British Rally Championship
Logo from 2024 | |
Country | United Kingdom |
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Inaugural season | 1958 |
Drivers | Various |
Drivers' champion | United Kingdom Chris Ingram |
Official website | britishrallychampionship.co.uk/ |
Current season |
The British Rally Championship (BRC) is a rallying series based in the United Kingdom. The first championship was run in 1958[1] and it has been licensed by the Motor Sports Association (MSA) since 1999. MSA has opted not to run the series in 2015, instead giving its promotion to its own subsidiary, International Motor Sport (IMS) for 2016. Motorsport UK have promoted the BRC and have done since IMS was absorbed into Motorsport UK in 2019.
2024
[edit ]For 2024 the series sees the BRC return to free-to-air terrestrial television in 2024, after signing a multi-year deal with ITV4 and ITVX to broadcast the six-round series across the UK and the Republic of Ireland.
An enhanced media package for the UK’s premier rally championship will include a dedicated one-hour highlights show on ITV4 after each round of the series to be broadcast at prime time with further repeat broadcasts and an end of season round-up programme.[2]
Calendar
[edit ]Round | Rally | Location | Date |
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Round 1 | Legend Fires North West Stages | Lancashire, England | 22-23 March |
Round 2 | Rallynuts Severn Valley Stages | Builth Wells, Wales | 13 April |
Round 3 | Beatson’s Building Supplies Jim Clark Rally | Duns, Scotland | 24-25 May |
Round 4 | Voyonic Grampian Forest Rally | Banchory, Scotland | 9-10 August |
Round 5* | JDS Machinery Rali Ceredigion | Aberystwyth, Wales | 30 August - 1 September |
Round 6 | Visit Conwy Cambrian Rally | Llandudno, Wales | 26 October |
*Two points scoring opportunities on Round 5
Champions
[edit ]British Rally Championship
[edit ]*In 2000, Ipatti used both Kari Kajala and Teppo Leino as co-drivers during the season. Hence, runner-up Mark Higgins' co-driver Bryan Thomas was awarded the co-drivers title. Two similar situations occurred in 2004 & 2008. In 2004 David Higgins used Chris Wood, Craig Thorley & Daniel Barritt as co-drivers during the season. Hence, runner-up Austin MacHale' co-driver Brian Murphy was awarded the co-drivers title. In 2008,Wilks used both Phil Pugh and David Moynihan as co-drivers during the season. Again, runner-up Mark Higgins' co-driver Rory Kennedy was awarded the co-drivers title.
RACMSA British Rally Championship
Season | Champion | Co-Driver | Car |
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1998 | United Kingdom Martin Rowe | United Kingdom Derek Ringer | Renault Mégane Maxi |
1997 | United Kingdom Mark Higgins | United Kingdom Phil Mills | Nissan Sunny GTi |
1996 | United Kingdom Gwyndaf Evans | United Kingdom Howard Davies | Ford Escort RS2000 |
1995 | United Kingdom Alister McRae | United Kingdom David Senior | Nissan Sunny GTi |
1994 | United Kingdom Malcolm Wilson | United Kingdom Bryan Thomas | Ford Escort RS Cosworth |
1993 | United Kingdom Richard Burns | United Kingdom Robert Reid | Subaru Legacy RS |
1992 | United Kingdom Colin McRae | United Kingdom Derek Ringer | Subaru Legacy RS |
1991 | United Kingdom Colin McRae | United Kingdom Derek Ringer | Subaru Legacy RS |
1990 | United Kingdom David Llewellin | United Kingdom Phil Short | Toyota Celica GT-Four ST165 |
RACMSA British Open Rally Championship
Season | Champion | Co-Driver | Car |
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1989 | United Kingdom David Llewellin | United Kingdom Phil Short | Toyota Celica GT-Four ST165 |
1988 | United Kingdom Jimmy McRae | United Kingdom Rob Arthur | Ford Sierra RS Cosworth |
1987 | United Kingdom Jimmy McRae | United Kingdom Ian Grindrod | Ford Sierra RS Cosworth |
1986 | United Kingdom Mark Lovell | United Kingdom Roger Freeman | Ford RS200 |
1985 | United Kingdom Russell Brookes | United Kingdom Mike Broad | Opel Manta 400 |
1984 | United Kingdom Jimmy McRae | United Kingdom Mike Nicholson | Opel Manta 400 |
1983 | Sweden Stig Blomqvist | Sweden Björn Cederberg | Audi Quattro A2 |
1982 | United Kingdom Jimmy McRae | United Kingdom Ian Grindrod | Opel Ascona 400 |
1981 | United Kingdom Jimmy McRae | United Kingdom Ian Grindrod | Opel Ascona 400 |
1980 | Finland Ari Vatanen | United Kingdom David Richards | Ford Escort RS1800 |
1979 | Finland Pentti Airikkala | Finland Risto Virtanen | Vauxhall Chevette HSR |
1978 | Finland Hannu Mikkola | Sweden Arne Hertz | Ford Escort RS1800 |
RAC British Rally Championship
Multiple wins by individual
[edit ]Name | Titles | Winning Years | |
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United Kingdom | Jimmy McRae | 5 | 1981, 1982, 1984, 1987, 1988 |
United Kingdom | Roger Clark | 4 | 1965, 1972, 1973, 1975 |
Republic of Ireland | Keith Cronin | 2009, 2010, 2012, 2017 | |
United Kingdom | Mark Higgins | 3 | 1997, 2005, 2006 |
United Kingdom | Matt Edwards | 2018, 2019, 2021 | |
United Kingdom | Bill Bengry | 2 | 1960, 1961 |
United Kingdom | Tony Fisher | 1962, 1963 | |
United Kingdom | Russell Brookes | 1977, 1985 | |
Finland | Ari Vatanen | 1976, 1980 | |
United Kingdom | David Llewellin | 1989, 1990 | |
United Kingdom | Colin McRae | 1991, 1992 | |
United Kingdom | Johnny Milner | 2002, 2003 | |
United Kingdom | Guy Wilks | 2007, 2008 |
Multiple wins by car manufacturer
[edit ]Name | Titles | Winning Years | |
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United States | Ford | 21 | 1964, 1965, 1967, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1994, 1996, 2005, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 |
Japan | Subaru | 5 | 1991, 1992, 1993, 2006, 2010 |
Japan | Mitsubishi Motors | 5 | 2000, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011 |
United Kingdom | British Motor Corporation | 4 | 1959, 1962, 1963, 1970 |
Germany | Opel | 4 | 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985 |
Japan | Toyota | 5 | 1983,[3] [2] [4] 1989, 1990, 2002, 2003 |
France | Citroën | 3 | 2012, 2013, 2014 |
Germany | Volkswagen | 3 | 1960, 1961, 2021 |
Japan | Nissan | 2 | 1995, 1997 |
France | Renault | 2 | 1998, 1999 |
See also
[edit ]References
[edit ]- ^ "British Rally Championship canned for 2015 before '16 MSA relaunch". Kent Sports News. 25 June 2014. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
- ^ a b "1981, 1982 & 1983 Manx Rally". YouTube .
- ^ "- YouTube". YouTube .
- ^ "Rothmans Manx Rally".