Andreas Mikkelsen will start on Azores. Shame it's no longer in ERC!
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Andreas Mikkelsen will start on Azores. Shame it's no longer in ERC!
Shame it’s also about half the length as the last few years
Any new addition or replacement is possible in ERC 2023 calendar ?
Why there should be any?Quote:
Originally Posted by RallyFan13
Finally, perhaps Paddon is going to be in Gran Canaria.Quote:
Originally Posted by 106 sport
Full ERC Junior season for young german driver René Noller whit Peugeot 208 Rally4 of Team OPV.
Codriver Natalie Solbach-Smicht https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...90e376da03.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...a34b2b5bf2.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...14378d3be3.jpg
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Interesting!!! Finally Max McRae chose the Racing Factory Team(Portugal)and the Opel Corsa Rally4 as car for his Junior ERC Campaign :eek:
Young McRae moves to Scotland, to the McRae family’s hometown of Lanark. In Europe he wants to make a career in this sport:
https://www.fiaerc.com/erc/news/erc/...-erc-campaign/
Paddon fully committed to ERC after Fafe win...great to hear.
https://dirtfish.com/rally/erc/paddo...nt-to-the-erc/
The Ulster Rally may return to ERC if it & its organisers impress the FIA...
https://m.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/spo.../11641808.html
European Rally Championship turns 70 this year:
https://www.fiaerc.com/erc/news/erc/...cing-erc---70/
= if they will bring money...Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
That goes without saying these days...Quote:
Originally Posted by PLuto
But N.Ireland has history in the ERC and it will be cheaper than getting an event into the WRC.
Not sure where to post this, but Alex Lukyanuk raced as co-driver this year, which is pretty cool! I thought he was totally out of the rallying scene. Hope to see him back into ERC!
https://www.ewrc-results.com/final/8...nferrini-2023/
(in P8 with a Skoda)
Lukyanuk is doing coach of ukranian crew (and other portuguese crews like Lucas Simões) that participates in Portugal national championship this season.
https://campeonatoportugalderalis.pt...dY-GQ0PhHeGO34
And in Greece too…
for which driver?
He is living in Cyprus now.
He participate in Italy with Cypriot flag too
Remembering Craig Breen in the ERC. I was his biggest fan and (possibly only) supporter on this forum at the time.
This was his and the 208T16's first win - Acropolis Rally 2014:
https://www.thecheckeredflag.co.uk/w...92111954_n.jpg
https://www.fia.com/news/double-erc-...cropolis-rally
Thank you Craig Breen for all memories
https://youtu.be/FhfDqBiAeyA
link?Quote:
Originally Posted by RallyFan13
Toyota is still looking for new Japanese rally talents. As part of TOYOTA GAZOO Racing WRC Challenge Program, 3 young drivers from Japan - Yuki Yamamoto, Nao Otake and Hikaru Kogure - are going to compete in ERC Rally Poland on May 19-21. Funny thing is that... they are all going to drive Renaults Clio Rally4 :)
Last week they were competing in Rally Regione Piemonte in Italy, but it didn't go very well.
Source of news and more details about the Toyota initiative:
https://toyotagazooracing.com/challe...023/041702-01/
It's already second year of that project...
Dennis Rådström and Johan Johansson to FIA ERC - European Rally Championship in the highest class together with GN Motorsport.
Rally driver Dennis Rådström from Torsby, together with his co-driver Johan Johansson from Valdemarsvik, will drive three races in this year's ERC rally series in the highest class. This is when, together with the reigning Swedish champion team GN Motorsport from Skåne, they drive the gravel races in Poland, Latvia and the home rally Royal Rally of Scandinavia in Värmland in July.
Dennis and Johan will drive a four-wheel-drive Ford Fiesta Rally2 together with GN Motorsport, which has won the Rally-SM for the past three years. This year, the team is betting on the ERC series, where Dennis and Johan will now be teammates with double world champion Pontus Tidemand and co-driver Julia Thulin.
- I am really excited and look forward to developing and competing internationally again. We have a long way to go, and need some miles in our body before we are among the top in the four-wheel drive class. But the potential is there, I feel, and together with GN Motorsport I look forward to the fantastically fun races we will run this summer, says Dennis Rådström.
In the ERC, Dennis and Johan will compete on tires from the Indian tire manufacturer MRF.
