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In his second season, Luca Pröglhöf proved to be the driver to beat. Alongside his co-driver Christina Ettel, the 25-year-old Austrian from Sittendorf near Vienna celebrated a total of four victories this season and thus clinched the title before the grand finale at the Central European Rally. For the second time, the Opel Corsa Rally Electric took part in this round of the FIA World Rally Championship and demonstrated its strong performance in front of 125,000 spectators and international media. The other victories in one of the eight cup races in five countries were celebrated by Christian Lemke (Germany), Alex Español (Spain), Jérôme Chavanne (France) and Tom Heindrichs (Belgium), half-brother of the newly crowned rally world champion Thierry Neuville.
The eight female drivers in the field also attracted a lot of attention: Emma Chalvin and Alizée Pottier (both France), Esmée Den Hartigh (Netherlands), Pia Steffe (Austria), Lyssia Baudet (Belgium), Hannah Jakobsson (Sweden) along with the Germans Claire Schönborn and Ann Felke pushed their male rivals throughout the season. With Chalvin, Baudet, Schönborn and Felke, four Opel drivers were invited to the international “Beyond Rally” women's screening in Poland which is hosted by the promoter of the World Rally Championship. Both Baudet and Schönborn not only qualified for a place at the Junior World Championship stage at the Central European Rally, but will even fight for a cockpit for the entire Junior World Rally Championship (JWRC) 2025 next February as part of a shootout at the Rally Sweden.
ADAC Opel Rally Junior Team: Big challenge for Luca Pröglhöf
With his brilliant performances, this year's ADAC Opel Electric Rally Cup champion Luca Pröglhöf qualified for promotion to the ADAC Opel Rally Junior Team. There he will try to follow in the footsteps of his successful predecessors in the Junior European Rally Championship (JERC) next season. A total of five Junior European Championship titles by Emil Bergkvist, Marijan Griebel, Chris Ingram, Mārtiņš Sesks and Laurent Pellier testify to the high ambitions of the ADAC Opel Rally Junior Team. In the 2024 JERC season, the 2023 and 2022 Cup champions Calle Carlberg and Timo Schulz also caused a stir with second and fourth places overall.
Opel Motorsport boss Jörg Schrott's expectations for the upcoming rally season are therefore high: “The international perception and interest on the part of organisers and teams in the ADAC Opel Electric Rally Cup have grown steadily over the past four years. We are already working hard on the 2025 season. With seven attractive events in five countries and a once again very international field, the fifth season of our innovative Cup also promises a lot of excitement. With Luca Pröglhöf, a promising talent is once again promoted from the Cup to the ADAC Opel Rally Junior Team. I'm excited to see how Luca and Dina will do in the fight against the best youngsters in Europe. We are looking forward to the coming rally season, which will once again bring many challenges for Opel, but hopefully also successes.”
Schedule 2025 ADAC Opel Electric Rally Cup “powered by GSe
April 25/26 ADAC Rallye Sulingen (DRM) D
May 23/24 ELE Rally, Eindhoven NL
June 14/15 Rallye Vosges Grand-Est, Gérardmer F
Aug 15/16 ADAC Saarland-Pfalz Rallye, St. Wendel D
Sept 05/06 Rallye Mont-Blanc Morzine F
Sept 26/27 ADAC Rallye Stemweder Berg, Lübbecke D
Oct 16 to 19 Central European Rally, Passau (WRC) D/A/CZ
Schedule 2025 Junior European Rally Championship (JERC)
April 04 to 06 Rallye Sierra Morena E
May 09 to 11 Rally Hungary H
June 13 to 15 Rally Poland PL
July 04 to 06 Rally di Roma Capitale I
Aug 15 to 17 Barum Czech Rally Zlín CZ
Oct 03 to 05 Croatia Rally HR
- Electrifying fourth season of the ADAC Opel Electric Rally Cup “powered by GSe”
- Luca Pröglhöf becomes first Austrian to lift title in electric rally cup
- Diverse field: Teams from eight countries, eight female drivers
In his second season, Luca Pröglhöf proved to be the driver to beat. Alongside his co-driver Christina Ettel, the 25-year-old Austrian from Sittendorf near Vienna celebrated a total of four victories this season and thus clinched the title before the grand finale at the Central European Rally. For the second time, the Opel Corsa Rally Electric took part in this round of the FIA World Rally Championship and demonstrated its strong performance in front of 125,000 spectators and international media. The other victories in one of the eight cup races in five countries were celebrated by Christian Lemke (Germany), Alex Español (Spain), Jérôme Chavanne (France) and Tom Heindrichs (Belgium), half-brother of the newly crowned rally world champion Thierry Neuville.
