2015 European Rally Championship

The 2015 European Rally Championship season was the 63rd season of the FIA European Rally Championship, the European continental championship series in rallying. The season was also the third following the merge between the European Rally Championship and the Intercontinental Rally Challenge.

For this year the drivers have to register for the championship, and the categories have been renamed into ERC 1 (for S2000, R5 and RRC (last year) cars), ERC 2 (category for R4 production cars, previously titled N4) and ERC 3 (for R1, R2 and R3 cars).

Calendar[]

The calendar for the 2015 season featured ten rallies, one less than the 2014 calendar.

Round	Dates	Rally name	Surface	Mini-Series
1	4–6 January	Internationale Jänner Rallye	Mixed	Ice Master
2	6–8 February	Rally Liepāja–Ventspils	Mixed	Ice Master
3	2–4 April	/ Circuit of Ireland	Tarmac	Asphalt Master
4	4–6 June	Rallye Açores	Gravel	Gravel Master
5	25–27 June	Ypres Rally	Tarmac	Asphalt Master
6	17–19 July	Rally Estonia	Gravel	Gravel Master
7	28–30 August	Barum Rally Zlín	Tarmac	Asphalt Master
8	25–27 September	Cyprus Rally	Mixed	Gravel Master
9	9–11 October	Acropolis Rally¹	Mixed	Gravel Master
10	29–31 October	Rallye International du Valais²	Mixed	Asphalt Master

Notes:

^1 – The Acropolis Rally has been moved to October.
^2 – Tour de Corse was scheduled to be the final event of the season, but the rally organisers moved the rally to the World Rally Championship to replace Rallye de France Alsace. Rallye International du Valais was announced as its replacement.

Selected entries[]

