2022 ERC News & Rumours

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Originally Posted by AndyRAC

I'm going to guess that WRC Promoter want a lot more money than Eurosport did for a ERC round.......That's why they were struggling for a final round. I hope this is just a 'one off' and doesn't happen again. The ERC has to be a stand alone championship, and not a support category for the WRC.

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Yeah, it must be connected with money. I can't believe there are no organizers in the whole Europe who want to have an ERC round.

Filip Mareš hopes for a full European Rally Championship campaign in 2023:
https://www.fiaerc.com/erc/news/erc/...2023-campaign/

Tempestini withdrew from Barum, Llarena is the champion. Congratulations to him but what a boring way to take a title!

Yes, what a shame that it happened in such a way. But nevertheless - congratulations to Llarena and the whole MRF team!
https://www.fiaerc.com/erc/news/erc/...erc-champions/

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Originally Posted by RS

Tempestini withdrew from Barum, Llarena is the champion. Congratulations to him but what a boring way to take a title!

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Problems with the car?

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Originally Posted by manthey

Problems with the car?

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More probably problem with money; he was already not sure to make it for Roma because of that.
ERC promoter probably tried to find some help but was complicated with almost no chance to beat Llarena in the championship and the Czech guys for a top 5. Even if a pity, quite logical in my mind that he skipped Barum if he is short in money.

Quite a logical end for a season that has been a mess in terms of entries. Not really Tempestini’s fault as he shouldn’t have been a contender and must admit I don’t like the sentence «*Tempestini could not be convinced*» from Promoter; the issue is clearly about the attractivity of the championship and if they had to try hard to find solutions for a driver, they should have tried before with Solans

Not only Llarena was crowned champion before Barum Rally even started. Igor Widlak is celebrating clinching the title in ERC3. He was not always fastest, but contested every single rally and collected enough points to win ERC3 category:
https://www.fiaerc.com/erc/news/erc/...te-erc3-crown/

After Llarena and Widlak we have another European champion this weekend. Laurent Pellier is the 2022 Junior ERC Champion:
https://www.fiaerc.com/erc/news/erc/...or-erc-title-/

“Next year we will be even stronger and there will be more teams running with MRF. What those teams are, I don’t know yet. All I can say is that there will be more cars and more drivers in all categories. For us, to win ERC3 and ERC4 is our goal for next year - plus, obviously, the main title.” - says Vivek Ponnusamy from MRF Tyres:
https://www.fiaerc.com/erc/news/erc/...eam-mrf-tyres/

Good news from Gran Canaria. Organizers told that they are close to agreement and stay in calendar for 2023 and 2024.

https://rallyislascanarias.com/index...ain-in-fia-erc