2018 National Champions

I don't have much time anymore to keep track of national championships, so for anyone who's interested I'm posting here the 2018 champions that I've collected. Feel free to add and/or correct anything.

Argentina: Federico Villagra - Ford Fiesta MR
Austria: Niki Mayr-Melnhof - Ford Fiesta R5
Belgium: Kris Princen - Skoda Fabia R5
Bulgaria: Miroslav Angelov - Skoda Fabia R5
Croatia: Krisztian Hideg (Hungary) - Skoda Fabia R5
Czech Republic: Jan Kopecky - Skoda Fabia R5
Denmark: Ib Kragh - Citroen DS3 R5
Estonia: Valeriy Gorban (Ukraine) - Mini Countryman JCW WRC
Finland: Eerik Pietarinen - Skoda Fabia R5
France: Yoann Bonato - Citroen C3 R5
Germany: Marijan Griebel - Peugeot 208 T16
Great Britain: Matt Edwards - Ford Fiesta R5
Hungary: Andras Hadik - Ford Fiesta R5
Iceland: Ragnar Bjarni Grondal - Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI
Ireland (Tarmac): Josh Moffett - Ford Fiesta R5
Italy: Paolo Andreucci - Peugeot 208 T16
Japan: Toshihiro Arai - Subaru WRX STi
Kenya: Carl Tundo - Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X
Latvia: Valeriy Gorban (Ukraine) - Mini Countryman JCW WRC
Lebanon: Roger Feghali - Skoda Fabia R5
Lithuania: Giedrius Notkus - Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX
Netherlands: Hermen Kobus - Skoda Fabia R5
New Zealand: Hayden Paddon - Hyundai i20 AP4
Northern Ireland: Derek McGarrity - Subaru Impreza S14 WRC 08
Norway: Anders Grondal - Ford Fiesta R5
Paraguay: Gustavo Saba - Skoda Fabia R5
Poland: Grzegorz Grzyb - Skoda Fabia R5
Romania: Simone Tempestini - Citroen DS3 R5
Russia: Sergey Uspenskiy - Subaru WRX STi
Scotland: Andrew Gallacher - Ford Focus RS WRC 01
Serbia: Goran Rabasovic - Citroen C2 R2
Slovakia: Martin Koci - Skoda Fabia R5
Slovenia: Rok Turk - Peugeot 208 T16
South Africa: Guy Botterill - Toyota Etios R2
Sweden: Martin Berglund - Skoda Fabia R5
Switzerland: Ivan Ballinari - Skoda Fabia R5
Uganda: Susan Muwonge - Subaru Impreza WRX STi N12
Ukraine: Borys Gandzha - Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX
Uruguay: Guzman Rivero - Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X
USA (Rally America): David Brown - Subaru Impreza RS
USA (ARA): David Higgins (UK) - Subaru WRX STi

FIA Africa: Manvir Singh Baryan (Kenya) - Skoda Fabia R5
FIA Asia Pacific: Yuya Sumiyama (Japan) - Skoda Fabia R5
FIA Codasur: Gustavo Saba (Paraguay) - Skoda Fabia R5
FIA Middle East: Nasser Al Attiyah (Qatar) - Ford Fiesta R5
FIA Nacam: Ricardo Trivino (Mexico) - Citroen DS3 R5
Alpe Adria Cup: Michael Kogler (Austria) - Citroen DS3 R3
Euro Trophee: Sebastien Luis (Belgium) - Citroen C2 R2
Mitropa Cup: Gergely Fogasy (Hungary) - Peugeot 208 T16

(need confirmation for these)
China: Gaoxiang Fan - Subaru XV S6
Greece: Ioannis Badounas - Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI

4 equal champions in Finland

SM1 Eerik Pietarinen Fabia R5

SM2 Henrik Pietarinen Lancer Evo IX (Eerik and Henrik are brothers)

SM3 Jaro Kinnunen 208 R2

SM4 Erno Kinnunen Civic Type-R EP3 (Jaro and Erno are NOT from same family, Kinnunen is just common name)

Teams champion is TGS (Toni Gardemaister Sport)

Spain Gravel: Xavi Pons (Peugeot 208 R5 & Fabia R5)
France Gravel: Sylvain Michel (Skoda Fabia R5)

In two weeks we'll also know the Spanish tarmac champion, probably Miguel Fuster (Ford Fiesta R5).

This weekend we'll know the portuguese champion.

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Originally Posted by focus206

(...) for anyone who's interested I'm posting here the 2018 champions that I've collected. Feel free to add and/or correct anything.

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Great job focus206, once more. There's little to add!

Portugal: Armindo Araújo/Luís Ramalho - Hyundai i20 R5

Brazil - Paulo Nobre - Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X

Since there are also some other championships named and maybe some of You can find it interesting here are other Czech names for 2018 related to rallysprint series (1 day long events):

RSS (Rallysprint Series, 2WD only): Petr Semerád (208 R2/Adam R2, 17 years old)
P2+ (A cup added to the Rallysprint Series for 4WD and 2.0T cars): Roman Odložilík (Fiesta R5)

Spain (Tarmac): Miguel Fuster/Ignacio Aviño - Ford Fiesta R5