2021 British Rally Championship

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The British Rally Championship is a rallying series run over the course of a year, that comprises seven tarmac and gravel surface events. [1] 2021 is the 63rd season of the series. The season began at Oulton Park on 31 May and concluded on 20 November in Northern Ireland.

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2021 calendar

For season 2021 there was due to be seven events held on both gravel and tarmac surfaces [2] however due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, a number of events were cancelled. The 2021 reserve event, the Mull Rally was added to the series making a six round championship. On 24 March it was announced by the BRC that The Neil Howard Stages, taking place in May would be added as the series opener.


RoundDatesEventRally HQSurfaceWebsite
131 MayNeil Howard Stages Oulton Park Tarmac (website)
210 July Nicky Grist Stages Rally Builth Wells Gravel (website)
314 AugGrampian Forest Rally Banchory Gravel (website)
424/25 SeptemberTrackrod Rally Yorkshire Scarborough Gravel (website)
58/9 OctoberMull Rally Isle of Mull Tarmac (website)
630 OctoberCambrian Rally Llandudno Gravel (website)
720 NovemberUlster Rally Newry Tarmac (website)
Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
Original DateEventRally HQSurfaceWebsite
-2/3 AprCircuit of Ireland Rally Belfast Tarmac (website)
-24/25 AprilRally Tendring & Clacton Clacton Tarmac (website)
-28/29 May Jim Clark Rally Duns Tarmac (website)

Event results

Podium places and information on each event.

RoundRally namePodium finishersStatistics
RankDriverCarTimeStagesLength - kmStartersFinishers
1 Neil Howard Stages, England
31 May
1 Flag of Ireland.svg Sam Moffett Ford Fiesta Rally2 49:32880.86143119
2 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Rhys Yates Ford Fiesta Rally2 49:33
3 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Osian Pryce Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 49:40
2 Nicky Grist Stages, Wales
10 July
1 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Matt Edwards Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 42:30870.86170128
2 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tom Cave Ford Fiesta Rally2 42:35
3 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Osian Pryce Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 42:42
3 Grampian Forest Rally, Scotland
14 August
1 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Matthew Wilson Ford Fiesta Rally2 38:49669.9411590
2 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Osian Pryce Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 39:09
3 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Rhys Yates Ford Fiesta Rally2 39:27
4 Trackrod Rally, England
24-25 September
1 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Matt Edwards Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 53:17.0690.478664
2 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Osian Pryce Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 53:49.8
3 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Matthew Wilson Ford Fiesta Rally2 53:50.6
5 Mull Rally, Scotland
8-10 October
1 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Osian Pryce Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 2:21:17.617238.54151101
2 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Matt Edwards Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 2:28:44.6
3 Flag of Ireland.svg William Creighton Ford Fiesta Rally4 2:30:48.3
6 Cambrian Rally, Wales
30 October
1 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Osian Pryce Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 45:23.4771.52136106
2 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Seb Perez Ford Fiesta Rally2 47:43.3
3 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Matt Edwards Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 49:32.0
7 Ulster Rally, Northern Ireland
20 November
1 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Matt Edwards Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 1:28:24.49150.9310060
2 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jonathan Greer Citroën C3 R5 1:30:56.2
3 Flag of Ireland.svg Callum Devine Ford Fiesta Rally2 1:31:11.4

2021 British Rally Championship for Drivers

Scoring system

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.


Position1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8th9th10th
Points251815121086421
Joker Points54321
PosCo-DriverNHS
NGS
GRA
TRA
MUL
CAM
ULS
 Points [3]
1Matt Edwards12250251818*25119
2Osian Pryce1515181830*25DNF106
3Matthew WilsonDNP102518*DNPDNFDNP53
4Rhys Yates22 *12154DNPDNSDNP53
5Sam Moffett2584DNPDNPDNP1249
PosCo-DriverNHS
NGS
GRA
TRA
MUL
CAM
ULS
 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

References

  1. "2021 British Rally Championship". BRC. BRC. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
  2. "2021 British Rally Championship calendar announced". BRC. BRC. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
  3. "Current Standings". BRC. British Rally Championship . Retrieved 12 July 2021.