2018 European Rally Championship

The 2018 European Rally Championship was the 66th season of the FIA European Rally Championship, the European continental championship series in rallying. The season was also the sixth following the merge between the European Rally Championship and the Intercontinental Rally Challenge. Kajetan Kajetanowicz was the reigning champion but he didn't return to defend his title.

For the second season, the European Junior Championship was split into two new categories. ERC Junior U27, which totals six events, is for drivers born on or after 1 January 1991 competing in R2 cars on Pirelli tyres. With the best four rounds counting, the winner will receive a career progression fund worth 100,000 euros to use in ERC Junior U28 in 2019.

ERC Junior U28 offers the next step on the rallying pyramid for drivers born on or after 1 January 1990. Again totalling six rounds with the best four scores counting, drivers use R5 cars with no restriction on tyre choice. The champion will get a drive on a European round of the 2019 FIA World Rally Championship as a P1 driver in a 2016-specification World Rally Car.^[1]

Calendar

The calendar for the 2018 season features eight rallies like the previous season. Rajd Rzeszowski was replaced by Rally Poland.

Round	Dates	Rally name	Surface
1	22–24 March	Rallye Açores	Gravel	ERC Junior Round 1
2	3–5 May	Rally Islas Canarias	Tarmac	ERC Junior Round 2
3	1–3 June	Acropolis Rally	Gravel
4	15–17 June	Cyprus Rally	Gravel
5	20–22 July	Rally di Roma Capitale	Tarmac	ERC Junior Round 3
6	24–26 August	Barum Rally Zlín	Tarmac	ERC Junior Round 4
7	21–23 September	Rally Poland	Gravel	ERC Junior Round 5
8	12–14 October	Rally Liepāja	Gravel	ERC Junior Round 6

