2016 European Rally Championship

2016 European Rally Championship season
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The 2016 European Rally Championship season is the 64th season of the FIA European Rally Championship, the European continental championship series in rallying. The season is also the fourth following the merge between the European Rally Championship and the Intercontinental Rally Challenge.

Calendar

The calendar for the 2016 season features ten rallies.

Round	Dates	Rally name	Surface
1	10–12 March	Rally Islas Canarias	Tarmac
2	7–9 April	/ Circuit of Ireland	Tarmac	ERC Junior Round 1
3	6–8 May	Seajets Acropolis Rally	Gravel
4	2–4 June	SATA Rallye Açores	Gravel	ERC Junior Round 2
5	23–25 June	Kenotek Ypres Rally	Tarmac	ERC Junior Round 3
6	15–17 July	Rally Estonia	Gravel	ERC Junior Round 4
7	4–6 August	Rajd Rzeszowski	Tarmac
8	26–28 August	Barum Czech Rally Zlín	Tarmac	ERC Junior Round 5
9	16–19 September	Rally Liepāja–Ventspils	Gravel	ERC Junior Round 6
10	7–9 October	Cyprus Rally	Mixed

Notes:

• ^1  – Season opener Rally Liepāja–Ventspils was cancelled due to warm temperatures and lack of snow. It was later moved to September and will be held as gravel rally.

Entry list

ERC

Notable entry list
Constructor	Car	Team	Driver	Co-driver	Rounds
Ford	Ford Fiesta R5	Lotos Rally Team	Kajetan Kajetanowicz	Jarosław Baran	1–4
		H – Racing Team	Alexey Lukyanuk	Alexey Arnautov	1–2, 4
				Roman Kapustin	3
		RMC Motorsport	Mads Østberg	Ola Fløene	1
			Jonathan Pérez	Alejandro López	1
			Juan Carlos Aguado	Vanessa Valle	1
			Ricardo Teodósio	José Teixeira	4
		C-Rally	Jarosław Kołtun	Ireneusz Pleskot	1–4
			Filip Nivette	Kamil Heller	2
		Tiger Energy Drink Rallye Team	Tomasz Kasperczyk	Damian Syty	1, 3–4
		Peña Autocross Arteixo	Iván Ares	Mario Tomé	1
		DMACK British Rally Team	Elfyn Evans	Craig Parry	2
			Max Vatanen	Jacques-Julien Renucci	2
		Dom Buckley Motorsport	Alastair Fisher	Gordon Noble	2
			Robert Woodside	Allan Harryman	2
		Spencer Sport	Tom Cave	James Morgan	2
		CA1 Sport Ltd	Fredrik Åhlin	Morten Erik Abrahamsen	2
			Alex Laffey	Andrew Roughead	2
		Combilift Rallying	Josh Moffett	John Rowan	2
			Sam Moffett	Karl Atkinson	2
		Wright Rallying	Stephen Wright	James Fulton	2
		Tiger Risk Rally Team	James Slaughter	James Whitaker	2
		Kimi Racing	Jaroslav Orsák	David Šmeidler	4
		Adapta Motorsport	Frank Tore Larsen	Torstein Eriksen	4
		P&B Racing	João Barros	Jorge Henriques	4
			Elias Barros	Ricardo Faria	4
		ARC Sport	Ricardo Moura	António Costa	4
			Luís Rego	Carlos Magalhães	4
			Joaquim Alves	Luís Ramalho	4
		Peres Competições	Fernando Peres	José Pedro Silva	4
		Sunnyside Experience	Lars Stugemo	Henrik Appelskog	4
	Ford Fiesta R2T	Castrol Ford Team Türkiye	Bugra Banaz	Burak Erdener	3
			Eytan Halfon	Sedat Bostanci	3
			Ümit Can Özdemir	Sevilay Genç	3
Citroën	Citroën DS3 R5	Auto Laca Competición	Luis Monzón	José Carlos Déniz	1
		Botka Rally Team	Dávid Botka	Péter Szeles	1–4
		Delta Rally	Federico Della Casa	Domenico Pozzi	1–2
			Robert Consani	Maxime Vilmot	2
				Renaud Jamoul	3–4
		D-Max Racing	Gilbert Bannout	Renaud Jamoul	1
		DGM Sport	Craig Breen	Scott Martin	2
			Jonathan Greer	Kirsty Riddick	2
		Ttec Rally Prep	Keith Cronin	Mikie Galvin	2
		Citroën Vodafone Team	José Pedro Fontes	Inês Ponte	4
			Carlos Martins	Daniel Amaral	4
		Sports & You	Carlos Vieira	Jorge Carvalho	4
Peugeot	Peugeot 208 T16 R5	Delta Rally	Robert Consani	Maxime Vilmot	1
			Giacomo Costenaro	Justin Bardini	1, 4
			Federico Della Casa	Domenico Pozzi	3
		Euan Thorburn Rally Team	Euan Thorburn	Paul Beaton	2
		Peugeot Belgium Luxembourg	Kris Princen	Peter Kaspers	TBA
Škoda	Škoda Fabia R5	Tlusťák Racing	Antonin Tlusťák	Ladislav Kučera	1–4
		Eurosol Racing Team Hungary	János Puskádi	Barnabás Gódor	1
		Kobus Tuning	Hermen Kobus	Erik de Wild	1
		CA1 Sport Ltd	David Bogie	Kevin Rae	2
		T&T Czech National Team	Jaromír Tarabus	Daniel Trunkát	2–3
		Sports Racing Technologies	Raul Jeets	Andrus Toom	2–4
			Ralfs Sirmacis	Arturs Šimins	3–4
		Simpsons Škoda Motorsport	Neil Simpson	Elliott Edmondson	2
		Mac Sport Rallying	Desi Henry	Liam Moynihan	2
		Lascaris Foundation Team Greece	Lambros Athanassoulas	Nikolaos Zakheos	3
		Sports & You	Pedro Meireles	Mário Castro	4
			Diogo Salvi	Paulo Babo	4
		BP Ultimate Škoda Team	Miguel Barbosa	Miguel Ramalho	4
		Culture & Sport Qatar Rally Team	Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari	Marshall Clarke	4
		BMA Autorsport	Freddy Loix	Johan Gitsels	TBA
		Go Drive Racing	Vincent Verschueren	Véronique Hostens	TBA
		Autostal Duindistel VZW	Melissa Debackere	Cindy Cokelaere	TBA
	Skoda Fabia S2000	Tiger Risk Rally Team	Martin McCormack	David Moynihan	2
		Sharkey Motorsport	Joseph McGonigle	Ciaran Geaney	2
		Veloso Motorsport	Manuel Castro	Luís Costa	4

