2016 European Rally Championship
The 2016 European Rally Championship was the 64th season of the FIA European Rally Championship, the European continental championship series in rallying. The season was also the fourth following the merge between the European Rally Championship and the Intercontinental Rally Challenge.
Calendar
The calendar for the 2016 season featured ten rallies.| Round | Dates | Rally name | ||
| 1 | 10–12 March |  Rally Islas Canarias | Tarmac | |
| 2 | 7–9 April |  Circuit of Ireland | Tarmac | ERC Junior Round 1 |
| 3 | 6–8 May |  Acropolis Rally | Gravel | |
| 4 | 2–4 June |  Rallye Açores | Gravel | ERC Junior Round 2 |
| 5 | 23–25 June |  Ypres Rally | Tarmac | ERC Junior Round 3 |
| 6 | 15–17 July |  Rally Estonia | Gravel | ERC Junior Round 4 |
| 7 | 4–6 August |  Rajd Rzeszowski | Tarmac | |
| 8 | 26–28 August |  Barum Rally Zlín | Tarmac | ERC Junior Round 5 |
| 9 | 16–19 September |  Rally Liepāja–Ventspils | Gravel | ERC Junior Round 6 |
| 10 | 7–9 October |  Cyprus Rally |
Notes:
- – Season opener Rally Liepāja–Ventspils was cancelled due to warm temperatures and lack of snow. It was later moved to September and was held as gravel rally.
Entry list
ERC
ERC-2
ERC-3
ERC Junior
Ladies Trophy
Results
Championship standings
Points Systems
ERC, ERC-2, ERC-3 and ERC Junior
- For both the Drivers' and Teams' championships of the ERC, ERC-2 and ERC-3, only the best seven results will be retained by each driver or team.
- For both the Drivers' and Teams' championships of the ERC Junior, only the best four results will be retained by each driver or team.
- Points for final position are awarded as in following table:
| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th |
| Points | 25 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
- Bonus points awarded for position in each Leg
| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th |
| Points | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Ladies Trophy
- For the Drivers' championship, only the best four results will be retained by each driver.
- Points for final position are awarded as in following table
| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Points | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Drivers' Championships
ERC
ERC-2
| Pos | Driver | CAN | COI | ACR | AZO | YPR | EST | RZE | ZLÍ | LIE | CYP | Points | Best 7 |
| 1 | Wojciech Chuchała | 125+14 | 125+14 | 125+14 | 125+13 | 125+14 | Ret0+4 | 198 | 198 | ||||
| 2 |  Giacomo Scattolon | 315+10 | 218+12 | 412 | 125+7 | 125+14 | Ret | 142 | 142 | ||||
| 3 |  Tibor Érdi | 510+6 | 315+9 | Ret0+7 | 218+12 | 218+6 | 510+2 | 110 | 110 | ||||
| 4 |  Juan Carlos Alonso | 412+9 | 510 | 315+9 | 61 | 61 | |||||||
