ERC
Marczyk leaving no stone unturned ahead of ERC season decider
FIA European Rally Championship leader Miko Marczyk won’t be short of match fitness when he starts the season-deciding Croatia Rally next month.
Marczyk and co-driver Szymon Gospodarczyk are contesting this weekend’s Rally Silesia as a warm-up for the Zagreb showdown in their efforts to secure ERC title gold.
“Silesia is important to me, it’s where I took my first rally steps and where Szymon and I won our first Polish title,” Marczyk said. “The mix of spectacular city superspecials and demanding mountain stages makes it an excellent test before Croatia.”
Polish hero Marczyk heads the ERC title standings
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ORLEN-backed Marczyk is a two-time winner of Rally Silesia, which hosted last season’s ERC finale. His co-driver Gospodarczyk is already looking ahead to the Croatia Rally from 3 - 5 October.
“Of course it’s important, because we’re fighting for something important, but it’s not just one rally, one battle,” he said. “The season is eight rounds—our job is to deliver another strong rally in Croatia.”
Backed by the Silesian Voivodeship and Superauto.pl Silesian Stadium as main partners, with Metropolis GZM as strategic partner and the City of Katowice as co-host (under the honorary patronage of Marshal Wojciech Saługa), Rally Silesia has rapidly become a flagship event.
Since its debut in 2017 it has been a permanent fixture on the Polish championship calendar before becoming an FIA European Rally Trophy round in 2023 and the ERC one year later.
This year’s edition featured 14 special stages over a competitive distance of 150.25 kilometres based out of Chorzów’s Silesian Stadium close to central Katowicze.
