2015 European Rally Championship season

The 2015 European Rally Championship season is the 63rd season of the FIA European Rally Championship, the European continental championship series in rallying. The season is 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 features 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	SATA Rallye Açores	Gravel	Gravel Master
5	25–27 June	GEKO Ypres Rally	Tarmac	Asphalt Master
6	17–19 July	Rally Estonia	Gravel	Gravel Master
7	28–30 August	Barum Czech Rally Zlín	Tarmac	Asphalt Master
8	25–27 September	Cyprus Rally	Mixed	Gravel Master
9	9–11 October	Acropolis Rally1	Mixed	Gravel Master
10	5–7 November	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

Registered drivers
Constructor	Car	Team	Driver	Co-driver	Cup	Rounds
Peugeot	Peugeot 208 T16 R5	Peugeot Rally Academy	Craig Breen	Scott Martin		1–3
			Charles Martin	Thierry Salva		3
		HRT Rally Team	Jonathan Hirschi	Vincent Landais		1–2
	Peugeot 207 S2000	Delta Rally	Robert Consani	Maxime Vilmot		1–2
			Giacomo Costenaro	Justin Bardini		2
				Pietro Elia Ometto		3
	Peugeot 208 R2	OPV Šport	Rok Turk	Blanca Kacin	ERC-3	1, 3
		PH Sport	Renato Pita	Hugo Magalhães		1
		Peugeot Belgium Luxembourg	Gino Bux	Eric Borguet	ERC-3 J	2–3
		Peugeot UK	Chris Ingram	Gabin Moreau		2–3
		Peugeot Rally Academy	Diogo Gago	Jorge Carvalho		2–3
			Guillaume de Mévius	Geoffrey Brion		2
		Sports Racing Technologies	Ralfs Sirmacis	Artūrs Šimins		2–3
			Vasily Gryazin	Dimitry Lebedik		2–3
		Napoca Rally Academy	Florin Tincescu	Sergiu Itu		3
Citroën	Citroën DS3 R5	PH Sport	Stéphane Lefebvre	Stéphane Prévot		1
		Delta Rally	Robert Consani	Maxime Vilmot		3
		DGM Sport	Jonathan Greer	Kirsty Riddick		3
	Citroën DS3 R3T	Napoca Rally Academy	Simone Tempestini	Matteo Chiarcossi	ERC-3	1
		C-Rally	Aron Domżała	Szymon Gospodarczyk		2
Ford	Ford Fiesta R5	Lotos Rally Team	Kajetan Kajetanowicz	Jarosław Baran		1–3
		Chervonenko Racing	Alexey Lukyanuk	Yevgen Chervonenko		1–3
		100% Sport	Jean-Michel Raoux	Thomas Escartefigue		1
		MM Motorsport	Raul Jeets	Andrus Toom		2–3
		C-Rally	Jarosław Kołtun	Ireneusz Pleskot		2
		M-Sport	Alastair Fisher	Gordon Noble		3
		CA1 Sport Ltd	Robert Barrable	Damien Connolly		3
		Wright Rallying	Stephen Wright	Mikie Galvin		3
	Ford Fiesta S2000	ZM Racing Team	Hermann Neubauer	Bernhard Ettel		1
		M-Sport	Euan Thorburn	Paul Beaton		3
	Ford Fiesta RRC	Combilift Rallying	Sam Moffet	Karl Atkinson		3
			Josh Moffet	John Rowan		3
	Ford Fiesta R2	Sports Racing Technologies	Reinis Nitišs[1]	Māris Neikšāns	ERC-3	2
Škoda	Škoda Fabia S2000	Kresta Racing	Jaromír Tarabus	Daniel Trunkát		1, 3
		Tlusťák Racing	Antonín Tlusťák	Ladislav Kučera		1–3
		GPD Orsák Rally Sport	Martin Hudec	Petr Picka		2
			Jaroslav Orsák	David Šmeidler		2
		Simpsons Škoda Motorsport	Martin McCormack	James O'Reilly		3
		Sharkey Motorsport	Jon McGonigle	Ciaran Geaney		3
Subaru	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	Subaru Duck Czech National Team	Vojtěch Štajf	František Rajnoha	ERC-2	1–3
		Witek Motorsport	Łukasz Kabaciński	Grzegorz Dachowski		1–2
		Subaru Poland Rally Team	Dominykas Butvilas	Kamil Heller		2
		Tiger Rally Team	Tomasz Kasperczyk	Damian Syty		2
Mitsubishi	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	Botka Rally Team	Dávid Botka	Péter Mihalik	ERC-2	1–3
		Hideg Team SE	Krisztian Hideg	István Kerék		1–3
		Rally Team Fischerlehner	Martin Fischerlehner	Tobias Unterweger		1
		Tushkanova Motorsport	Inessa Tushkanova	Dimitry Chumak	L ERC-2	2
	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X	Autostils Rally Technica	Siim Plangi	Marek Sarapuu	ERC-2	2
		Vorobjovs Racing	Janis Vorobjovs	Andris Mālnieks		2
			Alexander Gorelov	Igor Skuridin		2
		SKN Sports	Mārtiņš Svilis	Ivo Pūķis		2
		Érdi Rally Team	Tibor Érdi	Attila Táborszki		3
		Neikšans Rally Sport	Inessa Tushkanova	Dimitry Chumak	L ERC-2	3
Mini	Mini John Cooper Works S2000	EuroOil Invelt Czech National Team	Václav Pech	Petr Uhel		1
Porsche	Porsche 997 GT3	Tuthill Porsche	Robert Woodside	Allan Harryman		3
			François Delecour	Dominique Savignoni	R-GT Cup	TBA
			Romain Dumas	Denis Giraudet		TBA
Renault	Renault Clio R3	Klausz Motorsport	Kristóf Klausz	Balázs Kecskeméti	ERC-3	1–2
Opel	Opel Adam R2	Opel Motorsport	Aleks Zawada	Cathy Derousseaux	ERC-3 J	2–3
			Junius Tannert	Jennifer Thielen		2–3
		ADAC Opel Rallye Junior Team	Marijan Griebel	Stefan Clemen		2–3
			Emil Bergkvist	Joakim Sjöberg		2–3

Results

Round	Rally name	Podium finishers
		Rank	Driver	Car	Time
1	Internationale Jänner Rallye (4–6 January) — Results	1	Kajetan Kajetanowicz	Ford Fiesta R5	2:50:52.6
		2	Robert Consani	Peugeot 207 S2000	2:57:28.8
		3	Aleksey Lukyanuk	Ford Fiesta R5	2:59:20.7
2	Rally Liepāja–Ventspils (6–8 February) — Results	1	Craig Breen	Peugeot 208 T16	1:56:49.1
		2	Siim Plangi	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X	1:58:29.8
		3	Dominykas Butvilas	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	2:02:37.7
3	/ Circuit of Ireland (2–4 April) — Results	1	Craig Breen	Peugeot 208 T16	2:04:04.5
		2	Kajetan Kajetanowicz	Ford Fiesta R5	2:04:10.9
		3	Josh Moffett	Ford Fiesta RRC	2:05:46.8

References

External links

• Official website