Icon	Cup
L	Ladies Trophy
ERC-2	ERC-2
ERC-3	ERC-3
J	ERC Junior

Constructor	Car	Team	Driver	Co-driver	Cup	Rounds
Registered drivers
Peugeot	Peugeot 208 T16 R5	Peugeot Rally Academy	Craig Breen	Scott Martin		1–7, 9–10
				Thierry Salva		3–4, 7, 9
			Stéphane Lefebvre	Stéphane Prévot		5
				Erki Pints		6
			Emil Bergkvist	Joakim Sjöberg		10
		HRT Rally Team	Jonathan Hirschi	Vincent Landais		1–2
		HRT Rally Team	Jonathan Hirschi	Victor Vellotto		10
		Delta Rally	Bruno Magalhães	Hugo Magalhães		4–5, 8–10
		Peugeot Belgium Luxembourg		Peter Kaspers		5
		Hannu's Rally Team	Juha Salo	Marko Salminen		6
				Mikael Johansson		5
		Romo Motorsport Technik	Bryan Bouffier	Thibault De La Haye		10
		AC Mayen		Alexander Rath		10
	Peugeot 207 S2000	Delta Rally		Maxime Vilmot		1–2
				Justin Bardini		2, 4
				Pietro Ometto		3
				Pietro Ometto		10
		Motor Team		Hannes Grundlinger		1
		Autostal Duindistel VZW		Denis Squedin		5
		Lugano Racing Team		Manuel Guex		10
		ADAC Hessen-Thüringen e.V.		Josefine Beinke		10
		Ecurie des Ordons		David Comment		10
	Peugeot 208 R2	Rally Technology		Jakub Wróbel	ERC-3	1–2
				Przemysław Mazur	ERC-3	5
				Sebastian Rozwadowski	ERC-3 J	2
		OPV Šport		Blanca Kacin	ERC-3	1, 3, 5
		PH Sport		Hugo Magalhães		1
				Luís Cavaleiro		4
				Mário Castro		7, 10
		Peugeot Belgium Luxembourg		Eric Borguet	ERC-3 J	2–5
		Peugeot UK	Chris Ingram	Gabin Moreau		2–7
		Steve Røkland Motorsport		James Aldridge		2–4
		Steve Røkland Motorsport		Patrik Barth		6–7
		Peugeot Rally Academy		Jorge Carvalho		2–7
		Sports Racing Technologies	Ralfs Sirmacis	Artūrs Šimins		2–7
		Sports Racing Technologies		Dimitry Lebedik		2–6
		Ice Pol Racing Team		Geoffrey Brion		2
		Armstrong Motorsport		Noel O'Sullivan		2–5
		Adielsson Motorsport		Christoffer Bäck		2–4, 6–7
		LP Rally Team	Łukasz Pieniążek	Jakub Gerber		2–5, 7
		CMC Motorsport		Chris Melly		3
		Napoca Rally Academy		Sergiu Itu		3–7
		Klaus Motorsport		Balázs Kecskeméti		3, 7
		AR Vidal Racing		José Camacho	ERC-3	4
		Pevatec Competition		Andy De Baeremaeker	ERC-3 J	5, 7
		AK Delta Sport		Botond Csányi	ERC-3	5, 7
		Cueks Racing		Martin Valter	ERC-3 J	6
		Ledin Motorsport		Erik Lindqvist	ERC-3 J	6
Citroën	Citroën DS3 R5	PH Sport	Stéphane Lefebvre	Stéphane Prévot		1
		Delta Rally		Maxime Vilmot		3–7
				Lara Vanneste		8–9
				Domenico Pozzi		10
		DGM Sport		Kirsty Riddick		3
		DS3 Vodafone Team		Miguel Ramalho		4
		Autostal Duindistel VZW	Kevin Abbring	Pieter Tsjoen		5
		Gemini Clinic Rally Team	Bryan Bouffier	Thibault De La Haye		5
		Gemini Clinic Rally Team		Jaroslav Novák		7, 10
		D-Max Racing		Abdré Leyh		5
		Go Drive Racing		Veronique Hostens		5
		ME3 Rally Team	Karl Kruuda	Martin Järveoja		6
		J-Motorsport	Jourdan Serderidis	Frédéric Miclotte		9
		D-Max Swiss		Crispino Arimondi		10
	Citroën DS3 RRC	D-Max Swiss	Olivier Burri	Nicolas Klinger		10
	Citroën DS3 R3T	Printsport	Ole Christian Veiby	Anders Jæger	ERC-3	1, 6
		Napoca Rally Academy	Simone Tempestini	Matteo Chiarcossi		1
