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2016 British Rally Championship

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

The championship featured 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 under 26 years old)

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

Calendar

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The 2016 championship was 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

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BRC1 Entries
Constructor Car Team Driver Co Driver Rounds
Ford Ford Fiesta R5 United Kingdom DMACK British Rally Team[2] United Kingdom Elfyn Evans United Kingdom Craig Parry All
Finland Max Vatanen[3] France Jacques-Julien Renucci 1–3
United Kingdom Spencer Sport United Kingdom Tom Cave United Kingdom James Morgan All
United Kingdom CA1 Sport Ltd Sweden Fredrik Åhlin[4] Norway Morten Erik Abrahamsen All
United Kingdom Alex Laffey United Kingdom Andrew Roughhead All
United Kingdom MSL Motorsport United Kingdom Jamie Anderson United Kingdom Ross Whittock All
United Kingdom Rhys Yates[5] United Kingdom Tom Woodburn All
Republic of Ireland Combilift Rallying Republic of Ireland Josh Moffett Republic of Ireland John Rowan 1–2, 4–6
Republic of Ireland Sam Moffett Republic of Ireland Karl Atkinson 1–2, 6
United Kingdom Dom Buckley Motorsport United Kingdom Hugh Hunter United Kingdom Andy Marchbank 1–2
United Kingdom Robert Woodside United Kingdom Allan Harryman 1–2, 6
United Kingdom Tiger Risk Rally Team United Kingdom James Slaughter United Kingdom James Whitaker 1–3, 5
United Kingdom Patrick Walsh 6
United Kingdom M-Sport World Rally Team United Kingdom Matthew Wilson United Kingdom Stuart Loudon 3
United Kingdom The Sun WD-40 Rally Team United Kingdom Rob Gill United Kingdom Anders Howard 3
United Kingdom Swift Group United Kingdom Matt Edwards United Kingdom Will Rogers 6–7
Ford Fiesta S2000 United Kingdom Get Connected United Kingdom Damian Cole United Kingdom Paul Morris 1–2, 5
Citroën Citroën DS3 R5 United Kingdom DGM Sport Republic of Ireland Keith Cronin[6] Republic of Ireland Mikie Galvin 1–2, 6
United Kingdom Jonathan Greer[6] United Kingdom Kirsty Riddick All
Skoda Škoda Fabia R5 United Kingdom CA1 Sport Ltd United Kingdom David Bogie[7] United Kingdom Kevin Rae 1–5
Republic of Ireland James O'Reilly 6–7
United Kingdom Thomas Preston United Kingdom Jack Morton 3–5
United Kingdom Carl Williamson 7
Republic of Ireland Macsport Rally Team United Kingdom Desi Henry Republic of Ireland Liam Moynihan All
United Kingdom Simpsons Škoda Motorsport United Kingdom Neil Simpson[8] United Kingdom Elliot Edmondson 1–3
Škoda Fabia S2000 United Kingdom Tiger Risk Rally Team United Kingdom Martin McCormack Republic of Ireland David Moynihan 1–3, 6
Peugeot Peugeot 208 T16 R5 United Kingdom Euan Thorburn Rally Team United Kingdom Euan Thorburn[9] United Kingdom Paul Beaton 1–4
Proton Proton Satria Neo S2000 Malaysia Proton Motorsports United Kingdom Oliver Mellors United Kingdom Ian Windress All
BRC2 Entries
Constructor Car Team Driver Co Driver Rounds
Mitsubishi Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX United Kingdom Swift Group United Kingdom Matt Edwards United Kingdom Will Rogers 1–5
United Kingdom Mitsubishi Ralliart UK United Kingdom Phillip Morrow United Kingdom Jonny Hart 1–2
