2022 British Rally Championship

2022 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] 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

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

BRC1

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

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

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

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.

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

1. "2022 calendar announced". BRC. BRC. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
2. "2022 British Rally Championship calendar announced". BRC. BRC. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
3. "Entry list: 2022 Corbeau Seats Rally Tendring & Clacton".
4. "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.