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From high school to high hopes for ERC Fiesta ace Rzeźnik
Adrian Rzeźnik’s second FIA European Rally Championship appearance in Hungary this weekend coincides with his graduation from high school.
While his classmates are back home in Poland celebrating the latest stage of their lives, Rzeźnik is fully focused on building on his promising start on the international stage having finished second in ERC3 and the ERC Fiesta Rally3 Trophy on last month’s Rally Sierra Morena - Córdoba Patrimonio de la Humanidad.
Although ERC Staff House Rally Hungary is all-new for Rzeźnik and co-driver Kamil Kozdroń, the event marks a return to gravel for the 18-year-old rising star.
“On this surface I have the most experience and on it I feel the best, it is the most natural environment for me,” said Rzeźnik. “In rallies and tests we have already covered several thousand kilometres on gravel in different countries, in the most diverse conditions. I know how to use the grip, how to control the car and the pace. Watching the footage from last year, we are sure that it will be a difficult rally, but we are motivated and will give our best. The preparations were very intense. From the first kilometres we felt confident, so we could work on the car settings.”
Kozdroń (left) and Rzeźnik celebrate their ERC Fiesta Rally3 Trophy podium
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It was on gravel that Rzeźnik, together with then co-driver Adrian Sadowski, won the title of vice-champions of Lithuania in the LARC3 class in 2024. They finished on the podium on all six attempts and won Rally Zemaitija and Rally Utena.
Rzeźnik appears on an expanded ERC Fiesta Rally3 Trophy line-up in Hungary, which now boasts nine entrants as follows:
Tymek Abramowski (Poland)
Márton Bertalan (Poland)
Tristan Charpentier (France)
Casey Jay Coleman (Ireland)
Adam Grahn (Sweden)
Martin Ravenščak (Croatia)
Adrian Rzeźnik (Poland)
Esmar-Arnold Unt (Estonia)
Igor Widłak (Poland)
Martin Ravenščak finished fourth in Spain
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The ERC Fiesta Rally3 Trophy explained
A new addition to the FIA European Rally Championship platform for 2024, the ERC Fiesta Rally3 Trophy is bigger and even better in 2025 with a Ford Fiesta Rally2 prize drive up for grabs.
Competitors receive access to discounted tyres and fuel, plus technical support from M-Sport Poland’s expert engineers at all five events, with the eventual ERC Fiesta Rally3 Trophy winner getting the opportunity to step up to Rally2 level on JDS Machinery Rali Ceredigion (5 - 7 September) at the wheel of a Ford Fiesta Rally2 run by M-Sport.
One of the top prize drives in international rallying, the fully-funded outing in a top-of-the-range Rally2 car on the all-Tarmac round in Wales includes the support of a dedicated engineer and service crew.
Igor Widłak has previous Rally Hungary experience to call on
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For the second year running, tyre company Pirelli provides a 15 per cent discount on event tyre packages to all participants. The winner of each ERC Fiesta Rally3 Trophy event will secure 12 new tyres for use on the next event, the runner-up will receive six new tyres with two new tyres going to the third-place finisher.
M-Sport Poland has entered into a partnership agreement with Warter Fuels for 2025. As well as benefiting from the performance of the Warter RALLY EVO2 fuel, which has been developed in tandem with M-Sport Poland as an industry-leading Rally3 fuel, ERC Fiesta Rally3 Trophy competitors can take advantage of two notable incentives.
ERC Fiesta Rally3 Trophy contenders will pay a discounted price of €2,10 per litre for Warter RALLY EVO2 fuel – limited to 300 litres per competitor per rally – while the top three finishers on each of the five rounds will be handed quantities of the product without charge.
During the podium ceremony at the end of each round, the winning crew will receive a voucher for 150 litres of Warter RALLY EVO2 fuel. The second-placed crew be handed a voucher for 100 litres with the third-place pairing getting 50 litres.
How to watch?
Fans across the globe can experience the excitement and drama of the ERC with every stage of every rally broadcast Rally.tv platform. In addition, the ERC is broadcast in a number of countries around the world and fans are advised to check local listings for details.
ERC Staff House Rally Hungary 2025: the key numbers
Stages: 13
Stage distance: 193.06 kilometres
Total distance: 828.32 kilometres
