2017 British Rally Championship

The 2017 MSA British Rally Championship was the 58th season of the British Rally Championship. It featuredure eight classes:

  • BRC 1 (R5, R4, Super 2000, Regional Rally Car)
  • BRC Production Cup (N4)
  • BRC 3 (R3)
  • BRC 4 (R2)
  • National Rally Cup (open class)
  • Junior BRC (R2, drivers under 26 years old)
  • Cadet Cup (R2, drivers under 25 years old)
  • Ladies BRC Trophy

Calendar

The 2017 championship was contested over seven rounds [1] For the first time, Ypres Rally, a Belgian event, was featured on the calendar.

Seven events were held on tarmac and gravel surfaces:[2]

Round Dates Event Rally HQ Surface Website
1 17-18 MarchUnited Kingdom Border Counties RallyJedburghGravel(website)
2 29–30 AprilUnited Kingdom Pirelli RallyCarlisle, CumbriaGravel(website)
3 19–20 MayUnited Kingdom RSAC Scottish RallyDumfriesGravel(website)
4 23–24 JuneBelgium Ypres RallyYpresTarmac(website)
5 8–9 JulyUnited Kingdom Nicky Grist StagesBuilth WellsGravel(website)
6 18–19 AugustUnited Kingdom Ulster RallyDerryTarmac(website)
7 14–16 SeptemberIsle of Man Rally Isle of ManDouglas, Isle of ManTarmac(website)

