The 2026 FIA European Rally Championship is the 74th season of the European Rally Championship, a European continental rallying series in rallying organised by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) and WRC Promoter GmbH. The season is also the thirteenth following the merge between the European Rally Championship and the Intercontinental Rally Challenge.
Mikołaj Marczyk and Szymon Gospodarczyk are the reigning European drivers' and co-drivers' champions.
Categories FIA European Championship for Drivers, Co-Drivers and Teams: Main open championship for all current FIA-homologated cars within sporting classes RC2 to RC5, with Rally2 cars the leading contenders. A team may nominate a maximum of three cars (from all categories) for the teams' championship, with the two highest-placed cars counting for points. FIA ERC3 for Drivers and Co-Drivers: Second tier, specifically for the Rally3 class. FIA ERC4 for Drivers and Co-Drivers: Third tier, meant for front-wheel-drive cars. Allows Rally4, Rally5 and Rally6 cars. FIA Junior ERC: For drivers aged 27 and under on 1 January 2026 in Rally4 and Rally5 cars. FIA Master ERC: for drivers over the age of 50 at the start of the season. FIA ERC Fiesta Rally3 Trophy: For crews driving the Ford Fiesta Rally3. The winner of the trophy will get a funded prize drive with the Ford Fiesta Rally2 at the 2026 Rali Ceredigion. FIA Tyre Suppliers' Trophy: A nominated tyre supplier may score points with the two best placed Rally2 cars registered in ERC.
Calendar The 2026 season is due to be contested over seven rounds across Central, Northern, Western and Southern Europe. RoundStart dateFinish dateRallyRally headquartersSurfaceStagesDistanceRef. 1 17 April 19 April Andalusia Rally Sierra Morena Córdoba, Andalusia, Spain Tarmac 13 203.80 km 2 22 May 24 May Royal Rally of Scandinavia Karlstad, Värmland County, Sweden Gravel 16 185.94 km 3 3 July 5 July Rally di Roma Capitale Rome, Lazio, Italy Tarmac 4 24 July 26 July Rally Poland Katowice, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland Tarmac 5 14 August 16 August Barum Czech Rally Zlín Zlín, Zlín Region, Czechia Tarmac 6 4 September 6 September Rali Ceredigion Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, Wales, UK Tarmac 7 23 October 25 October Rally Five Cities North of Portugal Fafe, Braga, Portugal Gravel Sources:
The following round was included on the original calendar published by WRC Promoter GmbH, but was later cancelled: Start dateFinish dateRallyRally headquartersSurfaceStagesDistanceCancellation reasonRef. 20 March 22 March Rally Hungary Veszprém, Veszprém County, Hungary Gravel Financial issues
Calendar changes The Rally Hungary was set to be the season opener, however it was later cancelled reportedly due to financial issues. The Andalusia Rally Sierra Morena replaced it as the first round of the season. The Rally di Roma Capitale moved its headquarters from Fiuggi to Rome, ahead of the event joining the WRC in 2027. The Rally Poland also moved its headquarters from Mikołajki to Katowice, which hosted Rally Silesia in 2024. This also marked the event surface changing from gravel to tarmac for the first time since 2004. The Rally Five Cities North of Portugal joined the calendar, replacing the Croatia Rally as the season finale.
