European Rally Trophy

The FIA European Rally Trophy, ERT is a European rally competition.[1] The ERT is made up of competitors from seven regions, which are the Alpine Rally Trophy, the Balkan Rally Trophy, the Baltic Rally Trophy, the Benelux Rally Trophy, the Celtic Rally Trophy, the Central Rally Trophy and the Iberian Rally Trophy. The top five competitors in each class from the seven regions are eligible to enter the European Rally Trophy final.

History

The ERT evolved from European Rally Cup, which ran in 2012-2013. In 2012 European Rally Cup ran in 3 regions: South, East and Central. For the 2013 edition European Rally Cup ran as a single tournament made up of 17 rounds.

2014

The first competition of ERT was won by the Bulgarian Krum Donchev, he had won both his home events and defeated Oleksandr Saliuk, Jr. who was only present at three events. The competition format was single championship made up of 13 rounds.[2]

2015

The Turkish ex-JWRC driver scored five wins in five starts to become 2015 champion, driving both R5 and S2000. His rival and runner up was the Emirati Rashid Al-Ketbi, remained winless but had three podium finishes. Third was Slovenian driver Rok Turk who won twice in 2015. The competition format was single championship made up of 14 rounds.[3]

2016

The competition format gained a new shape from 2016 onwards. The tournament consisted of 3 regional ERT championships - Balkan, Baltic, Celtic, Central and Iberian. The top 5 each championship drivers qualified to the final race, which in 2016 was selected to be International Rally Waldviertel (de:Rallye Waldviertel).[4]

2017

The new format proved to be successful, with two more regional ERT championships added - Alpine and Benelux. The final race took place in Rallye Casinos do Algarve.[5]

2018

The last year's format was repeated, including the final race in Rallye Casinos do Algarve.[6]

2019

Same seven regional ERT championships took place, with the final taking place at Rallye International du Valais on 16-19 October.[7][8]

2020

Same seven regional ERT championships took place, with the final taking place at International ADMV Lausitz Rallye (de:Boxberg/O.L.#Lausitz-Rallye).

FIA ERT Celtic Rally Trophy
R. Rally Dates
1 West Cork International Rally 14-15 March
2 Circuit of Ireland International Rally 10-11 April
3 Donegal International Rally 19-21 June
4 Ulster International Rally 21-22 August
5 Cork 20 International Rally 26-27 September

Past winners
YearDriverCo-DriverCarRally Final
2020 Intl. ADMV Lausitz Rallye
2019 Ondřej Bisaha Petr TěšínskýHyundai i20 R5 Rallye International du Valais
2018 Alexandre Camacho Rui RodriguesŠkoda Fabia R5 Rallye Casinos do Algarve
2017 Yagiz Avci Bahadir GücenmezŠkoda Fabia R5 Rallye Casinos do Algarve
2016 Rashid Al-Ketbi Giovanni BernacchiniFord Fiesta R5 Intl. Rallye Waldviertel
2015 Murat Bostanci Onur VatanseverFord Fiesta R514 round championship
2014 Krum Donchev Petar YordanovFord Fiesta R513 round championship

See also

References
  1. "European Rally Trophy". Federation Internationale de l'Automobile. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
  2. https://www.fia.com/events/european-rally-trophy/season-2014/classifications
  3. https://www.fia.com/events/european-rally-trophy/season-2015/classifications
  4. https://www.fia.com/events/european-rally-trophy/season-2016/classifications
  5. https://www.fia.com/events/european-rally-trophy/season-2017/classifications
  6. https://www.fia.com/events/european-rally-trophy/season-2018/classifications
  7. https://www.fia.com/events/european-rally-trophy/season-2019/european-rally-trophy
  8. https://www.fia.com/events/european-rally-trophy/season-2019/classifications
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