Intercontinental Rally Challenge

The Intercontinental Rally Challenge was an FIA-sanctioned rallying series organised by SRW Events and Eurosport Events, and aimed to "give new opportunities to young or amateur rally drivers competing in recognised regional and international rallies, while offering organisers an innovative TV format concept, created by Eurosport." The series focused on Group N and Group A spec cars up to 2000 cc, including Super 2000, R4, R2 and R3.

Intercontinental Rally Challenge

Category	Super 2000 Group N
Country	International
Inaugural season	2006
Folded	2012
Drivers	Varied from event to event
Teams	8 (manufacturers)[1]
Tyre suppliers	Michelin Yokohama
Last Drivers' champion	Andreas Mikkelsen
Last Makes' champion	Škoda
Official website	ircseries.com

The series began in 2006 under the name International Rally Challenge, adopting the name, Intercontinental Rally Challenge in 2007. The 2012 season was the final season of the series: from 2013, the series promoter Eurosport Events was awarded responsibility for organising the rival European Rally Championship by the FIA,^[2] and the two competing series were effectively merged.^[3]

Champions

Season	Champion driver	Co-driver	Car	Champion manufacturer	IRC 2WD Cup	2WD Champion manufacturer
2006	Giandomenico Basso	Mitia Dotta	Fiat Punto Abarth S2000	FIAT	−	−
2007	Enrique García-Ojeda	Jordi Barrabés	Peugeot 207 S2000	Peugeot	−	−
2008	Nicolas Vouilloz	Nicolas Klinger	Peugeot 207 S2000	Peugeot	Marco Cavigioli	Peugeot
2009	Kris Meeke	Paul Nagle	Peugeot 207 S2000	Peugeot	Denis Millet	Peugeot
2010	Juho Hänninen	Mikko Markkula	Škoda Fabia S2000	Škoda	Harry Hunt	Peugeot
2011	Andreas Mikkelsen	Ola Fløene	Škoda Fabia S2000	Škoda	Jean-Michel Raoux	Honda
2012	Andreas Mikkelsen	Ola Fløene	Škoda Fabia S2000	Škoda	Harry Hunt	Renault
Sources:[4][5][6][7][8]

Event winners

Drivers Driver Total 1 Juho Hänninen 11 2 Giandomenico Basso 8 3 Jan Kopecký 7 Freddy Loix 7 5 Kris Meeke 5 6 Andreas Mikkelsen 4 Nicolas Vouilloz 4 Luca Rossetti 4 9 Nasser Al-Attiyah 2 Thierry Neuville 2 Paolo Andreucci 2 12 Dimitar Iliev 1 Yagiz Avci 1 Dani Sordo 1 Bryan Bouffier 1 Bruno Magalhães 1 Mikko Hirvonen 1 Guy Wilks 1 Carl Tundo 1 Sébastien Ogier 1 Jarkko Miettinen 1 David Higgins 1 Anton Alén 1 Andrea Navarra 1 Alister McRae 1

Manufacturers Manufacturer Total 1 Škoda 27 2 Peugeot 23 3 Abarth 9 4 Ford 6 5 Mitsubishi 4 6 Mini 1

Cars Car Total 1 Škoda Fabia S2000 27 2 Peugeot 207 S2000 23 3 Fiat Abarth Grande Punto S2000 9 4 Ford Fiesta RRC 3 Ford Fiesta S2000 3 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 3 7 Mini John Cooper Works RRC 1 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII 1

See also

• List of Intercontinental Rally Challenge rallies
• European Rally Championship
• World Rally Championship
• World Rally Championship-2
• Super 2000 World Rally Championship
• European Touring Car Cup
• European Touring Car Championship
• World Touring Car Championship
• World Touring Car Cup