Teams and drivers

ERC

Entries
Constructor	Car	Entrant	Class	Tyre	Drivers	Co-drivers	Rounds
Škoda	Škoda Fabia R5	ARC Sport	R5	M	Bruno Magalhães	Hugo Magalhães	1–6
					Ricardo Moura	António Costa	1
					Aloísio Monteiro	André Couceiro	1, 3
					Aloísio Monteiro	Sancho Eiró	5–6
					Ricardo Teodósio	José Teixeira	1
		BRR Baumschlager Rally & Racing Team		P	Albert von Thurn und Taxis	Bjorn Degandt	1–2, 4–6
		BRR Baumschlager Rally & Racing Team		P	Albert von Thurn und Taxis	Frank Christian	3
		Škoda Auto Deutschland		P	Fabian Kreim	Frank Christian	1–2, 5–8	U28
		Toksport World Rally Team		P	Chris Ingram	Ross Whittock	1–2, 4–6	U28
				M	Chris Ingram	Ross Whittock	7–8	U28
				M	Orhan Avcioğlu	Burçin Korkmaz	7–8
				P	Orhan Avcioğlu	Burçin Korkmaz	1–6
					Antonín Tlusťák	Ivo Vybíral	4
		Zaneti Motorsport			Antonín Tlusťák	Ivo Vybíral	6
		Škoda Slovakia Motorsport		M	Martin Koči	Filip Schóvanek	1	U28
		Palmeirinha Rally		P	Paulo Nobre	Gabriel Morales	All
		TRT Krezus Rally Team		P	Hubert Ptaszek	Maciek Sczcepaniak	1, 3–4	U28
		TRT Krezus Rally Team		M	Hubert Ptaszek	Maciek Sczcepaniak	2, 5	U28
		CA1 Sport Ltd		D	Fredrik Åhlin	Joakim Sjöberg	1, 8	U28
				M	Fredrik Åhlin	Joakim Sjöberg	5
					Rhys Yates	Elliott Edmondson	1, 5
		Kresta Racing			Rhys Yates	Elliott Edmondson	6, 8
		Kresta Racing		P	Szymon Ruta	Kamil Heller	7
		Sysinfo Rallye Team		P	Dávid Botka	Márk Mesterházi	1–2, 4, 6
		Mol Racing Team		P	Norbert Herczig	Ramón Ferencz	1–4, 6–7
		Sports & You		P	Diogo Salvi	Carlos Magalhães	1
		Sports Racing Technologies		M	Nikolay Gryazin	Yaroslav Fedorov	2, 5	U28
		Sports Racing Technologies		P	Nikolay Gryazin	Yaroslav Fedorov	6–8	U28
		Rufa Sport		M	Jaromír Tarabus	Daniel Trunkát	6
				M	Grzegorz Grzyb	Jakub Wróbel	2
				P	Grzegorz Grzyb	Jakub Wróbel	3, 5, 7
		Team Greece – OMAE		P	Yorgo Philippedes	Allan Harryman	3
		SXM Compétition		M	Jourdan Serderidis	Frédéric Miclotte	3
		Galatariotis Rally Team		M	Simos Galatariotis	Antonis Ioannou	3–5
		Go+Cars		P	Yuriy Protasov	Pavlo Cherepin	3
		Škoda Motorsport		M	Juuso Nordgren	Tapio Suominen	3–5
		Škoda Motorsport		M	Jan Kopecký	Pavel Dresler	6
		ACCR Czech Rally Team		P	Filip Mareš	Jan Hloušek	6–8	U28
		ACCR Czech Rally Team			Vojtěch Štajf	Marcela Ehlová	4
		Racing 21–Klokočka Škoda Team			Vojtěch Štajf	Marcela Ehlová	6
		S.A. Motorsport Italia Srl		D	Umberto Scandola	Guido D'Amore	5
		Metior Sport		P	Giandomenico Basso	Moira Lucca	5
		Juhász Média Kft		M	László Német	János Szegõ	6
		Vančík Motorsport		H	Miroslav Jakeš	Petr Machů	6
		Vančík Motorsport		M	Martin Březík	Marek Omelka	6
		Printsport		M	Łukasz Pieniążek	Przemysław Mazur	7	U28
		Rally Technology		P	Łukasz Habaj	Daniel Dymurski	7–8
		Škoda Polska Motorsport		P	Miko Marczyk	Szymon Gospodarczyk	7	U28
		Érdi Rally Team		P	Tibor Érdi	György Papp	8
Ford	Ford Fiesta R5	Russian Performance Motorsport	R5	P	Alexey Lukyanuk	Alexey Arnautov	1–7
		Rally Technology		P	Łukasz Habaj	Daniel Dymurski	1, 3
				M	Łukasz Habaj	Daniel Dymurski	2, 5–6
				MR	Dariusz Poloński	Łukasz Sitek	7
		CA1 Sport Ltd		P	Frank Tore Larsen	Torstein Eriksen	1	U28
		G. Car Sport Racing		P	Tamara Molinaro	Martijn Wydaeghe	1	U28
		Team Além Mar		P	Luís Rego	Jorge Henriques	1	U28
		Tiger Energy Drink Rally Team		P	Tomasz Kasperczyk	Damian Syty	1, 7	U28
		ZM Racing		P	Hermann Neubauer	Bernhard Ettel	1–2, 6
		C-Rally		P	Jarosław Kołtun	Ireneusz Pleskot	1
		NB Quality Rally Team		P	Jarosław Kołtun	Ireneusz Pleskot	7
		ARC Sport		M	Joaquim Alves	Sancho Eiró	1
		ARC Sport		M	Pedro Almeida	Nuno Almeida	1
		Auto Laca Competición		M	Luis Monzón	José Carlos Déniz	2
		Autotek Motorsport		P	Eyvind Brynildsen	Ilka Minor	8
				M		Torstein Eriksen	2, 6
						Veronica Engan	3
					Nasser Al-Attiyah	Mathieu Baumel	4
		ACCR Czech Rally Team		M	Jan Černý	Petr Černohorský	2, 5–6	U28
		Orange 1 Racing		M	Simone Campedelli	Tania Canton	5
		EuroOil Invelt Team		P	Václav Pech	Petr Uhel	6
		C.G.T. CZ Team		M	Roman Odložilík	Martin Tureček	6
		Kowax Racing		P	Martin Vlček	Jindřiška Žáková	6
		Kimi Sport		P	Tomáš Růžička	Jaroslav Novák	6
		Drift Company Rally Team		P	Niki Mayr-Melnhof	Leopold Welsersheimb	8
		Neikšāns Rallysport		P	Jānis Berķis	Edgars Čeporjus	8
Peugeot	Peugeot 208 T16 R5	Peugeot Deutschland	R5	M	Marijan Griebel	Stefan Kopczyk	1
		Peugeot Rally Academy		M	Laurent Pellier	Geoffrey Combe	1–2, 5–8	U28
		Delta Rally		P	Giacomo Costenaro	Justin Bardini	1 WD
		F.P.F. Sport Srl		P	Paolo Andreucci	David Castiglioni	5
		F.P.F. Sport Srl		P	Marco Pollara	Giuseppe Princiotto	5
Hyundai	Hyundai i20 R5	Team Hyundai Portugal	R5	P	Carlos Vieira	Jorge Carvalho	1
		BRC Racing Team		M	Pierre-Louis Loubet	Vincent Landais	1–2	U28
		BRC Racing Team		M	Jari Huttunen	Antti Linnaketo	7
		Racing 4 You		D	Manuel Castro	Mário Castro	1
		Hyundai Motor España		P	Iván Ares	José Pintor	2
				P	Surhayén Pernía	Rogelio Peñate	2
				M	José Antonio Suárez	Cándido Carrera	2	U28
		MSZ Racing		P	Aleks Zawada	Grzegorz Dachowski	2	U28
		Yiangou Motorsport Ltd		P	Panayiotis Yiangou	Constantinos Constantinou	4
		Hyundai Motorsport		M	Dani Sordo	Carlos del Barrio	6
Citroën	Citroën DS3 R5	Citroën Vodafone Team	R5	P	José Pedro Fontes	Paulo Babo	1
		Raly/Auto Açoreana Racing		P	Bernardo Sousa	Valter Cardoso	1
		Tsouloftas Rally Team		M	Alex Tsouloftas	Antonis Chrysostomou	3–4
		Psaltis Auto Parts		M	Antonis Chilimindris	Stelios Elia	4
Fiat	Fiat Abarth 124 RGT	Milano Racing	RGT	M	Raphaël Astier	Frédéric Vauclare	5–6
		Bernini Rally		M	Andrea Nucita	Marco Vozzo	5–6
					Andrea Modanesi	Roberto Mometti	5–6
					Simone Tempestini	Sergiu Itu	6–8
		Agrotec Autoklub v AČR		M	Martin Rada	Jaroslav Jugas	6
Porsche	Porsche 997 GT3	Rally Team Pavelini	RGT	M	Petr Nešetřil	Jiří Černoch	6

