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.
The 2024 season is contested over eight rounds across Central, Northern and Southern Europe.
Round | Start date | Finish date | Rally | Rally headquarters | Surface | Stages | Distance | Ref. |
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1 | 12 April | 14 April | Rally Hungary | Veszprém, Veszprém County | Gravel | 13 | 192.43 km | [4] |
2 | 2 May | 4 May | Rally Islas Canarias | Las Palmas, Canary Islands | Tarmac | 13 | 190.06 km | [5] |
3 | 13 June | 15 June | Royal Rally of Scandinavia | Karlstad, Värmland | Gravel | 17 | 190.99 km | [6] |
4 | 5 July | 7 July | Rally Estonia | Tartu, Tartu County | Gravel | TBA | TBA | |
5 | 26 July | 28 July | Rally di Roma Capitale | Fiuggi, Lazio | Tarmac | TBA | TBA | |
6 | 16 August | 18 August | Barum Czech Rally Zlín | Zlín, Zlín Region | Tarmac | TBA | TBA | |
7 | 30 August | 1 September | Rali Ceredigion | Aberystwyth, Wales | Tarmac | TBA | TBA | |
8 | 6 October | 8 October | Rally Silesia | Katowice, Silesia | Tarmac | TBA | TBA | |
Sources: [7] |
Rally2, R5 and RGT entries | |||||
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Entrant | Car | Driver | Co-Driver | Tyres | Rounds |
ACCR Orsák Rally Sport | Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 | Erik Cais | Igor Bacigál | M | 1–2 |
ACCR Toyota Dolák | Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 | Filip Mareš | Radovan Bucha | H | 1–2 |
Auto-Laca Competición | Citroën C3 Rally2 | Luis Monzón | José Carlos Déniz | P | 2 |
BRC Racing Team | Hyundai i20 N Rally2 | Hayden Paddon | John Kennard | P | 1–2 |
C.D. Copi Sport | Ford Fiesta Rally2 | Enrique Cruz | Yeray Mújica | P | 2 |
C.D. Todo Sport | Citroën C3 Rally2 | Yeray Lemes | Rogelio Peñate | M | 2 |
Hyundai i20 N Rally2 | Alexey Lukyanuk | Yuriy Kulikov | P | 2 | |
Citroën C3 Rally2 | Miguel Suárez | Eduardo González | P | 2 | |
Citroën Rally Team | Citroën C3 Rally2 | Diego Ruiloba | Ángel Vela | P | 2 |
Dunakanyar Autós SE | Citroën C3 Rally2 | Róbert Bútor | Róbert Tagai | M | 1 |
Eldorado x Humbility Sports | Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo | Vladas Jurkevičius | Aisvydas Paliukėnas | P | 1 |
Eurosol Racing Team Hungary | Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 | Simon Wagner | Gerald Winter | M | 1–2 |
Extrém Sport Team Kft. | Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo | József Trencsényi | Gábor Verba | P | 1 |
HRT Racing Kft. | Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo | Miklós Csomós | Attila Nagy | P | 1–2 |
Hyundai Motor España | Hyundai i20 N Rally2 | Óscar Palomo | Sergio Fernández | P | 2 |
Hyundai Motor España -AresRacing- | Hyundai i20 N Rally2 | Iván Ares | Javier Martínez | P | 2 |
Kole Média Center Kft. | Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 | Gábor Német | Gergely Németh | P | 1 |
Klaus Motorsport | Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo | Kristóf Klausz | Tamás Papp | P | 1 |
Pécsi Sport Nonprofit Zrt. | Škoda Fabia R5 | Péter Ranga | János Czakó | P | 1 |
Recalvi Team | Alpine A110 Rally RGT | Javier Pardo | David de la Puente | M | 2 |
Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 | José Antonio Suárez | Alberto Iglesias | M | 2 | |
SZA Performance Kft. | Ford Fiesta Rally2 | László Bodolai | Attila Deák | P | 1 |
