2016 British Rally Championship

2016 British Rally Championship
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The 2016 MSA British Rally Championship will be the 57th season of the British Rally Championship after a one-year absence.

The championship will feature eight classes:

• BRC 1 (R5, R4, Super 2000, Regional Rally Car)
• BRC 2 (N4)
• BRC 3 (R3)
• BRC 4 (R2)
• BRC 5 (R1)
• BRC GT (Porsche 911 RGT)
• National Rally Cup (open class)
• Junior BRC (R2, drivers drivers under 26 years old)

For the first time since 2011, the BRC will have four-wheel drive classes.

Calendar

The 2016 championship will be contested over seven rounds ^[1]

Round	Dates	Rally name	Surface
1	5–6 March	Mid Wales Stages	Gravel
2	8–9 April	Circuit of Ireland	Tarmac
3	30 April–1 May	Pirelli Rally	Gravel
4	25 June	RSAC Scottish Rally	Gravel
5	9–10 July	Nicky Grist Stages	Mixed
6	19–20 August	Ulster Rally	Tarmac
7	15–17 September	Rally Isle of Man	Tarmac

Teams and Drivers

BRC1 Entries

Constructor	Car	Team	Driver	Co Driver	Rounds
Ford	Ford Fiesta R5	DMACK British Rally Team [2]	Elfyn Evans	Craig Parry	1–4
			Max Vatanen [3]	Jacques-Julien Renucci	1–3
		CA1 Sport Ltd	Fredrik Åhlin [4]	Morten Erik Abrahamsen	1–4
			Alex Laffey	Andrew Roughhead	1–4
		Spencer Sport	Tom Cave	James Morgan	1–4
		Combilift Rallying	Josh Moffett	John Rowan	1–2, 4
			Sam Moffett	Karl Atkinson	1–2
		Anderson Commercials Ltd	Jamie Anderson	Ross Whittock	1–4
		Brettex Site Services	Rhys Yates [5]	Tom Woodburn	1–4
		Hugh Hunter Rallying	Hugh Hunter	Andy Marchbank	1–3
		Dom Buckley Motorsport	Robert Woodside	Allan Harryman	1–2
		Tiger Risk Rally Team	James Slaughter	James Whitaker	1–3
		M-Sport World Rally Team	Matthew Wilson	Stuart Loudon	3
		The Sun WD-40 Rally Team	Rob Gill	Anders Howard	3
	Ford Fiesta S2000	Get Connected	Damian Cole	Paul Morris	1–2
Citroën	Citroën DS3 R5	DGM Sport	Keith Cronin [6]	Mikie Galvin	1–2
			Jonathan Greer [6]	Kirsty Riddick	1–4
Skoda	Škoda Fabia R5	CA1 Sport Ltd	David Bogie [7]	Kevin Rae	1–4
			Thomas Preston	Jack Morton	3–4
		Mac Sport Rallying	Desi Henry	Liam Moynihan	1–4
		Simpsons Škoda Motorsport	Neil Simpson [8]	Elliot Edmondson	1–3
	Škoda Fabia S2000	Tiger Risk Rally Team	Martin McCormack	David Moynihan	1–3
Peugeot	Peugeot 208 T16 R5	Euan Thorburn Rally Team	Euan Thorburn [9]	Paul Beaton	1–4
Proton	Proton Satria Neo S2000	Mellors Elliot Motorsport	Oliver Mellors	Ian Windress	1–4

BRC2 Entries

Constructor	Car	Team	Driver	Co Driver	Rounds
Mitsubishi	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	Swift Group	Matt Edwards	Will Rogers	1–3
		Mitsubishi Ralliart UK	Phillip Morrow	Jonny Hart	1–2
		Patrick O'Brien Rallying	Patrick O'Brien	Stephen O'Brien	2
	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X	Hyundai Genpower Rally Team	Roland Llewellin	Jack Morton	1–2
Subaru	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	Spencer Wilkinson Construction Ltd	Spencer Wilkinson	Glyn Thomas	1, 3

BRC3 Entries

Constructor	Car	Team	Driver	Co Driver	Rounds
Citroën	Citroën DS3 R3	SJ Wheeler	Chris Wheeler	Yan Griffiths	1, 3
Toyota	Toyota GT86 CS-R3	Toyota Motorsport	Chris Harris	Brynmor Pierce	1

