2023 European Rally Championship

Last updated April 01, 2024

The 2023 European Rally Championship is the 71st season of the FIA European Rally Championship, the European continental championship series in rallying. The season is also the tenth following the merge between the European Rally Championship and the Intercontinental Rally Challenge. Hayden Paddon is the reigning drivers champion.

Competitions

FIA ERC: Main open championship for all current FIA-homologated cars within sporting classes RC2 to RC5, with Rally2 cars the leading contenders.
FIA ERC3: Second tier, specifically for the Rally3 class.^[1]
FIA ERC4: Third ERC tier, the first for front-wheel-drive cars. Allows Rally4 and Rally5 cars.
FIA ERC Junior: For drivers aged 27 and under on 1 January 2023 in Rally4 and Rally5 cars on Hankook tyres. This championship will be contested over six of the eight rounds.^[1]
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.^[1]

Calendar

The 2023 season is contested over eight rounds across Central, Northern and Southern Europe.

Round	Start date	Finish date	Rally	Rally headquarters	Surface	Stages	Distance	Ref.
1	10 March	12 March	Rally Serras de Fafe e Felgueiras	Fafe, Braga	Gravel	17	180.29 km	^[2]
2	4 May	6 May	Rally Islas Canarias	Las Palmas, Canary Islands	Tarmac	13	190.06 km	^[3]
3	20 May	21 May	Rally Poland	Mikołajki, Warmia-Masuria	Gravel	16	182.06 km	^[4]
4	17 June	18 June	Rally Liepāja	Liepāja, Liepāja	Gravel	10	183.89 km	^[5]
5	6 July	8 July	Royal Rally of Scandinavia	Karlstad, Värmland	Gravel	16	185.18 km	^[6]
6	29 July	30 July	Rally di Roma Capitale	Fiuggi, Lazio	Tarmac	13	189.50 km	^[7]
7	18 August	20 August	Barum Czech Rally Zlín	Zlín, Zlín Region	Tarmac	13	200.43 km	^[8]
8	6 October	8 October	Rally Hungary	Nyíregyháza, Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg	Tarmac	12	180.22 km
Sources:^[9]

Calendar changes

Rally Azores and Rally Catalunya were removed from the calendar.
Rally Hungary returned to the calendar after a one-year absence.
Royal Rally of Scandinavia, which runs on former Rally Sweden stages, was introduced to the calendar.

Regulation changes

Rallies are held over four days. It will also consist of Free Practice and the Qualifying Stage for Rally2 drivers. Starting positions for the leg one are chosen by the drivers, 15 first from the Qualifying Stage choosing first, followed by the drivers with FIA Priority Status, then point scorers from the 2022 ERC season, and then remaining Rally2 drivers.^[10]

The first 15 cars run at 2-minute intervals, rest at 1-minute intervals. For the leg two, first 15 cars run in reverse order based on the leg one classification.^[10]

