Wed 01 Jan 2025

The year ahead in ERC

A new event in Spain and the return of Croatia Rally and Rally Poland are among the highlights in store in the 2025 FIA European Rally Championship, which kicks off in just over three months from now.

Revving into action with the all-asphalt 42nd Rally Sierra Morena - Córdoba Patrimonio de la Humanidad in Andalusia from 4 - 6 April, the 2025 ERC schedule features eight events including five on asphalt and three on gravel spread from April to October.  


After hosting the season opener this year, V-Híd Rally Hungary (below) provides the first gravel action of the campaign from 9 - 11 May followed by BAUHAUS Royal Rally of Scandinavia in Sweden (29 - 31 May), a second consecutive loose-surface event. The 81st Rally Poland completes the ERC’s trio of gravel rounds from 13 - 15 June.

It’s a return to asphalt for Rally di Roma Capitale in Italy (4 - 6 July) with Barum Czech Rally Zlín providing the next sealed-surface instalment from 15 - 17 August ahead of JDS Machinery Rali Ceredigion from 5 - 7 September. The Tarmac contest in Wales was a new addition to the ERC calendar for 2024 and marked the return of the ERC to the United Kingdom for the first time since 2016.  


The season-deciding Croatia Rally (below), a popular Tarmac fixture in the WRC since 2021, makes its ERC comeback as the season decider having last hosted the championship in 2013. Based in the capital Zagreb, the event will run from 3 - 5 October.

All rounds count for the FIA European Rally Championship for Drivers, Co-Drivers and Teams, plus the FIA ERC3 Championship for Drivers and Co-Drivers and the FIA ERC4 Championship for Drivers and Co-Drivers. With the exception of BAUHAUS Royal Rally of Scandinavia and JDS Machinery Rali Ceredigion, the other six ERC rounds count towards the Hankook-supplied FIA Junior ERC Championship.  


FIA European Rally Championship calendar 2025

Round 1: 42nd Rally Sierra Morena - Córdoba Patrimonio de la Humanidad, Spain, 4 - 6 April (asphalt)
Round 2: V-Híd Rally Hungary, 9 - 11 May (gravel)
Round 3: BAUHAUS Royal Rally of Scandinavia, Sweden, 29 May - 31 May (gravel)
Round 4: 81st Rally Poland, 13 - 15 June (gravel)
Round 5: Rally di Roma Capitale, Italy, 4 - 6 July (asphalt)
Round 6: Barum Czech Rally Zlín, 15 - 17 August (asphalt)
Round 7: JDS Machinery Rali Ceredigion, United Kingdom, 5 - 7 September (asphalt)
Round 8: Croatia Rally, 3- 5 October (asphalt)

Sweden
Starts: Thursday, February 13, 2025 at 8:00:00 AM
Spain
Starts: Thursday, April 3, 2025 at 7:00:00 AM
Turkey
Starts: Sunday, November 10, 2024 at 8:30:00 AM