Graduates
As the established training ground for future world championship stars, the FIA European Rally Championship has a long history of producing top talents for the future. This is a list of just some of the drivers to have gained ERC experience before progressing their careers.
| Driver | ERC achievement | WRC achievement |
| Craig Breen | ERC runner-up 2015 | Factory Hyundai WRC driver 2021 |
| Adrien Fourmaux | ERC winner 2020 | Factory M-Sport Ford WRC driver 2021 |
| Nikolay Gryazin | ERC1 Junior champion 2018 | WRC2 event winner 2019 |
| Jari Huttunen | ERC Junior U27 runner-up 2017 | WRC3 champion 2020 |
| Chris Ingram | ERC champion 2019 | WRC3 podium finisher 2021 |
| Kajetan Kajetanowicz | ERC champion 2015-2017 | WRC2 runner-up 2019 |
| Takamoto Katsuta | ERC participant 2016 | factory Toyota WRC driver 2021 |
| Jan Kopecký | ERC champion 2013 > APRC 2014 | WRC2 champion 2018 |
| Tom Kristensson | ERC3 Junior runner-up 2018 | Junior WRC champion 2020 |
| Esapekka Lappi | ERC champion 2014 | M-Sport Ford WRC driver 2020 |
| Stéphane Lefebvre | ERC Junior champion 2014 | Citroën WRC2 driver 2018 |
| Sébastien Loeb | ERC event winner 2000, 2001 | 9 x WRC champion, Factory Citroën and Hyundai WRC driver |
| Pierre-Louis Loubet | ERC1 Junior points-scorer 2019 | WRC2 champion 2019 |
| Kris Meeke | ERC event winner 2009 | factory Toyota WRC driver 2019 |
| Andreas Mikkelsen | ERC event winner 2012 | WRC2 champion 2021 |
| Thierry Neuville | ERC event winner 2011 | Factory Hyundai WRC driver 2021 |
| Kalle Rovanperä | ERC podium finisher 2017 | Factory Toyota WRC driver 2021 |
| Nil Solans | ERC points-scorer 2021 | Drove Hyundai WRC car 2021 |
| Oliver Solberg: | ERC1 Junior champion 2020 | Factory Hyundai WRC driver 2021 |
| Ott Tänak | ERC event winner 2014 | WRC champion 2019, Factory Hyundai WRC driver |