2021 ERC News and Rumors

[Sulland]

It is good to see that ERC is growing into a wider championship, and teams see this as seroes of strong competition. A good place to learn international rallies before moving up to WRC for young talent.

[Alpine-110]

ERC is perfect place for the Alpine R-GT.

Many hope for Alpine ERC 2 champion next year.
Maybe even a cup for that car also in Europe series as Abarth.

[Mirek]

ERC is perfect place for the Alpine R-GT.

No, only one event (Canarias) of eight is purely well-suited for Alpine with another one being possibly quite good one too (Rome), Barum is already quite GT-unfriendly even when it is asphalt and Hungary is even worse. The other four events are gravel ones.

[Mirek]

No, only one event (Canarias) of eight is purely well-suited for Alpine with another one being possibly quite good one too (Rome), Barum is already quite GT-unfriendly even when it is asphalt and Hungary is even worse. The other four events are gravel ones.

... and in the end even Canarias was terrible for R-GT.

[Rally Power]

Many hope for Alpine ERC 2 champion next year.
Maybe even a cup for that car also in Europe series as Abarth.

Is Alpine working on a gravel kit?

Btw, like Mirek mentioned, Canarias is the most suitable event for the A110; bit of a shame that there's no top crew using it in this year rally.

[Sulland]

ERC has grown in 2020, and has attracted more teams and drivers.

Hopefully the series will continue to be seen as a good platform to develop as a driver before going to the WRC series.

Who will we see in the different classes wanting to become European Champion?

[Jarek Z]

Who will we see in the different classes wanting to become European Champion?

I don't know if he will want to become European Champion, but according to this article Solberg won €100,000 and we should see him in at least two events in 2021:
https://www.fiaerc.com/munster-fight...go-to-solberg/

Also Ken Torn should get some prize for winning ERC3, but I'm not sure what it is.

[RS]

I don't know if he will want to become European Champion, but according to this article Solberg won €100,000 and we should see him in at least two events in 2021:
https://www.fiaerc.com/munster-fight...go-to-solberg/

Also Ken Torn should get some prize for winning ERC3, but I'm not sure what it is.

Torn’s prize is two events in a Motorsport Italia Fabia R5. For Solberg the choice of team/car is free.

[tommeke_B]

I think ERC will continue to grow. They're doing a great job providing far better return for less money than WRC2 and WRC3. If a top R5 driver arrives in an ERC event he's one of the stars, if the same driver arrives in a WRC event in WRC2/3, he's just a number in the second category.

I heard Grégoire Munster is going to do the whole championship. If he keeps improving as he has been doing this year, he could be in the fight for the title.

[pantealex]

I think ERC will continue to grow. They're doing a great job providing far better return for less money than WRC2 and WRC3. If a top RC2 driver arrives in an ERC event he's one of the stars, if the same driver arrives in a WRC event in WRC2/3, he's just a number in the second category.

All true!

Problem is: If driver wants to be World Champion he/she just must drive WRC events. Experience is needed before you can fight with "Big Boys" WRC/Rally1 cars.