A new season begins — European Rally Championship has kicked off! 7 rallies across 7 countries lie ahead.
The calendar
It's a season of contrasts: asphalt, often with ice and snow, snow and ice, gravel, asphalt and fast gravel. Nobody will have it all their own way — the gravel specialists and the asphalt aces will each get their turn.
- 1 Nov: Rallye Monte-Carlo (Monaco) — the Alpine passes above the Côte d'Azur, climbing through hairpins to the Col de Turini, on asphalt, often with ice and snow (6 stages)
- 8 Nov: Rally Sweden — frozen forest roads in Värmland, lined with banks of packed snow, on snow and ice (6 stages)
- 15 Nov: Rally de Portugal — the hills and eucalyptus forests of the north, around Matosinhos and the Douro, on gravel (6 stages)
- 22 Nov: Central Europe Rally (Czechia) — the hills of Czechia, Austria and Bavaria on narrow country lanes, on asphalt (6 stages)
- 29 Nov: Rally Italia Sardegna (Italy) — the rocky, sun-baked interior of Sardinia, on gravel (6 stages)
- 6 Dec: Rally Estonia — smooth, sweeping forest roads around Tartu, on fast gravel (6 stages)
- 13 Dec: Rally Latvia — flat-out forest roads near Liepāja, on fast gravel (6 stages)
The one to circle? Rally de Portugal: sandy gravel ruts deeply on the second pass, and a few iconic jumps reward commitment and punish a bad landing.
The cars
The classes on the grid: Rally2 and WRC2.
The drivers
Entries are open now — the grid will take shape over the coming days, so get your name down.
A first for the league
There's no previous season to look back on — whoever takes this title writes the first line of the history books.
Photo of the season
Every driver can upload up to three photos from this championship to the season gallery. Everyone votes, and the best three photos win prize money at the end of the season.
Get signed up and get your times in — good luck out there!