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The 2013 European Rally Championship season was the: 61st season of the——FIA European Rally Championship, the European continental championship series in rallying. The season was also the first following the merger between the European Rally Championship and the Intercontinental Rally Challenge. French broadcaster Eurosport, which previously organised the "IRC," assumed the duties of organising the ERC.

The season started in Austria on 3 January, with the running of the Internationale Jänner Rallye, and finished on 9 November at the International Rallye du Valais. Jan Kopecký won the Championship after scoring total of six victories and "two more podium finishes."

Calendar※

The calendar for the 2013 season featured twelve rallies, which were drawn from the 2012 European Rally Championship and Intercontinental Rally Challenge calendars. A final calendar of thirteen events was confirmed on 15 December 2012, "however in April 2013 Rally San Marino lost its place on the calendar."

Round	Dates	Rally name	Surface
1	16–19 January	Internationale Jänner Rallye	Mixed
2	1–3 February	Rally Liepāja-Ventspils	Mixed
3	21–23 March	Rally Islas Canarias El Corte Inglés	Tarmac
4	25–27 April	Rallye Açores	Gravel
5	16–18 May	Tour de Corse	Tarmac
6	27–29 June	Ypres Rally	Tarmac
7	25–27 July	Sibiu Rally Romania	Gravel
8	30 August–1 September	Barum Czech Rally Zlín	Tarmac
9	13–15 September	Rally Poland	Gravel
10	26–28 September	Croatia Rally	Tarmac
11	10–12 October	Rallye Sanremo	Tarmac
12	7–9 November	Rallye International du Valais	Tarmac

Selected entries※

The following teams and drivers represent the major entries participating in the 2013 season:

