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The 2019 European Rally Championship was the 67th season of the FIA European Rally Championship, the European continental championship series in rallying. The season was also the seventh following the merge between the European Rally Championship and the Intercontinental Rally Challenge. Alexey Lukyanuk was the reigning champion and he returned to defend the title switching from a Ford Fiesta R5 to the Citroën C3 R5. On the final round at Rally Hungary, Chris Ingram became the first British driver in 52 years to win the title in a Skoda Fabia R5.
In 2019 the two European Junior Championship tiers were renamed: ERC Junior U28 became ERC1 Junior and ERC Junior U27 is retitled ERC3 Junior.[1]
ERC Classes
- FIA ERC1: Main class, for FIA-homologated cars with R5 regulations. Best 6 scores from 8 events.
- 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. Best 4 scores from 8 events.
- FIA ERC3: Third ERC tier, the first for front-wheel-drive cars. Allows R3 and R2 cars. Best 6 scores from 8 events.
- FIA ERC1 Junior: For drivers aged 28 and under on 1 January 2019 in R5 cars. The champion receives a prize money to contest the two last rounds of ERC (not part of ERC1 Junior). Best 4 scores from 6 events.
- FIA ERC3 Junior: For drivers aged 27 and under on 1 January 2019 in R2 cars on Pirelli control tyres. The winner will get the chance to drive in two rounds of the 2020 FIA ERC in Škoda Fabia R5. Best 4 scores from 6 events.
- ERC Ladies Trophy: for female drivers including all classes (ERC1, ERC2 and ERC3) eligible. Drivers count their best four scores.
- Abarth Rally Cup: competition with six rounds of the ERC with the rear-wheel-drive Abarth 124 rally.[2]
- 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. Counting 6 best scores from 8 events.
- ERC Nations Cup: like the ERC for Teams but for teams supported by a national motorsport federation or automobile association.
Calendar
The calendar for the 2019 season features eight rallies (four rallies on tarmac and four on gravel) like the previous season, albeit in a shaked-up order. The Acropolis Rally was discontinued in its entirety after 2018, and was replaced by a new event in Hungary, Nyíregyháza Rally, which will also be the season finale. The previous season finale, Rally Liepāja, was moved to the third round of the season in May. The Cyprus Rally and Rally Poland were switched to the seventh and fourth rounds, respectively.
| Round | Dates | Rally name | Surface | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 21–23 March |  Rallye Açores
|
Gravel | ERC Junior Round 1 |
| 2 | 2–4 May |  Rally Islas Canarias
|
Tarmac | ERC Junior Rd 2, Abarth Cup Rd 1 |
| 3 | 24–26 May |  Rally Liepāja
|
Gravel | ERC Junior Rd 3, Abarth Cup Rd 2 |
| 4 | 28–30 June |  Rally Poland
|
Gravel | ERC Junior Rd 4, Abarth Cup Rd 3 |
| 5 | 19–21 July |  Rally di Roma Capitale
|
Tarmac | ERC Junior Rd 5, Abarth Cup Rd 4 |
| 6 | 16–18 August |  Barum Rally Zlín
|
Tarmac | ERC Junior Rd 6, Abarth Cup Rd 5 |
| 7 | 27–29 September |  Cyprus Rally
|
Gravel | |
