The 2016 European Rally Championship was the 64th season of the FIA European Rally Championship, the European continental championship series in rallying. The season was also the fourth following the merge between the European Rally Championship and the Intercontinental Rally Challenge.
Calendar
The calendar for the 2016 season featured ten rallies.
Round Dates Rally name 1 10–12 March Rally Islas Canarias Tarmac 2 7–9 April / Circuit of Ireland Tarmac ERC Junior Round 1 3 6–8 May Acropolis Rally Gravel 4 2–4 June Rallye Açores Gravel ERC Junior Round 2 5 23–25 June Ypres Rally Tarmac ERC Junior Round 3 6 15–17 July Rally Estonia Gravel ERC Junior Round 4 7 4–6 August Rajd Rzeszowski Tarmac 8 26–28 August Barum Rally Zlín Tarmac ERC Junior Round 5 9 16–19 September Rally Liepāja–Ventspils Gravel ERC Junior Round 6 10 7–9 October Cyprus Rally
Notes: – Season opener Rally Liepāja–Ventspils was cancelled due to warm temperatures and lack of snow. It was later moved to September and was held as gravel rally.
Entry list
ERC Notable entry list Constructor Car Team Driver Co-driver Rounds Ford Ford Fiesta R5 Lotos Rally Team Kajetan Kajetanowicz Jarosław Baran 1–4, 6–9 H – Racing Team Alexey Lukyanuk Alexey Arnautov 1–2, 4–6, 8, 10 Roman Kapustin 3 Cédric Cherain André Leyh 5 Renaud Herman 8 Ondřej Bisaha Jiří Hovorka 8 RMC Motorsport Mads Østberg Ola Fløene 1 Jonathan Pérez Alejandro López 1 Juan Carlos Aguado Vanessa Valle 1 Ricardo Teodósio José Teixeira 4 C-Rally Jarosław Kołtun Ireneusz Pleskot 1–4, 6–7, 9 Filip Nivette Kamil Heller 2 Tiger Energy Drink Rallye Team Tomasz Kasperczyk Damian Syty 1, 3–7, 9 Peña Autocross Arteixo Iván Ares Mario Tomé 1 DMACK British Rally Team Elfyn Evans Craig Parry 2 Max Vatanen Jacques-Julien Renucci 2 Ott Tänak Raigo Mõlder 5 Dom Buckley Motorsport Alastair Fisher Gordon Noble 2 Robert Woodside Allan Harryman 2 Hugh Hunter Andy Marchbank 2 Spencer Sport Tom Cave James Morgan 2 CA1 Sport Ltd Fredrik Åhlin Morten Erik Abrahamsen 2 Alex Laffey Andrew Roughead 2 Combilift Rallying Josh Moffett John Rowan 2 Sam Moffett Karl Atkinson 2 Wright Rallying Stephen Wright James Fulton 2 Tiger Risk Rally Team James Slaughter James Whitaker 2 Kimi Racing Jaroslav Orsák David Šmeidler 4–5 Adapta Motorsport Frank Tore Larsen Torstein Eriksen 4, 9 P&B Racing João Barros Jorge Henriques 4 Elias Barros Ricardo Faria 4 ARC Sport Ricardo Moura António Costa 4 Joaquim Alves Luís Ramalho 4 Peres Competições Fernando Peres José Pedro Silva 4 Team Além Mar Luís Rego Carlos Magalhães 4 Sports & You Diogo Salvi Paulo Babo 4 Sunnyside Experience Lars Stugemo Henrik Appelskog 4 X-One Racing Pieter Tsjoen Eddy Chevaillier 5 Autostal Duindistel VZW Bernd Casier Pieter Vyncke 5 Davy Vanneste Eddy Snaet 5 Bruno Parmentier Jeannick Breyne 5 Renties Racing Team Claudie Tanghe Filip Cuvelier 5 Cédric Cherain 8 SP