ERC-2

Entries
Constructor	Car	Entrant	Class	Tyre	Drivers	Co-drivers	Rounds
Mitsubishi	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X	ACB Racing	N	P	Tibor Érdi	György Papp	1
		Érdi Rally Team		P	Tibor Érdi	György Papp	2–3, 5–6
		Russian Performance Motorsport		P	Sergey Remennik	Mark Rozin	1–3, 5, 8
		Calm Competició		P	Luís Pimentel	Nuno Moura	1
		RMC Motorsport		D	Juan Carlos Alonso	Juan Pablo Monasterolo	1
		Pro Racing		D			3–4
				M			2
				P		José Díaz	5
		Halkias Racing		P	Zelindo Melegari	Andrea Cecchi	3–4
		Q8 Oils Rally Team		P	Petros Panteli	Kypros Christodoulou	3–4
		Autotelio Rally Team		P	Michalis Posedias	Kyriacos Damianou	4
		Juhász Média Kft		P	Csaba Juhász	Zsolt Juhász	5–6
		Neikšāns Rallysport		M	Reinis Nitišs	Andris Mālnieks	8
		ALM Motorsport		P	Gustavo Sosa	Rogelio Peñate	8
	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	Psaltis Auto Parts	N	Y	Panikos Polykarpou	Costantinos Shialos	4
		Psaltis Auto Parts		P	Andreas Psaltis	Andreas Chrysostomou	4
		KSK Juta		P	Vytautas Švedas	Žilvinas Sakalauskas	8
		ALM Motorsport		P	Allan Popov	Alexey Krylov	8
Subaru	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	WAR Racing	N	P	Zelindo Melegari	Andrea Cecchi	1–2
		Toksport World Rally Team		P	Menderes Okur	Ufuk Uluocak	1, 3
		Toksport World Rally Team		P	Gilbert Bannout	Maxime Vilmot	2
		Drymoussis Rally Team		M	Vassilios Drymoussis	Panayiotis Drymoussis	3
		Subaru Poland Rally Team		P	Marcin Słobodzian	Grzegorz Dachowski	7

