The 2018 European Rally Championship was the 66th season of the FIA European Rally Championship, the European continental championship series in rallying. The season was also the sixth following the merge between the European Rally Championship and the Intercontinental Rally Challenge. Kajetan Kajetanowicz was the reigning champion but he didn't return to defend his title.
For the second season, the European Junior Championship was split into two new categories. ERC Junior U27, which totals six events, is for drivers born on or after 1 January 1991 competing in R2 cars on Pirelli tyres. With the best four rounds counting, the winner will receive a career progression fund worth 100,000 euros to use in ERC Junior U28 in 2019.
ERC Junior U28 offers the next step on the rallying pyramid for drivers born on or after 1 January 1990. Again totalling six rounds with the best four scores counting, drivers use R5 cars with no restriction on tyre choice. The champion will get a drive on a European round of the 2019 FIA World Rally Championship as a P1 driver in a 2016-specification World Rally Car.
Calendar
The calendar for the 2018 season features eight rallies like the previous season. Rajd Rzeszowski was replaced by Rally Poland.
Round Dates Rally name 1 22–24 March Rallye Açores Gravel ERC Junior Round 1 2 3–5 May Rally Islas Canarias Tarmac ERC Junior Round 2 3 1–3 June Acropolis Rally Gravel 4 15–17 June Cyprus Rally Gravel 5 20–22 July Rally di Roma Capitale Tarmac ERC Junior Round 3 6 24–26 August Barum Rally Zlín Tarmac ERC Junior Round 4 7 21–23 September Rally Poland Gravel ERC Junior Round 5 8 12–14 October Rally Liepāja Gravel ERC Junior Round 6
Teams and drivers
ERC Entries Constructor Car Class Tyre Rounds Škoda Škoda Fabia R5 ARC Sport R5 Bruno Magalhães Hugo Magalhães 1–6 Ricardo Moura António Costa 1 Aloísio Monteiro André Couceiro 1, 3 Sancho Eiró 5–6 Ricardo Teodósio José Teixeira 1 BRR Baumschlager Rally & Racing Team Albert von Thurn und Taxis Bjorn Degandt 1–2, 4–6 Frank Christian 3 Škoda Auto Deutschland Fabian Kreim Frank Christian 1–2, 5–8 U28 Toksport World Rally Team Chris Ingram Ross Whittock 1–2, 4–6U28 7–8 Orhan Avcioğlu Burçin Korkmaz 7–8 1–6 Antonín Tlusťák Ivo Vybíral 4 Zaneti Motorsport 6 Škoda Slovakia Motorsport Martin Koči Filip Schóvanek 1 U28 Palmeirinha Rally Paulo Nobre Gabriel Morales All TRT Krezus Rally Team Hubert Ptaszek Maciek Sczcepaniak 1, 3–4 U28 2, 5 CA1 Sport Ltd Fredrik Åhlin Joakim Sjöberg 1, 8 U28 5 Rhys Yates Elliott Edmondson 1, 5 Kresta Racing 6, 8 Szymon Ruta Kamil Heller 7 Sysinfo Rallye Team Dávid Botka Márk Mesterházi 1–2, 4, 6 Mol Racing Team Norbert Herczig Ramón Ferencz 1–4, 6–7 Sports & You Diogo Salvi Carlos Magalhães 1 Sports Racing Technologies Nikolay Gryazin Yaroslav Fedorov 2, 5 U28 6–8 Rufa Sport Jaromír Tarabus Daniel Trunkát 6 Grzegorz Grzyb Jakub Wróbel 2 3, 5, 7 Team Greece – OMAE Yorgo Philippedes Allan Harryman 3 SXM Compétition Jourdan Serderidis Frédéric Miclotte 3 