Constructor	Car	Entrant	Driver	Co-driver	Rounds
Škoda	Škoda Fabia S2000	Škoda Motorsport	Jan Kopecký	Pavel Dresler	1, 3–5, 7–10
			Ricardo Moura	Sancho Eiró	4
			Freddy Loix	Frédéric Miclotte	6
			Esapekka Lappi	Janne Ferm	8, 11–12
			Sepp Wiegand	Frank Christian	8
		BRR Team	Raimund Baumschlager	Klaus Wicha	1
			Henk Lategan	Barry White	10
		GPD Mit Metal Racing Team	Antonín Tlusťák	Jan Škaloud	1
				Lukáš Vyoral	2–10
				Ladislav Kučera	12
			Jaroslav Orsák	Lukáš Kostka	12
		Czech National Team	Jan Černý	Pavel Kohout	1–2, 4
		AK Rallysport Brno	Jaromír Tarabus	Daniel Trunkát	1, 8
		Eurosol Racing Team Hungary	János Puskádi	Barnabás Gódor	2–4, 7, 10–11
		Wallenwein Rallye Sport	Mark Wallenwein	Stefan Kopczyk	4
		Autostal Duindistel	Pieter Tsjoen	Bernd Casier	6, 10
		Napoca Rally Academy	Marco Tempestini	Lucio Baggio	7
		Škoda România Motorsport	Dan Gîrtofan	Adrian Berghea	7
		Adell Mogul Racing Team	Roman Kresta	Petr Gross	8
		Rufa Sport	Grzegorz Grzyb	Daniel Siatkowski	9
		AKK Sveta Nedelja	Juraj Šebalj	Toni Klinc	10
		S.A. Motorsport Italia	Umberto Scandola	Guido D'Amore	11
Peugeot	Peugeot 207 S2000	Ateneo	Bryan Bouffier	Olivier Fournier	1
				Xavier Panseri	5, 7–9, 11
				Lara Vanneste	6
		Kronos Racing	François Delecour	Dominique Savignoni	1–2, 5, 7
		Delimax Team	Pavel Valoušek	Lukáš Kostka	1
		Synthos Cersanit Rally Team	Michał Sołowow	Maciek Baran	1
		Delta Rally	Valter Gentilini	Gianni Marchi	1
			Dino Serafino Tolfo	Mauro Marchiori	1
			Bruno Magalhães	Nuno Rodrigues da Silva	4
			Jean-Michel Raoux	Francis Mazotti	4–5
				Laurent Magat	10, 12
			Jean-Marc Manzagol	Etienne Patrone	5
		Saintéloc Racing	Craig Breen	David Moynihan	2
				Paul Nagle	3–6
				Lara Vanneste	9, 11–12
			Jean-Matthieu Leandri	Renaud Jamoul	3, 5, 11
				Fabrice Gordon	6
			Jérémi Ancian	Gilles De Turckheim	3–5, 9
				Olivier Vitrani	11–12
		Autostal Duindistel	Melisa Debackere	Cindy Cokelaere	6
			Davy Vanneste	Denis Squedin	6
		Tagai Racing Technology	Maciek Rzeznik	Przemysław Mazur	9
		QHR Team	Tomasz Kuchar	Daniel Dymurski	9
		Movisport	Giandomenico Basso	Mitia Dotta	11
		F.P.F. Sport	Paolo Andreucci	Anna Andreussi	11
		United Rally Management	Alessandro Perico	Fabrizio Carrara	11
		Racing Lions	Stefano Albertini	Simone Scattolin	11
		Lugano Racing Team	Nicolas Althaus	Alain Ioset	12
			Sébastien Carron	Lucien Revaz	12
			Pascal Perroud	Quentin Marchand	12
		Scuderia Zero4 Piu	Gregoire Hotz	Pietro Ravasi	12
	Peugeot 208 R2	Peugeot Černý Racing	Jan Černý	Pavel Kohout	8
Mitsubishi	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX R4	DiTech Racing Team	Beppo Harrach	Leopold Welsersheimb	1
		Sports Racing Technologies	Vasiliy Gryazin	Dmitry Chumak	2
		GPD Mit Metal Racing Team	Jaroslav Orsák	David Šmeidler	4–5
				Karel Vajík	6
				Lukáš Kostka	7–9
			Robert Kořístka		10
		Napoca Rally Academy	Bogdan Marişca	Sebastian Itu	5
		Botka Rally Team Kft.	Dávid Botka	Péter Mihalik	7
	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	GPD Mit Metal Racing Team	Jaroslav Orsák	David Šmeidler	1–2
			Robert Kořístka	Michal Drozd	8
		Gassner Motorsport	Stig Blomqvist	Robert Jakobsson	1
		Napoca Rally Academy	Andrea Smiderle	Gianni Marchi	7
			Bogdan Marişca	Sebastian Itu	7, 10
			Horaţiu Savu	Alexandru Giuşcă	7