Entry list

ERC

Rally2 and R5 entries
Entrant	Car	Driver	Co-Driver	Tyres	Rounds
ACCR Entry Engineering	Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo	Filip Mareš	Radovan Bucha	P	All
Agrotec Škoda Rally Team	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	Jan Kopecký	Jan Hloušek	M	7
Auto Podbabská Škoda Mol Team	Škoda Fabia R5	Dominik Stříteský	Jiří Hovorka	H	7
Bilteknik TRT Citroën Rally Team	Citroën C3 Rally2	Tom Kristensson	Andreas Johansson	P	1-3
Bilteknik TRT Citroën Rally Team	Citroën C3 Rally2	Mads Østberg	Patrik Barth	P	8
BRC Racing Team	Hyundai i20 N Rally2	Hayden Paddon	John Kennard	P	1-7
BRR Baumschlager Rallye & Racing Team	Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo	Albert von Thurn und Taxis	Jara Hain	P	6
BRR Baumschlager Rallye & Racing Team	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	Albert von Thurn und Taxis	Jara Hain	P	7
Chervonenko Racing	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	Alexey Lukyanuk	Yevgen Chervonenko	P	7
Citroën Rally Team	Citroën C3 Rally2	Diego Ruiloba	Ángel Luis Vela	P	2
Citroën Vodafone Team	Citroën C3 Rally2	José Pedro Fontes	Inês Ponte	P	1
Copi Sport	Ford Fiesta Rally2	Enrique Cruz	Yeray Mújica Eugenio	P	1
F.P.F. Sport	Citroën C3 Rally2	Andrea Crugnola	Pietro Elia Ometto	P	6
GNM Sweden AB	Ford Fiesta Rally2	Dennis Rådström	Johan Johansson	MR	3-5
GR Motorsport Kft.	Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo	Miklós Csomós	Attila Nagy	P	1-2
GR Motorsport Kft.	Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo	Miklós Csomós	Viktor Bán	P	6-8
Hyundai Canarias Motorsport	Hyundai i20 N Rally2	Jan Černý	Petr Černohorský	P	2
Hyundai Motor España	Hyundai i20 N Rally2	Iván Ares	José Antonio Pintor Bouzas	P	2
Hyundai Motor España	Hyundai i20 N Rally2	Óscar Palomo Ortíz	Rodolfo del Barrio	P	2
Kole Média Center Kft.	Hyundai i20 N Rally2	Gábor Német	Gergely Németh	P	8
Kowax Racing	Hyundai i20 R5	Martin Vlček	Jakub Kunst	M	7
Motorsport Ireland Rally Academy	Hyundai i20 N Rally2	Josh McErlean	Brian Hoy	P	1
			John Rowan		3
			James Fulton		4-5, 7-8
	Škoda Fabia R5	Patrick O'Brien	Stephen O'Brien	P	1
	Škoda Fabia R5	Patrick O'Brien	Stephen O'Brien	H	5-6
MRF Tyres Dealer Team	Ford Fiesta Rally2	Jon Armstrong	Julia Thulin	MR	5
	Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo	Andrea Mabellini	Virginia Lenzi	MR	1-6
	Citroën C3 Rally2	Mads Østberg	Patrik Barth	MR	1-5, 7
	Hyundai i20 N Rally2	Javier Pardo Siota	Adrián Pérez Fernández	MR	2
	Ford Fiesta Rally2	Pontus Tidemand	Julia Thulin	MR	1, 3
Plon RT	Ford Fiesta Rally2	Jarosław Kołtun	Ireneusz Pleskot	P	1-4, 6-7
Printsport Oy	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	Rakan Al-Rashed	Antti Haapala	P	5
Pro-M Kft.	Hyundai i20 N Rally2	Norbert Michelisz	Róbert Tagai	H	8
Racing Network	Hyundai i20 N Rally2	Andrea Nucita	Elia De Guio	MR	1
			Rudy Pollet		2
			Manuel Fenoli		3
Recalvi Team	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	José Antonio Suárez	Alberto Iglesias Pin	M	2
RedGrey Team	Hyundai i20 N Rally2	Georg Linnamäe	James Morgan	M	1, 4
	Ford Fiesta Rally2	Robert Virves	Hugo Magalhães	P	1
	Ford Fiesta Rally2	Robert Virves	Craig Drew	P	4
Revys Motor Sport	Citroën C3 Rally2	Miguel Ángel Suárez	Eduardo González Delgado	P	2
Rufa Motor-Sport	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	Alexey Lukyanuk	Yevgen Chervonenko	P	6
Samohýl Škoda Team	Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo	Adam Březík	Ondřej Krajča	M	7
Team Hyundai Portugal	Hyundai i20 N Rally2	Craig Breen	James Fulton	P	1
Team Hyundai Portugal	Hyundai i20 N Rally2	Ricardo Teodósio	José Teixeira	P	1
Team MRF Tyres	Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo	Simone Campedelli	Tania Canton	MR	1-6
	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	Efrén Llarena	Sara Fernández	MR	1-3, 6
	Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo				4-5
	Škoda Fabia R5				7-8
	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	Mārtiņš Sesks	Renārs Francis	MR	All
Tehase Auto	Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo	Gregor Jeets	Timo Taniel	P	1
TGS	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	Lauri Joona	Janni Hussi	P	5
