The 2014 Circuit of Ireland was the fourth round of the
2014 European Rally Championship season
The 2014 European Rally Championship season was the 62nd season of the FIA European Rally Championship, the European continental championship series in rallying. The season was also the second following the merger between the European Rally Champ ...
, held in
Ulster
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between 17 and 19 April 2014.
The Circuit returned to the
European Rally Championship
The European Rally Championship (officially FIA European Rally Championship) is an rallying, automobile rally competition held annually on the European continent and organized by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA).
The champion ...
over the Easter weekend, starting in
Belfast
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, Northern Ireland. The Circuit of Ireland consisted of 18 special stages covering a total of over the weekend.
Finnish driver
Esapekka Lappi
Esapekka Lappi (; born 17 January 1991) is a Finnish rally driver. He is the 2012 Finnish Rally Champion, 2014 European Rally Champion and the 2016 WRC-2 Champion. He now drives for Hyundai Motorsport. In 2024, he won his second ever event in ...
dominated the International section, towards the
European Rally Championship
The European Rally Championship (officially FIA European Rally Championship) is an rallying, automobile rally competition held annually on the European continent and organized by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA).
The champion ...
, finishing almost two minutes ahead of second place
Sepp Wiegand
Sepp Wiegand (born January 9, 1991, in Zwönitz) is a German Rallying, rally driver. He competed in most events of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge in 2012.
Career results
WRC results
WRC Academy results
†Ineligible to score points. ...
from Germany, who completed a
Å koda
Å koda means "pity" in the Czech and Slovak languages. It may also refer to:
Czech brands and enterprises
* Škoda Auto, automobile and previously bicycle manufacturer in Mladá Boleslav
** Å koda Motorsport, the division of Å koda Auto responsi ...
1–2. Irishman Robert Barrable finished third in his
Ford Fiesta
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R5. Declan Boyle won the Circuit of Ireland National Rally in his Subaru Impreza S12B WRC, while teenage British driver
Chris Ingram held the lead of the ERC Junior Championship event, but crashed out, handing the win to Czech driver
Jan Černý
Jan Černý (4 March 1874 in Uherský Ostroh, Moravia, Austria-Hungary – 10 April 1959 in Uherský Ostroh, Czechoslovakia) was a Czechoslovak civil servant and politician. He was the prime minister of Czechoslovakia from 1920 to 1921 and in 192 ...
. Ingram still became the youngest winner of the
Colin McRae
Colin Steele McRae, (5 August 1968 – 15 September 2007), was a British rally driver. He was the 1991 and 1992 British Rally Champion, and in 1995 became the first British driver to win the World Rally Championship Drivers' title.
At 27, ...
'Flat Out' Award, handed to him by local hero
Kris Meeke
Kris Meeke (born 2 July 1979) is a British professional rally driver from Northern Ireland, best known for competing in the FIA World Rally Championship (WRC). He was the 2009 Intercontinental Rally Challenge champion. His co-driver is Seb ...
.
Entry list
Results
Junior ERC
References
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2014 in Irish sport
2014 European Rally Championship season
2014
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April 2014 sports events in Ireland