| 8 | 8–10 November |  1st Rally Hungary
|
Tarmac | Abarth Cup Rd 6 |
Teams and drivers
ERC
| Entries | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Constructor | Car | Entrant | Class | Tyre | Drivers | Co-drivers | Rounds | |
| Citroën | Citroën C3 R5 |  Saintéloc Junior Team
|
R5 | M |  Alexey Lukyanuk
|
Alexey Arnautov
|
All | |
 Sean Johnston
|
Alex Kihurani
|
8 | ||||||
 Sweden National Team
|
M | Mattias Adielsson
|
Andreas Johansson
|
1, 3–4 | ERC1J | |||
| Raly/Auto Açoreana Racing
|
P | Bernardo Sousa
|
Victor Calado
|
1 | ||||
| Citroën Rally Team
|
P | Pepe López
|
Borja Rozada
|
2 | ERC1J | |||
| Escudería Fuertwagen Motorsport
|
M | Emma Falcón
|
Eduardo González
|
2 | ERC1J | |||
| Rally Team Spain
|
5 | |||||||
 STARD
|
Y |  Hiroki Arai
|
Ilka Minor
|
3–4, 6 | ERC1J | |||
| Jürgen Heigl
|
5 | |||||||
| BTH Import Stal Rally Team
|
P | Łukasz Kotarba
|
Tomasz Kotarba
|
4 | ||||
| F.P.F. Sport SRL
|
P | Luca Rossetti
|
Eleonora Mori
|
5 | ||||
| Citroën Rally Team Hungary
|
P | Ádám Velenczei
|
Gábor Zsiros
|
8 | ||||
| Citroën DS3 R5 | Psaltis Auto Parts
|
P | Andreas Psaltis
|
Andreas Chrysostomou
|
7 | |||
| Hyundai | Hyundai i20 R5 | Team Hyundai Portugal
|
R5 | M | Bruno Magalhães
|
Hugo Magalhães
|
1 | |
| Hyundai Motor España
|
P | Iván Ares
|
David Vázquez
|
2 | ||||
| M | Surhayén Pernía
|
Alba Sánchez
|
2 | |||||
| Francisco López
|
Borja Odriozola
|
2 | ||||||
| Rally Team Spain
|
M | José Antonio Suárez
|
Alberto Iglesias
|
2 | ||||
| Escudería Fuertwagen Motorsport
|
M | Yeray Lemes
|
Ariday Bonilla
|
2 | ||||
 Hyundai Motorsport N
|
P |  Jari Huttunen
|
Antti Linnaketo
|
4 | ||||
 Callum Devine
|
Brian Hoy
|
8 | ||||||
| M | Umberto Scandola
|
Guido D'Amore
|
5 | |||||
| Hyundai Kowax Racing
|
P | Kacper Wróblewski
|
Marcin Szeja
|
4 | ||||
| M | Martin Vlček
|
Ondřej Krajča
|
6 | |||||
| Petr Trnovec
|
Miroslav Staněk
|
6 | ||||||
| Rally Technology
|
P | Daniel Chwist
|
Kamil Heller
|
4 | ||||
| Printsport
|
M | Lars Stugemo
|
Kalle Lexe
|
5 | ||||
| Yiangou Motorsport Ltd
|
P | Panayiotis Yiangou
|
Panayiotis Kyriakou
|
7 | ||||
| Škoda | Škoda Fabia R5 | Toksport World Rally Team
|
R5 | M | Chris Ingram
|
Ross Whittock
|
1–7 | ERC1J |
| Alex Tsouloftas
|
Antonis Chrysostomou
|
1–3 | ||||||
| P |  Eyvind Brynildsen
|
Cato Menkerud
|
3 | |||||
| M |  Rakan Al-Rashed
|
Hugo Magalhães
|
7 | |||||
| Printsport
|
3 | |||||||
| Sports Racing Technologies
|
P | Łukasz Habaj
|
Daniel Dymurski
|
All | ||||
| M | Nikolay Gryazin
|
Yaroslav Fedorov
|
5–6 | ERC1J | ||||
| ARC Sport
|
M | Ricardo Moura
|
António Costa
|
1 | ||||
| Ricardo Teodósio
|
José Teixeira
|
1 | ||||||
| Luís Rego
|
Jorge Henriques
|
1 | ||||||
| Pedro Almeida
|
Nuno Almeida
|
1 | ERC1J | |||||
| ACCR Czech Rally Team I
|
P | Vojtěch Štajf
|
Veronika Havelková
|
1–2 | ||||
| M | Filip Mareš
|
Jan Hloušek
|
3–6 | ERC1J | ||||
| 2C Competition
|
M | Pierre-Louis Loubet
|
Vincent Landais
|
1–2 | ERC1J | |||
 Palmeirinha Rally
|
P | Paulo Nobre
|
Gabriel Morales
|
All | ||||
| BP Ultimate Vodafone Škoda Team
|
P | Miguel Barbosa
|
Jorge Carvalho
|
1 | ||||