We welcome Dennis and Johan to us at GN Motorsporthttps://postimg.cc/MXBqnHGHhttps://i.postimg.cc/fW2Lg0nc/IMG-1573.jpg
Javier Pardo to compete in Rally Islas Canarias as yet another driver representing MRF Tyres:
https://www.fiaerc.com/erc/news/erc/...-15-days-away/
Operation Sponsor Everyone Then Maybe One Will Win in full swing...Quote:
Originally Posted by Jarek Z
It will be funny if it is Hayden Paddon who wins the title :)Quote:
Originally Posted by ouvreur
Osyan Price confirms that he will take part in the next three rounds of the ERC (Poland, Latvia and Sweden). These rounds could be joined by a few more.
He will take part in a Skoda Fabia Rally2 evo of the Spanish Mapo Motorsport team, accompanied by the experienced Stephan Prevot. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...c01ead1618.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...9e43cd2142.jpg
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More from Osian Pryce...
Time for a new challenge !
Following my success in the British Rally Championship last year, i felt the need to try something new, and take on a new challenge.
After a lot of hard work, effort and endless setbacks, I’ve managed to put a deal together to complete in the FIA European Rally Championship for the next 3 events at least. Taking part in Poland, Latvia, and Sweden and see how it goes!
This year I’ll be piloting a Skoda Fabia Rally 2 EVO ran by MAPO Motorsport.
Joining me in the co drivers seat is former WRC co driver Stephane Prevot, so I’m looking forward to learning from him too.
Very thankful that My loyal sponsors and supporters behind the scenes are back for more after being with me for the last two seasons and more. The one thing the last challenging few months has taught me is to rely on the loyal ones, they have stuck with me and kept to their word’s.
Also Thanks to my family and friends once again for their support, I definitely wouldn’t be doing this if it wasn’t for them. 🙏🏻
Looking forward to starting in just over a weeks time in Poland, and join the FIA ERC roadshow. Its been a competitive few rounds so far, so looking forward to getting stuck in, and seeing how we go. And of course…. Enjoy the Experience!
More on: http://www.osianpryce.com/news/osian...but-in-poland/
Another MRF driver in ERC 2023:
https://www.fiaerc.com/erc/news/erc/...victory-chase/
Miklós Csomós and Attila Nagy after their huge crash say that they are going to be back on Rally di Roma Capitale in July:
https://www.fiaerc.com/erc/news/erc/...anarias-crash/
They started a crowdfunding on their facebook page also, as basically this almost collapsed their budget. I hope to be wrong, but without the help of a big sponsor, it is very 50/50 for them to be there...Quote:
Originally Posted by Jarek Z
Tom Kristensson Motorsport cancels the ERC program in 2023
It is with great sadness that Tom and Andreas now choose to stop competing in the ERC - European Rally Championship after 3 rounds, and with this also ends the partnership with Tagai Racing Technology and Citroën.
There are many small reasons for this decision. Everything from a feeling, to bigger challenges in working with budgets and the situation in the world right now, as well as some other things, says Tom.
Of course, I would have hoped for a perfect feeling and a really great season in a fantastic championship, but obviously that doesn't happen, unfortunately.
I have been fighting for so many years and learned never to do anything that doesn't feel 100% good or right. This with full respect for everyone involved - the Team, Andreas, Pirelli, Citroën Racing and above all for my own part that I choose to do this.
It's really not about me not wanting to drive a rally car. The will and the joy are there. But it needs to be done the right way. It is so important that the positive outweighs the negative in order to have the strength and be able to continue, concludes Tom.
There are still many activities and sponsor events going on and we are working on a new way forward.
In the middle of this, a request has appeared from a person who has been very involved in my rally effort in various ways. This concerned driving and being seen as well as evaluating various things at Hovdalasprinten in Hässleholm, which is part of the Swedish Championship Gravel Sprint as early as June 3rd.
We will therefore start there in one of GN Motorsport's Ford Fiesta Rally2 here. This felt like a good thing to do considering this situation and we have therefore chosen to accept this.
There are no more competitions planned right now, but we will see how the future develops.
We drive and enjoy in Hovdalasprinten and then we'll see.
Once again, we would like to extend a big and warm thank you to everyone involved.
JoshMcErlean5
He is back ! @J_Fuzzy_Fulton will return to the hot seat as we take on @FIAERC @LVRally next weekend. Some very fast roads with a very good friend, it doesn’t get much better !
What a brave guy co-driver James Fulton is, getting back into a rally car after the accident that cost his driver Craig Breen his life.
That´s true, but he was already in Rally de Portugal with Meeke.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
Jon Armstrong joins MRF crew and steps up into Fiesta Rally2.
Instead of Pontus Tidemand. Currently only for Rally Scandinavia.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kenneth