| 5 | Siim Plangi | 315+7 | 218+12 | 52 | 52 | ||||||||
| 6 |  Alexey Lukyanuk | 125+14 | 39 | 39 | |||||||||
| 7 | Rainer Aus | 125+13 | 38 | 38 | |||||||||
| 8 | Christos Demosthenous | 125+11 | 36 | 36 | |||||||||
| 9 | Péter Ranga | 218+11 | Ret0+6 | 35 | 35 | ||||||||
| 10 | Ruben Rodrigues | 218+13 | 31 | 31 | |||||||||
| 11 | Mait Maarend | 218+11 | 29 | 29 | |||||||||
| 12 |  Jose Luis Rios | 218+11 | 29 | 29 | |||||||||
| 13 | "Chips jr." | 218+10 | 28 | 28 | |||||||||
| 14 | Costas Zenonas | 315+10 | 25 | 25 | |||||||||
| 15 | Panikos Polykarpou | 412+13 | 25 | 25 | |||||||||
| 16 | Maris Neikšans | 315+7 | 22 | 22 | |||||||||
| 17 | Martinš Svilis | 412+7 | 19 | 19 | |||||||||
| 18 | Rui Moniz | 412+4 | 16 | 16 | |||||||||
| 19 |  Vytautas Švedas | 510+4 | 14 | 14 | |||||||||
| 20 | Pedro Vale | Ret0+5 | 5 | 5 | |||||||||
| 21 | Jānis Vorobjovs | Ret0+5 | 5 | 5 |
ERC-3
| Pos | Driver | CAN | COI | ACR | AZO | YPR | EST | RZE | ZLÍ | LIE | CYP | Points | Best 7 |
| 1 | Chris Ingram | 218+11 | 218+10 | 218+11 | 315+9 | 125+11 | Ret0+6 | 152 | 152 | ||||
| 2 |  Marijan Griebel | 315+11 | Ret0+7 | 125+14 | 218+10 | 84+7 | 125+14 | 150 | 150 | ||||
| 3 |  Murat Bostancı | 68+6 | 125+14 | 92 | 315+9 | 68+5 | 76 | 125+14 | 137 | 137 | |||
| 4 | Nikolay Gryazin | 412+10 | Ret | Ret | Ret0+6 | 125+14 | 412+5 | 101+4 | 89 | 89 | |||
| 5 | Łukasz Pieniążek | 92+5 | 125+12 | Ret | Ret0+4 | Ret0+3 | 92+1 | 315+11 | Ret | 80 | 80 | ||
| 6 | Miko-Ove Niinemäe | 125+12 | 315+8 | 60 | 60 | ||||||||
| 7 | Zoltán Bessenyey | 218+9 | 218+12 | 57 | 57 | ||||||||
| 8 | László Német | 510+4 | 510+3 | 218+11 | Ret0+1 | 57 | 57 | ||||||
| 9 | Julius Tannert | 92+3 | Ret | 412+8 | 510+3 | Ret | 68+6 | 52 | 52 | ||||
| 10 |  Joonas Tokee | 412+5 | 76+1 | 68+3 | 510+3 | 48 | 48 | ||||||
| 11 |  Alexandru Filip | 315+10 | 412+7 | 44 | 44 | ||||||||
| 12 | Łukasz Habaj | 125+14 | 39 | 39 | |||||||||
| 13 | Diogo Gago | 125+13 | Ret | 38 | 38 | ||||||||
| 14 | Alex Forsstrom | 101+2 | 218+10 | 31 | 31 | ||||||||
| 15 | Bugra Banaz | 218+12 | 30 | 30 | |||||||||
| 16 | Dominik Brož | 76+1 | 76+1 | 68+2 | 11 | 76 | Ret | 30 | 30 | ||||
| 17 | Luca Rossetti | 218+11 | 29 | 29 | |||||||||
| 18 | Tomasz Gryc | 315+7 | Ret0+6 | 28 | 28 | ||||||||
| 19 | Polle Guesens | 315+11 | 26 | 26 | |||||||||
| 20 | Ümit Can Özdemir | 315+10 | 25 | 25 | |||||||||
| 21 |  Steve Rokland | Ret | 315+8 | DNS | 23 | 23 | |||||||
| 22 | Gustav Kruuda | 412+10 | 22 | 22 | |||||||||
| 23 | Marco Cid | Ret | 101 | 510+4 | Ret | 84 | 19 | 19 | |||||
| 24 | Gil Antunes | 510+3 | 84+1 | 18 | 18 | ||||||||
| 25 |  Aleks Humar | 412+5 | Ret | 17 | 17 | ||||||||
| 26 | Mārtiņš Sesks | 412+5 | 17 | 17 | |||||||||
| 27 | Jiří Navrátil | 510+5 | 15 | 15 | |||||||||
