The 2014 European Rally Championship season was the 62nd season of the
FIA 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 ...
, the European continental championship series in rallying. The season was also the second following the merger between the European Rally Championship and the
Intercontinental Rally Challenge
The Intercontinental Rally Challenge was an Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile, FIA-sanctioned rallying series organised by SRW Events and Eurosport, Eurosport Events, and aimed to "give new opportunities to young or amateur rally drivers ...
.
The season started in Austria on January 3, with the
Internationale Jänner Rallye and finished in November 8 in
Tour de Corse
The Tour de Corse is a rally first held in 1956 on the island of Corsica. It was the French round of the World Rally Championship from the inaugural 1973 season until 2008, was part of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge from 2011 to 2012, and ...
.
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 ...
(
Å koda Fabia S2000
The Å koda Fabia S2000 is a Super 2000 rally car built by Å koda Motorsport. It is based upon the Å koda Fabia road car.
History
It made its début at Rallye Monte Carlo 2009, with factory team Škoda Motorsport and drivers Jan Kopecký and ...
) was the 2014 European Champion.
In addition to the championship title, the series introduced three additional trophies, with one for each surface type. The "Ice Master" trophy was awarded to the driver who scores the most points on snow events, while the "Gravel Master" trophy was presented to the driver who scores the most points on gravel rallies, and the driver who scores the most points on tarmac events won the "Asphalt Master" trophy.
For the Ice Master were accounted the result of winter rallies in Austria and Latvia. The Gravel Masters was composed by Acropolis (2nd sector only), Azores, Estonia and Cyprus while the Asphalt Master was contested in Acropolis (1st sector only), Ireland, Ypres, the Czech Republic, Valais and Corsica.
Calendar
The calendar for the 2014 season initially featured twelve rallies.
Notes:
* –
Sibiu Rally Romania was supposed to be run in late February, but was postponed due to the weather conditions for October, and later was cancelled.
Calendar Changes
* The 2014 European Rally Championship saw the addition of the
Acropolis Rally
The Acropolis Rally of Greece () is a Rallying, rally competition that is part of the World Rally Championship, World Rally Championship (WRC). The rally is held on very dusty, rough, rocky and fast mountain roads in mainland Greece, usually dur ...
, recently dropped from the
2014 World Rally Championship season
The 2014 FIA World Rally Championship was the 42nd season of the World Rally Championship, a rallying championship recognised by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile as the highest class of international rallying. Teams and drivers ...
in favour of the
Rally Poland
The Rally of Poland (in Polish, ''Rajd Polski'') is a motorsport event for rally cars that was first established in 1921. It is third-oldest rally in the world, preceded only by Österreichische Alpenfahrt and Monte Carlo Rally. The event becam ...
.
* The
Sibiu Rally Romania was originally to be run in February, to become the third and final event in the newly created Winter Challenge mini-series.
However, bad weather conditions in the country and the roads being inaccessible caused the rally to be postponed in October as a fully gravel event. Later, the rally was cancelled.
* The
Tour de Corse
The Tour de Corse is a rally first held in 1956 on the island of Corsica. It was the French round of the World Rally Championship from the inaugural 1973 season until 2008, was part of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge from 2011 to 2012, and ...
changed its date, and became the season finale.
* The
Rally Islas Canarias El Corte Inglés, the
Croatia Rally
The Croatia Rally is an international rallying event based in Zagreb, Croatia and is planned to be the third round of 2021 World Rally Championship. The event is organised by Automobile Clubs D.T. Motorsport and Cro Dakar Team with the support of ...
and the
Rallye Sanremo
Rallye Sanremo is a rally competition held in Sanremo, Italy. Except for the 1995 event, the event was part of the FIA World Rally Championship schedule from 1973 to the 2003. It was a round of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge and is current ...
were dropped from the championship.
Selected entries
Results
Championship standings
Drivers' Championship
* For the drivers' championship, only the best four results from the first six rallies and the best four results from the remaining six rallies could be retained by each driver.
* Points for final position are awarded as in following table
* Bonus points awarded for position in each Leg
Other classifications
* For the Masters, points are awarded for each special stage using a system of 10–6–4–2–1 with all stages counting.
[http://www.fiaerc.com/standings http://www.fiaerc.com/standings-Ice Masters]
Ice Masters
Note: 14 more competitors have scored points for the Ice Masters
Gravel Masters
Note: 30 more competitors have scored points for the Gravel Masters
Asphalt Masters
Note: 30 more competitors have scored points for the Asphalt Masters
Production Cup
Note: 63 more competitors have scored points for the Production Cup
ERC Juniors
The ERC Junior Championship is awarded to drivers who had scored the highest number of points from the best results made on 4 eligible rallies, including one gravel.
Strike-out text means classification not accounted.
References
External links
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{{European championships in 2014
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 ...
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