ERC-2

Constructor	Car	Team	Driver	Co-driver	Rounds
Mitsubishi	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X	RMC Motorsport	Giacomo Scattolon	Paolo Zanini	1–2
			Juan Carlos Alonso	Juan Pablo Monasterolo	1, 3–4
		Érdi Rally Team	Tibor Érdi	Gergely Patkó	1
				György Papp	3
		JLU Motorsport	Jose Luis Rios	Hermán Vargas Peña	3
	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	Topp-Cars Rallye Team	Péter Ranga	Viktor Bán	1, 3
			Giacomo Scattolon	Paolo Zanini	3
Subaru	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	Subaru Poland Rally Team	Wojciech Chuchała	Daniel Dymurski	1–4

ERC-3

Constructor	Car	Team	Driver	Co-driver	Rounds
Renault	Renault Clio RS R3T	Eurosol Racing Team Hungary	Zoltán Bessenyey	Dávid Berendi	1, 3
		Fernando Costa Motorsport	Gil Antunes	Diogo Correia	1, 4
		Renault Sport Technologies	João Correia	Ricardo Barreto	1–2
		Colina Motorsport	Alex Filip	Bogdan Iancu	3
		ARC Sport	José Monteiro	Sancho Eiró	4
Peugeot	Peugeot 208 R2	Rally Technology	Tomasz Gryc	Michał Kuśnierz	1
			Łukasz Habaj	Piotr Woś	1
		Race Seven	Marco Cid	Nuno Rodrigues da Silva	1–2, 4
		Oktan Sport	Aleks Humar	Florjan Rus	1–2
		Ritmu Ase	Szablcs Várkonyi	Botond Csányi	1–2
		Steve Røkland Motorsport	Steve Røkland	Patrik Barth	2
		Sports Racing Technologies	Nikolay Gryazin	Yaroslav Fedorov	2, 4
		Arable Racing Kft.	Lazlo Német	János Szegó	2
		Inside Motor	Diogo Gago	Hugo Magalhães	4
		Joonas Tokee Racing Team	Joonas Tokee	Jani Salo	4
Opel	Opel Adam R2	C-Rally	Łukasz Pieniążek	Przemek Mazur	1–4
		Red Opel España	Aleks Zawada	Grzegorz Dachowski	1
		ADAC Opel Rallye Junior Team	Chris Ingram	Katrin Becker	2, 4
			Marijan Griebel	Pirmin Winklhofer	2
				Stefan Kopczyk	4
			Julius Tannert	Jennifer Thielen	2, 4
Ford	Ford Fiesta R2T	Castrol Ford Team Türkiye	Murat Bostanci	Onur Vatansever	1, 3
		PZ Racing	Renato Pita	Mário Castro	2
		RMC Motorsport		Marco Macedo	4
		M-Sport	Steve Røkland	Patrik Barth	4
	Ford Fiesta R2	TMS Czech National Junior Team	Dominik Brož	Petr Těšínský	2, 4
Citroën	Citroën DS3 R3T	P&B Racing	Paulo Neto	Vitor Hugo	4

