2011 European Rally Championship season

The 2011 European Rally Championship season was the 59th season of the FIA European Rally Championship, the European continental championship series in rallying. The season consisted of eleven rallies, beginning with Rally 1000 Miglia on 14 April 2011 and concluding with the Rallye International du Valais on 29 October 2011. Only drivers registered for the European championship were allowed to score points at the events, and they had to compete in a minimum of 8 rallies to be classified in the final championship standings. 28 drivers were registered for the season, the majority (15) were from Italy, four were from Poland, three from Bulgaria, two each from Slovenia and France and one each from Czech Republic and Switzerland.

As in the previous year, Italian driver Luca Rossetti won the European championship, driving an Abarth Grande Punto S2000 car. He won the European championship category in 5 rallies. Second place in the final standings was claimed by Luca Betti (Italy), who won 2 events. Polish driver Michał Sołowow was the ERC winner in 3 events, but did not compete in enough rallies to be classified in the final standings.

Calendar

The original calendar for the 2011 season featured 12 rallies, the 11 rallies from the previous season plus Rally Bulgaria which returned after one year with the WRC. However, the first event, the ELPA Rally in Greece was cancelled, leaving 11 rallies, 9 of them on tarmac.^[1] Two events were shared with the Intercontinental Rally Challenge: Ypres and Zlín.

Round	Date	Event	Surface	Other series
	1 – 3 April	ELPA Rally	cancelled
1	14 – 16 April	Rally 1000 Miglia	tarmac	Italian
2	20 – 22 May	Croatia Rally	tarmac	Croatian
3	3 – 5 June	Bosphorus Rally	gravel	Turkish
4	23 – 25 June	Geko Ypres Rally	tarmac	IRC, Belgian
5	8 – 10 July	Rally Bulgaria	tarmac	Bulgarian
6	4 – 6 August	Rally Vinho da Madeira	tarmac	Portuguese, Madeiran
7	16 – 18 August	Barum Rally Zlín	tarmac	IRC, Czech
8	9 – 11 September	Rally Príncipe de Asturias	tarmac	Spain
9	23 – 25 September	Rally Poland	gravel	Polish
10	14 – 16 October	Rallye d'Antibes Côte d'Azur	tarmac	French
11	27 – 29 October	Rallye International du Valais	tarmac	Swiss

Results and standings

Results and Statistics

Note: the results and statistics only consider drivers starting in the ERC.

Round	Rally name	ERC Podium finishers				ERC Statistics
		Rank	Driver	Car	Time	Stages	Length	Starters	Finishers
1	35th Rally 1000 Miglia (14–16 April) Result source:	1	Luca Rossetti	Abarth Grande Punto S2000	2:57:17.3	14	247.43 km	17	11
		2	Renato Travaglia	Škoda Fabia S2000	+1:17.3
		3	Alessandro Perico	Peugeot 207 S2000	+1:39.8
2	38th Croatia Rally (20–22 May) Result source:	1	Luca Rossetti	Abarth Grande Punto S2000	2:21:09.1	15	246.45 km	13	10
		2	Luca Betti	Peugeot 207 S2000	+1:41.1
		3	Maciej Oleksowicz	Ford Fiesta S2000	+2:51.9
3	40th Bosphorus Rally (3–5 June) Result source:	1	Luca Betti	Peugeot 207 S2000	2:28:14.7	16	238.30 km	7	5
		2	Maciej Oleksowicz	Ford Fiesta S2000	+34.9
		3	Szymon Ruta	Peugeot 207 S2000	+4:42.6
4	47th Geko Ypres Rally (24–25 June) Result source:	1	Michał Sołowow	Ford Fiesta S2000	2:46:10.7	18	297.10 km	7	4
		2	Luca Rossetti	Abarth Grande Punto S2000	+1:18.2
		3	Antonín Tlusťák	Škoda Fabia S2000	+5:22.1
5	42nd Rally Bulgaria (8–10 July) Result source:	1	Luca Rossetti	Abarth Grande Punto S2000	2:28:35.9	10	257.76 km	10	10
		2	Petar Gyoshev	Peugeot 207 S2000	+7.3
		3	Luca Betti	Peugeot 207 S2000	+34.8
6	52nd Rali Vinho da Madeira (4–6 August) Result source:	1	Luca Rossetti	Abarth Grande Punto S2000	2:54:40.4	19	268.50 km	7	6
		2	Luca Betti	Peugeot 207 S2000	+4:00.3
		3	Antonín Tlusťák	Škoda Fabia S2000	+7:08.0
7	41st Barum Rally Zlín (16–18 August) Result source:	1	Michał Sołowow	Ford Fiesta S2000	2:20:52.4	15	248.48 km	9	8
		2	Giandomenico Basso	Proton Satria Neo S2000	+52.1
		3	Maciej Oleksowicz	Ford Fiesta S2000	+2:09.0
8	48th Rally Príncipe de Asturias (9–11 September) Result source:	1	Luca Betti	Peugeot 207 S2000	2:31:15.1	13	231,56 km	6	4
		2	Antonín Tlusťák	Škoda Fabia S2000	+3:30.7
		3	Szymon Ruta	Peugeot 207 S2000	+3:34.5
9	68th Rally Poland (23–25 September) Result source:	1	Michał Sołowow	Ford Fiesta S2000	2:09:17.9	13	230.23 km	7	7
		2	Luca Rossetti	Abarth Grande Punto S2000	+4:17.6
		3	Szymon Ruta	Peugeot 207 S2000	+4:44.8
10	46th Rallye d'Antibes Côte d'Azur (14–16 October) Result source:	1	Luca Rossetti	Abarth Grande Punto S2000	2:56:38.1	14	259.91 km	8	6
		2	Luca Betti	Peugeot 207 S2000	+23.6
		3	Maciej Oleksowicz	Ford Fiesta S2000	+6:23.0
11	52nd Rallye International du Valais (27–29 October) Result source:	1	Antonín Tlusťák	Škoda Fabia S2000	3:12:48.4	17	264.71 km	6	4
		2	Maciej Oleksowicz	Ford Fiesta S2000	+10:28.2
		3	Rok Turk	Peugeot 207 R3T	+14:07.4

