2014 British Rally Championship

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The 2014 MSA British Rally Championship was the 56th season of the British Rally Championship. The season began on 3 May in Carlisle with the Pirelli Richard Burns Foundation Rally and ended on 13 September in Douglas with the Rally Isle of Man powered by Microgaming.

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The championship was won by the Irish crew of Daniel McKenna and Arthur Kierans, [1] who won four of the season's six rallies, to win the championship by eleven points ahead of Osian Pryce and Dale Furniss; Pryce and Furniss won the other two events to be held.

Event calendar and results

The 2014 calendar consisted of six rounds at five events with a double header held at the Rally Isle of Man. [2] A seventh event, Rallye Dorset, was cancelled in July. [3]

RoundRally namePodium finishersStatistics
RankDriverCarTimeStagesLengthStartersFinishers
1 Pirelli Carlisle RB Foundation Rally
(4–5 May) [4]
1 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Osian Pryce Citroën DS3 R3T 1:25:26.410137.18 km1411
2 Flag of Ireland.svg Daniel McKenna Citroën DS3 R3T 1:26:12.4
3 Flag of Ireland.svg David Carney Citroën DS3 R3T 1:31:02.6
2 Jim Clark Rally
(30–31 May) [5]
1 Flag of Ireland.svg Daniel McKenna Citroën DS3 R3T 1:47:20.016195.81 km1910
2 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Osian Pryce Citroën DS3 R3T 1:47:36.0
3 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Callum Black Citroën DS3 R3T 1:52:21.1
3 RSAC Scottish Rally
(27–28 June) [6]
1 Flag of Ireland.svg Daniel McKenna Citroën DS3 R3T 1:08:58.810117.14 km4618
2 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Callum Black Citroën DS3 R3T 1:11:08.3
3 Flag of Ireland.svg Dean Raftery Ford Fiesta R2 1:11:30.2
4 Todds Leap Ulster Rally
(15–16 August) [N 1]
1 Flag of Ireland.svg Daniel McKenna Citroën DS3 R3T 29:00.6351.13 km65
2 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Osian Pryce Citroën DS3 R3T 29:31.9
3 Flag of Ireland.svg Dean Raftery Ford Fiesta R2 29:50.6
5 Rally Isle of Man powered by Microgaming Leg 1
(11–12 September)
1 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Osian Pryce Citroën DS3 R3T 49:50.6986.24 km65
2 Flag of Ireland.svg Calvin Beattie Ford Fiesta R2 57:03.5
3 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Gus Greensmith Ford Fiesta R1 58:10.2
6 Rally Isle of Man powered by Microgaming Leg 2
(12–13 September)
1 Flag of Ireland.svg Daniel McKenna Citroën DS3 R3T 1:16:46.513133.11 km55
2 Flag of Ireland.svg Dean Raferty Ford Fiesta R2 1:21:01.8
3 Flag of Ireland.svg Calvin Beattie Ford Fiesta R2 1:21:20.9

Championship standings

Drivers' championship

A driver's best five scores counted towards the final championship standings. [3] Points were 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. The second leg of the Rally Isle of Man awarded points at a coefficient of 1.5; thus 30 points were awarded to its winner. [8]

PosDriverVehiclePIR
JCR
SCO
ULS
RIM
 Pts 
1 Flag of Ireland.svg Daniel McKenna Citroën DS3 R3T 211141108
2 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Osian Pryce Citroën DS3 R3T 12Ret21597
3 Flag of Ireland.svg Dean Raftery Ford Fiesta R2 4335287
4 Flag of Ireland.svg Calvin Beattie Ford Fiesta R2 5542385
5 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Gus Greensmith Ford Fiesta R1 89653476.5
6 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Callum Black Citroën DS3 R3T Ret3234
7 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Garry Pearson Peugeot 208 VTi R2 Ret4430
8 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jonathan Jones Ford Fiesta R1 1010730
9 Flag of Ireland.svg David Carney Citroën DS3 R3T 3Ret16
10 Flag of Venezuela.svg Rene Dias Torcato Citroën C2 R2 Max 514
11 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Timothy Cathcart Citroën DS3 R3T 6RetRetRet13
12 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Cameron Davies Ford Fiesta R2 613
13 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Aaron McClure Ford Fiesta R2 7RetRet12
14 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Chris Wheeler Ford Fiesta MS1 7RetDNS12
15 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Harry Threlfall Renault Twingo RS R1 811
16 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Kim Baker Renault Twingo RS R1 9Ret10
PosDriverVehiclePIR
JCR
SCO
ULS
RIM
 Pts 
Key
ColourResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenNon-podium finish
PurpleDid not finish (Ret)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
BlackExcluded (EXC)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
*Joker played

Notes

  1. The event was cancelled after the death of competitor Timothy Cathcart on SS3. Event results were taken at the end of SS3. [7]

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