Toksport WRT	Volkswagen Polo GTI R5	Oliver Solberg	Elliott Edmondson	P	5
Topp-Cars Rally Team	Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo	Grzegorz Grzyb	Jakub Wróbel	P	2, 6
	Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo	Rafał Kwiatkowski	Kamil Kozdroń	H	3
	Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo	Martin László	Dávid Berendi	P	All
	Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo	József Trencsényi	Gábor Verba	H	8
Turán Motorsport SE	Volkswagen Polo GTI R5	Frigyes Turán	Ágnes Farnadi	H	8
Yacco ACCR Team	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	Erik Cais	Igor Bacigál	M	1, 3-4, 7-8
Private entries	Hyundai i20 N Rally2	Philip Allen	Dale Bowen	P	1
			Darragh Mullen		2
			Dale Furniss		8
	Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo	Pedro Almeida	Mário Castro	P	1
	Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo	Fabio Andolfi	Nicolò Gonella	P	6
	Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo	Armindo Araújo	Luís Ramalho	M	1
	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	Giandomenico Basso	Lorenzo Granai	P	6
	Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo	Alberto Battistolli	Simone Scattolin	P	1
	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	Alberto Battistolli	Simone Scattolin	P	4-6
	Citroën C3 Rally2	Simone Bertolotti	Federico Capilli	P	2-4
	Hyundai i20 R5	William Binbach	Jørgen Eriksen	P	5
	Ford Fiesta Rally2	László Bodolai	Attila Deák	P	8
	Citroën C3 Rally2	Yoann Bonato	Benjamin Boulloud	M	1-2, 6, 8
	Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo	Łukasz Byśkiniewicz	Daniel Siatkowski	M	3
	Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo	Miguel Correia	Jorge Carvalho	M	1
	Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo	Bogdan Cuzma	Ilka Minor	MR	1-2
	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2		Ilka Minor	MR	3-5
			Dorin Pulpea	M	6
			Hugo Magalhães	M	7-8
	Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo	Damiano De Tommaso	Sofia D'Ambrosio	P	6
	Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo	Mathieu Franceschi	Jules Escartefigue	M	1-5
	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2		Andy Malfoy		6-7
	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2		Benoît Manzo		8
	Ford Fiesta Rally2	Kalle Gustafsson	Magnus Nilsson	P	5
	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	Nikolay Gryazin	Konstantin Aleksandrov	P	5
	Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo	Grzegorz Grzyb	Adam Binięda	P	3
	Ford Fiesta Rally2	András Hadik	Krisztián Kertész	P	8
	Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo	Mikko Heikkilä	Samu Vaaleri	M	1-5
	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	Mikko Heikkilä	Samu Vaaleri	M	6
	Volkswagen Polo GTI R5	Chris Ingram	Alexander Kihurani	M	7
	Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo	Lauri Joona	Janni Hussi	P	6
	Volkswagen Polo GTI R5	Frank Tore Larsen	Torstein Eriksen	P	5
	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	Mikołaj Marczyk	Szymon Gospodarczyk	M	1, 3, 8
	Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo	Mathieu Margaillan	Mathilde Margaillan	M	1
	Citroën C3 Rally2	Andrea Mazzocchi	Silvia Gallotti	P	6
	Hyundai i20 N Rally2	Pedro Meireles	Pedro Alves	P	1
	Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo	Sylwester Płachytka	Jakub Gerber	M	3
	Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo	Osian Pryce	Stéphane Prévot	M	3-4
	Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo	Antonio Rusce	Martina Musiari	P	6
	Volkswagen Polo GTI R5	Giacomo Scattolon	Sauro Farnocchia	P	6
	Ford Fiesta Rally2	Lucas Simões	Nuno Almeida	MR	1
	Citroën C3 Rally2	Rachele Somaschini	Nicola Arena	P	1-3, 5-7
	Citroën C3 Rally2	Bernardo Sousa	Inês Veiga	P	1
	Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo	Simone Tempestini	Sergiu Itu	P	1, 3, 6-7
	Volkswagen Polo GTI R5	Ole Christian Veiby	Jonas Andersson	P	5
	Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo	Ferenc Vincze	Nándor Percze	H	8
	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	Simon Wagner	Gerald Winter	M	1-2, 6-7
	Hyundai i20 N Rally2	Fabrizio Zaldivar	Marcelo Der Ohannesian	P	1
Entrylists:^[11]^[12]^[13]^[14]^[15]^[16]^[17]^[18]

