ERC 2026 includes eight rounds, fresh storylines and a new look for Europe’s premier rally series.
Five rounds on asphalt and three more on gravel will provide the challenge and spectacle following confirmation of a refreshed FIA European Rally Championship calendar for 2026.
The excitement-filled schedule includes new opening and deciding events, the return of two favourites from the recent and not-so-recent past, plus established and emerging rallies.
Polish driver Magic Marczyk seals European crown as Jon Armstrong wins Croatia Rally on Sunday.
Miko Marczyk has won the 2025 FIA European Rally Championship* after he came out on top of a thrilling three-way battle for title glory in Croatia.
For a driver who finished 30th in the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series Playoff opener at Darlington Raceway and currently occupies next-to-last place in the standings, Chandler Smith has a surprisingly sanguine outlook entering Thursday night’s UNOH 250 Presented by Ohio Logistics at Bristol Motor Speedway (8 p.m. ET on FS1, NRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).
Jon Armstrong claimed a maiden FIA European Rally Championship victory by winning JDS Machinery Rali Ceredigion to boost his outside title hopes.
Armstrong, co-driven by Shane Byrne, produced an impressive drive across 12 challenging Welsh asphalt stages, including a wet final two tests, to take the victory from M-Sport team-mate Romet Jürgenson by 29.2sec. The victory M-Sport’s first for in ERC since Adrien Fourmaux won Rally Islas Canarias in 2020.
The battle to win the 2025 FIA European Rally Championship for Drivers continues in Wales this week with the second running of JDS Machinery Rali Ceredigion as an ERC event.
Forming the penultimate round of the all-action title chase from 5 – 7 September, JDS Machinery Rali Ceredigion provides a spectacular Tarmac test for the ERC season regulars and their counterparts from the Probite British Rally Championship.
Jan Kopecký fended off a challenge from Jon Armstrong to claim victory at Barum Czech Rally Zlín in round six of the FIA European Rally Championship.
Driving a Škoda Fabia RS Rally2, the 2013 ERC champion, co-driven by Jiří Hovorka, secured a stunning 12th Barum win after edging Armstrong by 10.7sec across 13 challenging asphalt stages.
The FIA European Rally Championship (ERC) stops off in Czech Republic this week (15 – 17 August) with an asphalt challenge like no other.
Featuring high-speed forest sections, narrow stretches through villages, bumpy and sometimes broken roads, plus unpredictable weather, Barum Czech Rally Zlín has tested the ERC stars and their cars since 1984.
As reported by Tom Howard of Motorsport, NASCAR champion and Daytona 500 winner Kurt Busch believes the World Rally Championship (WRC) has the potential to crack America after receiving a taste of the series at Rally Finland.
The 2004 NASCAR Cup champion and 2017 Daytona 500 winner made the trip to Finland to experience the WRC for the first time. The 46-year-old has been a long-time admirer of rallying and in 2014 competed in the Monza Rally Show, driving an M-Sport-built Ford Fiesta RS WRC.
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CAMDEN, N.J., July 8, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — The legendary Goodwood Festival of Speed (FOS) returns July 10–13, and Subaru Motorsports USA is set to make its mark once again. With a proven track record and fan-favorite drivers at the helm, the team is coming back to the South of England with eyes on the podium—and continuing a lineage that helped shape rally history.
The Dacia Sandriders is delighted to count on the skills of driver Cristina Gutiérrez and navigator Pablo Moreno up to and including the 2027 Dakar Rally as it continues its pursuit of further success in the FIA World Rally-Raid Championship (W2RC).