ERC-3

Entries
Constructor	Car	Entrant	Class	Tyre	Drivers	Co-drivers	Rounds
Peugeot	Peugeot 208 R2	ACCR Czech Rally Team	R2	P	Dominik Brož	Petr Těšínský	1–2, 5–8	U27
		Saintéloc Junior Team		P	Simon Wagner	Gerald Winter	1–2, 5–6	U27
					Catie Munnings	Anne Stein	1–2, 5, 7–8
						Alba Sánchez	6
				M		Alba Sánchez	4
				P	Miika Hokkanen	Jukka Pasenius	2
				P	Miika Hokkanen	Reeta Hämäläinen	5–8
				M	Laurent Pellier	Geoffrey Combe	4
		TRT Junior Rally Team		P	Mattia Vita	Pietro Ometto	5–8	U27
		Oktan Sport			Mattia Vita	Pietro Ometto	1–2
		Oktan Sport			Miika Hokkanen	Jukka Pasenius	1
		Team Rallye Spain		P	Efrén Llarena	Sara Fernández	1–2, 5–8	U27
		Renato Pita Motorsport		P	Simon Vallentin	Jeannette Kvick	1	U27
		PT Racing		P	Pedro Antunes	Paulo Lopes	1	U27
		PT Racing		P	Ruben Rodrigues	Estevão Rodrigues	1
		Race Seven		P	Diogo Gago	Miguel Ramalho	1–2, 5	U27
		Escudería Coruña		P	Roberto Blach	José Murado	2	U27
		TB Racing		P	Artur Muradian	Pavel Chelebaev	3
		JR Motorsport		P	Sebastian Johansson	Jesper Elfver	5, 7	U27
		Klaus Motorsport		P	Kristóf Klausz	Botond Csányi	6, 8	U27
		Sparrow Racing Team		P	Julian Wagner	Anne Stein	6	U27
		MRS Racing Team		P	Matěj Kamenec	Adam Jurka	6
		M-Sport Racing Kft		P	Martin László	Gábor Zsíros	6
		Credobus LPWM Sport Kft		P	Miklós Csomós	Attila Nagy	6
		Rally Technology		P	Kacper Wróblewski	Jack Spentany	7	U27
		ALM Motorsport		P	Alexander Kudryavtsev	Volodymyr Korsia	7–8
		ALM Motorsport		P	Georg Linnamäe	Urmas Roosimaa	7–8
		GC Motorsport		M	Emma Falcón	Eduardo González	8
		Sports Racing Technologies		P	Oliver Solberg	Veronica Engan	8
		Sportinio Vairavimo Centras		P	Vladas Jurkevičius	Edvinas Bieliauskas	8
Opel	Opel Adam R2	ADAC Opel Rallye Junior Team	R2	P	Mārtiņ Sesks	Renars Francis	1–2, 5–8	U27
		ADAC Opel Rallye Junior Team		P	Tom Kristensson	Henrik Appelskog	1–2, 5–8	U27
		Stengg Motorsport		P	Roland Stengg	Claudia Dorfbauer	2, 8	U27
						Tobias Braun	5
						Jürgen Heigl	6
		Sindre Furuseth Rally		P	Sindre Furuseth	Jim Hjerpe	5–8	U27
		EBRT		P	Grégoire Munster	Louis Louka	6	U27
Renault	Renault Clio RS R3T	CRN Competition	R3	M	Gil Antunes	Diogo Correia	1
	Renault Clio RS R3T	Fred Anne Compétition		M	Florian Bernardi	Victor Bellotto	2, 5
	Renault Clio R3	ARC Sport		M	Miguel Correia	Pedro Alves	1
	Renault Clio R3	TB Racing		P	Artur Muradian	Maxim Gordiushkin	4
Citroën	Citroën DS3 R3T	ARC Sport	R3	M	Emma Falcón	Eduardo González	1–6
		GMA Racing		P	Chrysostomos Karellis	Elias Panayiotounis	3
		Mannouris Rally Team		P	Christos Mannouris	Andreas Mannouris	4
Ford	Ford Fiesta R2	Baltic Motorsport Promotion	R2	P	Amittrajit Ghosh	Ashwin Naik	3
Ford	Ford Fiesta R2	Q8 Oils Rally Team	R2	P	Costantinos Televantos	Takis Stavrou	4
Suzuki	Suzuki Swift Sport	Juhász Média Kft	R1	P	Norbert Bereczki	Tamás Géczy	4

