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The 2023 European Rally Championship is the 71st season of the FIA European Rally Championship, the European continental championship series in rallying. The season is also the tenth following the merge between the European Rally Championship and the Intercontinental Rally Challenge. Efrén Llarena is the reigning drivers champion.

Competitions

FIA ERC: Main open championship for all current FIA-homologated cars within sporting classes RC2 to RC5, with Rally2 cars the leading contenders.
FIA ERC3: Second tier, specifically for the Rally3 class.^[1]
FIA ERC4: Third ERC tier, the first for front-wheel-drive cars. Allows Rally4 and Rally5 cars.
FIA ERC Junior: For drivers aged 27 and under on 1 January 2023 in Rally4 and Rally5 cars on Hankook tyres. This championship will be contested over six of the eight rounds.^[1]
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.^[1]

Calendar

The 2023 season is contested over eight rounds across Central, Northern and Southern Europe.

Round	Start date	Finish date	Rally	Rally headquarters	Surface	Stages	Distance	Ref.
1	10 March	12 March	Rally Serras de Fafe e Felgueiras	Fafe, Braga	Gravel	17	180.29 km	^[2]
2	4 May	6 May	Rally Islas Canarias	Las Palmas, Canary Islands	Tarmac	13	190.06 km	^[3]
3	20 May	21 May	Rally Poland	Mikołajki, Warmia-Masuria	Gravel	16	182.06 km	^[4]
4	17 June	18 June	Rally Liepāja	Liepāja, Liepāja	Gravel	TBC	TBC
5	6 July	8 July	Royal Rally of Scandinavia	Karlstad, Värmland	Gravel	TBC	TBC
6	29 July	30 July	Rally di Roma Capitale	Fiuggi, Lazio	Tarmac	TBC	TBC
7	18 August	20 August	Barum Czech Rally Zlín	Zlín, Zlín Region	Tarmac	TBC	TBC
8	7 October	8 October	Rally Hungary	Nyíregyháza, Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg	Tarmac	TBC	TBC
Sources:^[5]

Calendar changes

Rally Azores and Rally Catalunya were removed from the calendar.
Rally Hungary returned to the calendar after a one-year absence.
Royal Rally of Scandinavia, which runs on former Rally Sweden stages, was introduced to the calendar.

Regulation changes

Rallies are held over four days. It will also consist of Free Practice and the Qualifying Stage for Rally2 drivers. Starting positions for the leg one are chosen by the drivers, 15 first from the Qualifying Stage choosing first, followed by the drivers with FIA Priority Status, then point scorers from the 2022 ERC season, and then remaining Rally2 drivers. ^[6]

The first 15 cars run at 2-minute intervals, rest at 1-minute intervals. For the leg two, first 15 cars run in reverse order based on the leg one classification. ^[6]

Entry list

ERC

Rally2 entries
Car used	Entrant	Driver	Co-Driver	Tyres	Rounds
Citroën C3 Rally2	Bilteknik TRT Citroën Rally Team	Tom Kristensson	Andreas Johansson	P	1-2
	MRF Tyres Dealer Team	Mads Østberg	Patrik Barth	MR	1-2
	Yoann Bonato	Yoann Bonato	Benjamin Boulloud	M	1
	Citroën Vodafone Team	José Pedro Fontes	Inês Ponte	P	1
	Rachele Somaschini	Rachele Somaschini	Nicola Arena	P	1
	Bernardo Sousa	Bernardo Sousa	Inês Veiga	P	1
	Yoann Bonato	Yoann Bonato	Benjamin Bolloud		2
Ford Fiesta Rally2	RedGrey	Robert Virves	Hugo Magalhães	P	1
	MRF Tyres Dealer Team	Pontus Tidemand	Julia Thulin	MR	1
	Lucas Simões	Lucas Simões	Nuno Almeida	MR	1
	Plon Rally Team	Jarosław Kołtun	Ireneusz Pleskot	P	1
Hyundai i20 N Rally2	BRC Racing Team	Hayden Paddon	John Kennard	P	1
	Team Hyundai Portugal	Craig Breen	James Fulton	P	1
	Team Hyundai Portugal	Ricardo Teodósio	José Teixeira		1
	Pedro Meireles	Pedro Meireles	Pedro Alves		1
	Motorsport Ireland Rally Academy	Josh McErlean	Brian Hoy	P	1
	Philip Allen	Philip Allen	Dale Bowen	P	1
	RedGrey	Georg Linnamäe	James Morgan	M	1
	Racing Network	Andrea Nucita	Elia De Guio	MR	1
	Fabrizio Zaldivar	Fabrizio Zaldivar	Marcelo Der Ohannesian	P	1
Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	Team MRF Tyres	Efrén Llarena	Sara Fernández	MR	1
	Team MRF Tyres	Mārtiņš Sesks	Renārs Francis	MR	1
	Simon Wagner	Simon Wagner	Gerald Winter	M	1
	Yacco ACCR Team	Erik Cais	Igor Bacigál	M	1
	Mikołaj Marczyk	Mikołaj Marczyk	Szymon Gospodarczyk	M	1
Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo	Simone Tempestini	Simone Tempestini	Sergiu Itu	P	1
	Bogdan Cuzma	Bogdan Cuzma	Ilka Minor	MR	1
	Team MRF Tyres	Simone Campedelli	Tania Canton	MR	1
	MRF Tyres Dealer Team	Andrea Mabellini	Virginia Lenzi	MR	1
	Alberto Battistolli	Alberto Battistolli	Simone Scattolin	P	1
	Armindo Araújo	Armindo Araújo	Luís Ramalho	M	1
	Mikko Heikkilä	Mikko Heikkilä	Samu Vaaleri	M	1
	ACCR Entry Engineering	Filip Mareš	Radovan Bucha	P	1
	Tehase Auto	Gregor Jeets	Timo Taniel	P	1
	Mathieu Franceschi	Mathieu Franceschi	Jules Escartefigue	M	1-2
	Miguel Correia	Miguel Correia	Jorge Carvalho	M	1
	Topp-Cars Rally Team	Martin László	Dávid Berendi	P	1-2
	GR Motorsport Kft.	Miklós Csomós	Attila Nagy	P	1-2
	Mathieu Margaillan	Mathieu Margaillan	Mathilde Margaillan	M	1
	Pedro Almeida	Pedro Almeida	Mário Castro	P	1
Škoda Fabia R5	Motorsport Ireland Rally Academy	Patrick O'Brien	Stephen O'Brien	P	1
Sources:^[7]

