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2025 European Rally Championship

The 2025 FIA European Rally Championship was the 73rd 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 was also the twelfth following the merge between the European Rally Championship and the Intercontinental Rally Challenge.

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, the first for front-wheel-drive cars. Allows Rally4 and Rally5 cars. • FIA Junior ERC: For drivers aged 27 and under on 1 January 2025 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, with a funded drive with the Ford Fiesta Rally2 as the main prize. • FIA Tyre Suppliers' Trophy: A nominated tyre supplier may score points with the two best placed Rally2 cars registered in ERC. == Calendar ==
Calendar
The 2025 season was contested over eight rounds across Central, Northern, Western and Southern Europe. The Junior ERC category was not contested in Sweden and Great Britain, while the Fiesta Rally3 Trophy was not contested in Sweden, Great Britain and Croatia. Calendar overviewRally 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. == Entries ==
Results
Season summary Scoring system Points for final position are awarded as in the following table in ERC, ERC3 and ERC4. In ERC, ERC3 and ERC4, the best seven scores from the eight rounds count towards the final number of points. In the Junior ERC category, the best five rounds out of six count. There are also five bonus points awarded to the winners of the Power Stage, four points for second place, three for third, two for fourth and one for fifth. Power Stage points are awarded only in the main ERC drivers' and co-drivers' championships. Teams may register a maximum of three cars under a team name to score points in the teams' championship, of which the best two will score points. Cars driven by ERC4 priority drivers score points in their own group. Drivers' championships ERC Notes:1 2 3 4 5 – Power Stage position ERC3 ERC4 Junior ERC Co-Drivers' championships ERC ERC3 ERC4 Teams' championship Tyre suppliers' trophy ==References==
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