The 2016 European Rally Championship was the 64th season of the FIA European Rally Championship , the European continental championship series in rallying. The season was also the fourth following the merge between the European Rally Championship and the Intercontinental Rally Challenge .
Calendar [ ]
The calendar for the 2016 season featured ten rallies.
Notes:
^1 – Season opener Rally Liepāja–Ventspils was cancelled due to warm temperatures and lack of snow. It was later moved to September and was 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, 6–9
H – Racing Team
Alexey Lukyanuk
Alexey Arnautov
1–2, 4–6, 8, 10
Roman Kapustin
3
André Leyh
5
Renaud Herman
9
Jiří Hovorka
8
RMC Motorsport
Mads Østberg
Ola Fløene
1
Alejandro López
1
Vanessa Valle
1
José Teixeira
4
C-Rally
Ireneusz Pleskot
1–4, 6–7, 9
Kamil Heller
2
Tiger Energy Drink Rallye Team
Damian Syty
1, 3–7, 9
Peña Autocross Arteixo
Mario Tomé
1
DMACK British Rally Team
Elfyn Evans
Craig Parry
2
Max Vatanen
Jacques-Julien Renucci
2
Ott Tänak
Raigo Mõlder
5
Dom Buckley Motorsport
Gordon Noble
2
Allan Harryman
2
Andy Marchbank
2
Spencer Sport
Tom Cave
James Morgan
2
CA1 Sport Ltd
Morten Erik Abrahamsen
2
Andrew Roughead
2
Combilift Rallying
John Rowan
2
Karl Atkinson
2
Wright Rallying
James Fulton
2
Tiger Risk Rally Team
James Whitaker
2
Kimi Racing
David Šmeidler
4–5
Adapta Motorsport
Torstein Eriksen
4, 9
P&B Racing
Jorge Henriques
4
Ricardo Faria
4
ARC Sport
António Costa
4
Luís Ramalho
4
Peres Competições
José Pedro Silva
4
Team Além Mar
Carlos Magalhães
4
Sports & You
Paulo Babo
4
Sunnyside Experience
Henrik Appelskog
4
X-One Racing
Eddy Chevaillier
5
Autostal Duindistel VZW
Pieter Vyncke
5
Eddy Snaet
5
Jeannick Breyne
5
Renties Racing Team
Filip Cuvelier
5
8
SP Rally Project
Sander Pärn
James Morgan
6
Rally Technology
Piotr Woś
6, 8
Jacek Spentany
7, 9
Tommi Mäkinen Racing
Takamoto Katsuta
Daniel Barritt
6
Glenn MacNeall
6
Rufa Sport
Robert Hundla
7
Go+Cars Atlas Ward
Jakub Gerber
7
TRT Czech Rally Sport
Martin Tureček
8
Svarmetal Motorsport
Martin Vlček
Jindřiška Žáková
8
L Racing s.r.o.
Michaela Vejačková
8
Team Greece
Lambros Athanassoulas
Christos Kouzionis
10
Culture & Sport Qatar Rally Team
Khalid Al-Suwaidi
Marshall Clarke
10
Toksport World Rally Team
Ahmet Özerdem
10
Ford Fiesta S2000
AT Rally Team
Oleksiy Tamrazov
Nicola Arena
8
Castrol Ford Team Türkiye
Bora Derviş
10
Citroën
Citroën DS3 R5
Auto Laca Competición
José Carlos Déniz
1
Botka Rally Team
Péter Szeles
1–5, 7–10
Delta Rally
Domenico Pozzi
1–2
Maxime Vilmot
2
Renaud Jamoul
3–4
D-Max Racing
Renaud Jamoul
1
DGM Sport
Craig Breen
Scott Martin
2
Kirsty Riddick
2
Ttec Rally Prep
Keith Cronin
Mikie Galvin
2
Citroën Vodafone Team
Inês Ponte
4
Daniel Amaral
4
Sports & You
Jorge Carvalho
4
Burton Racing
Stéphane Lefebvre
Xavier Portier
5
Stéphane Prévot