Galatariotis Rally Team Simos Galatariotis Antonis Ioannou 3–5 Go+Cars Yuriy Protasov Pavlo Cherepin 3 Škoda Motorsport Juuso Nordgren Tapio Suominen 3–5 Jan Kopecký Pavel Dresler 6 ACCR Czech Rally Team Filip Mareš Jan Hloušek 6–8 U28 Vojtěch Štajf Marcela Ehlová 4 Racing 21–Klokočka Škoda Team 6 S.A. Motorsport Italia Srl Umberto Scandola Guido D'Amore 5 Metior Sport Giandomenico Basso Moira Lucca 5 Juhász Média Kft László Német János Szegõ 6 Vančík Motorsport Miroslav Jakeš Petr Machů 6 Martin Březík Marek Omelka 6 Printsport Łukasz Pieniążek Przemysław Mazur 7 U28 Rally Technology Łukasz Habaj Daniel Dymurski 7–8 Škoda Polska Motorsport Miko Marczyk Szymon Gospodarczyk 7 U28 Érdi Rally Team Tibor Érdi György Papp 8 Ford Ford Fiesta R5 Russian Performance Motorsport R5 Alexey Lukyanuk Alexey Arnautov 1–7 Rally Technology Łukasz Habaj Daniel Dymurski 1, 3 2, 5–6 Dariusz Poloński Łukasz Sitek 7 CA1 Sport Ltd Frank Tore Larsen Torstein Eriksen 1 U28 G. Car Sport Racing Tamara Molinaro Martijn Wydaeghe 1 U28 Team Além Mar Luís Rego Jorge Henriques 1 U28 Tiger Energy Drink Rally Team Tomasz Kasperczyk Damian Syty 1, 7 U28 ZM Racing Hermann Neubauer Bernhard Ettel 1–2, 6 C-Rally Jarosław Kołtun Ireneusz Pleskot 1 NB Quality Rally Team 7 ARC Sport Joaquim Alves Sancho Eiró 1 Pedro Almeida Nuno Almeida 1 Auto Laca Competición Luis Monzón José Carlos Déniz 2 Autotek Motorsport Eyvind Brynildsen Ilka Minor 8 Torstein Eriksen 2, 6 Veronica Engan 3 Nasser Al-Attiyah Mathieu Baumel 4 ACCR Czech Rally Team Jan Černý Petr Černohorský 2, 5–6 U28 Orange 1 Racing Simone Campedelli Tania Canton 5 EuroOil Invelt Team Václav Pech Petr Uhel 6 C.G.T. CZ Team Roman Odložilík Martin Tureček 6 Kowax Racing Martin Vlček Jindřiška Žáková 6 Kimi Sport Tomáš Růžička Jaroslav Novák 6 Drift Company Rally Team Niki Mayr-Melnhof Leopold Welsersheimb 8 Neikšāns Rallysport Jānis Berķis Edgars Čeporjus 8 Peugeot Peugeot 208 T16 R5 Peugeot Deutschland R5 Marijan Griebel Stefan Kopczyk 1 Peugeot Rally Academy Laurent Pellier Geoffrey Combe 1–2, 5–8 U28 Delta Rally Giacomo Costenaro Justin Bardini 1 WD F.P.F. Sport Srl Paolo Andreucci David Castiglioni 5 Marco Pollara Giuseppe Princiotto 5 Hyundai Hyundai i20 R5 Team Hyundai Portugal R5 Carlos Vieira Jorge Carvalho 1 BRC Racing Team Pierre-Louis Loubet Vincent Landais 1–2 U28 Jari Huttunen Antti Linnaketo 7 Racing 4 You Manuel Castro Mário Castro 1 Hyundai Motor España Iván Ares José Pintor 2 Surhayén Pernía Rogelio Peñate 2 José Antonio Suárez Cándido Carrera 2 U28 MSZ Racing Aleks Zawada Grzegorz Dachowski 2 U28 Yiangou Motorsport Ltd Panayiotis Yiangou Constantinos Constantinou 4 Hyundai Motorsport Dani Sordo Carlos del Barrio 6 Citroën Citroën DS3 R5 Citroën Vodafone Team R5 José Pedro Fontes Paulo Babo 1 Raly/Auto Açoreana Racing Bernardo Sousa Valter Cardoso 1 Tsouloftas Rally Team Alex Tsouloftas Antonis Chrysostomou 3–4 Psaltis Auto Parts Antonis Chilimindris Stelios Elia 4 Fiat Fiat Abarth 124 RGT Milano Racing RGT Raphaël Astier Frédéric Vauclare 5–6 Bernini Rally Andrea Nucita Marco Vozzo 5–6 Andrea Modanesi Roberto Mometti 5–6 Simone Tempestini Sergiu Itu 6–8 Agrotec Autoklub v AČR Martin Rada Jaroslav Jugas 6 Porsche Porsche 997 GT3 Rally Team Pavelini RGT Petr Nešetřil Jiří Černoch 6
