2026 ERC News & Rumours

[PLuto]

I think we can start also with this thread. Calendar is expected to be confirmed on WMSC on 16th October.

[Sal yet again]

Will be interesting to see how many cars Lancia have ready for the season start and who will jump ship or stop with their Fabia and Yaris

[manthey]

Ostberg on Lancia Y HF

[htr]

Will there be any changes? Croatia goes wrc... something else

[WRCStan]

Rumour is no Roma but Sardegna...

[saco0o]

any guesses on the calendar?
poland, sweden, czechia, hungary will probably be there, right? (4)
a return to latvia?
will the uk keep the round even with so little entries?
sardegna could be expensive too, is it worth it?
spain? or could portugal have a shoot somewhere else?

its probably some of these, right? france you fellas suggested is a no no

[pedro16]

Rome stays. The switch with Sardegna is only in 2027.
Poland might be back to Silesia next year according to local news.
If that happens, Latvia and Portugal should be the main candidates to replace Croatia. A gravel round is needed.

Ceredigion? Who knows?

The rest should remain the same.

[Andre Oliveira]

Fafe in.

7/11 October

[saco0o]

spain, hungary, polska, czechia, sweden, portugal, latvia, italy is my guess then!

[PLuto]

Barum Czech Rally Zlín just confirmed the date for next year - https://www.czechrally.com/en/27278n-the-55th-barum-czech-rally-zlin-knows-its-exact-date

[Jarek Z]

19-year-old Markas Buteikis, driving the Ford Fiesta Rally4, won the Lithuanian Rally4 Trophy championship and secured the 80 000 € scholarship for his Junior ERC 2026 campaign:
https://www.facebook.com/MSportPoland/posts/pfbid0tKQHEDDcyjZEcLkH1uE9F24Msd4dSoiV1fMkk3uXzA59 9CGDQByg9ZXGhi8J7Pxel

[saco0o]

i keep seeing gigi gali doing some stunts in rally stages with a citroen R5... is this one event and the algorhythm is making it look like somethig more to me or was there any news on him coming back to do more rallies? i mean, i dont even know if hes doing rallies nowadays

[WRCStan]

i keep seeing gigi gali doing some stunts in rally stages with a citroen R5... is this one event and the algorhythm is making it look like somethig more to me or was there any news on him coming back to do more rallies? i mean, i dont even know if hes doing rallies nowadays

Was it a C3 WRC at Rally Legend last weekend? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBKb-Lxq9n4

Probably just the one event? Italians here will know more.

[PLuto]

i keep seeing gigi gali doing some stunts in rally stages with a citroen R5... is this one event and the algorhythm is making it look like somethig more to me or was there any news on him coming back to do more rallies? i mean, i dont even know if hes doing rallies nowadays

Galli didnt do a proper rally since 2008. Only few "shows" or zero car...

[saco0o]

chris ingram all happy in that extreme-H event in saudi arabia saying that thing fits him and he would love to do that
bleeeeeeeeeeeh

[wyler]

Was it a C3 WRC at Rally Legend last weekend? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBKb-Lxq9n4

Probably just the one event? Italians here will know more.

he did only promo/show stuff and a project with a rx kia rio
he indeed was at rally legend

[Fast Eddie WRC]

chris ingram all happy in that extreme-H event in saudi arabia saying that thing fits him and he would love to do that
bleeeeeeeeeeeh

Hmmm, that's worrying.

So many false starts for him in WRC2 makes me doubting he'll ever have a proper serious full season there. Or even back in ERC.

[WRCStan]

he did only promo/show stuff and a project with a rx kia rio
he indeed was at rally legend

He launched a YT channel and had a camera following him, it could have been a signal. We can dream.

[Andre Oliveira]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/G3ZS_sDWIAsLR_F?format=jpg&name=large

[saco0o]

"safe bet", which is good.

[Sal yet again]

ECR related but concerning the Historic ERC, have seen some chatter about changes to be made to the classes etc however has anyone heard anything about the calendar for 2026?

[PLuto]

ECR related but concerning the Historic ERC, have seen some chatter about changes to be made to the classes etc however has anyone heard anything about the calendar for 2026?

There is own thread for ERC Historic - https://www.motorsportforums.com/showthread.php?41052-ERC-Historic