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Fans choose Armstrong as the ERC Most Improved Driver of 2025
Jon Armstrong said to “believe in yourself” was key to his capture of the ERC Most Improved Driver of the Year award, as voted by fans of the FIA European Rally Championship.
The M-Sport Ford World Rally Team driver, who finished runner-up in the overall 2025 ERC standings, headed the online pole with 50 per cent of the public vote.
Miko Marczyk, the ERC champion for 2025, came second followed by ERC4/Junior ERC champion Calle Carlberg, Master ERC title winner Martin Vlček and Tristan Charpentier, the ex-circuit racer who impressed in ERC3.
FIA ERC Sporting Delegate Miikka Anttila presented Armstrong with his prize
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After collecting the ERC Most Improved Driver of the Year award from FIA ERC Sporting Delegate Miikka Anttila during the ERC Awards in Zagreb earlier this month, Armstrong, who was co-driven by Shane Byrne, said: “It’s obviously been a bit of an up and down year, but it’s obviously been going better on the last couple of rallies, compared to last year I’ve got much more pace and it’s nice to get this memento to show I’ve been getting faster so thank you to the fans.
“You’ve got to believe in yourself and everything you learn from rally to rally you’ve got to put that into practice. When you learn one event and know what to expect you can come back the next year and attack it.”
Find out who won the ERC Quote of the Year tomorrow (Wednesday) by visiting FIAERC.com.
