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. [1]
The classes are: [2]
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. [1]
Round | Dates | Rally name | Surface | |
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1 | 24–26 July | ![]() | Tarmac | ERC Junior Round 1 |
2 | 14–16 August | ![]() | Gravel | ERC Junior Round 2 |
3 | 2–4 October | ![]() | Asphalt | ERC Junior Round 3 |
4 | 6–8 November | ![]() | Asphalt | ERC Junior Round 4 |
5 | 26–28 November | ![]() | Tarmac | ERC Junior Round 5 |
Entries | ||||||||
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Constructor | Car | Entrant | Tyre | Drivers | Co-drivers | Rounds | ||
Volkswagen | Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 | ![]() | P | ![]() | ![]() | 1 | ||
![]() | P | ![]() | ![]() | 1, 3–4 | ||||
![]() | P | ![]() | ![]() | 1–3, 5 | ||||
![]() | ![]() | 1 | ||||||
![]() | P | ![]() | ![]() | 1 | ||||
![]() | P | ![]() | ![]() | 1 | ||||
![]() | P | ![]() | ![]() | 2 | ||||
![]() | H | ![]() | ![]() | 4 | ||||
Citroën | Citroën C3 R5 | ![]() | P | ![]() | ![]() | 1-4 | ||
![]() | 5 | |||||||
![]() | ![]() | 2 | ||||||
M | ![]() | ![]() | 1, 5 | |||||
![]() | 3–4 | |||||||
![]() | P | ![]() | ![]() | 1 | ||||
![]() | ![]() | 1 | ||||||
![]() | P | ![]() | ![]() | All | ||||
![]() | ![]() | 5 | ||||||
![]() | M | ![]() | ![]() | 3 | ||||
![]() | P | ![]() | ![]() | 4 | ||||
![]() | ![]() | 5 | ||||||
![]() | M | ![]() | ![]() | 3-5 | ||||
![]() | M | ![]() | ![]() | 5 | ||||
![]() | P | ![]() | ![]() | 5 | ||||
Skoda | Škoda Fabia R5 Evo | ![]() | M | ![]() | ![]() | 1 | ||
![]() | P | ![]() | ![]() | 1, 3–5 | ||||
![]() | M | ![]() | ![]() | All | ||||
![]() | MR | ![]() | ![]() | 1–4 | ||||
![]() | P | ![]() | ![]() | 1–2, 4 | ||||
![]() | 3 | |||||||
![]() | P | ![]() | ![]() | 1 | ||||
![]() | P | ![]() | ![]() | 1 | ||||
![]() | P | ![]() | ![]() | 1 | ||||
![]() | M | ![]() | ![]() | 2 | ||||
![]() | P | ![]() | ![]() | 2 | ||||
![]() | P | ![]() | ![]() | 4 | ||||
![]() | P | ![]() | ![]() | 4 | ||||
![]() | 5 | |||||||
![]() | P | ![]() | ![]() | 4 | ||||
![]() | P | ![]() | ![]() | 4 | ||||
![]() | M | ![]() | ![]() | 4 | ||||
![]() | M | ![]() | ![]() | 5 | ||||
![]() | M | ![]() | ![]() | 5 | ||||
Škoda Fabia R5 | ![]() | P | ![]() | ![]() | 1 | |||
![]() | P | ![]() | ![]() | 1 | ||||
![]() | P | ![]() | ![]() | 2 | ||||
![]() | P | ![]() | ![]() | 2 | ||||
![]() | M | ![]() | ![]() | 3 | ||||
Hyundai | Hyundai i20 R5 | ![]() | P | ![]() | ![]() | 1–2 | ||
![]() | 3–5 | |||||||
![]() | ![]() | 3, 5 | ||||||
M | ![]() | ![]() | 4–5 | |||||
![]() | MR | ![]() | ![]() | All | ||||
![]() | P | ![]() | ![]() | All | ||||
![]() | ![]() | 2, 4 | ||||||
![]() | P | ![]() | ![]() | 3, 5 | ||||
![]() | P | ![]() | ![]() | 3, 5 | ||||
![]() | ![]() | 3, 5 | ||||||
![]() | M | ![]() | ![]() | 5 | ||||
Ford | Ford Fiesta R5 Mk. II | ![]() | P | ![]() | ![]() | All | ||
![]() | M | ![]() | ![]() | All | ||||
![]() | M | ![]() | ![]() | 1, 5 | ||||
![]() | P | ![]() | ![]() | 1 | ||||
![]() | P | ![]() | ![]() | 4 | ||||
![]() | P | ![]() | ![]() | 5 | ||||
Ford Fiesta R5 | ![]() | P | ![]() | ![]() | 1 | |||
Entries | |||||||||||
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Constructor | Car | Entrant | Tyre | Drivers | Co-drivers | Rounds | |||||
Mitsubishi | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X | ![]() | P | ![]() | ![]() | All | |||||
![]() | P | ![]() | ![]() | 2–5 | |||||||
![]() | P | ![]() | ![]() | 1–2 | |||||||
![]() | P | ![]() | ![]() | 2 | |||||||
Porsche | Porsche 997 | ![]() | P | ![]() | ![]() | 1 | |||||
Abarth | Fiat Abarth 124 Rally RGT | ![]() | P | ![]() | ![]() | All | A Cup | ||||
![]() | P | ![]() | ![]() | 1-2, 5 | |||||||
![]() | P | ![]() | ![]() | 1, 3-4 | |||||||
![]() | P | ![]() | ![]() | 2, 4 | |||||||
![]() | P | ![]() | ![]() | 4 | |||||||
Alpine | Alpine A110 | ![]() | P | ![]() | ![]() | 3, 5 | |||||
Subaru | Subaru Impreza | ![]() | 1-2, 4 | ||||||||
Round | Event | Winning driver | Winning co-driver | Winning entrant | Winning time | Report | Ref. |
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1 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | 1:58:57.0 | Report | [3] |
2 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | 1:27:23.0 | Report | [4] |
3 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | 1:45:52.5 | Report | [5] |
4 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | 1:48:31.1 | Report | [6] |
5 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | 2:12:21.2 | Report | [7] |
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 |
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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 |
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