| 28 | Kristof Klausz | 101 | 76 | 92 | 84 | 11 | 11 | ||||||
| 29 | Szabolcs Várkonyi | 76+1 | 84+1 | Ret | 12 | 12 | |||||||
| 30 | Paulo Neto | 68+3 | 11 | 11 | |||||||||
| 31 | Renato Pita | 68+3 | Ret | 11 | 11 | ||||||||
| 32 | Aleksander Zawada | 101+6 | 7 | 7 | |||||||||
| 33 | Gergely Fogasy | 84+1 | 7 | 7 | |||||||||
| 34 | João Correia | 84 | DNS | 4 | 4 | ||||||||
| 35 | Jose Monteiro | 92 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| 36 |  Callum Devine | Ret0+2 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| 37 | Catie Munnings | 11 | 92 | 2 | 2 |
Ladies Trophy
| Pos | Driver | CAN | COI | ACR | AZO | YPR | EST | RZE | ZLÍ | LIE | CYP | Points | Best 4 |
| 1 | Catie Munnings | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||
| 2 | Emma Falcón | 1 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||
| 3 | Nabila Tejpar | 1 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||
| 4 |  Ekaterina Stratieva | 1 | 3 | 3 |
ERC Junior
| Pos | Driver | COI | AZO | YPR | EST | ZLÍ | LIE | Points | Best 4 |
| 1 | Marijan Griebel | 315+11 | Ret0+7 | 125+14 | 218+10 | 510+7 | 125+14 | 156 | 132 |
| 2 | Chris Ingram | 218+11 | 218+10 | 218+12 | 315+9 | 125+12 | Ret0+6 | 154 | 124 |
| 3 | Łukasz Pieniążek | 125+12 | Ret0+4 | Ret0+4 | 92+1 | 218+12 | Ret | 78 | 74 |
| 4 | Julius Tannert | 68+4 | Ret | 315+10 | 510+3 | Ret | 68+6 | 64 | 64 |
| 5 | Miko-Ove Niinemäe | 125+12 | 315+8 | 60 | 60 | ||||
| 6 | Dominik Brož | 510+4 | 68+2 | 412+5 | 11 | 412+7 | Ret | 60 | 60 |
| 7 | Nikolay Gryazin | 412+10 | Ret | Ret | Ret0+6 | 315+9 | 92+4 | 58 | 58 |
| 8 | Joonas Tokee | 412+6 | 510+2 | 68+3 | 510+3 | 54 | 54 | ||
| 9 | Diogo Gago | 125+13 | Ret | 38 | 38 | ||||
| 10 | Kristof Klausz | 68+3 | 76 | 68+2 | 76 | 33 | 33 | ||
| 11 | Alex Forsstrom | 101+2 | 218+10 | 31 | 31 | ||||
| 12 | Marco Cid | 76+4 | 510+5 | Ret | 84 | 29 | 29 | ||
| 13 | Steve Rokland | Ret | 315+8 | DNS | 23 | 23 | |||
| 14 | Gustav Kruuda | 412+10 | 22 | 22 | |||||
| 15 | Mārtiņš Sesks | 412+5 | 17 | 17 | |||||
| 16 | Catie Munnings | 76+2 | 84 | 12 | 12 | ||||
| 18 | Callum Devine | Ret0+3 | 3 | 3 |
Teams' Championships
ERC
| Pos | Team | CAN | COI | ACR | AZO | YPR | EST | RZE | ZLÍ | LIE | CYP | Points |
| 1 | Lotos Rally Team | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 145 | ||
| 2 | Sports Racing Technologies | 5 | 1 | Ret | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 106 | |||
| 3 | C-Rally | 3 | 2 | 4 | Ret | 3 | 6 | 6 | 76 | |||
| 4 | Botka Rally Team | 8 | 3 | Ret | 2 | Ret | 7 | 5 | 2 | 71 | ||
| 5 | Tiger Energy Drink Rallye Team | 5 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 58 | ||||
| 6 | Tlusták Racing | 7 | 4 | Ret | 4 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 50 | |||