		C-Rally	Aron Domżała	Szymon Gospodarczyk		2
		RF Competições	Paulo Neto	Vítor Oliveira		4
		Henrique Moniz Rally Team		Jorge Diniz		4
		CERS Performance		Petr Píža		7
	Citroën C2 R2	Printsport		Rauno Rohtmets	ERC-3 J	2
		Bakó Rally Team	Ekaterina Stratieva	Yulianna Nyírfás	L ERC-3	3, 5, 7, 10
		Miguel Carvalho		Paulo Lopes	ERC-3	4
		MM Power		Vukasin Tomić	L	10
Ford	Ford Fiesta R5	Lotos Rally Team	Kajetan Kajetanowicz	Jarosław Baran		1–4, 6–9
		Chervonenko Racing	Alexey Lukyanuk	Yevgen Chervonenko		1–3
		Chervonenko Racing	Alexey Lukyanuk	Alexey Arnautov		7–10
		100% Sport		Thomas Escartefigue		1
		100% Sport		Laurent Magat		4
		Extrem Sport Kft.		Gabor Verba		1
		Gabriele Noberasco		Michele Ferrara		1
		MM Motorsport		Andrus Toom		2–3, 6–9
				Kristo Kraag		10
			Sander Pärn	James Morgan		6
		C-Rally		Ireneusz Pleskot		2, 6
		Dom Buckley Motorsport		Gordon Noble		3
		CA1 Sport Ltd	Robert Barrable	Damien Connolly		3
		Wright Rallying		Mikie Galvin		3
		P&B Racing		Jorge Henriques		4
		ARC Sport		António Costa		4
		Autostal Duindistel VZW		Pieter Vyncke		5
				Eddy Snaet		5
				Filip Cuvelier		5
		OT Racing		Kuldar Sikk		6
		Tiger Rally Team		Damian Syty		6
		TAIF Rally Team		Maxim Tsvetkov		6
		Lars Stugemo		Miriam Walfridsson		6
		TRT Czech Rally Sport		Martin Tureček		7
		Lugano Racing Team		Mélinda Beuret		10
		D-Max Swiss		Lucien Revaz		10
		Accro Race		Steve Groux		10
	Ford Fiesta S2000	ZM Racing Team		Bernhard Ettel		1, 7
	Ford Fiesta S2000	M-Sport	Euan Thorburn	Paul Beaton		3, 5
	Ford Fiesta RRC	Combilift Rallying		Karl Atkinson		3–5
	Ford Fiesta RRC	Combilift Rallying		John Rowan		3–5
	Ford Fiesta R2	Sports Racing Technologies	Reinis Nitišs^[1]	Māris Neikšāns	ERC-3	2
		LMT Autosporta Akadēmija		Reinis Vilsons	ERC-3 J	2, 4
		Calvin Beattie		Darragh Mullen		3
		Major Motorsport	Gus Greensmith	Elliot Edmondson		3
		Armstrong Motorsport		Alistair MacCrone		3
		New Ecurie Racing		Renaud Herman		5
		GPC Motorsport		Justine Demeestere	ERC-3	5
		Ice Pol Racing Team		Johan Jalet	ERC-3 J	6
Škoda	Škoda Fabia S2000	T&T Czech National Team	Jaromír Tarabus	Daniel Trunkát		1, 3, 5, 8–9
		Tlusťák Racing		Ladislav Kučera		All
		GPD Orsák Rally Sport	Martin Hudec	Petr Picka		2, 7
				David Šmeidler		2, 4
				Karel Vajík		4
				Ole Kristian Brennum		5, 7
			Sepp Wiegand	Alexander Rath		7
			Martin Vlček	Jindřiška Žáková		7
		John McKillop Motorsport		James O'Reilly		3, 5
		Sharkey Motorsport		Ciaran Geaney		3
		Tommy Doyle		Eamon Hayes		3
		Peres Competições		Daniel Amaral		4
		Cesar Racing Rally Team		Pedro Alves		4
		TGS Worldwide	Teemu Suninen	Mikko Markkula		6
		Yuriy Arshanskiy		Mikhail Soskin		6
		Comorant Team	Pavel Valoušek	Varonika Havelková		7
		Mogul Racing Team		Petr Černohorský		7
		Sparrow Racing Team	Jan Jelínek	Petr Machů		7
		Macila Rally Team		Mehmet Mişon		8
	Škoda Fabia R5	BMA Autosport	Freddy Loix	Johan Gitsels		5
		Škoda Motorsport	Jan Kopecký	Pavel Dresler		7
		T&T Czech National Team	Jaromír Tarabus	Daniel Trunkát		7
		Rufa Sport	Tomáš Kostka	Lukáš Kostka		7