Ladies Trophy

Entries
Constructor	Car	Entrant	Class	Tyre	Drivers	Co-drivers	Rounds
Ford	Ford Fiesta R5	G. Car Sport Racing	R5	P	Tamara Molinaro	Martijn Wydaeghe	1
Peugeot	Peugeot 208 R2	Saintéloc Junior Team	R2	P	Catie Munnings	Anne Stein	1–2, 5, 7–8
				P		Alba Sánchez	6
				M		Alba Sánchez	4
		GC Motorsport		M	Emma Falcón	Eduardo González	8
Citroën	Citroën DS3 R3T	ARC Sport	R3	M	Emma Falcón	Eduardo González	1–6

Results

Round	Rally name	Podium finishers
Round	Rally name	Rank	Driver	Car	Time
1	Açores Airlines Rally (22–24 March) — Results	1	Alexey Lukyanuk	Ford Fiesta R5	02:33:51.7
		2	Ricardo Moura	Škoda Fabia R5	02:34:08.1
		3	Bruno Magalhães	Škoda Fabia R5	02:34:17.4

2	Rally Islas Canarias (3–5 May) — Results	1	Alexey Lukyanuk	Ford Fiesta R5	02:06:23.6
		2	Nikolay Gryazin	Škoda Fabia R5	02:07:15.0
		3	Fabian Kreim	Škoda Fabia R5	02:07:53.1

3	EKO Acropolis Rally (1–3 June) — Results	1	Bruno Magalhães	Škoda Fabia R5	03:02:09.4
		2	Norbert Herczig	Škoda Fabia R5	03:02:38.5
		3	Hubert Ptaszek	Škoda Fabia R5	03:03:46.6

4	Cyprus Rally (15–17 June) — Results	1	Simos Galatariotis	Škoda Fabia R5	01:55:40.2
		2	Bruno Magalhães	Škoda Fabia R5	01:55:40.8
		3	Norbert Herczig	Škoda Fabia R5	01:57:01.6

5	Rally di Roma Capitale (19–22 July) — Results	1	Alexey Lukyanuk	Ford Fiesta R5	01:48:03.5
		2	Giandomenico Basso	Škoda Fabia R5	01:48:11.0
		3	Grzegorz Grzyb	Škoda Fabia R5	01:49:07.7

6	Barum Rally Zlín (24–26 August) — Results	1	Jan Kopecký	Škoda Fabia R5	02:07:47.2
		2	Alexey Lukyanuk	Ford Fiesta R5	02:07:54.7
		3	Dani Sordo	Hyundai i20 R5	02:08:40.8

7	Rally Poland (21–23 September) — Results	1	Nikolay Gryazin	Škoda Fabia R5	01:53:43.5
		2	Jari Huttunen	Hyundai i20 R5	01:53:51.8
		3	Chris Ingram	Škoda Fabia R5	01:56:09.4

8	Rally Liepāja (12–14 October) — Results	1	Nikolay Gryazin	Škoda Fabia R5	01:40:14.5
		2	Chris Ingram	Škoda Fabia R5	01:40:57.8
		3	Fredrik Åhlin	Škoda Fabia R5	01:41:03.3

Championship standings

Points Systems

ERC, ERC-2, ERC-3, ERC Junior U28, ERC Junior U27, Teams and Ladies Trophy

For the Teams' championship all the results will be retained by each team.
For both the Drivers' championships of the ERC, ERC-2 and ERC-3, only the best six results will be retained by each driver.
For the ERC Junior U28, the ERC Junior U27 and the Ladies Trophy, only the best four results will be retained by each driver.
Points for final position are awarded as in following table:

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
Points	25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1

Bonus points awarded for position in each Leg

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th
Points	7	6	5	4	3	2	1