ERC3

Rally3 entries
Entrant	Car	Driver	Co-Driver	Tyres	Rounds
M-Sport Poland	Ford Fiesta Rally3	Jon Armstrong	Andrew Browne	P	1
	Ford Fiesta Rally3	Jon Armstrong	Cameron Fair	P	2-4, 6-7
	Ford Fiesta Rally3	William Creighton	Liam Regan	P	5
MRF Tyres Dealer Team	Renault Clio Rally3	Paolo Andreucci	Rudy Briani	MR	6
Rallytechnology	Ford Fiesta Rally3	Piotr Parys	Damian Syty	P	3-4
Private entries	Ford Fiesta Rally3	Dmitry Feofanov	Normunds Kokins	P	5
	Ford Fiesta Rally3	Jakub Matulka	Daniel Dymurski	P	3-4, 7
	Renault Clio Rally3	Paulo Soria	Axel Coronado Jiménez	MR	3
	Renault Clio Rally3	Paulo Soria	Sergiu Itu	MR	4
	Ford Fiesta Rally3	Igor Widłak	Mateusz Pawłowski	P	7
Sources:^[11]^[12]^[13]^[14]^[15]^[16]^[17]^[18]

ERC-4

Rally4 and R3 entries
Entrant	Car	Driver	Co-Driver	Tyres	Rounds	Category
ADAC Opel Rallye Junior Team	Opel Corsa Rally4	Timo Schulz	Michael Wenzel	H	3-8	ERC4J
AMD Gorica	Opel Corsa Rally4	Mark Škulj	Pia Šumer	H	6-7	ERC4J
AMD Gorica	Opel Corsa Rally4	Mark Škulj	Matej Čar	H	8	ERC4J
CKR Estonia	Peugeot 208 Rally4	Joosep Ralf Nõgene	Aleks Lesk	P	1
GK Door Team Sweden	Ford Fiesta Rally4	Patrik Hallberg	John Stigh	H	5	ERC4J
Herczig ASE	Peugeot 208 Rally4	Patrik Herczig	Kristóf Varga	H	3, 8	ERC4J
IK Sport Racing	Ford Fiesta Rally4	Mille Johansson	Johan Grönvall	H	3-7	ERC4J
IK Sport Racing	Opel Corsa Rally4	Mille Johansson	Johan Grönvall	H	8	ERC4J
Kole Média Center Kft.	Peugeot 208 Rally4	Csaba Juhász	Tamás Pásztor	P	6
Motorsport Ireland Rally Academy	Peugeot 208 Rally4	Aoife Raftery	Claire Williams	H	3-4	ERC4J
			Arthur Kierans		5
			Ronan Comerford		6-7
Prestige Motorsport Kft.	Peugeot 208 Rally4	Bendegúz Hangodi	László Bunkoczi	P	2, 4
Team Escuderia TV4	Peugeot 208 Rally4	Patrice Spitalier	Nicolas Spitalier	H	5-6	ERC4J
Team Estonia Autosport	Peugeot 208 Rally4	Karl-Markus Sei	Martin Leotoots	H	4	ERC4J
Team Estonia Autosport	Ford Fiesta Rally4	Jaspar Vaher	Evelin Mitendorf	H	4	ERC4J
Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT NG	Renault Clio Rally4	Hikaru Kogure	Topi Matias Luhtinen	P	3-4
	Renault Clio Rally4	Nao Otake	Marko Salminen	P	3-4
	Renault Clio Rally4	Yuki Yamamoto	Miika Teiskonen	P	3-4
TRT Motorsport MTÜ	Ford Fiesta Rally4	Mark-Egert Tiits	Jakko Viilo	H	4-5	ERC4J