Ford Fiesta Rally2 | András Hadik | István Juhász | P | 1 | |
Team MRF Tyres | Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 | Efrén Llarena | Sara Fernández | MR | 1–2 |
Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 | Andrea Mabellini | Virginia Lenzi | MR | 1–2 | |
Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 | Mārtiņš Sesks | Renārs Francis | MR | 1–2 | |
Topp-Cars Rally Team | Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 | Martin László | Viktor Bán | P | 1–2 |
Toyota España | Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 | Alejandro Cachón | Borja Rozada | P | 2 |
Treff-Autóház Kft. | Škoda Fabia R5 | Sándor Ollé | Rebeka Ollé | P | 1 |
TRT Rally Team | Citroën C3 Rally2 | Mads Østberg | Patrik Barth | M | 1–2 |
Turán Motorsport SE | Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 | Frigyes Turán | Gábor Zsiros | H | 1 |
Private entries | Hyundai i20 N Rally2 | Philip Allen | Dale Furniss | P | 1–2 |
Ford Fiesta Rally2 | Jon Armstrong | Eoin Treacy | P | 1–2 | |
Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 | Roberto Blach | Mauro Barreiro | P | 2 | |
Citroën C3 Rally2 | Yoann Bonato | Benjamin Boulloud | M | 2 | |
Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo | Giacomo Costenaro | Justin Bardini | MR | 1–2 | |
Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 | Bogdan Cuzma | Ditte Kammersgaard | M | 1 | |
Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo | Mathieu Franceschi | Andy Malfoy | M | 1–2 | |
Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 | Mikko Heikkilä | Kristian Temonen | M | 1 | |
Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 | Raúl Hernández | José Murado | P | 2 | |
Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 | Mikołaj Marczyk | Szymon Gospodarczyk | M | 1–2 | |
Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 | Hermann Neubauer | Bernhard Ettel | P | 2 | |
Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 | Simone Tempestini | Sergiu Itu | P | 1 | |
Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 | Albert von Thurn und Taxis | Frank Christian | P | 2 | |
Sources: [8] [9] |
Rally3 entries | ||||||
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Entrant | Car | Driver | Co-Driver | Tyres | Rounds | Trophy |
Atölye Kazaz | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | Kerem Kazaz | Andris Mālnieks | P | 1 | FRally3T |
Hugo Magalhães | MR | 2 | ||||
Grupa PGS RT | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | Igor Widłak | Michał Marczewski | P | 1 | FRally3T |
Daniel Dymurski | 2 | |||||
Private entries | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | Filip Kohn | Tom Woodburn | P | 1 | FRally3T |
Ford Fiesta Rally3 | Martin Ravenščak | Dora Ravenščak | P | 1 | FRally3T | |
Sources: [8] [9] |
Rally4 and R3 entries | ||||||
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Entrant | Car | Driver | Co-Driver | Tyres | Rounds | Category |
ADAC Opel Rallye Junior Team | Opel Corsa Rally4 | Calle Carlberg | Jørgen Eriksen | H | 1–2 | ERC4J |
Opel Corsa Rally4 | Timo Schulz | Michael Wenzel | H | 1–2 | ERC4J | |
ALM Motorsport | Peugeot 208 Rally4 | Karl-Markus Sei | Martin Leotoots | H | 1–2 | ERC4J |
HRT Racing Kft. | Peugeot 208 Rally4 | Márton Bertalan | Róbert Paizs | P | 1 | |