ERC Junior

Constructor	Car	Team	Driver	Co-driver	Rounds
Opel	Opel Adam R2	C-Rally	Łukasz Pieniążek	Przemek Mazur	1–2
		ADAC Opel Rallye Junior Team	Chris Ingram	Katrin Becker	1–2
			Marijan Griebel	Pirmin Winklhofer	1
				Stefan Kopczyk	2
			Julius Tannert	Jennifer Thielen	1–2
Peugeot	Peugeot 208 R2	Steve Røkland Motorsport	Steve Røkland	Patrik Barth	1
		Sports Racing Technologies	Nikolay Gryazin	Yaroslav Fedorov	1–2
		Race Seven	Marco Cid	Nuno Rodrigues da Silva	1–2
		Inside Motor	Diogo Gago	Hugo Magalhães	2
		Joonas Tokee Racing Team	Joonas Tokee	Jani Salo	2
Ford	Ford Fiesta R2	TMS Czech National Junior Team	Dominik Brož	Petr Těšínský	1–2
	Ford Fiesta R2T	M-Sport	Steve Røkland	Patrik Barth	2

Ladies Trophy

Constructor	Car	Team	Driver	Co-driver	Rounds
Škoda	Škoda Fabia R5	Autostal Duindistel VZW	Melissa Debackere	Cindy Cokelaere	TBA
Citroën	Citroën DS3 R3T	Copi Sport	Emma Falcón	Rogelio Peñate	1
Ford	Ford Fiesta R2	MH Motorsport	Nabila Tejpar	Fiona Scarrett	2
Peugeot	Peugeot 208 R2	Saintéloc Junior Team	Catie Munnings	Anne Stein	TBA

Results

Round	Rally name	Podium finishers
		Rank	Driver	Car	Time
1	40 Rally Islas Canarias El Corte Inglés (10–12 March) — Results	1	Alexey Lukyanuk	Ford Fiesta R5	2:13:52.4
		2	Kajetan Kajetanowicz	Ford Fiesta R5	2:14:25.1
		3	Luis Monzón	Citroën DS3 R5	2:15:43.8
2	/ Circuit of Ireland (7–9 April) — Results	1	Craig Breen	Citroën DS3 R5	1:54:16.1
		2	Kajetan Kajetanowicz	Ford Fiesta R5	1:54:26.7
		3	Alastair Fisher	Ford Fiesta R5	1:55:12.5
3	Seajets Acropolis Rally (6–8 May) — Results	1	Ralfs Sirmacis	Škoda Fabia R5	2:53:12.5
		2	Lambros Athanassoulas	Škoda Fabia R5	2:55:22.8
		3	Jaromír Tarabus	Škoda Fabia R5	2:55:54.9
4	Açores Airlines Rallye (2–4 June) — Results	1
		2
		3
5	Kenotek by Cid Lines Ypres Rally (23–25 June) — Results	1
		2
		3
6	auto24 Rally Estonia (15–17 July) — Results	1
		2
		3
7	25 Rally Rzeszow (4–6 August) — Results	1
		2
		3
8	Barum Czech Rally Zlín (26–28 August) — Results	1
		2
		3
9	Rally Liepāja–Ventspils (16–19 September) — Results	1
		2
		3
10	Cyprus Rally (7–9 October) — Results	1
		2
		3

Championship standings

Points Systems

ERC, ERC-2, ERC-3 and ERC Junior

• For both the Drivers' and Teams' championships of the ERC, ERC-2 and ERC-3, only the best seven results will be retained by each driver or team.
• For both the Drivers' and Teams' championships of the ERC Junior, only the best four results will be retained by each driver or team.
• 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

Ladies Trophy

• For the Drivers' championship, 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
Points	3	2	1