		Kobus Tuning Rally Team		Erik de Wild		7
		Lascaris Foundation Team Greece	Lambros Athanassoulas	Nikolaos Zakheos		9
		Sports Racing Technologies	Nikolay Gryazin	Yaroslav Fedorov		10
Subaru	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	Subaru Duck Czech National Team		František Rajnoha	ERC-2	1–5, 7–8, 10
		Subaru Duck Czech National Team		Zdeněk Jůrka		7
		Witek Motorsport		Grzegorz Dachowski	ERC-2	1–2
		Subaru Poland Rally Team		Kamil Heller		2, 4, 6–9
		Tiger Rally Team		Damian Syty		2
Mitsubishi	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	Botka Rally Team		Péter Mihalik	ERC-2	1–4, 6
		Botka Rally Team		Péter Szeles		7–10
		Hideg Team SE		István Kerék		1–3
		Kit Racing		Tobias Unterweger		1, 7
		Tushkanova Motorsport		Dmitry Chumak	L ERC-2	2
		Tushkanova Motorsport		Cristen Laos	L ERC-2	6–7
		ARC Sport		José Pedro Silva	ERC-2	4
		Topp-Cars Rallye Team		Janek Czakó		4, 8
		LEDrent Rally Team		Simo Koskinen		6
		Kaur Motorsport	Egon Kaur	Annika Arnek		6
		Tlusťák Racing	Ekaterina Stratieva	Yulianna Nyírfás	L	7
		Érdi Rally Team		Gergely Patkó	ERC-2	8
		Etex Rally Team		Pambos Laos		8
		Antonis & Stavros Autoservice Ltd		Demetris Pieri		8
		Eneos Motor Oil		Gerald Winter		8
		Tean Greece		Giorgos Polizois		9
		Vallino Rally Team	Valentin Porcișteanu	Dan Dobre		10
	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X	Autostils Rally Technica		Marek Sarapuu	ERC-2	2, 6
		Vorobjovs Racing		Andris Mālnieks		2
		Vorobjovs Racing		Igor Skuridin		2
		Vãgi Racing		Ivo Pūķis		2
		Érdi Rally Team		Attila Táborszki		3
		Érdi Rally Team		Gergely Patkó		5, 10
		Neikšans Rally Sport		Dmitry Chumak	L ERC-2	3
		Chervonenko Racing	Alexey Lukyanuk	Alexey Arnautov	ERC-2	6
		Prorehv Rally Team		Kalle Adler	ERC-2	6
		Costas Petrou Motors		Constantinos Constantinou		8–9
Mini	Mini John Cooper Works S2000	EuroOil Invelt Czech National Team	Václav Pech	Petr Uhel		1, 7
		KM Racing Slovakia		Karel Vajík		7
		Lugano Racing Team		Melanie Wahl		10
Porsche	Porsche 997 GT3	Tuthill Porsche		Allan Harryman		3
			François Delecour	Dominique Savignoni	R-GT Cup	5
			François Delecour	Sabrina De Castelli		10
			Romain Dumas	Denis Giraudet		5
		Autostal Atlantic		Arne Bruneel		5
	Porsche 996 GT3	Autostal Duindistel VZW	Marc Duez	Hendrik Béatse		5
Renault	Renault Clio R3	Klaus Motorsport		Balázs Kecskeméti	ERC-3	1–2
		CERS Performance		Lukáš Šintal		1–2
		Thomas Beton Racing		Alexey Krylov		2
		Colina Motorsport		Bogdan Iancu		4, 7, 10
	Renault Clio Sport	ČK Motorsport		Karolína Jugasová	L	1
Honda	Honda Civic Type-R FN2	Rally Team Sikorski		Michał Jurgała	ERC-3	1–2, 7
Honda	Honda Civic Type-R R3	AK Delta Sport		Dávid Berendi	ERC-3	1, 3
Opel	Opel Adam R2	MSZ Racing		Cathy Derousseaux	ERC-3 J	2–7
		ADAC Opel Rallye Junior Team		Stefan Clemens		2–7
		ADAC Opel Rallye Junior Team	Emil Bergkvist	Joakim Sjöberg		2–7
		ADAC Sachsen		Jennifer Thielen		2–3, 5, 7
Suzuki	Suzuki Swift Sport	Morozov Rally Team	Dmitry Morozov	Zoltán Szechenyi	ERC-3	8