Republic of Ireland Patrick O'Brien Rallying Republic of Ireland Patrick O'Brien Republic of Ireland Stephen O'Brien 2
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X United Kingdom Hyundai Genpower Rally Team United Kingdom Roland Llewellin United Kingdom Jack Morton 1–2
Subaru Subaru Impreza WRX STI United Kingdom SW Motorsport United Kingdom Spencer Wilkinson United Kingdom Glyn Thomas 1, 3
BRC3 Entries
Constructor Car Team Driver Co Driver Rounds
Citroën Citroën DS3 R3T United Kingdom Chris Wheeler Rallying United Kingdom Chris Wheeler United Kingdom Yan Griffiths 1, 3–5
Toyota Toyota GT86 CS-R3 Germany Toyota Motorsport United Kingdom Chris Harris United Kingdom Brynmor Pierce 1
United Kingdom Will Cory 6–7
BRC4 Entries
Constructor Car Team Driver Co Driver Rounds
Ford Ford Fiesta R2T United Kingdom Melvyn Evans Motorsport India Amittrajit Ghosh India Ashwin Naik 1
Ford Fiesta ST United Kingdom SIMS Rally Team United Kingdom Tony Simpson United Kingdom Ian Bevan 1, 3–5, 7
Ford Fiesta R2 United Kingdom Athreton Racing United Kingdom Gee Atherton United Kingdom Keaton Williams 1, 3–4, 6
United Kingdom MH Motorsport United Kingdom Roger Platt United Kingdom Ian Davis 1
United Kingdom John Jarrett 3
United Kingdom Keegan Rees 5
Republic of Ireland Mc Connell Motorsport Republic of Ireland Marty Gallagher Republic of Ireland Dean O'Sullivan 2
Peugeot Peugeot 208 R2 5–7
Opel Opel Adam R2 United Kingdom Callum Devine Rallying United Kingdom Callum Devine Republic of Ireland Keith Moriarty 2, 6
Junior BRC Entries
Constructor Car Team Driver Co Driver Rounds
Vauxhall Vauxhall Adam R2 United Kingdom Vauxhall Motorsport Junior Rally Team Sweden Matthias Adielsson Sweden Andreas Johansson All
Republic of Ireland Robert Duggan Republic of Ireland Gerard Conway All
Australia Aaron Windus Australia Rhianon Smyth 1–3
Renault Renault Twingo RS R2 Norway Sindre Furuseth Rally Norway Sindre Furuseth Norway Gøril Undebakke 1
Norway Roger Eilertson 3
Sweden Jim Hjerpe 4–7
Ford Ford Fiesta R2T United Kingdom Gus Greensmith Rallying United Kingdom Gus Greensmith Italy Alex Gelsomino 1, 3, 5
United Kingdom Melvyn Evans Motorsport United Kingdom Meirion Evans United Kingdom Jonathan Jackson 1–5
Belgium Ice Pol Racing Team Belgium Guillaume de Mevius Belgium Louis Louka 1
United Kingdom Top Gear Motors United Kingdom Adam Bustard United Kingdom Aaron Johnston All
United Kingdom MH Motorsport Italy Umberto Accornero United Kingdom Andrew Edwards 1–3
Italy Nicola Arena 4
United Kingdom Josh Cornwell United Kingdom Phil Hall 7
United Kingdom BBR Rallying United Kingdom Blair Brown United Kingdom Richard Simmonds 1–6
United Kingdom Steven Clark 7
Ford Fiesta R2 United Kingdom Two 4 Motorsport Australia Rhys Pinter United Kingdom Mark Swallow 1
United Kingdom Phil Hall 3
United Kingdom MH Motorsport United Kingdom Josh Cornwell United Kingdom Dai Roberts 1–5
United Kingdom Nick Carr United Kingdom Joe Sturdy 1, 3–5
United Kingdom Will Graham United States Alex Kihurani 1
United Kingdom Tim Sayer 2, 5–6
United Kingdom Nabila Tejpar United Kingdom Fiona Scarrett 1–2
United Kingdom Tim Sayer 3
United Kingdom Alister Crook 4
United Kingdom Andrew Edwards 6–7
United Kingdom Major Motorsport Australia Guy Tyler Australia Steven Fisher 1, 3–5
BRC5 Entries
Constructor Car Team Driver Co Driver Rounds
Ford Ford Fiesta R1 United Kingdom Major Motorsport United Kingdom Tom Williams United Kingdom Emma Morrison 3

