2025 ERC News & Rumours

[Krigen]

ERC shaping up to be real good, or better this year.

[Andre Oliveira]

Kevin Saraiva and Beatriz Pinto

[PLuto]

Kowax DST Racing will compete in ERC - https://www.fiaerc.com/a/news/w29264...four-it-in-ERC

[Jarek Z]

Norbert Herczig is returning back to ERC - https://www.fiaerc.com/a/news/w29212...ena-s-new-team

Herczig wins his first event with a new car - Rally Lloret de Mar in Spain:
https://www.ewrc-results.com/final/9...t-de-mar-2025/

Highlights from Passats de Canto:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHS-V5CdTe0

P.S. Note that cars have almost old school numbers on the door. It looks so much better

[Jarek Z]

He doesn't think he will finish in the top 5 himself He sees himself somewhere around 10th-15th place.

Verstappen has just managed to win the first round of Belgian championship:
https://www.ewrc-results.com/results...spengouw-2025/

Has he become so good or has the level of Belgian championship gone down so much?

[PLuto]

Verstappen has just managed to win the first round of Belgian championship.

Has he become so good or has the level of Belgian championship gone down so much?

Second was ex-codriver of Loix (and currently Serderidis) and third was driver, who is doing rally as hobby with 2-3 starts per season...

[dupanton]

Second was ex-codriver of Loix (and currently Serderidis) and third was driver, who is doing rally as hobby with 2-3 starts per season...

Doing rally as a hobby but he is also 8 time belgian rally champion

From the top 3 of last year, Potty went to WRC2, Cherain switched to Porsche and Reynvoet to a Hyundai without much preparation (he went off).

[PLuto]

Doing rally as a hobby but he is also 8 time belgian rally champion

From the top 3 of last year, Potty went to WRC2, Cherain switched to Porsche and Reynvoet to a Hyundai without much preparation (he went off).

I know this very well. Switch of Cherain to Porsche is quite strange. But it looks like he managed his targed with being a champion. And Maxime Potty? It is good he is trying international competition, but I think ERC should be more suitable for him...

[Jarek Z]

Second was ex-codriver of Loix (and currently Serderidis)

Yeah, I knew the name Miclotte sounded familiar. So does that mean that the co-driver is actually better driver than his driver?

[Jarek Z]

Lancia announced that the winner of Trofeo Lancia will get the chance to become an official driver and compete in the 2026 European Rally Championship behind the wheel of a factory Lancia Ypsilon Rally4 HF:
https://www.fiaerc.com/en/news/lanci...-the-next-step