2022 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] 2022 is to be the 64th season of the series. The season begins in Clacton, Essex on 23/24 April and is due to conclude on 29 October in the Welsh forests.

At the end of the season Osian Pryce and regular co-driver Noel O'Sullivan were declared 2022 champion driver and co-driver having won 4 out of the 7 events.

2022 calendar

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For season 2022 there will be seven events, four on gravel and three on closed road tarmac surfaces.[2] Reserve event for 2022 will take place at Oulton Park circuit in November.


Round Dates Event Rally HQ Surface Website
1 23/24 April Rally Tendring & Clacton Clacton Tarmac (website)
2 27/28 May Jim Clark Rally Duns Tarmac (website)
3 9 July Nicky Grist Stages Builth Wells Gravel (website)
4 13 August Grampian Forest Stages Banchory Gravel (website)
5 3/4 September Rali Bae Ceredigion Aberystwyth Tarmac (website)
6 23/24 September Trackrod Rally Yorkshire Filey Gravel (website)
7 29 October Cambrian Rally Llandudno Gravel (website)
Reserve 5 November Oulton Park Stages Oulton Park Tarmac (website)

Entrants

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BRC1

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Rally2/R5 Entries
Car Entrant / Team Driver Co-Driver Rounds
Volkswagen Polo GTI R5   Melvyn Evans Motorsport   Osian Pryce   Noel O'Sullivan 1-2
  Jason Pritchard   Phil Clarke 1-2
  Meirion Evans   Jonathan Jackson 2
  Keith Cronin   Keith Cronin   Mikie Galvin 1-2
Ford Fiesta Rally2   NPL Rally Hire   Garry Pearson   Dale Furniss 1-2
  DMG Motorsport   Elliot Payne   Tom Woodburn 1
  Patrick Walsh 2
Ford Fiesta R5   Andy Davies Rallying   Andy Davies   Robert Fagg 1
Hyundai i20 R5   Macsport Rally   James Williams   Dai Roberts 1-2
Skoda Fabia R5   Ruairi Bell   Ruairi Bell   Max Freeman 1-2
Sources: Official rally entry lists:[3][4]

BRC Junior

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Rally4/R2 entries
Car Entrant / Team Driver Co-Driver Rounds
Ford Fiesta Rally4   Donagh Kelly   Eamonn Kelly   Conor Mohan 1-2
  Ola Nore Jr   Ola Nore Jr   Jack Morton 1
  Fraser Anderson   Fraser Anderson   Sinclair Young 1
  DGM Sport   Johnnie Mulholland   Eoin Treacy 1-2
Ford Fiesta R2T   Kyle McBride   Kyle McBride   Kenny Bustard 1
  Liam McIntyre 2
Peugeot 208 Rally4   Kyle White   Kyle White   Sean Topping 1-2
  West Wales Rally Spares   Ioan Lloyd   Sion Williams 1-2
Sources: Official rally entry lists:[3][4]

2022 events podium

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Round Rally name Podium finishers[5]
Placing Driver / Co-Driver Car Time /
Diff leader
1 Rally Tendring & Clacton
(23/24 April)
1 Osian Pryce / Noel O'Sullivan Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 42:38.4
2 Keith Cronin / Mikie Galvin Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 + 00:05.4
3 James Williams / Dai Roberts Hyundai i20 R5 + 00:21.2
2 Jim Clark Rally
(27/28 May)
1 Keith Cronin / Mikie Galvin Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 49:48.9
2 James Williams / Dai Roberts Hyundai i20 R5 + 00:36.2
3 Garry Pearson / Dale Furniss Ford Fiesta Rally2 + 00:58.3
3 Nicky Grist Stages
(9 July)
1 Osian Pryce / Noel O'Sullivan Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 45:03.4
2 Keith Cronin / Mikie Galvin Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 +00:14.9
3 Jason Pritchard / Phil Clarke Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 +00:24.4
4 Grampian Forest Rally
(13 August)
1 Keith Cronin / Mikie Galvin Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 39:12
2 Osian Pryce / Noel O'Sullivan Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 +0:21
3 Ruairi Bell / Max Freeman Skoda Fabia R5 +0:29
5 Rali Bae Ceredigion
(3/4 September)
1 Osian Pryce / Noel O'Sullivan Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 1:20:34.7
2 James Williams / Dai Roberts Hyundai i20 N Rally2 +1:25.3
3 Ruairi Bell / Max Freeman Skoda Fabia R5 +3:18.4
6 Trackrod Rally
(23/24 September
1 Osian Pryce / Noel O'Sullivan Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 0:54:12.7
2 Keith Cronin / Mikie Galvin Volkswagen Polo +0:20.4
3 Ruairi Bell / Max Freeman Škoda Fabia R5 +0:26.6
7 Cambrian Rally
(29 October)
1 Ruairi Bell / Max Freeman Škoda Fabia R5 +01:51.8
2 Eamonn Kelly / Conor Mohan Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 +03:00.5
3 James Williams / Dai Roberts Hyundai i20 R5 +05:50.1

2022 British Rally Championship for Drivers

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Scoring system

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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 RTC
JCR
NGS
GFR
RBC
TRA
CAM
 Points[6]
1 Osian Pryce 25 EXC 25 18 25 25 * DNS 123
2 Keith Cronin 18 25 18 25 Ret 18 DNS 104
3 James Williams 15 18 Ret 12 18 12 18 * 81
4 Ruairi Bell Ret 8 Ret * 15 15 15 25 78
5 Garry Pearson Ret 18 * 12 Ret 12 10 Ret 52
Pos Co-Driver RTC
JCR
NGS
GFR
RBC
TRA
CAM
 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

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  1. ^ "2022 calendar announced". BRC. BRC. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ "2022 British Rally Championship calendar announced". BRC. BRC. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Entry list: 2022 Corbeau Seats Rally Tendring & Clacton".
  4. ^ a b "Entry list: 2022 Beatson's Building Supplies Jim Clark Rally".
  5. ^ "British Rally Championship for Drivers". BRC. BRC. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
  6. ^ "Current Standings". BRC. British Rally Championship. Retrieved 2 May 2022.