Drivers' Championships

ERC

Pos Driver CAN IRL ACR AZO YPR EST RZE ZLÍ LIE CYP Points Best 7 1 Kajetan Kajetanowicz 218+11 218+13 84+7 71 2 Aleksey Lukyanuk 125+13 DNS 101+7 46 3 Craig Breen 125+13 38 4 Ralfs Sirmacis 125+12 37 5 Lambros Athanassoulas 218+9 27 6 Jaromír Tarabus Ret0+3 315+9 27 7 Luis Monzón 315+10 25 8 Wojciech Chuchała 510+1 11 510+3 24 9 Alastair Fisher 315+8 23 10 Jonathan Pérez 412+8 20 11 Josh Moffett 412+7 19 12 Jarosław Kołtun 68 101 68+2 19 13 Raul Jeets 25 412+6 18 14 Jonathan Greer 510+4 14 15 Robert Consani 76+5 Ret DNS 11 16 David Bogie 68+2 10 17 Tomasz Kasperczyk 101 76+1 8 18 Stephen Wright 76+1 7 19 János Puskádi 84 4 20 Tom Cave 84 4 21 Martin McCormack Ret0+4 4 22 Federico Della Casa 390+3 Ret Ret 3 23 Suhayén Pernía 92 2 24 Joseph McGonigle 92 2 25 Jose Luis Rios 92 2 26 Antonin Tlusták 330+2 13 Ret 2 27 Hermen Kobus Ret0+2 2 28 Giacomo Costenaro Ret0+1 1 29 Fredrik Åhlin Ret0+1 1

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Black Excluded (EX) Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Blank Withdrew entry before the event (WD)

ERC-2

Pos	Driver	CAN	IRL	ACR	AZO	YPR	EST	RZE	ZLÍ	LIE	CYP	Points	Best 7
1	Wojciech Chuchała	125+14	125+14	125+14								117
2	Giacomo Scattolon	315+10	218+12	412								67
3	Tibor Érdi	510+6		315+9								40
4	Péter Ranga	218+11		Ret0+6								35
5	Juan Carlos Alonso	412+9		510								31
6	Jose Luis Rios			218+11								29

ERC-3

Pos	Driver	CAN	IRL	ACR	AZO	YPR	EST	RZE	ZLÍ	LIE	CYP	Points	Best 7
1	Zoltán Bessenyey	218+9		218+12								57
2	Murat Bostancı	68+6		125+14								53
3	Łukasz Pieniążek	92+5	125+12	Ret0+4								44
4	Łukasz Habaj	125+14										39
5	Chris Ingram		218+11									29
6	Marijan Griebel		315+11									26
7	Alexandru Filip			315+10								25
8	Nikolay Gryazin		412+10									22
9	Tomasz Gryc	315+7										22
10	Aleks Humar	412+5										17
11	László Német		510+4									14
12	Gil Antunes	510+3										13
13	Szabolcs Várkonyi	76+1	84+1									12
14	Renato Pita		68+3									11
15	Dominik Brož		76+1									7
16	Aleksander Zawada	101+6										7
17	Julius Tannert		92+3									5
18	João Correia	84	DNS									4
19	Marco Cid	Ret	10									1

Ladies Trophy

Pos	Driver	CAN	IRL	ACR	AZO	YPR	EST	RZE	ZLÍ	LIE	CYP	Points	Best 4
1	Emma Falcón	1										3
2	Nabila Tejpar		1									3

ERC Junior

Pos	Driver	IRL	AZO	YPR	EST	ZLÍ	LIE	Points	Best 4
1	Łukasz Pieniążek	125+12						37
2	Chris Ingram	218+11						29
3	Marijan Griebel	315+11						26
4	Nikolay Gryazin	412+10						22
5	Dominik Brož	510+4						14
6	Julius Tannert	68+4						12
7	Marco Cid	76+4						10

Teams' Championships

ERC

Pos	Driver	CAN	IRL	ACR	AZO	YPR	EST	RZE	ZLÍ	LIE	CYP	Points	Best 7
1	Lotos Rally Team	1	1	6								58
2	C-Rally	3	2	4								45
3	Sports Racing Technologies		5	1								35
4	Tiger Energy Drink Rallye Team	5		5								20
5	Botka Rally Team	8	3	Ret								19
6	Lascaris Foundation Team Greece			2								18
7	Auto Laca Competición	2										18
8	Tlusták Racing	7	4	Ret								18
9	T&T Czech National Team		Ret	3								15
10	Eurosol Racing Team Hungary	4										12
11	Peña Autocross Arteixo	6										8

ERC-2

Pos	Driver	CAN	IRL	ACR	AZO	YPR	EST	RZE	ZLÍ	LIE	CYP	Points	Best 7
1	Subaru Poland Rally Team	1	1	1								75
2	Topp-Cars Rallye Team	2		Ret								18

ERC-3

Pos	Driver	CAN	IRL	ACR	AZO	YPR	EST	RZE	ZLÍ	LIE	CYP	Points	Best 7
1	Castrol Ford Team Turkey	3		1								40
2	Eurosol Racing Team Hungary	2		2								36
3	Rally Technology	1										25
4	Opel Rallye Junior Team		1									25
5	Ritmu ASE	4	6									20
6	ADAC Opel Rallye Junior Team		2									18
7	Sports Racing Technologies		3									15
8	Arable Racing KFT		4									12
9	TMS Czech National Junior Team		5									10

External links

• Official website