Team and Drivers

BRC1 Entries
Constructor Car Team Driver Co Driver Rounds
Škoda Škoda Fabia R5 United Kingdom CA1 Sport Ltd United Kingdom David Bogie United Kingdom Kevin Rae 1–4
Sweden Fredrik Åhlin Norway Torstein Eriksen All
United Kingdom Thomas Preston United Kingdom Andrew Roughead 2, 4
United Kingdom Stuart Loudon 5
Republic of Ireland Macsport Rally Team United Kingdom Desi Henry Republic of Ireland Liam Moynihan 1–4, 6
United Kingdom Tiger Risk Rally Team United Kingdom Martin McCormack Republic of Ireland David Moynihan 1–4, 6
Ford Ford Fiesta R5 United Kingdom Dom Buckley Motorsport United Kingdom Tom Cave United Kingdom James Morgan 1
United Kingdom Garry Pearson United Kingdom Paula Swinscoe 2
Republic of Ireland Barry Mckenna Republic of Ireland Leon Jordan 5
United Kingdom M-Sport World Rally Team Republic of Ireland Keith Cronin Republic of Ireland Mikie Galvin All
United Kingdom Alex Laffey United Kingdom Dai Roberts 1–2
United Kingdom Patrick Walsh 3–7
United Kingdom Spencer Sport United Kingdom Osian Pryce United Kingdom Dale Furniss 1–6
United Kingdom Euan Thorburn Rally Team United Kingdom Euan Thorburn United Kingdom Paul Beaton 1, 3
United Kingdom CA1 Sport Ltd United Kingdom Jamie Anderson United Kingdom Ross Whittock 1–5
United Kingdom Rhys Yates United Kingdom Andrew Roughead 7
United Kingdom Swift Group United Kingdom Matt Edwards United Kingdom Darren Garrod All
United Kingdom Brettex Site Services United Kingdom Rhys Yates United Kingdom Carl Williamson 1–5
United Kingdom Alex Lee 6
United Kingdom Autotek Motorsport Norway Eyvind Brynildsen Sweden Anders Fredriksson 2
United Kingdom Tiger Risk Rally Team United Kingdom James Slaughter Republic of Ireland Niall Burns 2, 4–5
United Kingdom Martin McCormack Republic of Ireland David Moynihan 5
Citroën Citroën DS3 R5 United Kingdom DGM Sport United Kingdom Jonathan Greer United Kingdom Kirsty Riddick 1–4, 6
Hyundai Hyundai i20 R5 Italy BRC Racing Team United Kingdom Tom Cave United Kingdom James Morgan 2
South Korea Hyundai Motorsport 3
United Kingdom Dom Buckley Motorsport 4
BRC Production Cup Entries
Constructor Car Team Driver Co Driver Rounds
Subaru Subaru Impreza WRX STI United Kingdom SW Motorsport United Kingdom Spencer Wilkinson United Kingdom Glyn Thomas 1–3
BRC4 Entries
Constructor Car Team Driver Co Driver Rounds
Ford Ford Fiesta R2T United Kingdom Atherton Racing United Kingdom Gee Atherton United Kingdom Keaton Williams 1, 3, 5, 7
Ford Fiesta R2 United Kingdom Two 4 Motorsport United Kingdom David White United Kingdom Matthew White 1–2, 4–7
Junior BRC Entries
Constructor Car Team Driver Co Driver Rounds
Peugeot Peugeot 208 R2 Republic of Ireland Mc Connell Motorsport Republic of Ireland Marty Gallagher Republic of Ireland Dean O'Sullivan All
United Kingdom Melvyn Evans Motorsport United Kingdom Meirion Evans United Kingdom Jonathan Jackson All
Republic of Ireland Dean Raftery Rallying Republic of Ireland Dean Raftery United Kingdom Tom Woodburn 1
United Kingdom Peugeot UK United Kingdom Cameron Davies United Kingdom Caron Tomlinson 1–4
United Kingdom Michael Gilbey 5
United Kingdom DGM Sport United Kingdom William Creighton United Kingdom Liam Regan All
Ford Ford Fiesta R2T United Kingdom MH Motorsport United Kingdom Callum Devine Republic of Ireland Keith Moriarty 1–3
Norway Oscar Solberg Sweden Patrik Barth All
United Kingdom Josh McErlean United Kingdom Aaron Johnston 5
United Kingdom Spencer Sport United Kingdom James Williams United Kingdom Phil Hall 1
United Kingdom Dale Bowen 2
United Kingdom Dai Roberts 3–6
Vauxhall Vauxhall Adam R2 United Kingdom Vauxhall Motorsport Junior Rally Team Australia Arron Windus United Kingdom Aaron Johnston 1
United Kingdom Spencer Sport United Kingdom James Williams United Kingdom Dai Roberts 7
Citroën Citroën C2 R2 Republic of Ireland Macsport Rally Team United Kingdom Josh McErlean United Kingdom Damien Duffin 1–2, 6
United Kingdom Aaron Johnston 3
Opel Opel Adam R2 Germany Opel Rallye Junior Team United Kingdom Chris Ingram United Kingdom Elliot Edmondson 4
United Kingdom Callum Devine Rallying United Kingdom Callum Devine Republic of Ireland Keith Moriarty 4–7
Cadet Cup Entries
Constructor Car Team Driver Co Driver Rounds
Ford Ford Fiesta R2 United Kingdom Armstrong Motorsport United Kingdom Fergus Barlow United Kingdom Max Freeman 1–3
United Kingdom MH Motorsport United Kingdom Josh Cornwell United Kingdom Richard Bliss 1–5
United Kingdom Tom Woodburn 6
United Kingdom Alex Waterman United Kingdom Harry Thomas 1–2, 4–7
United Kingdom Tom Woodburn 3
United Kingdom Nabila Tejpar United Kingdom Charley Sayer 1–3
United Kingdom Steve McPhee 4–5
United Kingdom Richard Bliss 6–7
United Kingdom Tom Williams Rallying United Kingdom Tom Williams United Kingdom Bryan Hull 1–5
United Kingdom Phil Hall 7
Ford Fiesta R2T United Kingdom Haper Adams Motorsport United Kingdom James McDiarmid United Kingdom Max Haines 1–2, 4–7
Vauxhall Vauxhall Adam Cup United Kingdom Major Motorsport Australia Arron Windus United Kingdom Richard Crozier 2–3
Ladies BRC Trophy Entries
Constructor Car Team Driver Co Driver Rounds
Ford Ford Fiesta R2 United Kingdom MH Motorsport United Kingdom Nabila Tejpar United Kingdom Charley Sayer 1–3
United Kingdom Steve McPhee 4–5
United Kingdom Richard Bliss 6–7

Calendar changes

On 07 January, the British Rally Championship management team announced via a press release that the 2017 Mid Wales Stages Rally, usually the opening round of the championship and held in March, would not take place. The reason cited was that a deal had been reached with Natural Resources Wales - the agency that runs Welsh government forests - over the fees payable to run a forest rally in Wales however a misunderstanding over the VAT payable meant that it would be unfeasible to run the 2017 event. The Border Counties Rally, based in Jedburgh and also round two of the Scottish Rally Championship was announced as a replacement event and the 2017 series opener.[3]

Event results

Podium places and information on each event.