Entrants
ERC Rally2 entries Entrant Car Driver Co-Driver Tyres Rounds Category Auto Podbabská Škoda Team Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 Dominik Stříteský Ondřej Krajča 1, 3–4 Chooligan Racing Team Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 Zbigniew Gabryś Adrian Sadowski 4 Master ERC Hyundai i20 N Rally2 Robert Kolčák Julius Lapdavský 1 Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 2 Equipe de France Espoir FFSA Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 Tristan Charpentier Florian Barral 3 Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 Eliott Delecour Fabrice Gordon 3 Hyundai i20 N Rally2 Arthur Pelamourgues Bastien Pouget 3 Citroën C3 Rally2 Pablo Sarrazin Yannick Roche 3 GK Door Team Sweden Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 Calle Carlberg Jørgen Eriksen 2 Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 Patrik Hallberg John Stigh 2 H Rally Rent Ford Fiesta Rally2 András Hadik Attila Deák 1 Master ERC Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 Gábor Német Gergely Németh 3–4 JC Raceteknik Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 Adam Grahn Christoffer Bäck 1–2 Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 Isak Reiersen Stefan Gustavsson 1–4 Kowax DST Racing Hyundai i20 N Rally2 Matěj Manderla Ondřej Vichtora 3 Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 Adam Sroka Patryk Kielar 4 KIQ Rally Team Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 Jarosław Kołtun Ireneusz Pleskot 4 Lancia Corse HF Lancia Ypsilon Rally2 HF Integrale Andrea Crugnola Luca Beltrame 3 Lancia Ypsilon Rally2 HF Integrale Nikolay Gryazin Konstantin Aleksandrov 3 Lancia Ypsilon Rally2 HF Integrale Andrea Mabellini Virginia Lenzi 1–4 Lancia Ypsilon Rally2 HF Integrale Yohan Rossel Arnaud Dunand 3 Motorsport Ireland Rally Academy Citroën C3 Rally2 William Creighton Liam Regan 1–4 Orsák Rallysport Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 Tristan Charpentier Loris Pascaud 1–2 Renaud Jamoul 4 Rautio Motorsport Lancia Ypsilon Rally2 HF Integrale Tuukka Kauppinen Sebastian Virtanen 1 Topi Luhtinen 2–3 Recalvi Team Citroën C3 Rally2 Jorge Cagiao Javier Martínez 1 Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 José Antonio Suárez Alberto Iglesias 1 Solution Proviser Now Kft. Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 Gábor Német Gergely Németh 1–2 Team MRF Tyres Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 Eyvind Brynildsen Anders Erik Fredriksson 2 Hyundai i20 N Rally2 Erik Cais Igor Bacigál 1, 3–4 Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 Andrei Gîrtofan Dorin Pulpea 1, 3–4 Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 Frank Tore Larsen Lars-Håkon Lundgreen 2 Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 Mārtiņš Sesks Renārs Francis 2 Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 Simone Tempestini Sergiu Itu 1 Francesca Maior 2–4 The Racing Factory - Motorsport Solutions Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 Teemu Suninen Antti Haapala 1–4 Toyota España Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 Iván Ares Borja Rozada 1 Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT NG Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 Shotaro Goto Jussi Lindberg 2 Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 Takumi Matsushita Pekka Kelander 2 Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 Jaspar Vaher Rait Jansen 2 T-Racing SRL Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 Benjamin Boulenc Chloé Barozzi-Gauze 3 Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 Simone Campedelli Tania Canton 3 Villaria Rally Team Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 Piotr Krotoszyński Marcin Szeja 1 Private Rally2 entries Entered under driver's name Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 Philip Allen Craig Drew 1–4 Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 Fabio Andolfi Marco Menchini 3 Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 Boštjan Avbelj Elia De Guio 3 Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 Giandomenico Basso Lorenzo Granai 1, 3 Master ERC Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 Roberto Blach Daniel Sosa 1, 3–4 Lancia