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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

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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   DMACK British Rally Team[2]   Elfyn Evans   Craig Parry All
  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
  Alex Laffey   Andrew Roughhead All
  MSL Motorsport   Jamie Anderson   Ross Whittock All
  Rhys Yates[5]   Tom Woodburn All
  Combilift Rallying   Josh Moffett   John Rowan 1–2, 4–6
  Sam Moffett   Karl Atkinson 1–2, 6
  Dom Buckley Motorsport   Hugh Hunter   Andy Marchbank 1–2
  Robert Woodside   Allan Harryman 1–2, 6
  Tiger Risk Rally Team   James Slaughter   James Whitaker 1–3, 5
  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
  Jonathan Greer[6]   Kirsty Riddick All
Skoda Škoda Fabia R5   CA1 Sport Ltd   David Bogie[7]   Kevin Rae 1–5
  James O'Reilly 6–7
  Thomas Preston   Jack Morton 3–5
  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
  Will Cory 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 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
  Nicola Arena 4
  Josh Cornwell   Phil Hall 7
  BBR Rallying   Blair Brown   Richard Simmonds 1–6
  Steven Clark 7
Ford Fiesta R2   Two 4 Motorsport   Rhys Pinter   Mark Swallow 1
  Phil Hall 3
  MH Motorsport   Josh Cornwell   Dai Roberts 1–5
  Nick Carr   Joe Sturdy 1, 3–5
  Will Graham   Alex Kihurani 1
  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

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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   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

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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

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  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.
  6. ^ 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.
  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.
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