2021 ERC News and Rumors

[Jarek Z]

Yes. Driver "developped" the car himself with the Rally 2-kit.

He ran it in Rallye du Touquet but with very poor results and a lot of problems apparentely.
He was beaten on all stages by the fastest Rally4 car(s) and even finished behind the first 2 Clio Rally5 cars

He wasn't that bad in Rally Poland. His Toyota finished in the 33th position, only behind 3 Rally4 cars, third in ERC2.

[Andre Oliveira]

Oliver helps Oscar with 100.000€. Oscar will do ERC in Rally3 car.

https://www.emotorsport.se/nyheter.p...yhets_id=20426

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Oliver helps Oscar with 100.000€. Oscar will do ERC in Rally3 car.

https://www.emotorsport.se/nyheter.p...yhets_id=20426

IMO if he didnt want/need the prize for himself it should go to the 2nd placed 2020 ERC Junior driver.

[Jarek Z]

Father and son in Subaru Historic Rally Team enter ERC:
https://www.fiaerc.com/pryczek-glad-...er-home-debut/

[RS]

Dmitry Eremeev back with Luky for Latvia (that’s nice), Yaroslav Fedorov doing Estonia and Roma Capitale:

https://www.fiaerc.com/erc-champion-...n-the-baltics/

[Andre Oliveira]

Rumours about no Serras de Fafe e Felgueiras in ERC 2021. Only national championshiop rally.

[RS]

Eurosport exit confirmed: https://www.fiaerc.com/eurosport-eve...ries-with-fia/

It sounds as if the calendar may become a little more ‘mainland’ with the exit of Eurosport with events focused more on key markets.

Feel a bit sad having closely followed IRC and then the transition to ERC under Eurosport.. I liked the alternative and family feel of these championships and fear ‘new ERC’ may become a bit blandified but I have an open mind to what the new promoter may bring. Hopefully more and improved live coverage streamed free on Youtube!

ERC under Eurosport never reached the heights of IRC but nonetheless it was still an improvement on what ERC was beforehand.

[AndyRAC]

Agree with that RS; the ERC seemed a bit rudderless, and the IRC added some impetus. However, I don't think Eurosport did enough with it - the recent live coverage on You Tube was a 'too little too late'.
I'm not sure about the new promoters; putting coverage behind a paywall is not going to grow it.

I've been saying for years that rallying needs another competitive International series - a proper ERC could/should be this; a series of events for Rally2 cars all over Europe.

[Mirek]

Dominik Stříteský will start in Rome, on Barum and in Hungary. Most likely all with the old Fabia R5 of Vančík team he uses normally this season.

[rp]

Dominik Stříteský will start in Rome, on Barum and in Hungary. Most likely all with the old Fabia R5 of Vančík team he uses normally this season.

Great to see so young and talented driver from your country to get some ERC events!