Peugeot 208 Rally4 | Patrik Herczig | Kristóf Varga | H | 1–2 | ERC4J | |
Peugeot 208 Rally4 | Aleksandar Tomov | Yavor Brankov | H | 1–2 | ERC4J | |
IK Sport Racing | Opel Corsa Rally4 | Mille Johansson | Johan Grönvall | H | 1–2 | ERC4J |
M-Sport Poland | Ford Fiesta Rally4 | Jaspar Vaher | Sander Pruul | H | 1 | ERC4J |
Motorsport Ireland Rally Academy | Peugeot 208 Rally4 | Jack Brennan | John McGrath | H | 1–2 | ERC4J |
Peugeot 208 Rally4 | Aoife Raftery | Hannah McKillop | H | 1–2 | ERC4J | |
TRT Rally Team | Peugeot 208 Rally4 | Max McRae | Cameron Fair | H | 1–2 | ERC4J |
Private entries | Peugeot 208 Rally4 | Alfred Kramer | Jeannette Kvick | H | 1 | ERC4J |
Ford Fiesta Rally4 | Leevi Lassila | Antti Linnaketo | H | 1 | ERC4J | |
Opel Corsa Rally4 | Liam Müller | Alexander Hirsch | H | 1–2 | ERC4J | |
Peugeot 208 Rally4 | Geronimo Nerobutto | Alessio Angeli | H | 1–2 | ERC4J | |
Opel Corsa Rally4 | Cristiana Oprea | Denisa-Alexia Parteni | P | 1–2 | ||
Peugeot 208 Rally4 | Davide Pesavento | Matteo Zaramella | H | 1–2 | ERC4J | |
Peugeot 208 Rally4 | Daniel Polášek | Zdeněk Omelka | H | 1–2 | ERC4J | |
Peugeot 208 Rally4 | Ekaterina Stratieva | Georgi Avramov | MR | 2 | ||
Ford Fiesta Rally4 | Tuomas Välilä | Päivi Välilä | P | 1 | ||
Peugeot 208 Rally4 | Mattia Zanin | Elia De Guio | H | 1–2 | ERC4J | |
Sources: [8] [9] |
Round | Event | Winning driver | Winning co-driver | Winning entrant | Winning time | Report | Ref. |
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1 | Rally Hungary | Simone Tempestini | Sergiu Itu | Simone Tempestini | 1:52:50.4 | Report | [10] |
2 | Rally Islas Canarias | Yoann Bonato | Benjamin Boulloud | Yoann Bonato | 1:57:18.8 | Report | [11] |
3 | Royal Rally of Scandinavia | Report | |||||
4 | Rally Estonia | Report | |||||
5 | Rally di Roma Capitale | Report | |||||
6 | Barum Czech Rally Zlín | Report | |||||
7 | Rali Ceredigion | Report | |||||
8 | Rally Silesia | Report |
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.
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 |
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.
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th |
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Points | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
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Pos | Driver | HUN | CAN | SWE | EST | ITA | CZE | GBR | POL | Points | Best 7 |
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1 | Andy Malfoy | 21 | 23 | 56 | 56 | ||||||
2 | John Kennard | 4 | 65 | 35 | 35 | ||||||
3 | Sergiu Itu | 13 | 33 | 33 | |||||||
4 | Benjamin Boulloud | 14 | 32 | 32 | |||||||
5 | Borja Rozada | 31 | 26 | 26 | |||||||
6 | Attila Nagy | 32 | Ret | 25 | 25 | ||||||
7 | Eoin Tracy | 85 | 7 | 25 | 25 | ||||||
8 | Ángel Vela | 42 | 23 | 23 | |||||||
9 | Igor Bacigál | 5 | 14 | 19 | 19 | ||||||
10 | Alberto Iglesias | 5 | 17 | 17 | |||||||
11 | Gerald Winter | 9 | 10 | 16 | 16 | ||||||
12 | Szymon Gospodarczyk | 6 | 19 | 15 | 15 | ||||||
13 | Virginia Lenzi | 74 | 17 | 15 | 15 | ||||||
14 | Patrik Barth | DNS | 8 | 11 | 11 | ||||||
15 | Rogelio Peñate | 9 | 9 | 9 | |||||||
16 | Radovan Bucha | 10 | 15 | 8 | 8 | ||||||
17 | Sara Fernández | Ret | 11 | 5 | 5 | ||||||
