The 2014 European Rally Championship season was the 62nd season of the FIA European Rally Championship, the European continental championship series in rallying. The season was also the second following the merger between the European Rally Championship and the Intercontinental Rally Challenge.
The season started in Austria on January 3, with the Internationale Jänner Rallye and finished in November 8 in Tour de Corse. Esapekka Lappi (Škoda Fabia S2000) was the 2014 European Champion.
In addition to the championship title, the series introduced three additional trophies, with one for each surface type. The "Ice Master" trophy was awarded to the driver who scores the most points on snow events, while the "Gravel Master" trophy was presented to the driver who scores the most points on gravel rallies, and the driver who scores the most points on tarmac events won the "Asphalt Master" trophy.
For the Ice Master were accounted the result of winter rallies in Austria and Latvia. The Gravel Masters was composed by Acropolis (2nd sector only), Azores, Estonia and Cyprus while the Asphalt Master was contested in Acropolis (1st sector only), Ireland, Ypres, the Czech Republic, Valais and Corsica.
Calendar
The calendar for the 2014 season initially featured twelve rallies.
Round Dates Rally name Mini-Series 1 3–5 January Internationale Jänner Rallye Ice Master 2 31 January–2 February Rally Liepāja–Ventspils Ice Master 3 28–30 March Acropolis Rally Gravel Master 4 17–19 April / Circuit of Ireland Tarmac Asphalt Master 5 15–17 May Rallye Açores Gravel Gravel Master 6 19–21 June Ypres Rally Tarmac Asphalt Master 7 17–19 July Rally Estonia Gravel Gravel Master 8 29–31 August Barum Czech Rally Zlín Tarmac Asphalt Master 9 19–21 September Cyprus Rally Gravel Master 10 9–11 October Sibiu Rally Romania Gravel Gravel Master 11 23–25 October Rallye International du Valais Asphalt Master 12 6–8 November Tour de Corse Tarmac Asphalt Master
Notes: – Sibiu Rally Romania was supposed to be run in late February, but was postponed due to the weather conditions for October, and later was cancelled.
Calendar Changes
The 2014 European Rally Championship saw the addition of the Acropolis Rally, recently dropped from the 2014 World Rally Championship season in favour of the Rally Poland. The Sibiu Rally Romania was originally to be run in February, to become the third and final event in the newly created Winter Challenge mini-series. However, bad weather conditions in the country and the roads being inaccessible caused the rally to be postponed in October as a fully gravel event. Later, the rally was cancelled. The Tour de Corse changed its date, and became the season finale. The Rally Islas Canarias El Corte Inglés, the Croatia Rally and the Rallye Sanremo were dropped from the championship.
Selected entries
Icon Cup L Ladies Trophy J ERC Junior Cup 2WD ERC 2WD Cup P ERC Production Cup
Notable entry list Constructor Car Team Driver Co-driver Rounds Ford Ford Fiesta RRC RK M-Sport World Rally Team Robert Kubica Maciek Szczepaniak 1 Autotek Motorsport Nasser Al-Attiyah Giovanni Bernacchini 9 Yazeed Racing Yazeed Al Rajhi Michael Orr 9 GP Racing Team Bryan Bouffier Xavier Panseri 11 First Motorsport Stéphane Sarrazin Jacques-Julien Renucci 11 Ford Fiesta S2000 Sport Racing Technologies Vasiliy Gryazin Dmitry Chumak 1–2 Ford Fiesta R5 Lotos Rally Team Kajetan Kajetanowicz Jarosław Baran 1–3, 5, 8–11 MM Motorsport Ott Tänak Raigo Mõlder 7 Peugeot Peugeot 207 S2000 Stohl Racing Andreas Aigner Barbara Watzl 1 Delta Rally Robert Consani Vincent Landais 1–4 Bruno Magalhães Carlos Magalhães 3, 5–6 Peugeot Rally Academy Craig Breen Scott Martin 2 Peugeot 208 T16 R5 Peugeot Rally Academy Craig Breen Scott Martin 3–6, 8–11 Kevin Abbring Sebastian Marshall 3–6, 8, 10–11 Delta Rally Bruno Magalhães Carlos Magalhães 8–11 Mini Mini John Cooper Works S2000 EuroOil Invelt Team Václav Pech Petr Uhel 1, 8 Škoda Škoda Fabia S2000 Czech National Team Jaromír Tarabus Daniel Trunkát 1–3, 7–8, 11 Škoda Motorsport Esapekka Lappi Janne Ferm 2–4, 6–8, 10–11 Sepp Wiegand Frank Christian 2–4, 6–8, 10–11 Simpsons Škoda Neil Simpson Claire Mole 4, 6, 8 Elliott Edmondson 10 DP Autosport Luca Rossetti Matteo Chiarcossi 6 Autostal Duindistel Freddy Loix Johan Gitsels 6 Citroën Citroën DS3 RRC PH Sport Bryan Bouffier Xavier Panseri 2–3 Abu Dhabi Racing Khalid Al Qassimi Chris Patterson 9 Citroën DS3 R5 Top Teams by MY Racing Sébastien Chardonnet Thibault de la Haye 7