Rally Project Sander Pärn James Morgan 6 Rally Technology Łukasz Habaj Piotr Woś 6, 8 Jacek Spentany 7, 9 Tommi Mäkinen Racing Takamoto Katsuta Daniel Barritt 6 Hiroki Arai Glenn MacNeall 6 Rufa Sport Grzegorz Grzyb Robert Hundla 7 Go+Cars Atlas Ward Jakub Brzeziński Jakub Gerber 7 TRT Czech Rally Sport Roman Odložilík Martin Tureček 8 Svarmetal Motorsport Martin Vlček Jindřiška Žáková 8 L Racing s.r.o. Vlastimil Majerčák Michaela Vejačková 8 Team Greece Lambros Athanassoulas Christos Kouzionis 10 Culture & Sport Qatar Rally Team Khalid Al-Suwaidi Marshall Clarke 10 Toksport World Rally Team Mustafa Bulutoğlulari Ahmet Özerdem 10 Ford Fiesta S2000 AT Rally Team Oleksiy Tamrazov Nicola Arena 8 Castrol Ford Team Türkiye Rauf Denktaş Bora Derviş 10 Citroën Citroën DS3 R5 Auto Laca Competición Luis Monzón José Carlos Déniz 1 Botka Rally Team Dávid Botka Péter Szeles 1–5, 7–10 Delta Rally Federico Della Casa Domenico Pozzi 1–2 Robert Consani Maxime Vilmot 2 Renaud Jamoul 3–4 D-Max Racing Gilbert Bannout Renaud Jamoul 1 DGM Sport Craig Breen Scott Martin 2 Jonathan Greer Kirsty Riddick 2 Ttec Rally Prep Keith Cronin Mikie Galvin 2 Citroën Vodafone Team José Pedro Fontes Inês Ponte 4 Carlos Martins Daniel Amaral 4 Sports & You Carlos Vieira Jorge Carvalho 4 Burton Racing Stéphane Lefebvre Xavier Portier 5 Guillaume Dilley Stéphane Prévot 5 Gemini Clinic Rally Team Bryan Bouffier Denis Giraudet 5 Xavier Panseri 7–8 Autostal Duinsitel VZW Kevin Demaerschalk Bram Eelbode 5 Yves Bruneel Kristof Goethals 5 Tom Van Rompuy Bert Feys 5 J-Motorsport Jourdan Serderidis Geoffrey Brion 5 Peugeot Peugeot 208 T16 R5 Delta Rally Robert Consani Maxime Vilmot 1 Giacomo Costenaro Justin Bardini 1, 4 Federico Della Casa Domenico Pozzi 3 Euan Thorburn Rally Team Euan Thorburn Paul Beaton 2 Peugeot Belgium Luxembourg Kris Princen Peter Kaspers 5 Autostal Duinsistel VZW Patrick Snijers Cindy Verbaeten 5 Peugeot Rally Academy José Antonio Suárez Cándido Carrera 6 Peugeot 207 S2000 Ludo Conception Yves Saint Requier Beuno Brissart 5 Peugeot 208 R2 Sports Racing Technologies Vasiliy Gryazin Dmitry Lebedik 6 Škoda Škoda Fabia R5 Tlusťák Racing Antonín Tlusťák Ladislav Kučera 1–7 Ivo Vybíral 8 Eurosol Racing Team Hungary János Puskádi Barnabás Gódor 1, 7 Kobus Tuning Hermen Kobus Erik de Wild 1, 5 Davy Thierie 8 CA1 Sport Ltd David Bogie Kevin Rae 2 T&T Czech National Team Jaromír Tarabus Daniel Trunkát 2–3, 5–6, 8 Sports Racing Technologies Raul Jeets Andrus Toom 2–4, 6–7, 9 Ralfs Sirmacis Artūrs Šimins 3–4, 6, 8–10 Nikolay Gryazin Yaroslav Fedorov 10 Simpsons Škoda Motorsport Neil Simpson Elliott Edmondson 2 Mac Sport Rallying Desi Henry Liam Moynihan 2 Lascaris Foundation Team Greece Lambros Athanassoulas Nikolaos Zakheos 3 Sports & You Pedro Meireles Mário Castro 4 BP Ultimate Škoda Team Miguel Barbosa Miguel Ramalho 4 Culture & Sport Qatar