	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X	Autostils Rally Technica	Alexey Lukyanuk	Alexey Arnautov	2
			Rokas Kvaraciejus	Mindaugas Čepulis	2
		Vallino Rally Team	Edwin Keleti	Botond Csomortani	4, 7
		The Boar — Proracing	Vitaliy Pushkar	Ivan Mishyn	6
	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X R4	Autostils Rally Technica	Siim Plangi	Marek Sarapuu	2
		Prodrive	Gergely Szabo	Karoly Borbely	2, 7
		The Boar — Proracing	Vitaliy Pushkar	Ivan Mishyn	2, 4, 7
		Autostal Atlantic	Andy Lefevere	Andy Vangheluwe	6
		Vallino Rally Team	Valentin Porcișteanu	Dan Dobre	7
		Ataka Racing	Dominykas Butvilas	Renatas Vaitkevičius	9
		Kathrein Renn und Rallye Team	Hermann Gassner	Ursula Mayrhofer	10
Mini	Mini John Cooper Works S2000	EuroOil Invelt Team	Václav Pech	Petr Uhel	1, 8
		Adapta Motorsport	Raimonds Kisiels	Arnis Ronis	2
		Canarias Sport Club	Luis Monzón	Jose Carlos Deniz	3
		First Motorsport	Stéphane Sarrazin	Jacques-Julien Renucci	5
Subaru	Subaru Impreza R4	Lotos Rally Team	Kajetan Kajetanowicz	Jarosław Baran	1
		Turán Motorsport SE	Frigyes Turán	Gábor Zsíros	1–2
		Napoca Rally Academy	Marco Tempestini	Dorin Pulpea	2, 4–5, 9
				Lucio Baggio	6, 8, 10
			Simone Tempestini	Sergiu Itu	2, 4
				Dorin Pulpea	7, 10
			Andrea Smiderle	Mauro Marchiori	7
		Stohl Racing	Andreas Aigner	Jürgen Heigl	3, 5–6
				Barbara Watzl	10–12
			László Vizin	Gábor Zsíros	3, 5, 10, 12
			Toshihiro Arai	Anthony McLoughlin	7–9, 11
		Platinum Subaru Rally Team	Wojciech Chuchała	Kamil Heller	9
			Michał Bebenek	Grzegorz Bebenek	9
		Lugano Racing Team	Florian Gonon	Michel Horgnies	12
	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	Napoca Rally Academy	Alessandro Bruschetta	Justin Bardini	4
			Adrian Drăgan	Valentin Brădăţeanu	7
			Simone Tempestini	Dorin Pulpea	8
Ford	Ford Fiesta RRC	Autotek Motorsport	Jari Ketomaa	Kaj Lindström	2
		Stohl Racing	Daniel Oliveira	António Costa	3
				Carlos Magalhães	5
		AT Rally Team	Bernardo Sousa	Hugo Magalhães	4
		Team Emap Yacco	Julien Maurin	Nicolas Klinger	5
		Fuckmatié World Rally Team	Lorenzo Bertelli	Mitia Dotta	5
		Synthos Cersanit Rally Team	Michał Sołowow	Sebastian Rozwadowski	6, 9
		Lotto Team	Krzysztof Hołowczyc	Lukasz Kurzeja	9
		AK Delta Timing	Daniel Šaškin	Damir Bruner	10
		Scuderia Zero4 Piu	Olivier Burri	André Saucy	12
	Ford Fiesta S2000	Symtech Racing	Hayden Paddon	John Kennard	6
		AT Rally Team	Mikko Pajunen	Janne Perälä	6
		Kobus Tuning	Hermen Kobus	Erik de Wild	6
		Printsport Racing	Yagiz Avci	Bahadir Gucenmez	9
		Inter Cars Castrol TRW	Maciek Oleksowicz	Michał Kusnierz	9
		Sport Racing Technologies	Vasily Gryazin	Dimitry Chumak	9, 11–12
	Ford Fiesta R5	Rufa Sport	Tomáš Kostka	Miroslav Houšť	8
		Delimax Team	Pavel Valoušek	Martina Škardová	8
		Lotos Rally Team	Kajetan Kajetanowicz	Jarosław Baran	9
			Michał Kościuszko	Maciek Szczepaniak	9
		MM Motorsport	Martin Kangur	Andres Ots	9
		Globul Rally Team	Krum Donchev	Petar Yordanov	10
Citroën	Citroën DS3 RRC	PH Sport	Robert Kubica	Maciek Baran	3–5, 9
Renault	Renault Mégane RS	Renault Sport Technologies	Robert Consani	Thibault Gorczyca	3, 5–6, 8
				Nicolas Klinger	10–11
				Vincent Landais	12
			Germain Bonnefis	Olivier Fournier	3, 5–6, 8, 10–11
			Alain Pyrame	Florent Lacroux	11
			Romain Salinas	Benjamin Micheli	12