ERC-2 Entries Constructor Car Entrant Class Tyre Drivers Co-drivers Rounds Mitsubishi Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X ACB Racing N Tibor Érdi György Papp 1 Érdi Rally Team 2–3, 5–6 Russian Performance Motorsport Sergey Remennik Mark Rozin 1–3, 5, 8 Calm Competició Luís Pimentel Nuno Moura 1 RMC Motorsport Juan Carlos Alonso Juan Pablo Monasterolo 1 Pro Racing 3–4 2 José Díaz 5 Halkias Racing Zelindo Melegari Andrea Cecchi 3–4 Q8 Oils Rally Team Petros Panteli Kypros Christodoulou 3–4 Autotelio Rally Team Michalis Posedias Kyriacos Damianou 4 Juhász Média Kft Csaba Juhász Zsolt Juhász 5–6 Neikšāns Rallysport Reinis Nitišs Andris Mālnieks 8 ALM Motorsport Gustavo Sosa Rogelio Peñate 8 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX Psaltis Auto Parts N Panikos Polykarpou Costantinos Shialos 4 Andreas Psaltis Andreas Chrysostomou 4 KSK Juta Vytautas Švedas Žilvinas Sakalauskas 8 ALM Motorsport Allan Popov Alexey Krylov 8 Subaru Subaru Impreza WRX STI WAR Racing N Zelindo Melegari Andrea Cecchi 1–2 Toksport World Rally Team Menderes Okur Ufuk Uluocak 1, 3 Gilbert Bannout Maxime Vilmot 2 Drymoussis Rally Team Vassilios Drymoussis Panayiotis Drymoussis 3 Subaru Poland Rally Team Marcin Słobodzian Grzegorz Dachowski 7
ERC-3 Entries Constructor Car Entrant Class Tyre Drivers Co-drivers Rounds Peugeot Peugeot 208 R2 ACCR Czech Rally Team R2 Dominik Brož Petr Těšínský 1–2, 5–8 U27 Saintéloc Junior Team Simon Wagner Gerald Winter 1–2, 5–6 U27 Catie Munnings Anne Stein 1–2, 5, 7–8 Alba Sánchez 6 4 Miika Hokkanen Jukka Pasenius 2 Reeta Hämäläinen 5–8 Laurent Pellier Geoffrey Combe 4 TRT Junior Rally Team Mattia Vita Pietro Ometto 5–8 U27 Oktan Sport 1–2 Miika Hokkanen Jukka Pasenius 1 Team Rallye Spain Efrén Llarena Sara Fernández 1–2, 5–8 U27 Renato Pita Motorsport Simon Vallentin Jeannette Kvick 1 U27 PT Racing Pedro Antunes Paulo Lopes 1 U27 Ruben Rodrigues Estevão Rodrigues 1 Race Seven Diogo Gago Miguel Ramalho 1–2, 5 U27 Escudería Coruña Roberto Blach José Murado 2 U27 TB Racing Artur Muradian Pavel Chelebaev 3 JR Motorsport Sebastian Johansson Jesper Elfver 5, 7 U27 Klaus Motorsport Kristóf Klausz Botond Csányi 6, 8 U27 Sparrow Racing Team Julian Wagner Anne Stein 6 U27 MRS Racing Team Matěj Kamenec Adam Jurka 6 M-Sport Racing Kft Martin László Gábor Zsíros 6 Credobus LPWM Sport Kft Miklós Csomós Attila Nagy 6 Rally Technology Kacper Wróblewski Jack Spentany 7 U27 ALM Motorsport Alexander Kudryavtsev Volodymyr Korsia 7–8 Georg Linnamäe Urmas Roosimaa 7–8 GC Motorsport Emma Falcón Eduardo González 8 Sports Racing Technologies Oliver Solberg Veronica Engan 8 Sportinio Vairavimo Centras Vladas Jurkevičius Edvinas Bieliauskas 8 Opel Opel Adam R2 ADAC