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Meeke v Mikkelsen in latest ERC Greatest Graduate vote
A battle between former FIA European Rally Championship star performers Kris Meeke and Andreas Mikkelsen concludes the first week of ERC Greatest Graduate voting today.
Since the ERC was restructured in 2004 into the hugely successful format recognisable today, an endless stream of drivers have built experience competing at European level either at the start of or during their rise to the sport’s highest echelon, the FIA World Rally Championship.
Throughout November, FIAERC.com is highlighting 16 drivers – selected by the ERC’s media team – who have done just that. And it’s calling on fans of the championship to help decide the best of the best graduates through an online poll that opened on Tuesday and closes following the grand finale on Friday 28 November.
Employing bracketology, voting is available through the ERC’s social media channels with a minimum 24-hour window to vote for each pairing. The winner will be announced on Saturday 29 November.
Meeke excelled on several ERC appearances in 2009
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Meeke v Mikkelsen: Super 2000 heroes who took centre stage
Kris Meeke: Meeke’s FIA European Rally Championship were the stuff of legend. On his march to the Intercontinental Rally Challenge title in 2009, Meeke won the Ypres Rally, placed second on Barum Czech Rally Zlín and also finished in the top five in Madeira and Asturias.
Andreas Mikkelsen: Mikkelsen’s early ERC forays included a trio of fifths between 2010 and 2011 before he banked his maiden victory in Hungary in 2020. That was the precursor to his championship-winning 2021 season when triumphed in the Azores and Fafe and finished second in Poland and Zlín.
Mikkelsen became ERC champion in 2021
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A reminder to visit FIAERC.com on Monday 10 November to find out the next two ERC Greatest Graduate contestants and don’t forget to vote through the ERC social media channels.
