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ERC champions targeting Monte magic
FIA European Rally Championship title winners aplenty will line up for the FIA World Rally Championship season-opening Rallye Monte-Carlo this week. Here’s a refresher.
Jon Armstrong: M-Sport Ford World Rally Team’s new Rally1 recruit, the ERC runner-up in 2025, previously won the ERC3 title, taking the laurels in 2023.
Armstrong got his 2023 ERC3 title bid off to a flyer in Fafe
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Roberto Daprà: The 2023 ERC4 champion is embarking on his third WRC2 campaign and completed the WRC2 Challenger podium on Rallye Monte-Carlo 12 months ago.
Daprà triumphed in the 2023 ERC4 title battle
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Nikolay Gryazin: New Lancia Corse HF signing, who won the Rally2-based Junior ERC title in 2018. He’s also a five-time ERC event winner.
Gryazin celebrates his 2018 Junior ERC1 success
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Chris Ingram: After almost a year away from competition, 2019 ERC champion Ingram returns for his favourite rally and for the start of what he hopes will be a season-long WRC2 bid.
Ingram became ERC champion in 2019 after climbing the ranks
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Filip Kohn: Following a first WRC2 stint in 2025, the 2024 ERC3 champion is back for more in 2026.
Kohn stepped up to WRC2 after becoming ERC3 champion
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Filip Mareš: Mareš followed Gryazin as the winner of the Rally2-based Junior ERC title in 2019. He’s making his Rallye Monte-Carlo debut this week.
Mareš built on his potential with the 2019 Junior ERC1 crown
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Hayden Paddon: Having claimed back-to-back ERC titles in 2023 and 2024 alongside John Kennard, Paddon and his fellow New Zealander return to rallying’s top table with the Hyundai Shell Mobis World Rally Team.
Paddon was a winner indoors and out during his 2023 title-winning season
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Oliver Solberg: The Rally2-based Junior ERC champion in 2020, Solberg is all set to start his first full season as a Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT driver following his outright victory on Rally Estonia and WRC2 title triumph in 2025.
Solberg claimed Junior ERC1 title glory in 2020
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