Josh McErlean

Josh McErlean
Personal information
Nationality	Irish
Born	16 July 1999 (age 25)
World Rally Championship record
Active years	2019–present
Co-driver	Eoin Treacy
Teams	M-Sport Ford WRT
Rallies	27
Championships	0
Rally wins	0
Podiums	0
Stage wins	1
Total points	2
First rally	2019 Wales Rally GB
Last rally	2024 Rally Japan

Josh McErlean (born 16 July 1999) is an Irish rally driver.

Rally career

McErlean made his rally debut in 2014.^[1] He entered Hyundai Motorsport's junior driver programme in 2021.^[2] In 2024, he was signed by Toksport to compete in the WRC2 championship.^[3]

It was announced that McErlean would join Grégoire Munster to drive for M-Sport Ford World Rally Team during the 2025 season.^[4]

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Pos.	Points
2019	Josh McErlean	Hyundai i20 R5	MON	SWE	MEX	FRA	ARG	CHL	POR	ITA	FIN	GER	TUR	GBR Ret	ESP	AUS C	NC	0
2020	Motorsport Ireland Rally Academy	Hyundai i20 R5	MON	SWE	MEX	EST	TUR	ITA	MNZ 17								NC	0
2021	Motorsport Ireland Rally Academy	Hyundai i20 R5	MON	ARC	CRO	POR 17	ITA	KEN	EST	BEL 12	GRE	FIN	ESP 17	MNZ 19			NC	0
2022	Motorsport Ireland Rally Academy	Hyundai i20 N Rally2	MON	SWE 29	CRO	POR 40	ITA 28	KEN	EST 19	FIN 34	BEL Ret	GRE	NZL	ESP 21	JPN		NC	0
2023	Motorsport Ireland Rally Academy	Hyundai i20 N Rally2	MON 57	SWE	MEX	CRO	POR 12	ITA 15	KEN	EST 16	FIN 19	GRE	CHL	EUR 44	JPN		NC	0
2024	Toksport WRT 2	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	MON	SWE	KEN	CRO	POR 9	ITA 13	POL Ret	LAT 21	FIN 12	GRE 9	CHL	EUR 11	JPN 30		27th	2
2025	M-Sport Ford WRT	Ford Puma Rally1	MON	SWE	KEN	ESP	POR	ITA	GRE	EST	FIN	PAR	CHL	EUR	JPN	SAU	NC	0

* Season still in progress.

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Pos.	Points
2022	Motorsport Ireland Rally Academy	Hyundai i20 N Rally2	MON	SWE 13	CRO	POR 19	ITA 20	KEN	EST 8	FIN 13	BEL Ret	GRE	NZL	ESP 11	JPN	45th	4
2023	Motorsport Ireland Rally Academy	Hyundai i20 N Rally2	MON 22	SWE	MEX	CRO	POR 7	ITA 10	KEN	EST 8	FIN 12	GRE	CHL	EUR 19	JPN	26th	11
2024	Toksport WRT 2	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	MON	SWE	KEN	CRO	POR 2	ITA 8	POL Ret	LAT 8	FIN 6	GRE 6	CHL	EUR 5	JPN	9th	50

* Season still in progress.

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Pos.	Points
2020	Motorsport Ireland Rally Academy	Hyundai i20 R5	MON	SWE	MEX	EST	TUR	ITA	MNZ 7						26th	6
2021	Motorsport Ireland Rally Academy	Hyundai i20 R5	MON	ARC	CRO	POR 5	ITA	KEN	EST	BEL 5	GRE	FIN	ESP 3	MNZ 6	9th	46

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Pos.	Points
2020	Motorsport Ireland Rally Academy	Hyundai i20 R5	ITA	LAT	PRT	HUN 11	ESP 19				30th	5
2021	Motorsport Ireland Rally Academy	Hyundai i20 R5	POL	LAT	ITA Ret	CZE	PRT1	PRT2	HUN	ESP	NC	0
2023	Motorsport Ireland Rally Academy	Hyundai i20 N Rally2	PRT 19	CAN	POL 7	LAT 4	SWE 31	ITA	CZE 12	HUN Ret	13th	39