5
Gemini Clinic Rally Team
Bryan Bouffier
Denis Giraudet
5
Xavier Panseri
7–8
Autostal Duinsitel VZW
Bram Eelbode
5
Kristof Goethals
5
Bert Feys
5
J-Motorsport
Jourdan Serderidis
Geoffrey Brion
5
Peugeot
Peugeot 208 T16 R5
Delta Rally
Maxime Vilmot
1
Justin Bardini
1, 4
Domenico Pozzi
3
Euan Thorburn Rally Team
Euan Thorburn
Paul Beaton
2
Peugeot Belgium Luxembourg
Peter Kaspers
5
Autostal Duinsistel VZW
Cindy Verbaeten
5
Peugeot Rally Academy
Cándido Carrera
6
Peugeot 207 S2000
Ludo Conception
Beuno Brissart
5
Peugeot 208 R2
Sports Racing Technologies
Dmitry Lebedik
6
Škoda
Škoda Fabia R5
Tlusťák Racing
Ladislav Kučera
1–7
Ivo Vybíral
8
Eurosol Racing Team Hungary
Barnabás Gódor
1, 7
Kobus Tuning
Erik de Wild
1, 5
Davy Thierie
8
CA1 Sport Ltd
David Bogie
Kevin Rae
2
T&T Czech National Team
Jaromír Tarabus
Daniel Trunkát
2–3, 5–6, 8
Sports Racing Technologies
Andrus Toom
2–4, 6–7, 9
Ralfs Sirmacis
Artūrs Šimins
3–4, 6, 8–10
Nikolay Gryazin
Yaroslav Fedorov
10
Simpsons Škoda Motorsport
Elliott Edmondson
2
Mac Sport Rallying
Liam Moynihan
2
Lascaris Foundation Team Greece
Lambros Athanassoulas
Nikolaos Zakheos
3
Sports & You
Mário Castro
4
BP Ultimate Škoda Team
Miguel Barbosa
Miguel Ramalho
4
Culture & Sport Qatar Rally Team
Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari
Marshall Clarke
4
Go Drive Racing
Véronique Hostens
5
2C Competition
Freddy Loix
Johan Gitsels
5
Ice Pol Racing Team
Johan Jalet
5
Autostal Duindistel VZW
Cindy Cokelaere
5
Autostal Atlantic
Diederik Pattyn
5
Wouter Polfliet
5
Topp-Cars Rallye Team
Oleksiy Tamrazov
Kuldar Sikk
6
Motorsport Italia
Kamil Heller
7
Pirmin Winklhofer
10
Škoda Motorsport
Jan Kopecký
Pavel Dresler
8
Frank Christian
8
Energy Oil Motorsport
Pavel Valoušek
Varonika Havelková
8
Mogul Czech National Team
Petr Černohorský
8
Rufa Sport
Tomáš Kostka
Ladislav Kučera
8
Klokočka Škoda Czech National Team
František Rajnoha
8
TGS Worldwide
Arnis Ronis
9
Skoda Fabia S2000
Tiger Risk Rally Team
David Moynihan
2
James O'Reilly
5
Sharkey Motorsport
Ciaran Geaney
2
ACB Racing
Luís Costa
4
Svarmetal Motorsport
Ole Kristian Brennum
5
Kimi Racing
Jaroslav Novák
8
Marcela Ehlová
8
Sparrow Racing Team
Jan Jelínek
Petr Machů
8
Mitsubishi
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X
Costas Petrou Motors
Constantinos Constantinou
3
Yiannos Evripidou
10
Georgios Alexandrou
10
Dynamic Sport
Normunds Kokinš
6, 9
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX
Neikšāns Rally Sport
Michał Grudziński
9
Dmitry Chumak
9
Psaltis Eneos Rally Team
Demetris Pieri
10
Telsa Rallysport
Savvas Savva
Andreas Papandreou
10
ERC-2 [ ]
Constructor
Car
Team
Driver
Co-driver
Rounds
Mitsubishi
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X
RMC Motorsport
Paolo Zanini
1–2
Juan Pablo Monasterolo
1
Érdi Rally Team
Gergely Patkó
1
György Papp
3, 5, 7–8
