The 2017 MSA British Rally Championship was the 58th season of the British Rally Championship. It featuredure eight classes:
The 2017 championship was contested over seven rounds [1] For the first time, Ypres Rally, a Belgian event, was featured on the calendar.
Seven events were held on tarmac and gravel surfaces: [2]
Round | Dates | Event | Rally HQ | Surface | Website |
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1 | 17–18 March | Border Counties Rally | Jedburgh | Gravel | (website) |
2 | 29–30 April | Pirelli Rally | Carlisle, Cumbria | Gravel | (website) |
3 | 19–20 May | RSAC Scottish Rally | Dumfries | Gravel | (website) |
4 | 23–24 June | Ypres Rally | Ypres | Tarmac | (website) |
5 | 8–9 July | Nicky Grist Stages | Builth Wells | Gravel | (website) |
6 | 18–19 August | Ulster Rally | Derry | Tarmac | (website) |
7 | 14–16 September | Rally Isle of Man | Douglas, Isle of Man | Tarmac | (website) |
Constructor | Car | Team | Driver | Co Driver | Rounds |
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Škoda | Škoda Fabia R5 | CA1 Sport Ltd | David Bogie | Kevin Rae | 1–4 |
Fredrik Åhlin | Torstein Eriksen | All | |||
Thomas Preston | Andrew Roughead | 2, 4 | |||
Stuart Loudon | 5 | ||||
Macsport Rally Team | Desi Henry | Liam Moynihan | 1–4, 6 | ||
Tiger Risk Rally Team | Martin McCormack | David Moynihan | 1–4, 6 | ||
Ford | Ford Fiesta R5 | Dom Buckley Motorsport | Tom Cave | James Morgan | 1 |
Garry Pearson | Paula Swinscoe | 2 | |||
Barry Mckenna | Leon Jordan | 5 | |||
M-Sport World Rally Team | Keith Cronin | Mikie Galvin | All | ||
Alex Laffey | Dai Roberts | 1–2 | |||
Patrick Walsh | 3–7 | ||||
Spencer Sport | Osian Pryce | Dale Furniss | 1–6 | ||
Euan Thorburn Rally Team | Euan Thorburn | Paul Beaton | 1, 3 | ||
CA1 Sport Ltd | Jamie Anderson | Ross Whittock | 1–5 | ||
Rhys Yates | Andrew Roughead | 7 | |||
Swift Group | Matt Edwards | Darren Garrod | All | ||
Brettex Site Services | Rhys Yates | Carl Williamson | 1–5 | ||
Alex Lee | 6 | ||||
Autotek Motorsport | Eyvind Brynildsen | Anders Fredriksson | 2 | ||
Tiger Risk Rally Team | James Slaughter | Niall Burns | 2, 4–5 | ||
Martin McCormack | David Moynihan | 5 | |||
Citroën | Citroën DS3 R5 | DGM Sport | Jonathan Greer | Kirsty Riddick | 1–4, 6 |
Hyundai | Hyundai i20 R5 | BRC Racing Team | Tom Cave | James Morgan | 2 |
Hyundai Motorsport | 3 | ||||
Dom Buckley Motorsport | 4 | ||||
Constructor | Car | Team | Driver | Co Driver | Rounds |
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Subaru | Subaru Impreza WRX STI | SW Motorsport | Spencer Wilkinson | Glyn Thomas | 1–3 |
Constructor | Car | Team | Driver | Co Driver | Rounds |
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Ford | Ford Fiesta R2T | Atherton Racing | Gee Atherton | Keaton Williams | 1, 3, 5, 7 |
Ford Fiesta R2 | Two 4 Motorsport | David White | Matthew White | 1–2, 4–7 |
Constructor | Car | Team | Driver | Co Driver | Rounds |
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Peugeot | Peugeot 208 R2 | Mc Connell Motorsport | Marty Gallagher | Dean O'Sullivan | All |
Melvyn Evans Motorsport | Meirion Evans | Jonathan Jackson | All | ||
Dean Raftery Rallying | Dean Raftery | Tom Woodburn | 1 | ||
Peugeot UK | Cameron Davies | Caron Tomlinson | 1–4 | ||
Michael Gilbey | 5 | ||||
DGM Sport | William Creighton | Liam Regan | All | ||
Ford | Ford Fiesta R2T | MH Motorsport | Callum Devine | Keith Moriarty | 1–3 |
Oscar Solberg | Patrik Barth | All | |||
Josh McErlean | Aaron Johnston | 5 | |||
Spencer Sport | James Williams | Phil Hall | 1 | ||
Dale Bowen | 2 | ||||
Dai Roberts | 3–6 | ||||
Vauxhall | Vauxhall Adam R2 | Vauxhall Motorsport Junior Rally Team | Arron Windus | Aaron Johnston | 1 |
Spencer Sport | James Williams | Dai Roberts | 7 | ||