Waldherr Motorsport Team	Opel Corsa Rally4	Christoph Brugger	Tamara Lutz	P	3
	Opel Corsa Rally4	Cristiana Oprea	Denisa-Alexia Parteni	P	7
	Opel Corsa Rally4	Fabian Zeiringer	Angelika Letz	H	3-4, 6-7	ERC4J
Private entries	Peugeot 208 Rally4	Simon Andersson	Jörgen Jönsson	H	3-4	ERC4J
	Renault Clio Rally4	Simon Andersson	Jörgen Jönsson	H	5	ERC4J
	Peugeot 208 Rally4	Ernesto Cunha	Carlos Magalhães	P	1
	Peugeot 208 Rally4	Roberto Daprà	Luca Guglielmetti	P	1-2
	Peugeot 208 Rally4	Roberto Daprà	Luca Guglielmetti	H	3-8	ERC4J
	Renault Clio R3	Alessandro Grillo	Enrico Bracchi	M	2
	Peugeot 208 Rally4	Bendegúz Hangodi	László Bunkoczi	P	3, 6
	Peugeot 208 Rally4	Bendegúz Hangodi	Attila Nagy	P	8
	Peugeot 208 Rally4	Victor Hansen	Victor Johansson	H	3-7	ERC4J
	Ford Fiesta Rally4	Miko Jalava	Riikka Hakkanen	H	3	ERC4J
	Ford Fiesta Rally4	Miko Jalava	Matias Peippo	H	4-5	ERC4J
	Ford Fiesta Rally4	Tymoteusz Jocz	Maciej Judycki	P	1, 3
	Peugeot 208 Rally4	Alfred Kramer	Jeannette Kvick	H	3-5	ERC4J
	Peugeot 208 Rally4	Norman Kreuter	Jeannette Kvick	P	1-2, 6, 8
			Maresa Lade		3, 5
			Anna-Maria Seidl		4, 7
	Peugeot 208 Rally4	Norbert Maior	Francesca Maior	H	3-8	ERC4J
	Opel Corsa Rally4	Max McRae	Mac Kierans	H	3-5, 7-8	ERC4J
	Peugeot 208 Rally4	Max McRae	Mac Kierans	H	6	ERC4J
	Renault Clio Rally4	Hugo Mesquita	Valter Cordaso	P	1
	Peugeot 208 Rally4	Patricio Muñoz	Miguel Recalt	P	1
	Peugeot 208 Rally4	René Noller	Natalie Solbach-Schmidt	H	3-4, 6	ERC4J
	Opel Corsa Rally4	Ola Nore	Rune Eilertsen	H	8	ERC4J
	Renault Clio Rally4		Rune Eilertsen		3, 5-6
	Renault Clio Rally4		Torstein Eriksen		4
	Opel Corsa Rally4	Marek Nowak	Adrian Sadowski	P	3
	Ford Fiesta Rally4	Isak Reiersen	Lucas Karlsson	H	5	ERC4J
	Peugeot 208 Rally4	Ghjuvanni Rossi	Nicolas Blanc	P	3
			Kylian Sarmezan	MR	6
			Kylian Sarmezan	M	7
	Peugeot 208 Rally4	Patrice Spitalier	Nicolas Spitalier	H	3	ERC4J
	Peugeot 208 Rally4	Jaromír Tarabus	Daniel Trunkát	H	7
	Peugeot 208 Rally4	Mattia Zanin	Fabio Pizzol	H	3-6	ERC4J
	Peugeot 208 Rally4	Mattia Zanin	Elia De Guio	H	7-8	ERC4J
Rally5 entries
Private entries	Renault Clio Rally5	Ciprian Lupu	Andrei George Pintilii	MR	6
Private entries	Renault Clio Rally5	Aleksandar Tomov	Yavor Brankov	H	6
Sources:^[11]^[12]^[13]^[14]^[15]^[16]^[17]^[18]