Ypsilon Rally2 HF Integrale Yoann Bonato Benjamin Boulloud 3 Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 Marco Bulacia Axel Coronado 1 Alejandro López 3 José Murado 4 Citroën C3 Rally2 Calle Carlberg Jørgen Eriksen 1 Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 Vittorio Ceccato Stefano Tiraboschi 3 Master ERC Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 Louis Constant Maxime Martini 3–4 Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 Roberto Daprà Luca Guglielmetti 3 Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 Callum Devine Noel O'Sullivan 1 Ford Fiesta Rally2 Kalle Gustafsson Jim Hjerpe 2 Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 Mikko Heikkilä Kristian Temonen 2 Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 Mille Johansson Johan Grönvall 3 Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 Kajetan Kajetanowicz Maciej Szczepaniak 4 Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 Benjamin Korhola Patric Öhman 1–2 Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 Tim Liljegren Sofie Sjöberg Karlsson 2 Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 Joep Lüth Bart van Heun 3 Citroën C3 Rally2 Filippo Marchino Alexander Kihurani 3 Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 Mikołaj Marczyk Szymon Gospodarczyk 1, 3–4 Daniel Dymurski 2 Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 Jakub Matulka Damian Syty 1–2 Patryk Kielar 3 Daniel Dymurski 4 Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 Adrien Mosca Julie Amblard 3 Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 Joosep Ralf Nõgene Aleks Lesk 2 Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 Juan Carlos Peralta Víctor Pérez Couto 3 Master ERC Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 Pierre Ragues Julien Pesenti 1–3 Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 Antonio Rusce Gabriele Zanni 3 Master ERC Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 Adrian Rzeźnik Kamil Kozdroń 1, 4 Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 Brandon Semenuk Keaton Williams 2 Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 Liberato Sulpizio Manuel Fenoli 3 Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 Jarosław Szeja Marcin Szeja 4 Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 Fabrizio Zaldivar Marcelo Der Ohannesian 1–2 Sources:
ERC3 Rally3 entries Entrant Car Driver Co-Driver Tyres Rounds Category AK Opatija Motorsport Ford Fiesta Rally3 Jan Pokos Jara Hain 1 FRally3T Anna-Maria Seidl 2 Duck Racing Autoklub v AČR Ford Fiesta Rally3 Petr Kačírek Ladislav Kučera 1–4 FRally3T Escudería Costa Nord C.E. Ford Fiesta Rally3 Joan Socías Diego Fuentes 1 FRally3T Grupa PGS Rally Team Ford Fiesta Rally3 Igor Widłak Daniel Dymurski 1 FRally3T Kamil Heller 2–4 IK Sport Racing Ford Fiesta Rally3 Charlie Tuthill Niall Burns 2 FRally3T Ross Whittock 3 Motorsport Ireland Rally Academy Ford Fiesta Rally3 Cian Caldwell Paul McPhillips 1–4 FRally3T Ford Fiesta Rally3 Casey Jay Coleman Killian McArdle 1–4 FRally3T Ford Fiesta Rally3 Craig Rahill Conor Smith 1–4 FRally3T Team Petrol Ofisi Renault Clio Rally3 Kerem Kazaz Corentin Silvestre 2 Villaria Racing Team Renault Clio Rally3 Michał Chorbiński Adam Chrzanowski 4 Private Rally3 entries Entered under driver's name Renault Clio Rally3 Tomasz Bargiel Jakub Wróbel 4 Ford Fiesta Rally3 Tadeusz Bieńko Michał Poradzisz 4 FRally3T Renault Clio Rally3 Sebastian Butyński Łukasz Jastrzębski 1, 3 Gracjan Predko 4 Ford Fiesta Rally3 Matteo Fontana Alessandro Arnaboldi 3 Renault Clio Rally3 Błażej Gazda Michał Jurgała 1, 3–4 Ford Fiesta Rally3 Marcin Górny Mateusz Martynek 4 FRally3T Ford Fiesta Rally3 Kalum Graffin Rhodri Evans 1–4 FRally3T Renault Clio Rally3 Hubert Kowalczyk Jarosław Hryniuk 1 Renault Clio Rally3 Maximilian Lichtenegger Bernhard Ettel 1–3 Ford Fiesta Rally3 Nicolas Otto Hugo Magalhães 3 Ford Fiesta Rally3 Robert Proudlock Harry Marchbank 1–3 FRally3T Ford Fiesta Rally3 Alexandra Teslovan Mihai Supuran 1, 3–4 FRally3T Renault Clio Rally3 Aleksandar Tomov Nedyalko Sivov 1 Ford Fiesta Rally3 Ville Vatanen Joonas Ojala 1–4 FRally3T Renault Clio Rally3 Lucas Zielinski Ewen Leenhardt 1–4 Sources:
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