ERC News Bonato takes maiden European win as ERC4 titles go to the wire Yoann Bonato has scored a career-first European Rally Championship victory on Rally Spain, fending off recently crowned ERC champion Efrén Llarena for top spot. Several… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay October 22, 2022 2 min
ERC News Azores Rally dropped from ERC calendar Azores Rally has lost its place on the European Rally Championship calendar for 2023 in the first deliberate calendar shift since WRC Promoter’s takeover. Azores… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay September 23, 2022 3 min
ERC News Kopecký takes seventh Rally Zlín win in row Jan Kopecký has scored a seventh consecutive Barum Rally Zlín victory, as unpredictable heavy rain showers contributed to multiple crashes. Barum Rally’s most successful driver… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay August 28, 2022 2 min
ERC News Cais gets suspended DSQ for Barum tire violation Erik Cais has narrowly escaped being disqualified from second place on Barum Rally Zlín as punishment for a tire violation on the European Rally Championship’s… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay August 27, 2022 2 min
ERC News Kopecký on target to extend Rally Zlín record Jan Kopecký is on his way to extending his record run of Barum Rally Zlín victories, with an eighth victory in a row in sight… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay August 27, 2022 3 min
ERC News European champion Llarena crashes out of Rally Zlín Newly crowned European Rally Champion Efrén Llarena has crashed out of Barum Rally Zlín only three stages in, triggering a red flag. Llarena had wrapped… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay August 27, 2022 2 min
ERC Features The championships won in unconventional ways This weekend’s Barum Rally Zlín was always likely to be one to remember for Efrén Llarena. His championship lead was sizable enough that he was… Read more by Luke Barry August 26, 2022 5 min
ERC Features How do you beat Jan Kopecký in Zlín? How do you beat Jan Kopecký in Zlín? It’s a question the rallying world has been asking for nearly a decade and still hasn’t found… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay August 25, 2022 3 min
ERC News Llarena crowned new ERC champion by default Efrén Llarena has won the 2022 European Rally Championship title without even turning a wheel, as closest championship rival Simone Tempestini has pulled out of Barum… Read more by Luke Barry August 23, 2022 3 min
ERC News ERC joins WRC at Rally Spain for new season finale After the European Rally Championship lost Rally Hungary to an FIA decision last December, it has been looking for a replacement season finale ever since…. Read more by Alasdair Lindsay August 1, 2022 2 min
Rally Features How the tables are turning in Italian rallying Two drivers dominating. It was the case for two decades in the World Rally Championship: anyone not named Sébastien was up against it. It’s also… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay July 29, 2022 5 min
ERC Features The triumphant comeback derailed by wheel bolts Efrén Llarena, sitting in the box seat to win the European Rally Championship this year, was in the thick of a fight for a podium… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay July 28, 2022 3 min
Rally News ERC title fight rolls on, De Tommaso takes maiden win Damiano De Tommaso secured a maiden European Rally Championship victory in Rome as key rival Andrea Crugnola suffered throttle problems, while Simone Tempestini’s fifth place… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay July 24, 2022 3 min
ERC News Basso penalties help Crugnola to ERC Roma lead Andrea Crugnola has built a 9.5-second lead on Rally di Roma Capitale, the sixth round of the European Rally Championship season, as Italian championship drivers… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay July 23, 2022 3 min
ERC Features Hungary will make ERC comeback if it solves key problems The sixth round of the European Rally Championship in Rome has just begun – yet we still don’t know where the eighth – the season… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay July 23, 2022 5 min
ERC News How an unlikely ERC title charge came to an end The last few days have not brought good news for those chasing down a championship leader in rallying. Right now, Kalle Rovanperä looks virtually unbeatable… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay July 20, 2022 3 min
ERC News Introducing the 16-year-old ERC winner What were you doing at 16 years old? Preparing for school exams? Socializing every night with your friends? In denial that you were about to… Read more by Luke Barry July 9, 2022 2 min
WRC Features Inside Paddon’s toughest WRC challenge yet For somebody who used to travel the world religiously, 32 months without boarding a flight abroad is a very long time. But the world hasn’t… Read more by Luke Barry July 9, 2022 3 min
