2020 European Rally Championship

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The 2020 European Rally Championship was the 68th season of the FIA European Rally Championship, the European continental championship series in rallying. The season was also the eighth following the merge between the European Rally Championship and the Intercontinental Rally Challenge. Chris Ingram was the reigning champion, but did not return to defend the title. Alexey Lukyanuk won the championship in Citroën C3 R5.[1]

## ERC Classes

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The classes are:[2]

* FIA ERC: Main class, for FIA-homologated cars with R5 regulations.
* FIA ERC2: Second tier, for cars more standard, albeit with turbocharged engines and four-wheel drive. This class allows the N4, the R4-K and RGT rules.
* FIA ERC3: Third ERC tier, for front-wheel-drive cars. Allows R3 and R2 cars.
* FIA ERC1 Junior: For drivers aged 28 and under on 1 January 2020 in R5 cars.
* FIA ERC3 Junior: For drivers aged 27 and under on 1 January 2020 in R2 cars on Pirelli control tyres.
* ERC Ladies Trophy: for female drivers including all classes (ERC1, ERC2 and ERC3) eligible.
* Abarth Rally Cup: for Abarth 124 Rally RGT cars.
* 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.
* ERC Nations Cup: like the ERC for Teams but for teams supported by a national motorsport federation or automobile association.

## Calendar

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The final 2020 calendar featured 5 rallies - 4 tarmac rounds and only 1 gravel round. Rally di Roma Capitale turned out to be the inaugural event. Rally Liepaja was the second and the only gravel round. Rally Fafe Montelongo was added to calendar during the season after the cancelation of multiple events as the third round. Rally Hungary and Rally Islas Canarias remained in the calendar.[1]

Round  | Dates  | Rally name  | Surface |

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1  | 24–26 July  |  Rally di Roma Capitale | Tarmac  | ERC Junior Round 1
2  | 14–16 August  |  Rally Liepāja | Gravel  | ERC Junior Round 2
3  | 2–4 October  |  Rally Fafe Montelongo  | Asphalt  | ERC Junior Round 3
4  | 6–8 November  |  2nd Rally Hungary | Asphalt  | ERC Junior Round 4
5  | 26–28 November  |  Rally Islas Canarias | Tarmac  | ERC Junior Round 5