Rally Team Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari Marshall Clarke 4 Go Drive Racing Vincent Verschueren Véronique Hostens 5 2C Competition Freddy Loix Johan Gitsels 5 Ice Pol Racing Team Ghislain de Mévius Johan Jalet 5 Autostal Duindistel VZW Melissa Debackere Cindy Cokelaere 5 Autostal Atlantic Didier Duquesne Diederik Pattyn 5 Fredericq Delplace Wouter Polfliet 5 Topp-Cars Rallye Team Oleksiy Tamrazov Kuldar Sikk 6 Motorsport Italia Filip Nivette Kamil Heller 7 Marijan Griebel Pirmin Winklhofer 10 Škoda Motorsport Jan Kopecký Pavel Dresler 8 Fabian Kreim Frank Christian 8 Energy Oil Motorsport Pavel Valoušek Varonika Havelková 8 Mogul Czech National Team Jan Černy Petr Černohorský 8 Rufa Sport Tomáš Kostka Ladislav Kučera 8 Klokočka Škoda Czech National Team Vojtěch Štajf František Rajnoha 8 TGS Worldwide Raimonds Kisiels Arnis Ronis 9 Skoda Fabia S2000 Tiger Risk Rally Team Martin McCormack David Moynihan 2 James O'Reilly 5 Sharkey Motorsport Joseph McGonigle Ciaran Geaney 2 ACB Racing Manuel Castro Luís Costa 4 Svarmetal Motorsport Petter Kristiansen Ole Kristian Brennum 5 Kimi Racing Tomáš Růžička Jaroslav Novák 8 Miroslav Jakeš Marcela Ehlová 8 Sparrow Racing Team Jan Jelínek Petr Machů 8 Mitsubishi Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X Costas Petrou Motors Petros Panteli Constantinos Constantinou 3 Yiannos Evripidou 10 Michalis Posedias Georgios Alexandrou 10 Dynamic Sport Alexander Mikhaylov Normunds Kokinš 6, 9 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX Neikšāns Rally Sport Mikołaj Kempa Michał Grudziński 9 Lazar Kan Dmitry Chumak 9 Psaltis Eneos Rally Team Stavros Antoniou Demetris Pieri 10 Telsa Rallysport Savvas Savva Andreas Papandreou 10
ERC-2 Constructor Car Team Driver Co-driver Rounds Mitsubishi Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X RMC Motorsport Giacomo Scattolon Paolo Zanini 1–2 Juan Carlos Alonso Juan Pablo Monasterolo 1 Érdi Rally Team Tibor Érdi Gergely Patkó 1 György Papp 3, 5, 7–8 Pro Racing 9 Juan Carlos Alonso Juan Pablo Monasterolo 3–4 Jose Luis Jacquet Hermán Vargas Peña 3 ASRT Rally Team Siim Plangi Marek Sarapuu 6, 9 C-Rally Filip Nivette Kamil Heller 6 Aron Domżała Szymon Gospodarczyk 6 ALM Motorsport Mait Maarend Mihkel Kapp 6 EAMV Motorsport Alexey Lukyanuk Roman Kapustin 9 Vorobjovs Racing Jānis Vorobjovs Andris Mālnieks 9 Vãgi Racing Mārtiņs Svilis Ivo Pūķis 9 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX Topp-Cars Rallye Team Péter Ranga Viktor Bán 1, 3 Giacomo Scattolon Paolo Zanini 3, 5, 8–9 Team Além Mar Ruben Rodrigues Estêvaño Rodrigues 4 Olavo Esteves Competição Rui Moniz Paulo Real 4 ALM Motorsport Rainer Aus Simo Koskinen 6 Kaur Motorsport Egon Kaur Silver Simm 6 Juta Bauer Rally Team Vytautas Švedas Žilvinas Sakalauskas 9 Neikšāns Rally Sport Maris Naikšāns Anrijs Jesse 9 Petrolina – Eni Racing Team Christos Demosthenous Pambos Laos 10 Psaltis Auto Parts Costas Zenonos Phanos Christofi 10 Timotheou Rally Team Charalambos Timotheou Panayiotis Shialos 10 Psaltis Eneos Rally Team Panikos Polykarpou Gerald Winter 10 Antonis & Stavros Autoservice Ltd Nikolaos Georgiou Antonis Chrysostomou 10 Subaru Subaru Impreza WRX STI Subaru Poland Rally Team Wojciech Chuchała Daniel Dymurski 1–4, 7, 9 ACB Racing Pedro Vale Rui Medeiros 4