Drivers' championship

For the final classification in a rally, the winner got 25 points, the runner-up 18 and the third placed driver 15. Drivers ranked 4 to 10 got 12–10–8–6–4–2–1 point(s). Additionally, the top five of every leg got 7–5–3–2–1 point(s).^[2] The season was divided into two parts (first 5 and last 6 rallies). From each part, only the 4 best results for each driver counted towards the championship. To qualify for the final standings, a driver had to participate in at least 5 events and in at least 1 in each part of the season.^[3]

Pos Driver ITA CRO TUR BEL BUL POR CZE ESP POL FRA SUI  Pts  1 Luca Rossetti 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 Ret 253 2 Luca Betti 4 2 1 Ret 3 2 5 1 2 Ret 223 3 Antonín Tlusťák 9 6 4 3 5 3 4 2 4 4 1 164 4 Maciej Oleksowicz 7 3 2 4 Ret 3 Ret Ret 3 2 163 5 Szymon Ruta 5 3 7 4 3 3 Ret 101 6 Rok Turk 10 8 9 5 8 5 3 59 7 Giovanni Vergnano Ret 10 Ret 10 6 4 Ret 6 4 51 Not enough events to qualify for championship Michał Sołowow 1 1 1 (115) Dimitar Iliev 5 4 4 (46) Renato Travaglia 2 Ret Ret (35) Giandomenico Basso Ret 2 (31) Petar Gyoshev Ret 2 (28) Maciej Rzeźnik 7 6 Ret Ret (23) Alessandro Perico 3 (21) Stefano Albertini 6 Ret 6 (18) Todor Slavov 5 8 Ret (17) Piero Longhi Ret Ret (7) Marco Cavigioli 7 (6) Marco Signor 8 (4) Elia Bossalini Ret 9 (2) Cyril Vosahlo Ret (1)

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

2WD drivers' championship

Any driver participating in a 2WD car automatically also scored points for the 2WD championship.

Pos	Driver	ITA	CRO	TUR	BEL	BUL	POR	CZE	ESP	POL	FRA	SUI	Pts
1	Rok Turk	3	1			2	1	2			1	1	231
2	Giovanni Vergnano	Ret	2	Ret		3	2		1	Ret	2	2	186
Not enough events to qualify for championship
	Todor Slavov			1		1		Ret					(85)
	Stefano Albertini	1			Ret			1					(78)
	Marco Signor	2											(28)
	Andrea Dallavilla	Ret											(2)

External links

• Official website

References

1. ↑ "FIA European Rally Championship 2011 – Calendar". rally-erc.com. 
2. ↑ "ERC Unofficial Standings". rally-erc.com. 
3. ↑ "Clarification of the number of results counted in ERC 2011". rally-erc.com. 2011-05-18.