Results[]

Round	Rally name	Podium finishers
Round	Rally name	Rank	Driver	Car	Time
1	Internationale Jänner Rallye (4–6 January) — Results	1	Kajetan Kajetanowicz	Ford Fiesta R5	2:50:52.6
		2		Peugeot 207 S2000	2:57:28.8
		3	Alexey Lukyanuk	Ford Fiesta R5	2:59:20.7

2	Rally Liepāja–Ventspils (6–8 February) — Results	1	Craig Breen	Peugeot 208 T16 R5	1:56:49.1
		2		Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X	1:58:29.8
		3		Subaru Impreza WRX STi	2:02:37.7

3	/ Circuit of Ireland (2–4 April) —	1	Craig Breen	Peugeot 208 T16 R5	2:04:04.5
		2	Kajetan Kajetanowicz	Ford Fiesta R5	2:04:10.9
		3		Ford Fiesta RRC	2:05:46.8

4	Rallye Açores (4–6 June) —	1	Craig Breen	Peugeot 208 T16 R5	2:45:59.6
		2	Kajetan Kajetanowicz	Ford Fiesta R5	2:47:01.7
		3		Ford Fiesta R5	2:48:13.9

5	Ypres Rally (25–27 June) —	1	Freddy Loix	Škoda Fabia R5	2:21:29.9
		2	Bryan Bouffier	Citroën DS3 R5	2:22:57.4
		3		Citroën DS3 R5	2:23:32.4

6	Rally Estonia (17–19 July) — Results	1	Alexey Lukyanuk	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X	1:32:25.4
		2	Kajetan Kajetanowicz	Ford Fiesta R5	1:32:38.1
		3		Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	1:33:32.4

7	Barum Rally Zlín (28–30 August) —	1	Jan Kopecký	Škoda Fabia R5	2:12:17.7
		2	Václav Pech	Mini John Cooper Works S2000	2:12:45.0
		3	Kajetan Kajetanowicz	Ford Fiesta R5	2:12:57.6

8	Cyprus Rally (25–27 September) —	1	Kajetan Kajetanowicz	Ford Fiesta R5	2:08:45.4
		2	Bruno Magalhães	Peugeot 208 T16 R5	2:13:10.5
		3		Citroën DS3 R5	2:14:21.4

9	Acropolis Rally (9–11 October) —	1	Kajetan Kajetanowicz	Ford Fiesta R5	1:32:11.1
		2	Craig Breen	Peugeot 208 T16 R5	1:32:21.1
		3	Lambros Athanassoulas	Škoda Fabia R5	1:32:26.4

10	Rallye du Valais (29–31 October) —	1	Alexey Lukyanuk	Ford Fiesta R5	2:32:53.0
		2	Craig Breen	Peugeot 208 T16 R5	2:34:13.6
		3	Olivier Burri	Citroën DS3 RRC	2:34:33.2

Championship standings[]

Drivers' Championship[]

Last update: Rally du Valais

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Kajetan Kajetanowicz	230
2	Craig Breen	185
3	Alexey Lukyanuk	157
4		79
5	Jaromír Tarabus	75
6	Bruno Magalhães	68

ERC-2[]

Pos	Driver	Points
1		231
2		191
3		151
4		73
5		63
6	Alexey Lukyanuk	39

ERC-3[]

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Emil Bergkvist	173
2	Ralfs Sirmacis	113
3		96
4	Chris Ingram	80
5		79
6		64

ERC Junior[]

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Emil Bergkvist	147
2	Ralfs Sirmacis	104
3		93
4		79
5	Chris Ingram	78
6		64

ERC Ladies[]

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Ekaterina Stratieva	6
2		3
3		3

References[]

^ "Latvian hero Nitišs to make Erc switch". European Rally Championship. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 18 December 2014. Archived from the original on 23 December 2014. Retrieved 2 January 2015.

External links[]

Official website

[1] "Latvian hero Nitišs to make Erc switch". European Rally Championship. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 18 December 2014. Archived from the original on 23 December 2014. Retrieved 2 January 2015.

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