2011 European Rally Championship

2011 European Rally Championship season
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The 2011 European Rally Championship season was the 59th season of the FIA European Rally Championship, the European continental championship series in rallying. The season consisted of eleven rallies, beginning with Rally 1000 Miglia on 14 April 2011 and concluding with the Rallye International du Valais on 29 October 2011. Only drivers registered for the European championship were allowed to score points at the events, and they had to compete in a minimum of 8 rallies to be classified in the final championship standings. 28 drivers were registered for the season, the majority (15) were from Italy, four were from Poland, three from Bulgaria, two each from Slovenia and France and one each from Czech Republic and Switzerland.

As in the previous year, Italian driver Luca Rossetti won the European championship, driving an Abarth Grande Punto S2000 car. He won the European championship category in 5 rallies. Second place in the final standings was claimed by Luca Betti (Italy), who won 2 events. Polish driver Michał Sołowow was the ERC winner in 3 events, but did not compete in enough rallies to be classified in the final standings.

Calendar

The original calendar for the 2011 season featured 12 rallies, the 11 rallies from the previous season plus Rally Bulgaria which returned after one year with the WRC. However, the first event, the ELPA Rally in Greece was cancelled, leaving 11 rallies, 9 of them on tarmac.[1] Two events were shared with the Intercontinental Rally Challenge: Ypres and Zlín.

Round Date Event Surface Other series
1 – 3 April Greece ELPA Rally cancelled
1 14 – 16 April Italy Rally 1000 Miglia tarmac Italian
2 20 – 22 May Croatia Croatia Rally tarmac Croatian
3 3 – 5 June Turkey Bosphorus Rally gravel Turkish
4 23 – 25 June Belgium Geko Ypres Rally tarmac IRC, Belgian
5 8 – 10 July Bulgaria Rally Bulgaria tarmac Bulgarian
6 4 – 6 August Portugal Rally Vinho da Madeira tarmac Portuguese, Madeiran
7 16 – 18 August Czech Republic Barum Rally Zlín tarmac IRC, Czech
8 9 – 11 September Spain Rally Príncipe de Asturias tarmac Spain
9 23 – 25 September Poland Rally Poland gravel Polish
10 14 – 16 October France Rallye d'Antibes Côte d'Azur tarmac French
11 27 – 29 October Switzerland Rallye International du Valais tarmac Swiss

Results and standings

Results and Statistics

Note: the results and statistics only consider drivers starting in the ERC.

Colour Rally Surface
Gold Gravel
Silver Tarmac
Round Rally name ERC Podium finishers ERC Statistics
Rank Driver Car Time Stages Length Starters Finishers
1 Italy 35th Rally 1000 Miglia
(14–16 April)
Result source:
1 Italy Luca Rossetti Abarth Grande Punto S2000 2:57:17.3 14 247.43 km 17 11
2 Italy Renato Travaglia Škoda Fabia S2000 +1:17.3
3 Italy Alessandro Perico Peugeot 207 S2000 +1:39.8
2 Croatia 38th Croatia Rally
(20–22 May)
Result source:
1 Italy Luca Rossetti Abarth Grande Punto S2000 2:21:09.1 15 246.45 km 13 10
2 Italy Luca Betti Peugeot 207 S2000 +1:41.1
3 Poland Maciej Oleksowicz Ford Fiesta S2000 +2:51.9
3 Turkey 40th Bosphorus Rally
(3–5 June)
Result source:
1 Italy Luca Betti Peugeot 207 S2000 2:28:14.7 16 238.30 km 7 5
2 Poland Maciej Oleksowicz Ford Fiesta S2000 +34.9
3 Poland Szymon Ruta Peugeot 207 S2000 +4:42.6
4 Belgium 47th Geko Ypres Rally
(24–25 June)
Result source:
1 Poland Michał Sołowow Ford Fiesta S2000 2:46:10.7 18 297.10 km 7 4
2 Italy Luca Rossetti Abarth Grande Punto S2000 +1:18.2
3 Czech Republic Antonín Tlusťák Škoda Fabia S2000 +5:22.1
5 Bulgaria 42nd Rally Bulgaria
(8–10 July)
Result source:
1 Italy Luca Rossetti Abarth Grande Punto S2000 2:28:35.9 10 257.76 km 10 10
2 Bulgaria Petar Gyoshev Peugeot 207 S2000 +7.3
3 Italy Luca Betti Peugeot 207 S2000 +34.8
6 Portugal 52nd Rali Vinho da Madeira
(4–6 August)
Result source:
1 Italy Luca Rossetti Abarth Grande Punto S2000 2:54:40.4 19 268.50 km 7 6
2 Italy Luca Betti Peugeot 207 S2000 +4:00.3
3 Czech Republic Antonín Tlusťák Škoda Fabia S2000 +7:08.0
7 Czech Republic 41st Barum Rally Zlín
(16–18 August)
Result source:
1 Poland Michał Sołowow Ford Fiesta S2000 2:20:52.4 15 248.48 km 9 8
2 Italy Giandomenico Basso Proton Satria Neo S2000 +52.1
3 Poland Maciej Oleksowicz Ford Fiesta S2000 +2:09.0
8 Spain 48th Rally Príncipe de Asturias
(9–11 September)
Result source:
1 Italy Luca Betti Peugeot 207 S2000 2:31:15.1 13 231,56 km 6 4
2 Czech Republic Antonín Tlusťák Škoda Fabia S2000 +3:30.7
3 Poland Szymon Ruta Peugeot 207 S2000 +3:34.5
9 Poland 68th Rally Poland
(23–25 September)
Result source:
1 Poland Michał Sołowow Ford Fiesta S2000 2:09:17.9 13 230.23 km 7 7
2 Italy Luca Rossetti Abarth Grande Punto S2000 +4:17.6
3 Poland Szymon Ruta Peugeot 207 S2000 +4:44.8
10 France 46th Rallye d'Antibes Côte d'Azur
(14–16 October)
Result source:
1 Italy Luca Rossetti Abarth Grande Punto S2000 2:56:38.1 14 259.91 km 8 6
2 Italy Luca Betti Peugeot 207 S2000 +23.6
3 Poland Maciej Oleksowicz Ford Fiesta S2000 +6:23.0
11 Switzerland 52nd Rallye International du Valais
(27–29 October)
Result source:
1 Czech Republic Antonín Tlusťák Škoda Fabia S2000 3:12:48.4 17 264.71 km 6 4
2 Poland Maciej Oleksowicz Ford Fiesta S2000 +10:28.2
3 Slovenia Rok Turk Peugeot 207 R3T +14:07.4