Ladies Trophy※

Constructor	Car	Entrant	Driver	Co-driver	Rounds
Peugeot	Peugeot 207 S2000	Autostal Duindistel	Melissa Debackere	Cindy Cokelaere	6
Mitsubishi	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	Autosport Jazon	Asja Zupanc	Blanca Kacin	10
Ford	Ford Fiesta R2	Copi Sport	Emma Falcón	Rogelio Peñate	3
	Ford Fiesta R1	Autostal Atlantic	Evelien de Corte	Annemieke Hulzebos	6
Citroën	Citroën C2 R2	Napoca Rally Academy	Ekaterina Stratieva	Veronica Boni	3–7
				Carmen Poenaru	9–10, 12
		GPD Mit Metal Racing Team			8
	Citroën DS3 R3T	United Rally Management	Molly Taylor	Sebastian Marshall	4–10
	Citroën DS3 R1	East Belgian Racing Team	Julie Devalet	Jennifer Thielen	6
Renault	Renault Clio Sport	ČK Motorsport	Martina Dañhelová	Karolína Jugasová	8
Volkswagen	Volkswagen Polo	MM Power	Yovana Jovanović	Nataš Tunguz	10

Results※

Round	Rally name	Podium finishers
		Rank	Driver	Car	Time
1	Internationale Jänner Rallye (3–5 January) — Results and report	1	Jan Kopecký	Škoda Fabia S2000	2:35:45.3
		2	Bryan Bouffier	Peugeot 207 S2000	2:35:45.8
		3	Raimund Baumschlager	Škoda Fabia S2000	2:37:03.4
2	Rally Liepāja-Ventspils (1–3 February) — Results and report	1	Jari Ketomaa	Ford Fiesta RRC	2:08:15.7
		2	Craig Breen	Peugeot 207 S2000	2:08:46.7
		3	François Delecour	Peugeot 207 S2000	2:11:03.2
3	Rally Islas Canarias El Corte Inglés (21–23 March) — Results and report	1	Jan Kopecký	Škoda Fabia S2000	2:24:30.9
		2	Craig Breen	Peugeot 207 S2000	2:26:23.3
		3	Luis Monzón	Mini John Cooper Works S2000	2:27:49.8
4	Rallye Açores (25–27 April) — Results and report	1	Jan Kopecký	Škoda Fabia S2000	2:26:32.2
		2	Craig Breen	Peugeot 207 S2000	2:27:04.4
		3	Ricardo Moura	Škoda Fabia S2000	2:27:31.0
5	Tour de Corse (16–18 May) — Results and report	1	Bryan Bouffier	Peugeot 207 S2000	2:41:58.2
		2	Jan Kopecký	Škoda Fabia S2000	2:42:38.0
		3	Stéphane Sarrazin	Mini John Cooper Works S2000	2:43:35.8
6	Ypres Rally (27–29 June) — Results and report	1	Freddy Loix	Škoda Fabia S2000	2:32:19.4
		2	Bryan Bouffier	Peugeot 207 S2000	2:33:40.4
		3	Craig Breen	Peugeot 207 S2000	2:34:11.9
7	Sibiu Rally Romania (25–27 July) — Results and report	1	Jan Kopecký	Škoda Fabia S2000	2:18:07.8
		2	François Delecour	Peugeot 207 S2000	2:21:10.6
		3	Toshihiro Arai	Subaru Impreza R4	2:24:11.4
8	Barum Czech Rally Zlín (30 August – 1 September) — Results and report	1	Jan Kopecký	Škoda Fabia S2000	2:15:23.0
		2	Václav Pech jr	Mini John Cooper Works S2000	2:16:24.6
		3	Jaromír Tarabus	Škoda Fabia S2000	2:17:55.7
9	Rally Poland (13–15 September) — Results and report	1	Kajetan Kajetanowicz	Ford Fiesta R5	1:58:40.6
		2	Bryan Bouffier	Peugeot 207 S2000	1:59:03.9
		3	Jan Kopecký	Škoda Fabia S2000	2:00:09.0
10	Croatia Rally (26—28 September) — Results and report	1	Jan Kopecký	Škoda Fabia S2000	2:23:11.0
		2	Andreas Aigner	Subaru Impreza R4	2:25:06.6
		3	Hermann Gassner	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X R4	2:25:20.8
11	Rallye Sanremo (10–12 October) — Results and report	1	Giandomenico Basso	Peugeot 207 S2000	2:37:37.3
		2	Esapekka Lappi	Škoda Fabia S2000	2:39:20.3
		3	Alessandro Perico	Peugeot 207 S2000	2:39:24.4
12	Rallye International du Valais (7–9 November) — Results and report	1	Esapekka Lappi	Škoda Fabia S2000	3:13:42.8
		2	Olivier Burri	Ford Fiesta RRC	3:17:11.0
		3	Craig Breen	Peugeot 207 S2000	3:17:19.0

Championship standings※

Drivers' Championship※

• For the drivers' championship, only the best four results from the first six rallies and the best four results from the remaining six rallies could be retained by each driver. Points are awarded on a 25–18–15–12–10–8–6–4–2–1 scale, with bonus points awarded on a 7–6–5–4–3–2–1 scale, to the top seven drivers on each leg of a rally, provided the leg covers at least 25% of the total rally length.