Citroën | Citroën C2 R2 | Macsport Rally Team | Josh McErlean | Damien Duffin | 1–2, 6 |
Aaron Johnston | 3 | ||||
Opel | Opel Adam R2 | Opel Rallye Junior Team | Chris Ingram | Elliot Edmondson | 4 |
Callum Devine Rallying | Callum Devine | Keith Moriarty | 4–7 |
Constructor | Car | Team | Driver | Co Driver | Rounds |
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Ford | Ford Fiesta R2 | Armstrong Motorsport | Fergus Barlow | Max Freeman | 1–3 |
MH Motorsport | Josh Cornwell | Richard Bliss | 1–5 | ||
Tom Woodburn | 6 | ||||
Alex Waterman | Harry Thomas | 1–2, 4–7 | |||
Tom Woodburn | 3 | ||||
Nabila Tejpar | Charley Sayer | 1–3 | |||
Steve McPhee | 4–5 | ||||
Richard Bliss | 6–7 | ||||
Tom Williams Rallying | Tom Williams | Bryan Hull | 1–5 | ||
Phil Hall | 7 | ||||
Ford Fiesta R2T | Haper Adams Motorsport | James McDiarmid | Max Haines | 1–2, 4–7 | |
Vauxhall | Vauxhall Adam Cup | Major Motorsport | Arron Windus | Richard Crozier | 2–3 |
Constructor | Car | Team | Driver | Co Driver | Rounds |
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Ford | Ford Fiesta R2 | MH Motorsport | Nabila Tejpar | Charley Sayer | 1–3 |
Steve McPhee | 4–5 | ||||
Richard Bliss | 6–7 |
On 7 January, the British Rally Championship management team announced via a press release that the 2017 Mid Wales Stages Rally, usually the opening round of the championship and held in March, would not take place. The reason cited was that a deal had been reached with Natural Resources Wales - the agency that runs Welsh government forests - over the fees payable to run a forest rally in Wales however a misunderstanding over the VAT payable meant that it would be unfeasible to run the 2017 event. The Border Counties Rally, based in Jedburgh and also round two of the Scottish Rally Championship was announced as a replacement event and the 2017 series opener. [3]
Podium places and information on each event.
Round | Rally name | Podium finishers | Statistics | ||||||||
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Rank | Driver | Car | Time | Stages | Length | Starters | Finishers | ||||
1 | Border Counties Rally (17-18 March) | 1 | Fredrik Åhlin | Škoda Fabia R5 | 0:53:01.6 | 9 | 93.94 km | 35 | 28 | ||
2 | Tom Cave | Ford Fiesta R5 | 0:53:40.2 | ||||||||
3 | Osian Pryce | Ford Fiesta R5 | 0:54:09.0 | ||||||||
2 | Pirelli Rally (29-30 April) | 1 | Fredrik Åhlin | Škoda Fabia R5 | 1:29:28.0 | 8 | 159.61 km | 43 | 30 | ||
2 | Osian Pryce | Ford Fiesta R5 | 1:30:07.4 | ||||||||
3 | Martin McCormack | Škoda Fabia R5 | 1:30:17.5 | ||||||||
3 | RSAC Scottish Rally (19-20 May) | 1 | David Bogie | Škoda Fabia R5 | 1:09:47.1 | 10 | 119.58 km | 37 | 27 | ||
2 | Osian Pryce | Ford Fiesta R5 | 1:10:35.6 | ||||||||
3 | Martin McCormack | Škoda Fabia R5 | 1:10:49.0 | ||||||||
4 | Ypres Rally (23–24 June) | 1 | Keith Cronin | Ford Fiesta R5 | 2:25:00.3 | 20 | 259.35 km | 123 | 90 | ||
2 | Matt Edwards | Ford Fiesta R5 | 2:26:18.4 | ||||||||
3 | Osian Pryce | Ford Fiesta R5 | 2:27:30.2 | ||||||||
5 | Nicky Grist Stages (8-9 July) | 1 | Fredrik Åhlin | Škoda Fabia R5 | 1:45:50.2 | 20 | 188.48 km | 28 | 17 | ||
2 | Matt Edwards | Ford Fiesta R5 | 1:46:37.7 | ||||||||
3 | Rhys Yates | Ford Fiesta R5 | 1:47:58.2 | ||||||||
6 | Ulster Rally (18-19 August) | 1 | Keith Cronin | Ford Fiesta R5 | 2:06:03.8 | 14 | 214.83 km | 33 | 22 | ||
2 | Fredrik Åhlin | Škoda Fabia R5 | 2:06:59.2 | ||||||||
3 | Jonathan Greer | Citroën DS3 R5 | 2:08:11.8 | ||||||||
7 | Rally Isle of Man (14-16 September) | 1 | Keith Cronin | Ford Fiesta R5 | 1:51:16.0 | 21 | 229.82 km | 23 | 17 | ||
2 | Matt Edwards | Ford Fiesta R5 | 1:51:38.6 | ||||||||
3 | Fredrik Åhlin | Škoda Fabia R5 | 1:52:29.2 |
Top 10 positions
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