Drivers' championship

For the final classification in a rally, the winner got 25 points, the runner-up 18 and the third placed driver 15. Drivers ranked 4 to 10 got 12–10–8–6–4–2–1 point(s). Additionally, the top five of every leg got 7–5–3–2–1 point(s).[2] The season was divided into two parts (first 5 and last 6 rallies). From each part, only the 4 best results for each driver counted towards the championship. To qualify for the final standings, a driver had to participate in at least 5 events and in at least 1 in each part of the season.[3]

Pos Driver ITA
Italy
CRO
Croatia
TUR
Turkey
BEL
Belgium
BUL
Bulgaria
POR
Portugal
CZE
Czech Republic
ESP
Spain
POL
Poland
FRA
France
SUI
Switzerland
 Pts 
1 Italy Luca Rossetti 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 Ret 253
2 Italy Luca Betti 4 2 1 Ret 3 2 5 1 2 Ret 223
3 Czech Republic Antonín Tlusťák 9 6 4 3 5 3 4 2 4 4 1 164
4 Poland Maciej Oleksowicz 7 3 2 4 Ret 3 Ret Ret 3 2 163
5 Poland Szymon Ruta 5 3 7 4 3 3 Ret 101
6 Slovenia Rok Turk 10 8 9 5 8 5 3 59
7 Italy Giovanni Vergnano Ret 10 Ret 10 6 4 Ret 6 4 51
Not enough events to qualify for championship
Poland Michał Sołowow 1 1 1 (115)
Bulgaria Dimitar Iliev 5 4 4 (46)
Italy Renato Travaglia 2 Ret Ret (35)
Italy Giandomenico Basso Ret 2 (31)
Bulgaria Petar Gyoshev Ret 2 (28)
Poland Maciej Rzeźnik 7 6 Ret Ret (23)
Italy Alessandro Perico 3 (21)
Italy Stefano Albertini 6 Ret 6 (18)
Bulgaria Todor Slavov 5 8 Ret (17)
Italy Piero Longhi Ret Ret (7)
Italy Marco Cavigioli 7 (6)
Italy Marco Signor 8 (4)
Italy Elia Bossalini Ret 9 (2)
France Cyril Vosahlo Ret (1)
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Black Excluded (EX)
Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Blank Withdrew entry before the event (WD)

2WD drivers' championship

Any driver participating in a 2WD car automatically also scored points for the 2WD championship.

Pos Driver ITA
Italy
CRO
Croatia
TUR
Turkey
BEL
Belgium
BUL
Bulgaria
POR
Portugal
CZE
Czech Republic
ESP
Spain
POL
Poland
FRA
France
SUI
Switzerland
 Pts 
1 Slovenia Rok Turk 3 1 2 1 2 1 1 231
2 Italy Giovanni Vergnano Ret 2 Ret 3 2 1 Ret 2 2 186
Not enough events to qualify for championship
Bulgaria Todor Slavov 1 1 Ret (85)
Italy Stefano Albertini 1 Ret 1 (78)
Italy Marco Signor 2 (28)
Italy Andrea Dallavilla Ret (2)

External links

References

  1. "FIA European Rally Championship 2011 – Calendar". rally-erc.com.
  2. "ERC Unofficial Standings". rally-erc.com.
  3. "Clarification of the number of results counted in ERC 2011". rally-erc.com. 2011-05-18.
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