2025 European Rally Championship
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The 2025 European Rally Championship will be the 73rd season of the FIA European Rally Championship, the European continental championship series in rallying. The season is also the twelfth following the merge between the European Rally Championship and the Intercontinental Rally Challenge. Hayden Paddon is the defending drivers champion.
Confirmed competitions
[edit]- FIA ERC: Main open championship for all current FIA-homologated cars within sporting classes RC2 to RC5, with Rally2 cars the leading contenders.
- FIA ERC3: Second tier, specifically for the Rally3 class.
- FIA ERC4: Third ERC tier, the first for front-wheel-drive cars. Allows Rally4 and Rally5 cars.
- FIA ERC Junior: For drivers aged 27 and under on 1 January 2025 in Rally4 and Rally5 cars. This championship will be contested over six of the eight rounds.
- FIA European Rally Championship for Teams: each team can nominate a maximum of three cars (from all categories), counting the two highest-placed cars from each team.
- FIA European Rally Championship for Tyre suppliers: a nominated tyre supplier may score points with the two best placed Rally2 cars registered in ERC.
Calendar
[edit]The 2025 season is contested over eight rounds across Central, Northern and Southern Europe.
| Round | Start date | Finish date | Rally | Rally headquarters | Surface | Stages | Distance | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 April | 6 April |  Rallye Sierra Morena
|
Córdoba | Tarmac | TBA | TBA | |
| 2 | 9 May | 11 May |  Rally Hungary
|
Veszprém, Veszprém County | Gravel | TBA | TBA | |
| 3 | 29 May | 31 May |  Royal Rally of Scandinavia
|
Gravel | TBA | TBA | ||
| 4 | 13 June | 15 June |  Rally Poland
|
Mikołajki, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship | Gravel | TBA | TBA | |
| 5 | 4 July | 6 July |  Rally di Roma Capitale
|
Tarmac | TBA | TBA | ||
| 6 | 15 August | 17 August |  Barum Czech Rally Zlín
|
Zlín, Zlín Region | Tarmac | TBA | TBA | |
| 7 | 5 September | 7 September |  Rali Ceredigion
|
Tarmac | TBA | TBA | ||
| 8 | 3 October | 5 October |  Croatia Rally
|
Tarmac | TBA | TBA | ||
| Sources:[1][2] | ||||||||
Calendar overview
[edit]- Rally Islas Canarias, which has been part of the ERC calendar since 2016 and previously was part of Intercontinental Rally Challenge, stepped up to WRC for 2025. Rally Sierra Morena was added to the calendar instead.
- Rally Estonia was removed from the calendar as it returned to WRC.
- Rally Poland returned to the calendar after a one-off WRC appearance in 2024, with Rally Silesia effectively removed.
- Croatia Rally returned to the calendar for the first time since 2013. It was moved from April, when it took place while part of WRC, to October.
- Royal Rally of Scandinavia and Rali Ceredigion do not count for the ERC Junior calendar.
References
[edit]- ^ "Revamped calendar to deliver another epic ERC season". www.fiaerc.com. Retrieved 18 November 2024.
- ^ "Season 2025". www.fiaerc.com. Retrieved 25 November 2024.