2016 British Rally Championship

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[edit]

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[edit]

BRC1 Entries

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

BRC2 Entries

Constructor	Car	Team	Driver	Co Driver	Rounds
Mitsubishi	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	Swift Group	Matt Edwards	Will Rogers	1–5
		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	SW Motorsport	Spencer Wilkinson	Glyn Thomas	1, 3

BRC3 Entries

Constructor	Car	Team	Driver	Co Driver	Rounds
Citroën	Citroën DS3 R3T	Chris Wheeler Rallying	Chris Wheeler	Yan Griffiths	1, 3–5
Toyota	Toyota GT86 CS-R3	Toyota Motorsport	Chris Harris	Brynmor Pierce	1
Toyota	Toyota GT86 CS-R3	Toyota Motorsport	Will Cory	Brynmor Pierce	6–7

BRC4 Entries

Constructor	Car	Team	Driver	Co Driver	Rounds
Ford	Ford Fiesta R2T	Melvyn Evans Motorsport	Amittrajit Ghosh	Ashwin Naik	1
	Ford Fiesta ST	SIMS Rally Team	Tony Simpson	Ian Bevan	1, 3–5, 7
	Ford Fiesta R2	Athreton Racing	Gee Atherton	Keaton Williams	1, 3–4, 6
		MH Motorsport	Roger Platt	Ian Davis	1
				John Jarrett	3
				Keegan Rees	5
		Mc Connell Motorsport	Marty Gallagher	Dean O'Sullivan	2
Peugeot	Peugeot 208 R2	Mc Connell Motorsport	Marty Gallagher	Dean O'Sullivan	5–7
Opel	Opel Adam R2	Callum Devine Rallying	Callum Devine	Keith Moriarty	2, 6

Junior BRC Entries

Constructor	Car	Team	Driver	Co Driver	Rounds
Vauxhall	Vauxhall Adam R2	Vauxhall Motorsport Junior Rally Team	Matthias Adielsson	Andreas Johansson	All
			Robert Duggan	Gerard Conway	All
			Aaron Windus	Rhianon Smyth	1–3
Renault	Renault Twingo RS R2	Sindre Furuseth Rally	Sindre Furuseth	Gøril Undebakke	1
				Roger Eilertson	3
				Jim Hjerpe	4–7
Ford	Ford Fiesta R2T	Gus Greensmith Rallying	Gus Greensmith	Alex Gelsomino	1, 3, 5
		Melvyn Evans Motorsport	Meirion Evans	Jonathan Jackson	1–5
		Ice Pol Racing Team	Guillaume de Mevius	Louis Louka	1
		Top Gear Motors	Adam Bustard	Aaron Johnston	All
		MH Motorsport	Umberto Accornero	Andrew Edwards	1–3
			Umberto Accornero	Nicola Arena	4
			Josh Cornwell	Phil Hall	7
		BBR Rallying	Blair Brown	Richard Simmonds	1–6
		BBR Rallying	Blair Brown	Steven Clark	7
	Ford Fiesta R2	Two 4 Motorsport	Rhys Pinter	Mark Swallow	1
		Two 4 Motorsport	Rhys Pinter	Phil Hall	3
		MH Motorsport	Josh Cornwell	Dai Roberts	1–5
			Nick Carr	Joe Sturdy	1, 3–5
			Will Graham	Alex Kihurani	1
			Will Graham	Tim Sayer	2, 5–6
			Nabila Tejpar	Fiona Scarrett	1–2
				Tim Sayer	3
				Alister Crook	4
				Andrew Edwards	6–7
		Major Motorsport	Guy Tyler	Steven Fisher	1, 3–5

BRC5 Entries

Constructor	Car	Team	Driver	Co Driver	Rounds
Ford	Ford Fiesta R1	Major Motorsport	Tom Williams	Emma Morrison	3

Event results[edit]

Podium places and information on each event.