Round Rally name Podium finishers Statistics
Rank Driver Car Time Stages Length Starters Finishers
1 United Kingdom Border Counties Rally
(17-18 March)
1 Sweden Fredrik Åhlin Škoda Fabia R5 0:53:01.6 9 93.94 km 35 28
2 United Kingdom Tom Cave Ford Fiesta R5 0:53:40.2
3 United Kingdom Osian Pryce Ford Fiesta R5 0:54:09.0
2 United Kingdom Pirelli Rally
(29-30 April)
1 Sweden Fredrik Åhlin Škoda Fabia R5 1:29:28.0 8 159.61 km 43 30
2 United Kingdom Osian Pryce Ford Fiesta R5 1:30:07.4
3 United Kingdom Martin McCormack Škoda Fabia R5 1:30:17.5
3 United Kingdom RSAC Scottish Rally
(19-20 May)
1 United Kingdom David Bogie Škoda Fabia R5 1:09:47.1 10 119.58 km 37 27
2 United Kingdom Osian Pryce Ford Fiesta R5 1:10:35.6
3 United Kingdom Martin McCormack Škoda Fabia R5 1:10:49.0
4 Belgium Ypres Rally
(23–24 June)
1 Republic of Ireland Keith Cronin Ford Fiesta R5 2:25:00.3 20 259.35 km 123 90
2 United Kingdom Matt Edwards Ford Fiesta R5 2:26:18.4
3 United Kingdom Osian Pryce Ford Fiesta R5 2:27:30.2
5 United Kingdom Nicky Grist Stages
(8-9 July)
1 Sweden Fredrik Åhlin Škoda Fabia R5 1:45:50.2 20 188.48 km 28 17
2 United Kingdom Matt Edwards Ford Fiesta R5 1:46:37.7
3 United Kingdom Rhys Yates Ford Fiesta R5 1:47:58.2
6 United Kingdom Ulster Rally
(18-19 August)
1 Republic of Ireland Keith Cronin Ford Fiesta R5 2:06:03.8 14 214.83 km 33 22
2 Sweden Fredrik Åhlin Škoda Fabia R5 2:06:59.2
3 United Kingdom Jonathan Greer Citroën DS3 R5 2:08:11.8
7 Isle of Man Rally Isle of Man
(14-16 September)
1 Republic of Ireland Keith Cronin Ford Fiesta R5 1:51:16.0 21 229.82km 23 17
2 United Kingdom Matt Edwards Ford Fiesta R5 1:51:38.6
3 Sweden Fredrik Åhlin Škoda Fabia R5 1:52:29.2

Drivers championship standings

Top 10 positions
Pos Driver BCR
United Kingdom
PIR
United Kingdom
SCO
United Kingdom
YPR
Belgium
NGS
United Kingdom
ULS
MAN
Isle of Man
 Pts 
1 Republic of Ireland Keith Cronin 4 Ret 4 1 Ret 1 1* 129
2 Sweden Fredrik Åhlin 1 1* Ret 6 1 2 3 128
3 United Kingdom Matt Edwards 6 5 Ret 2 2 Ret 2* 94
4 United Kingdom Rhys Yates 5 6 Ret 5 3* Ret 4 70
5 United Kingdom Osian Pryce 3 2 2 3 Ret* Ret DNP 66
6 United Kingdom Martin McCormack Ret 3 3 Ret* 4 4 DNP 57
7 United Kingdom Jamie Anderson 7 8 7 4 5* DNP DNP 39
8 United Kingdom David Bogie Ret* 4 1 Ret DNP DNP DNP 37
9 United Kingdom Alex Laffey Ret 9 8 8 Ret* 5 Ret 30
10 United Kingdom Callum Devine 14 11 13 7 6 Ret* 6 30
Pos Driver BCR
United Kingdom
PIR
United Kingdom
SCO
United Kingdom
YPR
Belgium
NGS
United Kingdom
ULS
MAN
Isle of Man
 Pts 
Key
ColourResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenNon-podium finish
PurpleDid not finish (Ret)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
BlackExcluded (EXC)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
*Joker played

Points are awarded in each class as follows: 25, 18, 15, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2, 1. Competitors may nominate one event as their 'joker', on which they will score additional points: 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. Competitors six best scores will count towards their championship total, including the final round. The final round of the championship will be a double-header for points as the rally is split into two point scoring rounds.

References

  1. "Confirmed 2017 MSA British Rally Championship calendar - MSA British Rally Championship". Msabrc.com. Retrieved 2016-11-21.
  2. "SACC Events Calendar 2017 Calendar". SACC. SACC. Archived from the original on 28 November 2016. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
  3. "British Rally Championship opener Mid Wales Stages cancelled". Autosport. Autosport. Retrieved 8 Jan 2017.
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