Results and standings

Season summary

Round	Event	Winning driver	Winning co-driver	Winning entrant	Winning time	Report	Ref.
1	Rally Serras de Fafe e Felgueiras	Hayden Paddon	John Kennard	BRC Racing Team	1:42:21.3	Report	^[19]
2	Rally Islas Canarias	Yoann Bonato	Benjamin Boulloud	Yoann Bonato	1:55:05.8	Report	^[20]
3	Rally Poland	Mārtiņš Sesks	Renārs Francis	Team MRF Tyres	1:34:57.8	Report	^[21]
4	Rally Liepāja	Mārtiņš Sesks	Renārs Francis	Team MRF Tyres	1:22:47.3	Report	^[22]
5	Royal Rally of Scandinavia	Oliver Solberg	Elliott Edmondson	Toksport WRT	1:29:36.4	Report	^[23]
6	Rally di Roma Capitale	Andrea Crugnola	Pietro Ometto	F.P.F. Sport	1:52:35.2	Report	^[24]
7	Barum Czech Rally Zlín	Jan Kopecký	Jan Hloušek	Agrotec Škoda Rally Team	1:53:09.4	Report	^[25]
8	Rally Hungary	Mads Østberg	Patrik Barth	Team MRF Tyres	1:37:40.2	Report	^[26]

Scoring system

Points for final position are awarded as in the following table in ERC, ERC3 and ERC4. In ERC, ERC3 and ERC4, the best seven scores from the eight rounds count towards the final number of points. In Junior category, best five rounds of six count.^[1]

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

There are also five bonus points awarded to the winners of the Power Stage, four points for second place, three for third, two for fourth and one for fifth. Power Stage points are awarded only in the main ERC drivers' and co-drivers' championships.^[1]

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

Drivers' Championships

ERC

Pos	Driver	PRT	CAN	POL	LAT	SWE	ITA	CZE	HUN	Points	Best 7
1	Hayden Paddon	1²	2	2³	2²	2¹	3	Ret		163	163
2	Mārtiņš Sesks	12⁵	8⁵	1⁵	1¹	3²	Ret	11	3	134	134
3	Mads Østberg	2	16	4¹	3	8		39	1¹	115	115
4	Efrén Llarena	7	3	10	9	Ret	4	8	10⁵	88	88
5	Yoann Bonato	5	1				6³		4	84	84
6	Mathieu Franceschi	14	6	6⁴	6⁵	7	Ret	9	9	81	81
7	Filip Mareš	33	11	11	11⁴	6	9⁴	5³	12²	71	71
8	Simon Wagner	17	5²				5	3¹		64	64
9	Mikko Heikkilä	8	18	5²	7	12	Ret			49	49
10	Miklós Csomós	10	Ret				7²	2⁵	Ret	49	49
11	Erik Cais	Ret		9	12			7²	6	45	45
12	Mikołaj Marczyk	4		3					23	44	44
13	Josh McErlean	19		7	4³	19		12	Ret	39	39
14	Georg Linnamäe	3³			8					35	35
15	Oliver Solberg					1³				33	33
16	Jan Kopecký							1⁴		32	32
17	Andrea Mabellini	Ret	13¹	Ret	13	9	10¹			32	32
18	Andrea Crugnola						1			30	30
19	Simone Tempestini	11		8			14	10		25	25
20	Giandomenico Basso						2			24	24
21	Grzegorz Grzyb		10⁴	14			8			22	22
22	Nikolay Gryazin					4⁴				21	21
23	Lauri Joona					5⁵	13			21	21
24	Craig Breen	6¹								20	20
25	Iván Ares		4							19	19
26	Adam Březík							4		19	19
27	Robert Virves	16⁴			5					19	19
28	Andrea Nucita	Ret	7³	Ret						16	16
29	Dominik Stříteský							6		15	15
30	Simone Campedelli	23	Ret	15	10	Ret	11⁵			14	14
31	Tom Kristensson	9	12	Ret						13	13
32	José Antonio Suárez		9							9	9
33	Kalle Gustafsson					10				7	7
34	Pontus Tidemand	13		13						6	6
35	Jon Armstrong					11				5	5
36	Alberto Battistolli	Ret			15	13	15			5	5
37	Věroslav Cvrček							12		4	4
38	Dennis Rådström			12		Ret				4	4
39	Albert von Thurn und Taxis						12	Ret		4	4
40	Martin László	Ret	15	Ret		14	Ret	Ret		3	3
41	Jan Černý		14							2	2
42	Aleš Jirásek							14		2	2
43	Osian Pryce				14					2	2
44	Patrick O'Brien					15	16			1	1
45	Miguel Correia	15								1	1
46	Jakub Jírovec							15		1	1
Sources:^[27]^[28]^[29]

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)