Round	Rally name	Podium finishers				Statistics
Round	Rally name	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	Josh Moffett	Ford Fiesta R5	1:55:56.2	14	209.56 km	70	44
		2	Jonathan Greer	Citroën DS3 R5	1:56:23.1
		3	David Bogie	Škoda Fabia R5	1:57:11.7

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	Jonathan Greer	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

Drivers championship standings[edit]

Top 10 positions

Pos	Driver	MWS	IRL	PIR	SCO	NGS	ULS	MAN	Pts
1	Elfyn Evans	1*	Ret	3	1	1	1	1	185
2	Tom Cave	3	4	4	2*	2	8	2	101
3	Jonathan Greer	8	2	6	4	6	2*	5	78
4	Fredrik Åhlin	2	Ret	1*	Ret	24	14	Ret	65
5	Josh Moffett	6	1	-	-	5	6	-	52
6	Desi Henry	10	Ret	7*	3	3	Ret	3	49
7	David Bogie	4	3	Ret	Ret*	4	3	6	46
8	Matt Edwards	7	14	13	7	12	9	4	26
9	Martin McCormack	Ret	Ret	5	-	-	6*	-	18
10	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[edit]

^ "Confirmed 2016 MSA British Rally Championship calendar - MSA British Rally Championship". Msabrc.com. Archived from the original on 2016-04-25. Retrieved 2016-04-18.
^ "Evans joins revamped BRC with DMACK British Rally Team - MSA British Rally Championship". Msabrc.com. Archived from the original on 2016-04-25. Retrieved 2016-04-18.
^ "Vatanen name is back in the British Rally Championship for 2016 - MSA British Rally Championship". Msabrc.com. Archived from the original on 2016-04-25. Retrieved 2016-04-18.
^ "Swedish star Åhlin to contest full BRC season - MSA British Rally Championship". Msabrc.com. Archived from the original on 2016-02-05. Retrieved 2016-04-18.
^ "Rhys Yates receives Brettex sponsorship boost with M-Sport built Fiesta R5 for BRC assault - MSA British Rally Championship". Msabrc.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-07. Retrieved 2016-04-18.
^ ^a ^b "Cronin and Greer bring Citroën marque to the BRC - MSA British Rally Championship". Msabrc.com. 2016-02-18. Archived from the original on 2016-04-25. Retrieved 2016-04-18.
^ "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.
^ "Simpson to tackle BRC in ŠKODA UK-supported Fabia R5 - MSA British Rally Championship". Msabrc.com. Archived from the original on 2016-02-02. Retrieved 2016-04-18.
^ "Thorburn set to unleash the lion - MSA British Rally Championship". Msabrc.com. 2016-01-25. Archived from the original on 2016-02-03. Retrieved 2016-04-18.

[1] "Confirmed 2016 MSA British Rally Championship calendar - MSA British Rally Championship". Msabrc.com. Archived from the original on 2016-04-25. Retrieved 2016-04-18.

[2] "Evans joins revamped BRC with DMACK British Rally Team - MSA British Rally Championship". Msabrc.com. Archived from the original on 2016-04-25. Retrieved 2016-04-18.

[3] "Vatanen name is back in the British Rally Championship for 2016 - MSA British Rally Championship". Msabrc.com. Archived from the original on 2016-04-25. Retrieved 2016-04-18.

[4] "Swedish star Åhlin to contest full BRC season - MSA British Rally Championship". Msabrc.com. Archived from the original on 2016-02-05. Retrieved 2016-04-18.

[5] "Rhys Yates receives Brettex sponsorship boost with M-Sport built Fiesta R5 for BRC assault - MSA British Rally Championship". Msabrc.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-07. Retrieved 2016-04-18.

[msabrc1-6] "Cronin and Greer bring Citroën marque to the BRC - MSA British Rally Championship". Msabrc.com. 2016-02-18. Archived from the original on 2016-04-25. Retrieved 2016-04-18.

[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.

[8] "Simpson to tackle BRC in ŠKODA UK-supported Fabia R5 - MSA British Rally Championship". Msabrc.com. Archived from the original on 2016-02-02. Retrieved 2016-04-18.

[9] "Thorburn set to unleash the lion - MSA British Rally Championship". Msabrc.com. 2016-01-25. Archived from the original on 2016-02-03. Retrieved 2016-04-18.

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