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. 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 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 tarmacSpain 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.
Colour Rally Surface Gold Gravel Silver Tarmac
Round Rally name ERC Podium finishers ERC Statistics Rank Driver Car Time Stages Length Starters Finishers 1 Rally 1000 Miglia(14–16 April)Result source: 1 Luca Rossetti Abarth Grande Punto S2000 2:57:17.3 14 247.43 km 17 112 Renato Travaglia Škoda Fabia S2000 +1:17.33 Alessandro Perico Peugeot 207 S2000 +1:39.8 2 Croatia Rally(20–22 May)Result source: 1 Luca Rossetti Abarth Grande Punto S2000 2:21:09.1 15 246.45 km 13 102 Luca Betti Peugeot 207 S2000 +1:41.13 Maciej Oleksowicz Ford Fiesta S2000 +2:51.9 3 Bosphorus Rally(3–5 June)Result source: 1 Luca Betti Peugeot 207 S2000 2:28:14.7 16 238.30 km 7 52 Maciej Oleksowicz Ford Fiesta S2000 +34.93 Szymon Ruta Peugeot 207 S2000 +4:42.6 4 Ypres Rally(24–25 June) — Results and reportResult source: 1 Michał Sołowow Ford Fiesta S2000 2:46:10.7 18 297.10 km 7 42 Luca Rossetti Abarth Grande Punto S2000 +1:18.23 Antonín Tlusťák Škoda Fabia S2000 +5:22.1 5 Rally Bulgaria(8–10 July)Result source: 1 Luca Rossetti Abarth Grande Punto S2000 2:28:35.9 10 257.76 km 10 102 Petar Gyoshev Peugeot 207 S2000 +7.33 Luca Betti Peugeot 207 S2000 +34.8 6 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 62 Luca Betti Peugeot 207 S2000 +4:00.33 Antonín Tlusťák Škoda Fabia S2000 +7:08.0 7 Barum Rally Zlín(16–18 August)Result source: 1 Michał Sołowow Ford Fiesta S2000 2:20:52.4 15 248.48 km 9 82 Giandomenico Basso Proton Satria Neo S2000 +52.13 Maciej Oleksowicz Ford Fiesta S2000 +2:09.0 8 Rally Príncipe de Asturias(9–11 September)Result source: 1 Luca Betti Peugeot 207 S20002:31:15.1 13 231,56 km 6 42 Antonín Tlusťák Škoda Fabia S2000 +3:30.73 Szymon Ruta Peugeot 207 S2000+3:34.5 9 Rally Poland(23–25 September)Result source: 1 Michał Sołowow Ford Fiesta S2000 2:09:17.9 13 230.23 km 7 72 Luca Rossetti Abarth Grande Punto S2000 +4:17.63 Szymon Ruta Peugeot 207 S2000 +4:44.8 10 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 62 Luca Betti Peugeot 207 S2000 +23.63 Maciej Oleksowicz Ford Fiesta S2000 +6:23.0 11 Rallye International du Valais(27–29 October)Result source: 1 Antonín Tlusťák Škoda Fabia S2000 3:12:48.4 17 264.71 km 6 42 Maciej Oleksowicz Ford Fiesta S2000 +10:28.23 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). 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. Pos Driver ITA CRO TUR BEL BUL POR CZE ESP POL FRA SUI Pts 1 Luca Rossetti 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 Ret253 2 Luca Betti 4 2 1 Ret 3 2 5 1 2 Ret223 3 Antonín Tlusťák 9 6 4 3 5 3 4 2 4 4 1164 4 Maciej Oleksowicz 7 3 2 4 Ret 3 Ret Ret 3 2163 5 Szymon Ruta 5 3 7 4 3 3 Ret101 6 Rok Turk 10 8 9 5 8 5 359 7 Giovanni Vergnano Ret 10 Ret 10 6 4 Ret 6 451 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)
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 1231 2 Giovanni Vergnano Ret 2 Ret 3 2 1 Ret 2 2186 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)
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