Notes:
^{1 2 3 4 5} – Power Stage position

ERC3

Pos	Driver	PRT	CAN	POL	LAT	SWE	ITA	Points	Best 7
1	Jon Armstrong	1	1	1	1		1	150	150
2	Jakub Matulka			2	2			48	48
3	Piotr Parys			3	3			42	42
4	William Creighton					1		30	30
5	Paolo Andreucci						2	24	24
6	Paulo Soria			Ret	4			19	19
Sources:^[27]^[30]^[29]

ERC4

Pos	Driver	PRT	CAN	POL	LAT	SWE	ITA	Points	Best 7
1	Roberto Daprà	1	Ret	5	7	4	1	109	109
2	Ola Nore			1	1	6	4	94	94
3	Norbert Maior			2	3	3	3	87	87
4	Victor Hansen			3	2	8	9	65	65
5	Norman Kreuter	5	2	14	12	11	10	59	59
6	Bendegúz Hangodi		1	10	8		Ret	48	48
7	Timo Schulz				6	13	2	42	42
8	Max McRae			11	5	12	8	37	37
9	Isak Reiersen					1		30	30
10	Mattia Zanin			13	9	Ret	5	29	29
11	Tymoteusz Jocz	4		9				28	28
12	Mark-Egert Tiits				4	9		28	28
13	Mille Johansson			Ret	11	5	11	27	27
14	Patrik Hallberg					2		24	24
15	Ernesto Cunha	2						24	24
16	Patricio Muñoz	3						21	21
17	Alessandro Grillo		3					21	21
18	Hikaru Kogure			4	Ret			19	19
19	Miko Jalava			6	Ret	Ret		15	15
20	Mark Škulj						6	15	15
21	Simon Andersson			Ret	14	7		15	15
22	Ghjuvanni Rossi			7			14	13	13
23	Fabian Zeiringer						7	13	13
24	Aoife Raftery			12	10	Ret	15	12	12
25	Christoph Brugger			8				11	11
26	Alfred Kramer			Ret	13	10		10	10
27	Patrice Spitalier					14	12	6	6
28	Csaba Juhász						13	3	3
29	Patrik Herczig			15				1	1
30	René Noller			Ret	15			1	1
Sources:^[27]^[31]^[29]

Junior ERC

Pos	Driver	POL	Points	Best 5
1	Ola Nore	1	30	30
2	Norbert Maior	2	24	24
3	Victor Hansen	3	21	21
4	Roberto Daprà	4	19	19
5	Miko Jalava	5	17	17
6	Max McRae	6	15	15
7	Aoife Raftery	7	13	13
8	Mattia Zanin	8	11	11
9	Patrik Herczig	9	9	9
10	Patrice Spitalier	10	7	7
Sources:^[27]^[32]^[29]

Co-drivers' championships

ERC

Pos	Co-Driver	PRT	Points	Best 7
1	John Kennard	1²	34	34
2	Patrik Barth	2	24	24
3	James Morgan	3³	24	24
4	James Fulton	6¹	20	20
5	Szymon Gospodarczyk	4	19	19
6	Benjamin Boulloud	5	17	17
7	Sara Fernández	7	17	17
8	Samu Vaaleri	8	11	11
9	Andreas Johansson	9	9	9
10	Attila Nagy	10	7	7
11	Sergiu Itu	11	5	5
12	Renārs Francis	12⁵	5	5
13	Julia Thulin	13	3	3
14	Jules Escartefigue	14	2	2
15	Hugo Magalhães	16⁴	2	2
16	Jorge Eduardo Carvalho	15	1	1
Sources:^[27]^[28]^[29]

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)

Notes:
^{1 2 3 4 5} – Power Stage position

ERC3

Pos	Co-Driver	PRT	CAN	POL	LAT	SWE	ITA	CZE	HUN	Points	Best 7
1	Andrew Browne	1								30	30
Sources:^[27]^[30]^[29]

ERC4

Pos	Co-Driver	PRT	Points	Best 7
1	Luca Guglielmetti	1	30	30
2	Carlos Magalhaes	2	24	24
3	Miguel Recalt	3	21	21
4	Maciej Judycki	4	19	19
5	Jeannette Kvick	5	17	17
Sources:^[27]^[31]^[29]