Event results

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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 United Kingdom Elfyn Evans Ford Fiesta R5 1:08:14.3 6 114.26 km 45 31
2 Sweden Fredrik Åhlin Ford Fiesta R5 1:08:31.4
3 United Kingdom Tom Cave Ford Fiesta R5 1:09:41.1
2 Circuit of Ireland
(8-9 April)
1 Republic of Ireland Josh Moffett Ford Fiesta R5 1:55:56.2 14 209.56 km 70 44
2 United Kingdom Jonathan Greer Citroën DS3 R5 1:56:23.1
3 United Kingdom David Bogie Škoda Fabia R5 1:57:11.7
3 Pirelli Rally
(30 April-1 May)
1 Sweden Fredrik Åhlin Ford Fiesta R5 1:05:15.6 7 118.77 km 57 41
2 United Kingdom Matthew Wilson Ford Fiesta R5 1:05:43.2
3 United Kingdom Elfyn Evans Ford Fiesta R5 1:05:46.7
4 RSAC Scottish Rally
(25 June)
1 United Kingdom Elfyn Evans Ford Fiesta R5 51:02.4 8 99.88 km 117 81
2 United Kingdom Tom Cave Ford Fiesta R5 51:54.8
3 United Kingdom Desi Henry Škoda Fabia R5 53:16.8
5 Nicky Grist Stages
(9-10 July)
1 United Kingdom Elfyn Evans Ford Fiesta R5 1:18:48.4 18 172.34 km 41 33
2 United Kingdom Tom Cave Ford Fiesta R5 1:19:59.8
3 United Kingdom Desi Henry Škoda Fabia R5 1:21:20.2
6 Ulster Rally
(19-20 August)
1 United Kingdom Elfyn Evans Ford Fiesta R5 2:11:15.4 14 215.44 km 41 31
2 United Kingdom Jonathan Greer Citroën DS3 R5 2:12:40.8
3 United Kingdom David Bogie Škoda Fabia R5 2:13:15.8
7 Rally Isle of Man
(15-17 September)
1 United Kingdom Elfyn Evans Ford Fiesta R5 2:06:14.3 20 270.37 km 28 21
2 United Kingdom Tom Cave Ford Fiesta R5 2:07:36.6
3 United Kingdom Desi Henry Škoda Fabia R5 2:07:48.2

Drivers championship standings

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Top 10 positions
Pos Driver MWS
IRL
PIR
SCO
NGS
ULS
MAN
 Pts 
1 United Kingdom Elfyn Evans 1* Ret 3 1 1 1 1 185
2 United Kingdom Tom Cave 3 4 4 2* 2 8 2 101
3 United Kingdom Jonathan Greer 8 2 6 4 6 2* 5 78
4 Sweden Fredrik Åhlin 2 Ret 1* Ret 24 14 Ret 65
5 Republic of Ireland Josh Moffett 6 1 - - 5 6 - 52
6 United Kingdom Desi Henry 10 Ret 7* 3 3 Ret 3 49
7 United Kingdom David Bogie 4 3 Ret Ret* 4 3 6 46
8 United Kingdom Matt Edwards 7 14 13 7 12 9 4 26
9 United Kingdom Martin McCormack Ret Ret 5 - - 6* - 18
10 United Kingdom Rhys Yates Ret 6 11 Ret 7* 7 Ret 17
Pos Driver MWS
IRL
PIR
SCO
NGS
ULS
MAN
 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

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

References

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  7. ^ "David Bogie brings Fab(ia) Skoda R5 to the BRC - MSA British Rally Championship". Msabrc.com. Archived from the original on 2016-02-25. Retrieved 2016-04-18.
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