Pro Racing
9
Juan Pablo Monasterolo
3–4
Hermán Vargas Peña
3
ASRT Rally Team
Marek Sarapuu
6, 9
C-Rally
Kamil Heller
6
Aron Domżała
Szymon Gospodarczyk
6
ALM Motorsport
Mihkel Kapp
6
EAMV Motorsport
Alexey Lukyanuk
Roman Kapustin
9
Vorobjovs Racing
Andris Mālnieks
9
Vãgi Racing
Ivo Pūķis
9
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX
Topp-Cars Rallye Team
Viktor Bán
1, 3
Paolo Zanini
3, 5, 8–9
Team Além Mar
Estêvaño Rodrigues
4
Olavo Esteves Competição
Paulo Real
4
ALM Motorsport
Simo Koskinen
6
Kaur Motorsport
Egon Kaur
Silver Simm
6
Juta Bauer Rally Team
Vytautas Švedas
Žilvinas Sakalauskas
9
Neikšāns Rally Sport
Anrijs Jesse
9
Petrolina – Eni Racing Team
Pambos Laos
10
Psaltis Auto Parts
Phanos Christofi
10
Timotheou Rally Team
Panayiotis Shialos
10
Psaltis Eneos Rally Team
Gerald Winter
10
Antonis & Stavros Autoservice Ltd
Antonis Chrysostomou
10
Subaru
Subaru Impreza WRX STI
Subaru Poland Rally Team
Daniel Dymurski
1–4, 7, 9
ACB Racing
Rui Medeiros
4
ERC-3 [ ]
Constructor
Car
Team
Driver
Co-driver
Rounds
Renault
Renault Clio RS R3T
Eurosol Racing Team Hungary
Dávid Berendi
1, 3
Fernando Costa Motorsport
Diogo Correia
1, 4
Renault Sport Technologies
Ricardo Barreto
1–2
Colina Motorsport
Bogdan Iancu
3, 7
Otkan Sport
Florjan Rus
5
Renault Clio R3
ARC Sport
Sancho Eiró
4
Thomas Beton Racing
Pavel Chelebaev
8–9
Peugeot
Peugeot 208 R2
Rally Technology
Michał Kuśnierz
1, 7
Piotr Woś
1
Race Seven
Nuno Rodrigues da Silva
1–2, 4–6
Oktan Sport
Florjan Rus
1–2
Ritmu Ase
Botond Csányi
1–2, 9
Steve Røkland Motorsport
Patrik Barth
2, 6
Sports Racing Technologies
Nikolay Gryazin
Yaroslav Fedorov
2, 4–9
Arable Racing Kft.
János Szegó
2, 5, 7–8
Inside Motor
Hugo Magalhães
4–5
Joonas Tokee Racing Team
Jani Salo
4–6, 9
Saintéloc Junior Team
Catie Munnings
Anne Stein
5, 9
Klausz Motorsport
Yulianna Nyírfás
5–6, 8–9
F-Sport Média Kft.
Dávid Berendi
5
Cueks Racing
Martin Valter
6, 9
Studio Motorsport
Josef Král
8
LMT Autosporta Akadēmija
Māris Kulšs
9
Opel
Opel Adam R2
C-Rally
Łukasz Pieniążek
Przemek Mazur
1–6, 8–9
Red Opel España
Grzegorz Dachowski
1
ADAC Opel Rallye Junior Team
Chris Ingram
Katrin Becker
2, 4–5
Elliott Edmondson
6, 8–9
Pirmin Winklhofer
2, 6, 8–9
Stefan Kopczyk
4–5
Jennifer Thielen
2, 4–6, 8–9
Callum Devine Rallying
Alex Kihurani
5
Bekason Oy
Jukka Jämsen
6, 9
Ford
Ford Fiesta R2T
Castrol Ford Team Türkiye
Onur Vatansever
1, 3, 5, 7–10
Burak Erdener
3, 7, 10
Sevilay Genç
3, 7
Sedat Bostanci
10
PZ Racing
Mário Castro
2, 8
RMC Motorsport
Marco Macedo
4
M-Sport World Rally Team
Patrik Barth
4
GPC Motorsport
Justine Demeestere
5
ME3 Motorsport
Ken Järveoja
6, 9
Ford Fiesta R2
TMS Czech National Junior Team
Petr Těšínský
2, 4–6, 8–9
Citroën
Citroën DS3 R3T
P&B Racing
Paulo Neto
Vítor Oliveira
4
Toyota
Toyota GT86 CS-R3
Toyota Motorsport
Luca Rossetti
Eleonora Mori
8