Teams' championship

Pos	Team	PRT	Points
1	MRF Tyres Dealer Team	24+9	33
2	BRC Racing Team	30	30
3	RedGrey	21+7	28
4	Team MRF Tyres	17+11	28
5	Team Hyundai Portugal	19+2	21
6	Bilteknik TRT Citroën Rally Team	15	15
7	GR Motorsport Kft.	13	13
8	Motorsport Ireland Rally Academy	5+3	8
9	M-Sport Poland	4	4
10	Citroën Vodafone Team	1	1
Sources:^[27]^[29]

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[reg-1] 1 2 3 4 5 "2023 FIA regional rally sporting regulations.pdf" (PDF). fia.com. 2023-03-07.

[2] "Itinerary Rally Serras de Fafe e Felgueiras 2023" . Retrieved 2023-03-11.

[3] "Itinerary Rally Islas Canarias 2023" . Retrieved 2023-05-01.

[4] "Itinerary Rally Poland 2023" . Retrieved 2023-05-01.

[5] Shacki. "Itinerary Tet Rally Liepāja 2023". eWRC-results.com. Retrieved 2023-06-15.

[6] Shacki. "Itinerary BAUHAUS Royal Rally of Scandinavia 2023". eWRC-results.com. Retrieved 2023-06-18.

[7] Shacki. "Itinerary Rally di Roma Capitale 2023". eWRC-results.com. Retrieved 2023-08-16.

[8] Shacki. "Itinerary Barum Czech Rally Zlín 2023". eWRC-results.com. Retrieved 2023-08-16.

[2022_Calendar-9] "ERC Calendar 2023". fiaerc.com . Retrieved 25 November 2022.

[format-10] 1 2 "ERC format refresher". fiaerc.com. 10 March 2023.

[Fafe_2023_entry_list-11] 1 2 3 "Entry list Rally Serras de Fafe, Felgueiras, Boticas, Vieira do Minho e Cabeceiras de Basto 2023". eWRC-results.com. Retrieved 2023-11-23.

[Canaries_2023_entry_list-12] 1 2 3 "Entry list Rally Islas Canarias 2023". eWRC-results.com. Retrieved 2023-11-24.

[Poland_2023_entry_list-13] 1 2 3 "Entry list ORLEN Rajd Polski - Rally Poland 2023". eWRC-results.com. Retrieved 2023-11-24.

[Liepāja_2023_entry_list-14] 1 2 3 "Entry list Tet Rally Liepāja 2023". eWRC-results.com. Retrieved 2023-11-24.

[Scandinavia_2023_entry_list-15] 1 2 3 "Entry list BAUHAUS Royal Rally of Scandinavia 2023". eWRC-results.com. Retrieved 2023-11-24.

[Roma_Capitale_2023_entry_list-16] 1 2 3 "Entry list Rally di Roma Capitale 2023". eWRC-results.com. Retrieved 2023-11-24.

[Barum_2023_entry_list-17] 1 2 3 "Entry list Barum Czech Rally Zlín 2023". eWRC-results.com. Retrieved 2023-11-24.

[Hungary_2023_entry_list-18] 1 2 3 "Entry list Rally Hungary 2023". eWRC-results.com. Retrieved 2023-11-24.

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[21] "Final results Rally Poland 2023". ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 2023-05-21.

[22] "Final results Rally Liepāja 2023". ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 2023-06-18.

[23] "Final results Royal Rally of Scandinavia 2023". ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 2023-07-08.

[24] "Final results Rally di Roma Capitale 2023". ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 2023-07-30.

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[26] "Final results Barum Czech Rally Zlín 2023". ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 2023-10-08.

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[fiastandings-29] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "2023 Classifications". fia.com. Retrieved 2023-03-13.

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Contents

Competitions

Calendar

Calendar changes

Regulation changes

Entry list

ERC

ERC3

ERC-4

Results and standings

Season summary

Scoring system

Drivers' Championships

ERC

ERC3

ERC4

Junior ERC

Co-drivers' championships

ERC

ERC3

ERC4

Teams' championship

Related Research Articles

References

External links