| 7 | T&T Czech National Team | Ret | 3 | 3 | Ret | Ret | 38 | |||||
| 8 |  Rufa Sport | 3 | 2 | 33 | ||||||||
| 9 | Škoda Motorsport | 1 | 25 | |||||||||
| 10 | Peugeot Belgium Luxembourg | 1 | 25 | |||||||||
| 11 | Rally Technology | 4 | 4 | 24 | ||||||||
| 12 | Lascaris Foundation Team Greece | 2 | Ret | 18 | ||||||||
| 13 | Gemini Clinic Rally Team | Ret | 2 | 18 | ||||||||
| 14 |  Auto Laca Competición | 2 | 18 | |||||||||
| 15 | Autostal Duindistel | 2 | 18 | |||||||||
| 16 | Kimi Team | 3 | 9 | 17 | ||||||||
| 17 | Mogul Czech National Team | 3 | 15 | |||||||||
| 18 | TGS Worldwide OU | 3 | 15 | |||||||||
| 19 | Antonis & Stavros Auto Service Ltd | 3 | 15 | |||||||||
| 20 | Eurosol Racing Team Hungary | 4 | 12 | |||||||||
| 21 | Energy Oil Motorsport | 4 | 12 | |||||||||
| 22 | Psaltis Autoparts | 4 | 12 | |||||||||
| 23 | BP Ultimate Skoda Team | 5 | 10 | |||||||||
| 24 | Autostal Atlantic | 5 | 10 | |||||||||
| 25 | Svarmetal Motorsport | 5 | 10 | |||||||||
| 26 | Sports & You | 6 | 8 | |||||||||
| 27 | ADAC Opel Rallye Junior Team | 6 | 8 | |||||||||
| 28 | Peña Autocross Arteixo | 6 | 8 |
ERC-2
| Pos | Driver | CAN | COI | ACR | AZO | YPR | EST | RZE | ZLÍ | LIE | CYP | Points |
| 1 | Subaru Poland Rally Team | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 125 | |||||
| 2 | ASRT Rally Team | 2 | 1 | 33 | ||||||||
| 3 | ALM Motorsport | 1 | 25 | |||||||||
| 4 | Stavros & Antonis Auto Service Ltd | 1 | 25 | |||||||||
| 5 | Topp-Cars Rallye Team | 2 | Ret | 18 | ||||||||
| 6 | Neikšans Rally Sport | 2 | 18 | |||||||||
| 7 | Psaltis Auto Parts | 2 | 18 | |||||||||
| 8 | Všļ Čapkauskas Autosportas | 3 | 15 |
ERC-3
| Pos | Driver | CAN | COI | ACR | AZO | YPR | EST | RZE | ZLÍ | LIE | CYP | Points |
| 1 | Castrol Ford Team Turkey | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 105 | |||
| 2 | ADAC Opel Rallye Junior Team | 2 | Ret | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 96 | ||||
| 3 | Opel Rallye Junior Team | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 90 | ||||||
| 4 | Sports Racing Technologies | 3 | Ret | Ret | 1 | 2 | 7 | 64 | ||||
| 5 | TMS Czech National Junior Team | 5 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 61 | |||||
| 6 | Arable Racing KFT | 4 | 2 | 2 | 48 | |||||||
| 7 | Cueks Racing | 1 | 3 | 40 | ||||||||
| 8 | Eurosol Racing Team Hungary | 2 | 2 | 36 | ||||||||
| 9 | Bekason Oy | 6 | 2 | 26 | ||||||||
| 10 | Klausz Motorsport | 6 | 5 | 6 | 26 | |||||||
| 11 | Rally Technology | 1 | 25 | |||||||||
| 12 | Ritmu ASE | 4 | 6 | 20 | ||||||||
| 13 | ME3 Motorsport | 4 | 12 | |||||||||
| 14 | F-Sport Media Kft | 4 | 12 | |||||||||
| 15 | LMT Autosporta Akadēmija | 4 | 12 |