Suzuki
Suzuki Swift Sport
Morozov Rally Team
Dmitry Morozov
Maria Morozova
10
Zoltán Szechenyi
10
ERC Junior [ ]
Constructor
Car
Team
Driver
Co-driver
Rounds
Opel
Opel Adam R2
C-Rally
Łukasz Pieniążek
Przemek Mazur
All
ADAC Opel Rallye Junior Team
Chris Ingram
Katrin Becker
1–3
Elliott Edmondson
4–6
Pirmin Winklhofer
1, 4–6
Stefan Kopczyk
2–3
Jennifer Thielen
All
Callum Devine Rallying
Alex Kihurani
3
Bekason Oy
Jukka Jämsen
4, 6
Peugeot
Peugeot 208 R2
Steve Røkland Motorsport
Patrik Barth
1, 4
Sports Racing Technologies
Nikolay Gryazin
Yaroslav Fedorov
All
Race Seven
Nuno Rodrigues da Silva
1–4
Inside Motor
Hugo Magalhães
2–3
Joonas Tokee Racing Team
Jani Salo
2–4, 6
Saintéloc Junior Team
Catie Munnings
Anne Stein
3, 6
Klausz Motorsport
Yulianna Nyírfás
3–6
Cueks Racing
Martin Valter
4, 6
LMT Autosporta Akadēmija
Māris Kulšs
6
Ford
Ford Fiesta R2
TMS Czech National Junior Team
Petr Těšínský
All
Ford Fiesta R2T
M-Sport World Rally Team
Patrik Barth
2–3
ME3 Motorsport
Ken Järveoja
4, 6
Ladies Trophy [ ]
Results [ ]
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
COI
EST
Points
Best 7
1
Kajetan Kajetanowicz
218+11
218+13
84+7
315+6
218+11
125+14
470+6
412+9
187
181
2
Aleksey Lukyanuk
125+13
DNS
101+7
218+13
Ret
Ret0+7
150+6
218+12
125+14
159
159
3
Ralfs Sirmacis
125+12
Ret0+4
125+13
Ret
125+14
315+10
143
143
4
Bryan Bouffier
Ret0+7
218+12
Ret0+5
42
42
5
68
101
68+2
Ret
510+4
84+1
260+3
41
41
6
Jan Kopecký
125+14
39
39
7
41
12
Ret
412+5
Ret
Ret
11
92
412+8
39
39
8
Craig Breen
125+13
38
38
9
Freddy Loix
125+13
38
38
10
25
412+6
Ret
412+6
92
Ret
38
38
11
125+12
37
37
12
Jaromír Tarabus
Ret0+3
315+9
76
Ret
Ret0+3
36
36
13
510+1
11
510+3
130+2
76+2
Ret
34
34
14
19
Ret
13
92
50
14
218+12
33
33
15
15
68+5
412+5
Ret
Ret0+2
32
32
16
270+5
315+9
29
29
17
218+10
28
28
18
Lambros Athanassoulas
218+9
Ret
27
27
19
Tomáš Kostka
218+7
25
25
20
315+10
25
25
21
315+9
24
24
22
315+8
23
23
23
101
76+1
25
12
68+3
84
23
23
24
315+7
22
22
25
315+6
21
21
26
315+5
20
20
27
Ret0+2
412+6
Ret
20
20
28
412+8
20
20
29
412+7
19
19
30
510+7
17
17
31
510+7
17
17
32
Pavel Valoušek
412+4
16
16
33
510+4
14
14
34
510+3
Ret
13
13
35
510+3
13
13
36
510+1
11
11
37
68+3
11
11
38
68+3
11
11
39
76+5
Ret
DNS
DNS
11
11
40
76+5
11
11
41
510
10
10
42
David Bogie
68+2
10
10
43
68+2
10
10
44
68+1
9
9
45
68+1
9
9
46
76+2
8
8
47
76+2
8
8
48
76+1
7
7
49
76
16
6
6
50
76
6
6
51
84+2
6
6
52
330+2
13
Ret
101
101
DNS
101
12
5
5
53
110+5
5
5
54
84
12
4
4
55
84
Ret
4
4
56
Tom Cave
84
4
4
57
84
4
4
58
84
4
4
59
Savvas Savva
84
4
4
60
Ret0+4
4
4
61
101+2
3
3
62
92+1
3
3
63
Ret0+1
92
3
3
64
DNS
DNS
110+3
3
3
65
390+3
Ret
Ret
3
3
66
Stephane Lefebvre
Ret0+3
3
3
67
Ret0+3
3
3
68
92
2
2
69
92
2
2
70
92
2
2
71
92
2
2
72
92
2
2
73
Chris Ingram
18
17
14
101
20
Ret
1
1
74
Vytautas Švedas
101
1
1
75
101
1
1
76
110+1
1
1
77
Ret0+1
Ret
1
1
78