## Teams and drivers

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### ERC

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Entries

Constructor  | Car  | Entrant | Tyre  | Drivers | Co-drivers | Rounds
Volkswagen | Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 |  Loran  | P |  Giandomenico Basso |  Lorenzo Granai  | 1
MOL Racing Team  | P |  Norbert Herczig |  Ramón Ferencz  | 1, 3–4
PA Racing[a] | P |  Oliver Solberg |  Aaron Johnston | 1–3, 5
Enrico Brazzoli |  Maurizio Barone  | 1
Pole Promotion  | P |  Fabian Kreim |  Frank Christian  | 1
Gass Racing srl  | P |  Alessandro Re |  Marco Menchini  | 1
Galatariotis Rally Team[a] | P |  Simos Galatariotis |  Antonis Ioannou  | 2
Turán Motorsport SE | H |  Frigyes Turán |  László Bagaméri  | 4
Citroën | Citroën C3 R5 |  Saintéloc Junior Team | P |  Alexey Lukyanuk |  Dmitry Eremeev  | 1-4
Alexey Arnautov  | 5
Sean Johnston |  Alex Kihurani  | 2
M |  Marijan Griebel |  Pirmin Winklhofer  | 1, 5
Tobias Braun  | 3–4
F.P.F. Sport | P |  Andrea Crugnola |  Pietro Ometto  | 1
Antonio Rusce[a] |  Sauro Farnocchia  | 1
Rally Team Spain  | P |  Efrén Llarena |  Sara Fernández  | All
Pepe López |  Borja Rozada | 5
Sports & You[a] | M |  Guillaume de Mevius |  Martijn Wydaeghe | 3
Citroen Rally Team Hungary | P |  Csucsu |  Imre Tóth  | 4
Simone Tempestini[a] |  Sergiu Itu  | 5
CHL Sport Auto[a] | M |  Yoann Bonato |  Benjamin Boulloud  | 3-5
Auto Laca Competicion  | M |  Luis Monzón |  Jose Carlos Deniz  | 5
C.D. Todo Sport  | P |  Emma Falcon |  Candido Carrera  | 5
Skoda | Škoda Fabia R5 Evo |  ACCR Czech Rally Team  | M |  Filip Mareš |  Radovan Bucha  | 1
BRR Baumschlager Rallye & Racing Team  | P |  Albert von Thurn und Taxis |  Bernhard Ettel  | 1, 3–5
Orlen Team | M |  Miko Marczyk |  Szymon Gospodarczyk  | All
Team MRF Tyres | MR |  Emil Lindholm |  Mikael Korhonen  | 1–4
Brose Motorsport  | P |  Dominik Dinkel |  Ursula Mayrhofer  | 1–2, 4
Michael Wenzel  | 3
Delta Rally[a] | P |  Alberto Battistolli |  Simone Scattolin  | 1
DP Autosport[a] | P |  Damiano De Tommaso |  Massimo Bizzocchi  | 1
Lema Racing-AS2005  | P |  Bostjan Avbelj |  Damijan Andrejka  | 1
Sports Racing Technologies[a] | M |  Raul Jeets |  Andrus Toom  | 2
TGS Worldwide | P |  Mikko Heikkilä |  Henri Arpiainen  | 2
Eurosol Racing Team Hungary[a] | P |  Oliver Solberg |  Aaron Johnston | 4
Topp-Cars Rally Team  | P |  Andreas Mikkelsen |  Ola Fløene | 4
Anders Jæger | 5
Pilis Racing Kft. / Dani Fischer Team  | P |  Vincze Ferenc |  Igor Bacigál  | 4
Gulf Racing Hungary | P |  Ádám Velenczei |  Tamás Szőke  | 4
The Racing Factory / ETS Racing Fuels  | M |  Simon Wagner |  Gerald Winter  | 4
Recalvi Team  | M |  Jose Antonio Suarez |  Alberto Iglesias  | 5
Team Vito Škoda  | M |  Nil Solans |  Marc Martí | 5
Škoda Fabia R5 |  Tagai Racing Technology[a] | P |  Simone Tempestini |  Sergiu Itu  | 1
Specialcar[a] | P |  Giacomo Scattolon |  Matteo Nobili  | 1
Delta Rally[a] | P |  Alberto Battistolli |  Simone Scattolin  | 2
TGS Worldwide[a] | P |  Eerik Pietarinen |  Antti Linnaketo  | 2
The Racing Factory / ETS Racing Fuels  | M |  Aloísio Monteiro |  Sancho Eiró  | 3
Hyundai | Hyundai i20 R5 |  Motorsport Ireland Rally Academy | P |  Callum Devine |  Brian Hoy  | 1–2
James Fulton | 3–5
Pauric Duffy[a] |  Jeff Case  | 3, 5
M |  Josh McErlean |  Keaton Williams  | 4–5
Team MRF Tyres | MR |  Craig Breen |  Paul Nagle | All
Hyundai Motorsport N[a] | P |  Grégoire Munster |  Louis Louka  | All
Nikolay Gryazin |  Konstantin Aleksandrov  | 2, 4
Hyundai Ares Racing Team | P |  Iván Ares |  David Vázquez  | 3, 5
Hyundai Motor España | P |  Surhayen Pernía |  Eduardo González  | 3, 5
Francisco López |  Borja Odriozola  | 3, 5
Hyundai Canarias Motorsport | M |  Yeray Lemes |  Rogelio Penate  | 5
Ford | Ford Fiesta R5 Mk. II |  Drift Company Rally Team  | P |  Niki Mayr-Melnhof |  Leopold Welsersheimb  | All
Yacco ACCR Team  | M |  Erik Cais |  Jindřiška Žáková  | All
M-Sport Ford World Rally Team | M |  Adrien Fourmaux |  Renaud Jamoul | 1, 5
Plon Rally Team  | P |  Jarosław Kołtun |  Ireneusz Pleskot  | 1
DVTK SE  | P |  András Hadik |  Krisztián Kertész  | 4
Copi Sport  | P |  Enrique Cruz |  Yeray Mujica  | 5
Ford Fiesta R5 |  C-Rally[a] | P |  Adam Stec |  Kamil Kozdroń  | 1

### ERC 2

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Entries

Constructor  | Car  | Entrant | Tyre  | Drivers | Co-drivers | Rounds  |
Mitsubishi | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X |  Prospeed  | P |  Dmitry Feofanov |  Nurmonds Kokins  | All  |
Erdi Team Kft.  | P |  Tibor Erdi  |  Szavolcs Kovacs  | 2–5  |
PGS Rally Team  | P |  Igor Widłak |  Lukasz Wloch  | 1–2  |
Sporta klubs Autostils Rally Team | P |  Ainars Igavens |  | 2  |
Porsche | Porsche 997 |  Petr Nesetril | P |  Petr Nesetril |  | 1  |
Abarth | Fiat Abarth 124 Rally RGT |  Napoca Rally Academy | P |  Andrea Mabellini |  | All  | A Cup
Rallytechnology | P |  Dariusz Poloński |  | 1-2, 5
Roberto Gobbin | P |  Roberto Gobbin |  | 1, 3-4
Martin Rada | P |  Martin Rada |  | 2, 4
Minhea Muresan | P |  Minhea Muresan |  | 4
Alpine | Alpine A110 |  Zelindo Melegari | P |  Zelindo Melegari |  | 3, 5  |
Subaru | Subaru Impreza |  | 1-2, 4  |

## Results and standings

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### Season summary

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Round  | Event  | Winning driver  | Winning co-driver  | Winning entrant  | Winning time  | Report  | Ref.