18 | Aisvydas Paliukėnas | 11 | 5 | 5 | |||||||
19 | Gábor Zsiros | 12 | 4 | 4 | |||||||
20 | Yeray Mújica | 12 | 4 | 4 | |||||||
21 | Viktor Bán | 13 | Ret | 3 | 3 | ||||||
22 | Yuriy Kulikov | 13 | 3 | 3 | |||||||
23 | Justin Bardini | 14 | Ret | 2 | 2 | ||||||
24 | Tamás Papp | 15 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
Sources: [16] |
Pos | Driver | HUN | CAN | SWE | EST | ITA | CZE | GBR | POL | Points | Best 7 |
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1 | Tom Woodburn | 1 | 30 | 30 | |||||||
2 | Daniel Dymurski | 1 | 30 | 30 | |||||||
3 | Michał Marczewski | 2 | 24 | 24 | |||||||
4 | Hugo Magalhães | 2 | 24 | 24 | |||||||
5 | Dora Ravenščak | 3 | 21 | 21 | |||||||
6 | Andris Mālnieks | 4 | 19 | 19 | |||||||
Sources: [17] |
Pos | Driver | HUN | CAN | SWE | EST | ITA | CZE | GBR | POL | Points | Best 7 |
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1 | Cameron Fair | 1 | 4 | 49 | 49 | ||||||
2 | Johan Grönvall | 4 | 1 | 49 | 49 | ||||||
3 | Hannah McKillop | 5 | 9 | 26 | 26 | ||||||
4 | Jørgen Eriksen | Ret | 2 | 24 | 24 | ||||||
5 | Róbert Paizs | 2 | 24 | 24 | |||||||
6 | Zdeněk Omelka | 10 | 5 | 24 | 24 | ||||||
7 | Alexander Hirsch | 9 | 6 | 24 | 24 | ||||||
8 | Michael Wenzel | Ret | 3 | 21 | 21 | ||||||
9 | Sander Pruul | 3 | 21 | 21 | |||||||
10 | John McGrath | 6 | Ret | 15 | 15 | ||||||
11 | Matteo Zaramella | 7 | Ret | 13 | 13 | ||||||
12 | Martin Leotoots | Ret | 7 | 13 | 13 | ||||||
13 | Kristóf Varga | Ret | 8 | 11 | 11 | ||||||
14 | Jeannette Kvick | 8 | 11 | 11 | |||||||
15 | Elia De Guio | Ret | 10 | 7 | 7 | ||||||
16 | Alessio Angeli | 11 | Ret | 5 | 5 | ||||||
Sources: [18] |
Pos | Team | HUN | CAN | SWE | EST | ITA | CZE | GBR | POL | Points | |
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1 | BRC Racing Team | 1 | 4 | 49 | |||||||
2 | Team MRF Tyres | 3 | 7 | 39 | |||||||
Ret | 11 | ||||||||||
3 | Eurosol Racing Team Hungary | 4 | 6 | 34 | |||||||
4 | ACCR Orsák Rally Sport | 2 | 9 | 33 | |||||||
5 | Toyota España | 1 | 30 | ||||||||
6 | Citroën Rally Team | 2 | 24 | ||||||||
7 | ACCR Toyota Dolák | 5 | 10 | 24 | |||||||
8 | Recalvi Team | 3 | 21 | ||||||||
Ret | |||||||||||
9 | TRT Rally Team | 12 | 5 | 21 | |||||||
DNS | 17 | ||||||||||
10 | Eldorado x Humbility Sports | 6 | 15 | ||||||||
11 | Turán Motorsport SE | 7 | 13 | ||||||||
12 | Topp-Cars Rally Team | 8 | Ret | 11 | |||||||
13 | C.D. Copi Sport | 8 | 11 | ||||||||
14 | Klaus Motorsport | 9 | 9 | ||||||||
15 | Kole Média Center Kft. | 10 | 7 | ||||||||
16 | Grupa PGS RT | 11 | 17 | 5 | |||||||
17 | Hyundai Motor España | 12 | 4 | ||||||||
18 | M-Sport Poland | 13 | 3 | ||||||||
19 | Hyundai Motor España -AresRacing- | 13 | 3 | ||||||||
20 | IK Sport Racing | 15 | 14 | 3 | |||||||
21 | Atölye Kazaz | 14 | 20 | 2 | |||||||
22 | ADAC Opel Rallye Junior Team | Ret | 15 | 1 | |||||||
Ret | 16 | ||||||||||
Sources: [19] |
Pos | Tyre supplier | HUN | CAN | SWE | EST | ITA | CZE | GBR | POL | Points | |
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1 | Michelin | 1 | 1 | 108 | |||||||
2 | 2 | ||||||||||
2 | Pirelli | 3 | 3 | 80 | |||||||
4 | 4 | ||||||||||
3 | MRF | 5 | 5 | 58 | |||||||
8 | 7 | ||||||||||
4 | Hankook | 6 | 6 | 43 | |||||||
7 | |||||||||||
Sources: [20] |
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