ERC3

Rally3 entries
Car used	Entrant	Driver	Co-Driver	Tyres	Rounds
Ford Fiesta Rally3	M-Sport Poland	Jon Armstrong	Andrew Browne	P	1-2
Sources:^[7]

ERC4

Rally4 entries
Car used	Entrant	Driver	Co-Driver	Tyres	Rounds	Kategorie
Ford Fiesta Rally4	Tymoteusz Jocz	Tymoteusz Jocz	Maciej Judycki	P	1
Peugeot 208 Rally4	Roberto Daprà	Roberto Daprà	Luca Guglielmetti	P	1-2
	Norman Kreuter	Norman Kreuter	Jeannette Kvick	P	1-2
	CKR Estonia	Joosep Ralf Nõgene	Aleks Lesk	P	1
	Ernesto Cunha	Ernesto Cunha	Carlos Magalhães	P	1
	Patricio Muñoz	Patricio Muñoz	Miguel Recalt	P	1
Renault Clio Rally4	Hugo Mesquita	Hugo Mesquita	Valter Cardoso	P	1
Sources:^[7]

Results and standings

Season summary

Round	Event	Winning driver	Winning co-driver	Winning entrant	Winning time	Bericht	Ref.
1	Rally Serras de Fafe e Felgueiras	Hayden Paddon	John Kennard	BRC Racing Team	1:42:21.3	Bericht	^[8]
2	Rally Islas Canarias	Yoann Bonato	Benjamin Boulloud	Yoann Bonato	1:55:05.8	Bericht	^[9]
3	Rally Poland
4	Rally Liepāja
5	Royal Rally of Scandinavia
6	Rally di Roma Capitale
7	Barum Czech Rally Zlín
8	Rally Hungary

Scoring system

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.^[1]

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th
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.^[1]

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

Drivers' Championships

ERC

Pos	Driver	PRT	CAN	Points	Best 7
1	Hayden Paddon	1²	2	58	58
2	Yoann Bonato	5	1	47	47
3	Efrén Llarena	7	3	34	34
4	Mads Østberg	2	16	24	24
5	Georg Linnamäe	3³		24	24
6	Simon Wagner		5²	21	21
7	Craig Breen	6¹		20	20
8	Mikołaj Marczyk	4		19	19
9	Iván Ares		4	19	19
10	Mathieu Franceschi	14	6	17	17
11	Mārtiņš Sesks	12⁵	8⁵	17	17
12	Andrea Nucita	Ret	7³	16	16
13	Tom Kristensson	9	12	13	13
14	Mikko Heikkilä	8	18	11	11
15	J Suarez		9	9	9
16	G Grzyb		10⁴	9	9
17	A Mabellini	Ret	13¹	8	8
18	Miklós Csomós	10	Ret	7	7
19	Simone Tempestini	11		5	5
20	F Mares		11	5	5
21	Pontus Tidemand	13		3	3
22	J Černy		14	2	2
23	Robert Virves	16⁴		2	2
24	M László	Ret	15	1	1
25	Miguel Correia	15		1	1
Sources:^[10]^[11]^[12]

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

Notes:
^{1 2 3 4 5} – Power Stage position

ERC3

Pos	Driver	PRT	CAN	POL	LAT	SWE	ITA	CZE	HUN	Points	Best 7
1	Jon Armstrong	1	1							60	60
Sources:^[10]^[13]^[12]

