19 | 0 | |||
| 25 | Mandie August | 21 | 19 | 22 | 0 | |||
| 26 | Arvo Kask | 20 | 0 | |||||
| 27 |  Marcel Snoeijers | 23 | 20 | 0 | ||||
| 28 | Hélder Ribeiro | 21 | 0 | |||||
| 29 | Mário Teixeira | 22 | 0 | |||||
| 30 | Guro Majormoen | 23 | 0 | |||||
| 31 | Siim Saluri | 24 | 0 | |||||
| Pos. | Driver | BAR | POR | NOR | FRA | LAT | GER | Points |
| Pos. | Driver | BEL | NOR | SWE | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Steve Volders | 2 | 3 | 8 | 60 |
| 2 | Fredrik Rolid Magnussen | 8 | 4 | 1 | 59 |
| 3 | Daniel Holten | 9 | 1 | 4 | 58 |
| 4 | Jan-Emil Wilsberg | 7 | 2 | 9 | 52 |
| 5 | Camilla Antonsen | 6 | 10 | 5 | 44 |
| 6 | Daniel Lundh | 3 | 7 | 16 | 41 |
| 7 | Tobias Daarbak | 11 | 9 | 3 | 39 |
| 8 | Per Magne Røyrås | 4 | 13 | 6 | 38 |
| 9 | Sivert Svardal | 5 | 5 | DQ a | 33 |
| 10 | Fredrik Salsten | 1 | 11 | 17 | 32 |
| 11 | Sondre Hansen | 2 | 23 | ||
| 12 | Sören Hedlund | 12 | 7 | 22 | |
| 13 | Anders Bråten | 6 | 20 | ||
| 14 | Fredrik Ågedal | 8 | 15 | ||
| 15 | Ernst Atle Larsen | 14 | 10 | 10 | |
| 16 | Ole Morten Tangen | 10 | DQ a | 10 | |
| 17 | Ralf Evers | 12 | 13 | 9 | |
| 18 | Peter McGarry | 11 | 6 | ||
| 19 | Jari Jaakkola | DQ a | 16 | 12 | 6 |
| 20 | Filip Baelus | DQ a | 15 | 14 | 5 |
| 21 | Jo van de Ven | 14 | 17 | 15 | 5 |
| 22 | Kenneth Johansen | 13 | 18 | DQ a | 4 |
| Pos. | Driver | BEL | NOR | SWE | Points |
aDisqualified by stewards' decision
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