BRC4 Entries

Constructor	Car	Team	Driver	Co Driver	Rounds
Ford	Ford Fiesta R2T	Pincon Group	Amittrajit Ghosh	Ashwin Naik	1
	Ford Fiesta ST	Liverpool Motorclub	Tony Simpson	Ian Bevan	1, 3
	Ford Fiesta R2	Ludlow Castle MC	Gee Atherton	Keaton Williams	1, 3
		Newton DC	Roger Platt	Ian Davis	1, 3

BRC Juniors Entries

Constructor	Car	Team	Driver	Co Driver	Rounds
Ford	Ford Fiesta R2T	Umberto Accornero	Umberto Accornero	Andrew Edwards	1
		Blair Anderson Brown	Blair Anderson Brown	Richard Simmonds	1
		Adam Bustard	Adam Bustard	Aaron Johnston	1
		Melvyn Evans Motorsport	Meirion Evans	Jonathan Jackson	1
		Gus Greensmith	Gus Greensmith	Alessandro Gelsomino	1
	Ford Fiesta R2	Nick Carr	Nick Carr	Joe Sturdy	1
		Josh Cornwell	Josh Cornwell	Dai Roberts	1
		Will Graham	Will Graham	Alexander Kihurani	1
		Rhys Pinter	Rhys Pinter	Mark Swallow	1
		Nabila Tejpar	Nabila Tejpar	Fiona Scarrett	1
		Major Motorsport	Guy Tyler	Steven Fisher	1
Renault	Renault Twingo RS R2	Sindre Furuseth	Sindre Furuseth	Gøril N. Undebakke	1
Vauxhall	Vauxhall Adam R2	Vauxhall Motorsport Junior Rally Team	Matthias Adielsson	Andreas Johansson	1
			Robert Duggan	Gerard Conway	1
			Aaron Windus	Rhianon Smyth-Gelsomino	1

Event results

Podium places and information on each event.

Round	Rally name	Podium finishers				Statistics
		Rank	Driver	Car	Time	Stages	Length	Starters	Finishers
1	Mid Wales Stages (5-6 March)	1	Elfyn Evans	Ford Fiesta R5	1:08:14.3	6	114.26 km	45	31
		2	Fredrik Åhlin	Ford Fiesta R5	1:08:31.4
		3	Tom Cave	Ford Fiesta R5	1:09:41.1
2	Circuit of Ireland (8-9 April)	1	Craig Breen	Citroën DS3 R5	1:54:16.1	14	209.56 km	70	44
		2	Kajetan Kajetanowicz	Ford Fiesta R5	1:54:26.7
		3	Alastair Fisher	Ford Fiesta R5	1:55:12.5
3	Pirelli Rally (30 April-1 May)	1	Fredrik Åhlin	Ford Fiesta R5	1:05:15.6	7	118.77 km	57	41
		2	Matthew Wilson	Ford Fiesta R5	1:05:43.2
		3	Elfyn Evans	Ford Fiesta R5	1:05:46.7
4	RSAC Scottish Rally (25 June)	1	Elfyn Evans	Ford Fiesta R5	51:02.4	8	99.88 km	117	81
		2	Tom Cave	Ford Fiesta R5	51:54.8
		3	Desi Henry	Škoda Fabia R5	53:16.8
5	Nicky Grist Stages (9-10 July)	1	Elfyn Evans	Ford Fiesta R5	1:18:48.4	18	172.34 km	41	33
		2	Tom Cave	Ford Fiesta R5	1:19:59.8
		3	Desi Henry	Škoda Fabia R5	1:21:20.2
6	Ulster Rally (19-20 August)	1	Elfyn Evans	Ford Fiesta R5	2:11:15.4	14	215.44 km	41	31
		2	Johnathan Green	Citroën DS3 R5	2:12:40.8
		3	David Bogie	Škoda Fabia R5	2:13:15.8
7	Rally Isle of Man (15-17 September)	1	Elfyn Evans	Ford Fiesta R5	2:06:14.3	20	270.37 km	28	21
		2	Tom Cave	Ford Fiesta R5	2:07:36.6
		3	Desi Henry	Škoda Fabia R5	2:07:48.2

References

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