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1  |  Rally di Roma Capitale |  Alexey Lukyanuk |  Dmitriy Eremeev |  Saintéloc Junior Team | 1:58:57.0  | Report | [3]
2  |  Rally Liepāja |  Oliver Solberg |  Aaron Johnston |  Oliver Solberg | 1:27:23.0  | Report | [4]
3  |  Rally Fafe Montelongo |  Alexey Lukyanuk |  Dmitriy Eremeev |  Saintéloc Junior Team | 1:45:52.5  | Report | [5]
4  |  Rally Hungary |  Andreas Mikkelsen |  Ola Fløene |  Topp-Cars Rally Team | 1:48:31.1  | Report | [6]
5  |  Rally Islas Canarias |  Adrien Fourmaux |  Renaud Jamoul |  M-Sport Ford WRT | 2:12:21.2  | Report | [7]

### Scoring system

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Only the four best results out of the five rounds counted towards the championship. Points for final position were awarded as in following table:

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

Bonus points awarded for position in each Leg:

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

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Points  | 5  | 4  | 3  | 2  | 1

### Drivers' Championships

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#### ERC

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| Pos  | Driver  | ITA
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| ESP
| Points  | Best 4

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1  |  Alexey Lukyanuk | 130+8 | 224+8 | 130+8 | 133+5 | 713 | 129  | 121
2  |  Oliver Solberg | 321+5 | 130+10 | 23  | 419+4 | 419+4 | 112  | 112
3  |  Grégoire Munster | 713 | 615 | 321+7 | 224+3 | 180+1 | 84  | 83
4  |  Iván Ares |  |  | 224+9 |  | 321+5 | 59  | 59
5  |  Andreas Mikkelsen |  |  |  | 130+5 | 615+2 | 52  | 52
6  |  Efrén Llarena | 615 | 811 | Ret  | 321+3 | 20  | 50  | 50
7  |  Craig Breen | 419 | 419+2 | 160+3 | Ret0+4 | 115 | 52  | 49
8  |  Miko Marczyk | 107 | 124+2 | 419+2 | 151 | 99 | 44  | 43
9  |  Adrien Fourmaux | Ret  |  |  |  | 130+7 | 37  | 37
10  |  Norbert Herczig | 32  |  | 517+2 | 615+2 |  | 36  | 36
11  |  Erik Cais | 37  | 115 | 615+2 | 811+3 | 34  | 36  | 36
12  |  Callum Devine | Ret  | Ret  | 811 | 713 | 811 | 35  | 35
13  |  Yoann Bonato |  |  |  | 142 | 224+7 | 33  | 33
14  |  Giandomenico Basso | 224+8 |  |  |  |  | 32  | 32
15  |  Emil Lindholm | 99 | 517+1 | Ret  | 19  |  | 27  | 27
16  |  Niki Mayr-Melnhof | 23  | 142 | 115 | 517+1 | 16  | 25  | 25
17  |  Eerik Pietarinen |  | 321+3 |  |  |  | 24  | 24
18  |  Dominik Dinkel | 133 | 133 | 713 | 124 |  | 23  | 23
19  |  Simone Tempestini | 517+2 |  |  |  | 142 | 21  | 21
20  |  Marijan Griebel | 151 |  | 107 | 99 | 133 | 20  | 20
21  |  José Antonio Suárez |  |  |  |  | 517+1 | 18  | 18
22  |  Mikko Heikkilä |  | 713 |  |  |  | 13  | 13
23  |  Surhayen Pernía |  |  | 99 |  | 124 | 13  | 13
24  |  Filip Mareš | 811+1 |  |  |  |  | 12  | 12
25  |  Sean Johnston |  | 99+1 |  |  |  | 10  | 10
26  |  Raul Jeets |  | 107 |  |  |  | 7  | 7
27  |  András Hadik |  |  |  | 107 |  | 7  | 7
28  |  Luis Monzón |  |  |  |  | 107 | 7  | 7
29  |  Albert von Thurn und Taxis | 142 |  | 124 | 16  | Ret  | 6  | 6
30  |  Josh McErlean |  |  |  | 115 | 19  | 5  | 5
31  |  Andrea Crugnola | 380+5 |  |  |  |  | 5  | 5
32  |  Alessandro Re | 115 |  |  |  |  | 5  | 5
33  |  Antonio Rusce | 124 |  |  |  |  | 4  | 4
34  |  Nikolay Gryazin |  | 200+3 |  |  |  | 3  | 3
35  |  Francisco Antonio López |  |  | 180+2 |  | Ret  | 2  | 2
36  |  Ken Torn | 18  | 151 | 14  | 18  | 21  | 1  | 1
37  |  Enrique Cruz |  |  |  |  | 151 | 1  | 1
38  |  Aloísio Monteiro |  |  | 190+1 |  |  | 1  | 1
39  |  Fabian Kreim | Ret0+1 |  |  |  |  | 1  | 1
| Key

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

## Notes

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1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q Entered under driver's name.

## References

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1. ^ a b "Classements".
2. ^ "FIA European Rally Championship". 29 January 2021.
3. ^ "Final results Rally di Roma Capitale 2020". eWRC-results.com. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
4. ^ "Final results Rally Liepāja 2020". eWRC-results.com. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
5. ^ "Final results Rally Fafe Montelongo 2020". eWRC-results.com. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
6. ^ "Final results Rally Hungary 2020". eWRC-results.com. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
7. ^ "Final results Rally Islas Canarias 2020". eWRC-results.com. Retrieved 7 June 2021.

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