ERC4

Pos	Driver	PRT	Points	Best 7
1	Roberto Dapra	1	30	30
2	Ernesto Cunha	2	24	24
3	Patricio Muñoz	3	21	21
4	Tymoteusz Jocz	4	19	19
5	Norman Kreuter	5	17	17
Sources:^[10]^[14]^[12]

Co-drivers' championships

ERC

Pos	Co-Driver	PRT	Points	Best 7
1	John Kennard	1²	34	34
2	Patrik Barth	2	24	24
3	James Morgan	3³	24	24
4	James Fulton	6¹	20	20
5	Szymon Gospodarczyk	4	19	19
6	Benjamin Boulloud	5	17	17
7	Sara Fernández	7	17	17
8	Samu Vaaleri	8	11	11
9	Andreas Johansson	9	9	9
10	Attila Nagy	10	7	7
11	Sergiu Itu	11	5	5
12	Renārs Francis	12⁵	5	5
13	Julia Thulin	13	3	3
14	Jules Escartefigue	14	2	2
15	Hugo Magalhães	16⁴	2	2
16	Jorge Eduardo Carvalho	15	1	1
Sources:^[10]^[11]^[12]

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

Notes:
^{1 2 3 4 5} – Power Stage position

ERC3

Pos	Co-Driver	PRT	CAN	POL	LAT	SWE	ITA	CZE	HUN	Points	Best 7
1	Andrew Browne	1								30	30
Sources:^[10]^[13]^[12]

ERC4

Pos	Co-Driver	PRT	Points	Best 7
1	Luca Guglielmetti	1	30	30
2	Carlos Magalhaes	2	24	24
3	Miguel Recalt	3	21	21
4	Maciej Judycki	4	19	19
5	Jeannette Kvick	5	17	17
Sources:^[10]^[14]^[12]

Teams' championship

Pos	Team	PRT	Points
1	MRF Tyres Dealer Team	24+9	33
2	BRC Racing Team	30	30
3	RedGrey	21+7	28
4	Team MRF Tyres	17+11	28
5	Team Hyundai Portugal	19+2	21
6	Bilteknik TRT Citroën Rally Team	15	15
7	GR Motorsport Kft.	13	13
8	Motorsport Ireland Rally Academy	5+3	8
9	M-Sport Poland	4	4
10	Citroën Vodafone Team	1	1
Sources:^[10]^[12]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "2023 FIA regional rally sporting regulations.pdf" (PDF). fia.com. 2023-03-07.
^ "Itinerary Rally Serras de Fafe e Felgueiras 2023". Retrieved 2023-03-11.
^ "Itinerary Rally Islas Canarias 2023". Retrieved 2023-05-01.
^ "Itinerary Rally Poland 2023". Retrieved 2023-05-01.
^ "ERC Calendar 2023". fiaerc.com. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
^ ^a ^b "ERC format refresher". fiaerc.com. 10 March 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Entry list 2023 Rally Serras de Fafe". ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 2023-03-13.
^ "Rally Serras de Fafe, Felgueiras, Boticas, Vieira do Minho e Cabeceiras de Basto 2023". ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 2023-05-09.
^ "Final results Rally Islas Canarias 2023". ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 2023-05-09.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "ERC Standings". fiaerc.com. Retrieved 2023-03-13.
^ ^a ^b "ERC 2023". eWRC-results. Retrieved 2023-03-13.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "2023 Classifications". fia.com. Retrieved 2023-03-13.
^ ^a ^b "ERC3 2023". eWRC-results. Retrieved 2023-03-14.
^ ^a ^b "ERC4 2023". eWRC-results. Retrieved 2023-03-14.

External links

Official website
Season 2023 at FIA.com
Season 2023 at ewrc-results.com

[reg-1] "2023 FIA regional rally sporting regulations.pdf" (PDF). fia.com. 2023-03-07.

[2] "Itinerary Rally Serras de Fafe e Felgueiras 2023". Retrieved 2023-03-11.

[3] "Itinerary Rally Islas Canarias 2023". Retrieved 2023-05-01.

[4] "Itinerary Rally Poland 2023". Retrieved 2023-05-01.

[2022_Calendar-5] "ERC Calendar 2023". fiaerc.com. Retrieved 25 November 2022.

[format-6] "ERC format refresher". fiaerc.com. 10 March 2023.

[Fafe_2023_entry_list-7] "Entry list 2023 Rally Serras de Fafe". ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 2023-03-13.

[8] "Rally Serras de Fafe, Felgueiras, Boticas, Vieira do Minho e Cabeceiras de Basto 2023". ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 2023-05-09.

[9] "Final results Rally Islas Canarias 2023". ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 2023-05-09.

[fiaercstandings-10] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "ERC Standings". fiaerc.com. Retrieved 2023-03-13.

[ewrc23-11] "ERC 2023". eWRC-results. Retrieved 2023-03-13.

[fiastandings-12] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "2023 Classifications". fia.com. Retrieved 2023-03-13.

[ewrcerc3-13] "ERC3 2023". eWRC-results. Retrieved 2023-03-14.

[ewrcerc4-14] "ERC4 2023". eWRC-results. Retrieved 2023-03-14.

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