2012 British Rally Championship

The 2012 MSA British Rally Championship was the 54th season of the British Rally Championship. The season began on 24 February in Bournemouth and ended on 29 September in Yorkshire.

Season Summary

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The 2012 season will start without a defending champion as last years winner David Bogie announced in February that he will not contest the BRC series this year. Instead he intends to concentrate on the Scottish Rally Championship.[1]

Calendar

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The 2012 calendar consists of six rounds.[2]

Round Dates Location Rally HQ Surface Winner
1 24/25 February Rallye Sunseeker International Bournemouth Gravel   Mark Donnelly
2 23/24 March Bulldog International Rally North Wales Welshpool Gravel   Tom Cave
3 27/28 April Pirelli International Rally Carlisle Gravel   Keith Cronin
4 1/3 June Jim Clark International Rally Kelso Asphalt   Keith Cronin
5 17/18 August International Rally Northern Ireland Antrim Asphalt   Keith Cronin
6 28/29 September International Rally Yorkshire Scarborough Gravel   Tom Cave

Drivers championship standings

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Top 10 positions
Pos Driver SUN
BUL
PIR
JCR
ULS
YOR
 Pts 
1   Keith Cronin Ret 2 1 1 1 3 102
2   Tom Cave 12 1 9 2 6 1 94
3   Osian Pryce 4 4 Ret 5 3 2 87
4   Elfyn Evans 3 5 4 4 2 78
5   Jonathan Greer 6 10 3 4 12 65
6   Matthew Cathcart 8 13 Ret 8 7 7 61
7   Desi Henry 2 8 16 15 Ret 4 59.5
8   Jukka Korhonen Ret 7 6 7 Ret 5 58
9   Mark Donnelly 1 Ret 3 6 Ret 49
10   Callum Black Ret 9 8 6 41.5
Pos Driver SUN
BUL
PIR
JCR
ULS
YOR
 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 are awarded to the highest placed registered driver on each event as follows: 20, 18, 16, 15, and so on deleting one point per placing down to one single point for all finishers.

References

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  1. ^ John Fife – Snowman Rally Tales
  2. ^ "2012 MSA British Rally Championship Events Calendar". rallybrc.co.uk. BRC. 2011-11-13. Archived from the original on 2012-05-21. Retrieved 2011-11-13.
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