2017 European Rally Championship
The 2017 European Rally Championship was the 65th season of the FIA European Rally Championship, the European continental championship series in rallying. The season was also the fifth following the merge between the European Rally Championship and the Intercontinental Rally Challenge. Kajetan Kajetanowicz was the reigning champion and went on to win the third straight ERC title.
Start podium in Ponta Delgada at the first event of the 2017 season
European Rally Championship
The European Rally Championship is an automobile rally competition held annually on the European continent and organized by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA).
The championship has been organized since 1953 and has competed in different European countries, alternating between rallies on asphalt and gravel. It was the first supranational rally championship that was organized in the world and therefore the oldest one. In 2012 it had 60 editions and in 2013 it was renewed with the merger with the Intercontinental Rally Challenge.
European Rally Championship
Timo Mäkinen and Rauno Aaltonen at the 1965 1000 Lakes Rally
1965 champion Rauno Aaltonen, 1968 champion Pauli Toivonen and Timo Mäkinen