2021 British Rally Championship

The British Rally Championship is a rallying series run over the course of a year, that comprises seven tarmac and gravel surface events.[1] 2021 is the 63rd season of the series. The season began at Oulton Park on 31 May and concluded on 20 November in Northern Ireland.

2021 calendar

For season 2021 there was due to be seven events held on both gravel and tarmac surfaces[2] however due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, a number of events were cancelled. The 2021 reserve event, the Mull Rally was added to the series making a six round championship. On 24 March it was announced by the BRC that The Neil Howard Stages, taking place in May would be added as the series opener.

Round	Dates	Event	Rally HQ	Surface	Website
1	31 May	Neil Howard Stages	Oulton Park	Tarmac	(website)
2	10 July	Nicky Grist Stages Rally	Builth Wells	Gravel	(website)
3	14 Aug	Grampian Forest Rally	Banchory	Gravel	(website)
4	24/25 September	Trackrod Rally Yorkshire	Scarborough	Gravel	(website)
5	8/9 October	Mull Rally	Isle of Mull	Tarmac	(website)
6	30 October	Cambrian Rally	Llandudno	Gravel	(website)
7	20 November	Ulster Rally	Newry	Tarmac	(website)
Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
	Original Date	Event	Rally HQ	Surface	Website
-	2/3 Apr	Circuit of Ireland Rally	Belfast	Tarmac	(website)
-	24/25 April	Rally Tendring & Clacton	Clacton	Tarmac	(website)
-	28/29 May	Jim Clark Rally	Duns	Tarmac	(website)

Event results

Podium places and information on each event.

Round	Rally name	Podium finishers				Statistics
Round	Rally name	Rank	Driver	Car	Time	Stages	Length - km	Starters	Finishers
1	Neil Howard Stages, England 31 May	1	Sam Moffett	Ford Fiesta Rally2	49:32	8	80.86	143	119
		2	Rhys Yates	Ford Fiesta Rally2	49:33
		3	Osian Pryce	Volkswagen Polo GTI R5	49:40

2	Nicky Grist Stages, Wales 10 July	1	Matt Edwards	Volkswagen Polo GTI R5	42:30	8	70.86	170	128
		2	Tom Cave	Ford Fiesta Rally2	42:35
		3	Osian Pryce	Volkswagen Polo GTI R5	42:42

3	Grampian Forest Rally, Scotland 14 August	1	Matthew Wilson	Ford Fiesta Rally2	38:49	6	69.94	115	90
		2	Osian Pryce	Volkswagen Polo GTI R5	39:09
		3	Rhys Yates	Ford Fiesta Rally2	39:27

4	Trackrod Rally, England 24-25 September	1	Matt Edwards	Volkswagen Polo GTI R5	53:17.0	6	90.47	86	64
		2	Osian Pryce	Volkswagen Polo GTI R5	53:49.8
		3	Matthew Wilson	Ford Fiesta Rally2	53:50.6

5	Mull Rally, Scotland 8-10 October	1	Osian Pryce	Volkswagen Polo GTI R5	2:21:17.6	17	238.54	151	101
		2	Matt Edwards	Volkswagen Polo GTI R5	2:28:44.6
		3	William Creighton	Ford Fiesta Rally4	2:30:48.3

6	Cambrian Rally, Wales 30 October	1	Osian Pryce	Volkswagen Polo GTI R5	45:23.4	7	71.52	136	106
		2	Seb Perez	Ford Fiesta Rally2	47:43.3
		3	Matt Edwards	Volkswagen Polo GTI R5	49:32.0

7	Ulster Rally, Northern Ireland 20 November	1	Matt Edwards	Volkswagen Polo GTI R5	1:28:24.4	9	150.93	100	60
		2	Jonathan Greer	Citroën C3 R5	1:30:56.2
		3	Callum Devine	Ford Fiesta Rally2	1:31:11.4

2021 British Rally Championship for Drivers

Scoring system

Points are awarded as follows: 25, 18, 15, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2, 1. Drivers may nominate one event as their 'joker', on which they will score additional points: 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. Competitors five best scores will count towards their championship total.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
Points	25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1
Joker Points	5	4	3	2	1

Pos	Co-Driver	NHS	NGS	GRA	TRA	MUL	CAM	ULS	Points[3]
1	Matt Edwards	12	25	0	25	18	18*	25	119
2	Osian Pryce	15	15	18	18	30*	25	DNF	106
3	Matthew Wilson	DNP	10	25	18*	DNP	DNF	DNP	53
4	Rhys Yates	22 *	12	15	4	DNP	DNS	DNP	53
5	Sam Moffett	25	8	4	DNP	DNP	DNP	12	49
Pos	Co-Driver	NHS	NGS	GRA	TRA	MUL	CAM	ULS	Pts

Key
Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Non-podium finish
Purple	Did not finish (Ret)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
Black	Excluded (EXC)
White	Did not start (DNS)
*	Joker played

References

"2021 British Rally Championship". BRC. BRC. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
"2021 British Rally Championship calendar announced". BRC. BRC. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
"Current Standings". BRC. British Rally Championship. Retrieved 12 July 2021.

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[1] "2021 British Rally Championship". BRC. BRC. Retrieved 16 December 2020.

[2] "2021 British Rally Championship calendar announced". BRC. BRC. Retrieved 16 December 2020.

[3] "Current Standings". BRC. British Rally Championship. Retrieved 12 July 2021.