Intercontinental Rally Challenge

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Intercontinental Rally Challenge
Irc logo png.png
Category Super 2000
Group N
CountryInternational
Inaugural season2006
Folded2012
DriversVaried from event to event
Teams8 (manufacturers) [1]
Tyre suppliers Michelin
Yokohama
Last Drivers' champion Andreas Mikkelsen
Last Makes' champion Škoda
Official website ircseries.com

The Intercontinental Rally Challenge was an FIA-sanctioned rallying series organised by SRW Events and Eurosport Events, and aimed to "give new opportunities to young or amateur rally drivers competing in recognised regional and international rallies, while offering organisers an innovative TV format concept, created by Eurosport." The series focused on Group N and Group A spec cars up to 2000 cc, including Super 2000, R4, R2 and R3.

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The series began in 2006 under the name International Rally Challenge, adopting the name, Intercontinental Rally Challenge in 2007. The 2012 season was the final season of the series: from 2013, the series promoter Eurosport Events was awarded responsibility for organising the rival European Rally Championship by the FIA, [2] and the two competing series were effectively merged. [3]

Champions

SeasonChampion driverCo-driverCarChampion manufacturerIRC 2WD Cup2WD Champion manufacturer
2006 Flag of Italy.svg Giandomenico Basso Flag of Italy.svg Mitia Dotta Fiat Punto Abarth S2000 Flag of Italy.svg FIAT −−
2007 Flag of Spain.svg Enrique García-Ojeda Flag of Spain.svg Jordi Barrabés Peugeot 207 S2000 Flag of France.svg Peugeot −−
2008 Flag of France.svg Nicolas Vouilloz Flag of France.svg Nicolas Klinger Peugeot 207 S2000 Flag of France.svg Peugeot Flag of Italy.svg Marco Cavigioli Flag of France.svg Peugeot
2009 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Kris Meeke Flag of Ireland.svg Paul Nagle Peugeot 207 S2000 Flag of France.svg Peugeot Flag of France.svg Denis Millet Flag of France.svg Peugeot
2010 Flag of Finland.svg Juho Hänninen Flag of Finland.svg Mikko Markkula Škoda Fabia S2000 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Škoda Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Harry Hunt Flag of France.svg Peugeot
2011 Flag of Norway.svg Andreas Mikkelsen Flag of Norway.svg Ola Fløene Škoda Fabia S2000 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Škoda Flag of France.svg Jean-Michel Raoux Flag of Japan.svg Honda
2012 Flag of Norway.svg Andreas Mikkelsen Flag of Norway.svg Ola Fløene Škoda Fabia S2000 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Škoda Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Harry Hunt Flag of France.svg Renault
Sources: [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

Event winners

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References

  1. ↑ "Manufacturers". Intercontinental Rally Challenge. Archived from the original on 13 July 2011. Retrieved 20 June 2011.
  2. ↑ David Evans (28 September 2012). "Intercontinental Rally Challenge to end as Eurosport takes on European series". Autosport.
  3. ↑ David Evans (9 October 2012). "Eurosport: European Rally Championship will echo 1970s glory days". Autosport.
  4. ↑ "IRC - Intercontinental Rally Challenge". 2008-12-17. Archived from the original on 2008-12-17. Retrieved 2020-03-23.
  5. ↑ "IRC 2WD Cup: Millet on the threshold - automobilsport.com". www.automobilsport.com. Archived from the original on March 23, 2020. Retrieved 2020-03-23.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  6. ↑ "IRC Intercontinental Rally Challenge". 2010-12-08. Archived from the original on 2010-12-08. Retrieved 2020-03-23.
  7. ↑ "IRC Intercontinental Rally Challenge". 2011-12-23. Archived from the original on 2011-12-23. Retrieved 2020-03-23.
  8. ↑ "Standings - IRC Intercontinental Rally Challenge - Eurosport". 2013-02-15. Archived from the original on 2013-02-15. Retrieved 2020-03-23.


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