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)
ERC-2 [ ]
Pos
Driver
CAN
COI
EST
Points
Best 7
1
125+14
125+14
125+14
125+13
125+14
Ret0+4
198
198
2
315+10
218+12
412
125+7
125+14
Ret
142
142
3
510+6
315+9
Ret0+7
218+12
218+6
510+2
110
110
4
412+9
510
315+9
61
61
5
315+7
218+12
52
52
6
Alexey Lukyanuk
125+14
39
39
7
125+13
38
38
8
125+11
36
36
9
218+11
Ret0+6
35
35
10
218+13
31
31
11
218+11
29
29
12
218+11
29
29
13
218+10
28
28
14
315+10
25
25
15
412+13
25
25
16
315+7
22
22
17
412+7
19
19
18
412+4
16
16
19
Vytautas Švedas
510+4
14
14
20
Ret0+5
5
5
21
Ret0+5
5
5
ERC-3 [ ]
Pos
Driver
CAN
COI
EST
Points
Best 7
1
Chris Ingram
218+11
218+10
218+11
315+9
125+11
Ret0+6
152
152
2
315+11
Ret0+7
125+14
218+10
84+7
125+14
150
150
3
68+6
125+14
92
315+9
68+5
76
125+14
137
137
4
Nikolay Gryazin
412+10
Ret
Ret
Ret0+6
125+14
412+5
101+4
89
89
5
Łukasz Pieniążek
92+5
125+12
Ret
Ret0+4
Ret0+3
92+1
315+11
Ret
80
80
6
125+12
315+8
60
60
7
218+9
218+12
57
57
8
510+4
510+3
218+11
Ret0+1
57
57
9
92+3
Ret
412+8
510+3
Ret
68+6
52
52
10
412+5
76+1
68+3
510+3
48
48
11
315+10
412+7
44
44
12
125+14
39
39
13
125+13
Ret
38
38
14
101+2
218+10
31
31
15
218+12
30
30
16
76+1
76+1
68+2
11
76
Ret
30
30
17
Luca Rossetti
218+11
29
29
18
315+7
Ret0+6
28
28
19
315+11
26
26
20
315+10
25
25
21
Ret
315+8
DNS
23
23
22
412+10
22
22
23
Ret
101
510+4
Ret
84
19
19
24
510+3
84+1
18
18
25
412+5
Ret
17
17
26
412+5
17
17
27
510+5
15
15
28
101
76
92
84
11
11
29
76+1
84+1
Ret
12
12
30
Paulo Neto
68+3
11
11
31
68+3
Ret
11
11
32
101+6
7
7
33
84+1
7
7
34
84
DNS
4
4
35
92
2
2
36
Ret0+2
2
2
37
Catie Munnings
11
92
2
2
Ladies Trophy [ ]
ERC Junior [ ]
Pos
Driver
COI
EST
Points
Best 4
1
315+11
Ret0+7
125+14
218+10
510+7
125+14
156
132
2
Chris Ingram
218+11
218+10
218+12
315+9
125+12
Ret0+6
154
124
3
Łukasz Pieniążek
125+12
Ret0+4
Ret0+4
92+1
218+12
Ret
78
74
4
68+4
Ret
315+10
510+3
Ret
68+6
64
64
5
125+12
315+8
60
60
6
510+4
68+2
412+5
11
412+7
Ret
60
60
7
Nikolay Gryazin
412+10
Ret
Ret
Ret0+6
315+9
92+4
58
58
8
412+6
510+2
68+3
510+3
54
54
9
125+13
Ret
38
38
10
68+3
76
68+2
76
33
33
11
101+2
218+10
31
31
12
76+4
510+5
Ret
84
29
29
13
Ret
315+8
DNS
23
23
14
412+10
22
22
15
412+5
17
17
16
Catie Munnings
76+2
84
12
12
18
Ret0+3
3
3
Teams' Championships [ ]
ERC [ ]
Pos
Team
CAN
COI
EST
Points
1
1
1
6
1
2
1
10
2
145
2
5
1
Ret
1
7
1
1
106
3
3
2
4
Ret
3
6
6
76
4
Botka Rally Team
8
3
Ret
2
Ret
7
5
2
71
5
5
5
7
5
5
4
58
6
7
4
Ret
4
4
8
8
50
7
Ret
3
3
Ret
Ret
38
8
3
2
33
9
Škoda Motorsport
1
25
10
1
25
11
4
4
24
12
2
Ret
18
13
Ret
2
18
14
2
18
15
2
18
16
3
9
17
17
3
15
18
TGS Worldwide OU
3
15
19
3
15
20
4
12
21
4
12
22
4
12
23
5
10
24
5
10
25
5
10
26
6
8
27
6
8
28
6
8
ERC-2 [ ]
Pos
Driver
CAN
COI
EST
Points
1
1
1
1
1
1
125
2
2
1
33
3
1
25
4
1
25
5
2
Ret
18
6
2
18
7
2
18
8
3
15
ERC-3 [ ]
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