Opel Rallye Junior Team R2 Mārtiņ Sesks Renars Francis 1–2, 5–8 U27 Tom Kristensson Henrik Appelskog 1–2, 5–8 Stengg Motorsport Roland Stengg Claudia Dorfbauer 2, 8 U27 Tobias Braun 5 Jürgen Heigl 6 Sindre Furuseth Rally Sindre Furuseth Jim Hjerpe 5–8 U27 EBRT Grégoire Munster Louis Louka 6 U27 Renault Renault Clio RS R3T CRN Competition R3 Gil Antunes Diogo Correia 1 Fred Anne Compétition Florian Bernardi Victor Bellotto 2, 5 Renault Clio R3 ARC Sport Miguel Correia Pedro Alves 1 TB Racing Artur Muradian Maxim Gordiushkin 4 Citroën Citroën DS3 R3T ARC Sport R3 Emma Falcón Eduardo González 1–6 GMA Racing Chrysostomos Karellis Elias Panayiotounis 3 Mannouris Rally Team Christos Mannouris Andreas Mannouris 4 Ford Ford Fiesta R2 Baltic Motorsport Promotion R2 Amittrajit Ghosh Ashwin Naik 3 Q8 Oils Rally Team Costantinos Televantos Takis Stavrou 4 Suzuki Suzuki Swift Sport Juhász Média Kft R1 Norbert Bereczki Tamás Géczy 4
Ladies Trophy Entries Constructor Car Entrant Class Tyre Drivers Co-drivers Rounds Ford Ford Fiesta R5 G. Car Sport Racing R5 Tamara Molinaro Martijn Wydaeghe 1 Peugeot Peugeot 208 R2 Saintéloc Junior Team R2 Catie Munnings Anne Stein 1–2, 5, 7–8 Alba Sánchez 6 4 GC Motorsport Emma Falcón Eduardo González 8 Citroën Citroën DS3 R3T ARC Sport R3 Emma Falcón Eduardo González 1–6
Results Round Rally name Podium finishers Rank Driver Car Time 1 Açores Airlines Rally(22–24 March) — Results1 Alexey LukyanukFord Fiesta R502:33:51.72 Ricardo MouraŠkoda Fabia R502:34:08.13 Bruno MagalhãesŠkoda Fabia R502:34:17.4 2 Rally Islas Canarias(3–5 May) — Results1 Alexey LukyanukFord Fiesta R502:06:23.62 Nikolay GryazinŠkoda Fabia R502:07:15.03 Fabian KreimŠkoda Fabia R502:07:53.1 3 EKO Acropolis Rally(1–3 June) — Results1 Bruno MagalhãesŠkoda Fabia R503:02:09.42 Norbert HerczigŠkoda Fabia R503:02:38.53 Hubert PtaszekŠkoda Fabia R503:03:46.6 4 Cyprus Rally(15–17 June) — Results1 Simos GalatariotisŠkoda Fabia R501:55:40.2 2 Bruno MagalhãesŠkoda Fabia R501:55:40.8 3 Norbert HerczigŠkoda Fabia R501:57:01.6 5 Rally di Roma Capitale(19–22 July) — Results1 Alexey LukyanukFord Fiesta R501:48:03.5 2 Giandomenico BassoŠkoda Fabia R501:48:11.0 3 Grzegorz GrzybŠkoda Fabia R501:49:07.7 6 Barum Rally Zlín(24–26 August) — Results1 Jan KopeckýŠkoda Fabia R502:07:47.22 Alexey LukyanukFord Fiesta R502:07:54.73 Dani SordoHyundai i20 R502:08:40.8 7 Rally Poland(21–23 September) — Results1 Nikolay GryazinŠkoda Fabia R501:53:43.52 Jari HuttunenHyundai i20 R501:53:51.83 Chris IngramŠkoda Fabia R501:56:09.4 8 Rally Liepāja(12–14 October) — Results1 Nikolay GryazinŠkoda Fabia R501:40:14.52 Chris IngramŠkoda Fabia R501:40:57.83 Fredrik ÅhlinŠkoda Fabia R501:41:03.3
Championship standings
Points Systems
ERC, ERC-2, ERC-3, ERC Junior U28, ERC Junior U27, Teams and Ladies Trophy For the Teams' championship all the results will be retained by each team. For both the Drivers' championships of the ERC, ERC-2 and ERC-3, only the best six results will be retained by each driver.