ERC-3 Constructor Car Team Driver Co-driver Rounds Renault Renault Clio RS R3T Eurosol Racing Team Hungary Zoltán Bessenyey Dávid Berendi 1, 3 Fernando Costa Motorsport Gil Antunes Diogo Correia 1, 4 Renault Sport Technologies João Correia Ricardo Barreto 1–2 Colina Motorsport Alex Filip Bogdan Iancu 3, 7 Otkan Sport Aleks Humar Florjan Rus 5 Renault Clio R3 ARC Sport José Monteiro Sancho Eiró 4 Thomas Beton Racing Artur Muradian Pavel Chelebaev 8–9 Peugeot Peugeot 208 R2 Rally Technology Tomasz Gryc Michał Kuśnierz 1, 7 Łukasz Habaj Piotr Woś 1 Race Seven Marco Cid Nuno Rodrigues da Silva 1–2, 4–6 Oktan Sport Aleks Humar Florjan Rus 1–2 Ritmu Ase Szablcs Várkonyi Botond Csányi 1–2, 9 Steve Røkland Motorsport Steve Røkland Patrik Barth 2, 6 Sports Racing Technologies Nikolay Gryazin Yaroslav Fedorov 2, 4–9 Arable Racing Kft. Lazlo Német János Szegó 2, 5, 7–8 Inside Motor Diogo Gago Hugo Magalhães 4–5 Joonas Tokee Racing Team Joonas Tokee Jani Salo 4–6, 9 Saintéloc Junior Team Catie Munnings Anne Stein 5, 9 Klausz Motorsport Kristóf Klausz Yulianna Nyírfás 5–6, 8–9 F-Sport Média Kft. Gergely Fogasy Dávid Berendi 5 Cueks Racing Miko-Ove Niinemäe Martin Valter 6, 9 Studio Motorsport Jiří Navrátil Josef Král 8 LMT Autosporta Akadēmija Mārtiņš Sesks Māris Kulšs 9 Opel Opel Adam R2 C-Rally Łukasz Pieniążek Przemek Mazur 1–6, 8–9 Red Opel España Aleks Zawada Grzegorz Dachowski 1 ADAC Opel Rallye Junior Team Chris Ingram Katrin Becker 2, 4–5 Elliott Edmondson 6, 8–9 Marijan Griebel Pirmin Winklhofer 2, 6, 8–9 Stefan Kopczyk 4–5 Julius Tannert Jennifer Thielen 2, 4–6, 8–9 Callum Devine Rallying Callum Devine Alex Kihurani 5 Bekason Oy Alex Forsström Jukka Jämsen 6, 9 Ford Ford Fiesta R2T Castrol Ford Team Türkiye Murat Bostanci Onur Vatansever 1, 3, 5, 7–10 Buğra Banaz Burak Erdener 3, 7, 10 Ümit Can Özdemir Sevilay Genç 3, 7 Sedat Bostanci 10 PZ Racing Renato Pita Mário Castro 2, 8 RMC Motorsport Marco Macedo 4 M-Sport World Rally Team Steve Røkland Patrik Barth 4 GPC Motorsport Polle Geusens Justine Demeestere 5 ME3 Motorsport Gustav Kruuda Ken Järveoja 6, 9 Ford Fiesta R2 TMS Czech National Junior Team Dominik Brož Petr Těšínský 2, 4–6, 8–9 Citroën Citroën DS3 R3T P&B Racing Paulo Neto Vítor Oliveira 4 Toyota Toyota GT86 CS-R3 Toyota Motorsport Luca Rossetti Eleonora Mori 8 Suzuki Suzuki Swift Sport Morozov Rally Team Dmitry Morozov Maria Morozova 10 Leonid Lavrentiev Zoltán Szechenyi 10
ERC Junior