ERC
Guimarães celebration for ERC champions and winners
The FIA European Rally Championship title winners for 2026 were honoured in Guimarães last night following the conclusion to another thrilling ERC season on Rally 6 Cities North of Portugal.
Hosted by Dr Ricardo Araújo, President of the Guimarães Municipal Council, Emilia Abel, the FIA Road Sport Director, and Éric Boullier, WRC Promoter GmbH Managing Director, the event took place at the Paço dos Duques de Bragança in Guimarães and brought together 150 members of the ERC family, including drivers, teams, partners, suppliers, FIA representatives and more.
Paço dos Duques de Bragança provided a spectacular setting
© Sergio Inacio/ERC
The following official ERC awards were presented:
FIA European Rally Championship for Drivers: Teemu Suninen (Finland)
FIA European Rally Championship for Co-Drivers: Antti Haapala (Finland)
Runner-up driver: Miko Marczyk (Poland)
Runner-up co-driver: Virginia Lenzi (Italy)
Third place driver: Andrea Mabellini (Italy)
Third place co-driver: Szymon Gospodarczyk (Poland)
FIA ERC3 Championship for Drivers: Ville Vatanen (Finland)
FIA ERC3 Championship for Co-Drivers: Joonas Ojala (Finland)
Runners-up: Kalum Graffin (Ireland)/Rhodri Evans (Great Britain)
Third place: Casey Jay Coleman (Ireland)/Kilian McArdle (Ireland)
Finns Vatanen and Ojala were crowned ERC3 champions
© Sergio Inacio/ERC
FIA ERC4 Championship for Drivers: Timo Schulz (Germany)
FIA ERC4 Championship for Co-Drivers: Maresa Lade (Germany)
Runners-up: Tom Heindrichs (Belgium)/Jonas Schmitz (Luxembourg)
Third place driver: Francesco Dei Ceci (Italy)
Third place co-driver: Alessio Angeli (Italy)
FIA Junior ERC Championship: Timo Schulz (Germany)
Runner-up: Tom Heindrichs (Belgium)
Third place: Francesco Dei Ceci (Italy)
Schulz, with co-driver Lade, took an ERC4:Junior ERC title double
© Sergio Inacio
FIA European Rally Championship for Teams: Team MRF Tyres
FIA European Rally Championship for Tyre Suppliers: Pirelli
ERC Fiesta Rally3 Trophy: Ville Vatanen (Finland)
Runner-up: Casey Jay Coleman (Ireland)
Third place: Kalum Graffin (Ireland)
Video messages from Marcel Neulinger, Liam Regan and Dominik Stříteský, who are on the road to recovery after being injured in competition this season, were played out.
The winners of the ERC Fan Awards were also presented. Keeping visiting FIAERC.com to find out more.
Click HERE for the provisional 2026 ERC standings.