The eight female drivers in the field also attracted a lot of attention: Emma Chalvin and Alizée Pottier (both France), Esmée Den Hartigh (Netherlands), Pia Steffe (Austria), Lyssia Baudet (Belgium), Hannah Jakobsson (Sweden) along with the Germans Claire Schönborn and Ann Felke pushed their male rivals throughout the season. With Chalvin, Baudet, Schönborn and Felke, four Opel drivers were invited to the international “Beyond Rally” women's screening in Poland which is hosted by the promoter of the World Rally Championship. Both Baudet and Schönborn not only qualified for a place at the Junior World Championship stage at the Central European Rally, but will even fight for a cockpit for the entire Junior World Rally Championship (JWRC) 2025 next February as part of a shootout at the Rally Sweden.
ADAC Opel Rally Junior Team: Big challenge for Luca Pröglhöf
With his brilliant performances, this year's ADAC Opel Electric Rally Cup champion Luca Pröglhöf qualified for promotion to the ADAC Opel Rally Junior Team. There he will try to follow in the footsteps of his successful predecessors in the Junior European Rally Championship (JERC) next season. A total of five Junior European Championship titles by Emil Bergkvist, Marijan Griebel, Chris Ingram, Mārtiņš Sesks and Laurent Pellier testify to the high ambitions of the ADAC Opel Rally Junior Team. In the 2024 JERC season, the 2023 and 2022 Cup champions Calle Carlberg and Timo Schulz also caused a stir with second and fourth places overall.
Opel Motorsport boss Jörg Schrott's expectations for the upcoming rally season are therefore high: “The international perception and interest on the part of organisers and teams in the ADAC Opel Electric Rally Cup have grown steadily over the past four years. We are already working hard on the 2025 season. With seven attractive events in five countries and a once again very international field, the fifth season of our innovative Cup also promises a lot of excitement. With Luca Pröglhöf, a promising talent is once again promoted from the Cup to the ADAC Opel Rally Junior Team. I'm excited to see how Luca and Dina will do in the fight against the best youngsters in Europe. We are looking forward to the coming rally season, which will once again bring many challenges for Opel, but hopefully also successes.”
Schedule 2025 ADAC Opel Electric Rally Cup “powered by GSe
April 25/26 ADAC Rallye Sulingen (DRM) D
May 23/24 ELE Rally, Eindhoven NL
June 14/15 Rallye Vosges Grand-Est, Gérardmer F
Aug 15/16 ADAC Saarland-Pfalz Rallye, St. Wendel D
Sept 05/06 Rallye Mont-Blanc Morzine F
Sept 26/27 ADAC Rallye Stemweder Berg, Lübbecke D
Oct 16 to 19 Central European Rally, Passau (WRC) D/A/CZ
Schedule 2025 Junior European Rally Championship (JERC)
April 04 to 06 Rallye Sierra Morena E
May 09 to 11 Rally Hungary H
June 13 to 15 Rally Poland PL
July 04 to 06 Rally di Roma Capitale I
Aug 15 to 17 Barum Czech Rally Zlín CZ
Oct 03 to 05 Croatia Rally HR