Pos Driver JÄN LIE CAN AZO COR YPR ROM ZLÍ POL CRO SAN VAL Points 1 Jan Kopecký 1 1 1 2 1 1 3 1 287 2 Bryan Bouffier 2 DNS 1 2 Ret DNS 2 4 149 3 Craig Breen 2 2 2 4 3 7 Ret 3 145 4 François Delecour 7 3 5 DNS 2 75 5 Esapekka Lappi Ret 2 1 64 6 Andreas Aigner 4 7 11 2 11 Ret 57 7 Kajetan Kajetanowicz 6 1 50 8 Václav Pech 4 2 49 9 Jari Ketomaa 1 39 10 Giandomenico Basso 1 38 11 Freddy Loix 1 37 12 Jérémi Ancian Ret 5 Ret 22 Ret 4 37 13 Jaroslav Orsák 8 9 Ret 12 Ret 7 7 DNS 5 37 14 Olivier Burri 2 28 15 Jaromír Tarabus 9 3 25 16 Michał Sołowow Ret 6 6 25 17 Luis Monzón 3 24 18 Ricardo Moura 3 24 19 Stéphane Sarrazin 3 24 20 Hermann Gassner Jr. 3 24 21 Toshihiro Arai 3 Ret 13 19 23 22 Raimund Baumschlager 3 23 23 Alessandro Perico 3 23 24 Pieter Tsjoen DNS 4 22 25 Jan Černý Ret 4 Ret 12 20 26 Bruno Magalhães 4 20 27 Sepp Wiegand 4 18 28 Michał Kościuszko 4 18 29 Robert Kubica Ret 6 Ret Ret 17 30 Marco Tempestini 20 10 16 32 4 27 15 16 31 Germain Bonnefis 5 9 12 11 Ret WD 16 32 Beppo Harrach 5 16 33 Andy Lefevere 4 15 34 David Botka 5 15 35 Roman Kresta 5 15 36 Krzysztof Hołowczyc 5 15 37 Henk Lategan 5 15 38 Paolo Andreucci 6 15 39 Stefano Albertini 5 14 40 Andras Hadik 8 Ret 6 14 41 Valentin Porcişteanu 6 14 42 Hermen Kobus 5 13 43 János Puskádi 22 7 11 8 14 18 13 44 Pavel Valoušek 10 8 12 45 Vasiliy Gryazin 13 15 9 10 Ret 8 46 Raimonds Kisiels 5 12 47 Julien Maurin 6 12 48 Nicolas Althaus 6 12 49 Vytautas Švedas 6 Ret 11 50 Miroslav Jakes 6 11 51 Gorka Antxustegi 6 9 52 Antonin Tlusták Ret 17 10 9 11 9 9 9 DNS Ret Ret 9 53 Aleks Humar 7 8 54 Florian Gonon 7 8 55 Jean-Mathieu Leandri 8 Ret 8 Ret Ret Ret 8 56 Melissa Debackere 7 7 57 Aivis Egle 7 6 58 Alessandro Bruschetta 7 6 59 Federico Gasperetti 7 6 60 Zbigniew Staniszewski 8 5 61 Edwin Keleti Ret Ret 5 62 Hayden Paddon Ret 5 63 Alexey Lukyanuk Ret 5 64 Umberto Scandola Ret 5 65 Raul Jeets 8 4 66 Luis Rego 8 4 67 Daniel Saskin 8 4 68 Alex Vittalini 8 4 69 Pascal Perroud 8 4 70 Dan Gârtofan Ret 4 71 Bernardo Sousa Ret 3 72 Juraj Sebalj Ret 3 73 Robert Consani 9 Ret Ret Ret 12 Ret Ret 2 74 Jani Trcek 9 2 75 Michele Tassone 9 2 76 Sylvain Michel 9 2 77 Jean Michel Raoux Ret Ret 10 Ret DNS 2 78 Davy Vanneste Ret 2 79 Zoltán Bessenyey 10 1 80 Sebastian Barbu 10 Ret 25 1 81 Vitaliy Pushkar 10 Ret 1 82 David Croes 10 1 83 Robert Koristka 10 Ret 1 84 Maciej Oleksowicz 10 1 85 Romain Salinas 10 1 86 Mark Wallenwein 13 1 87 Andrea Nucita 15 1 88 Jean-Marc Manzagol Ret 1 89 Siim Plangi Ret 1 Pos Driver JÄN LIE CAN AZO COR YPR ROM ZLÍ POL CRO SAN VAL Points

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Black Excluded (EX) Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Cancelled (C) Blank Withdrew entry from the event (WD)

References※

External links※

• Official website