Daniel Barritt

Daniel Barritt

Barritt at the 2016 Rally Estonia
Personal information
Nationality	British
Born	(1980-08-23) 23 August 1980 (age 41) Burnley, England
World Rally Championship record
Active years	2000, 2002–present
Teams	M-Sport World Rally Team, Citroën Junior Team, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT
Rallies	137
Championships	0
Rally wins	1
Podiums	8
Stage wins	39
First rally	2000 Wales Rally GB
First win	2017 Wales Rally GB
Last win	2017 Wales Rally GB

Daniel Barritt (born 23 August 1980) is a British World Rally Championship co-driver from England. ^[1]

Background

Barritt was born in Burnley, UK. His family has been involved in rallying for three generations. ^[2] His grandfather, for example, was a navigator (in the 1950s) and his dad adopted the same activity two decades later, at which point Barritt started going along with his dad. This piqued his interest from a very young age. He thinks he saw his very first rally from his bassinet.

Early co-driving

Barritt believes that his hometown, Burnley, played a part in his sporting career, given the number of famous stock car and bike racers who hail from the area. The town also has motorsport clubs which help those interested get into the sport and for sure assisted Barritt when he first started out. ^[3]

Going pro

When Barritt was 16, he co-drove for his dad in Scotland on the Tour of Mull Rally. From then on he was hooked. In 2000 in England, he drove in his first rally. He turned pro in 2002.^{[ citation needed ]} From 2006, Barritt became a regular co-driver in the WRC (World Rally Championship), marking the start of his three-year partnership with Fumio Nutahara, a PWRC driver. ^{[ citation needed ]}

In 2009, Barritt and Conrad Rautenbach competed in the World Rally Championship. ^[4] In 2010 he switched back to PWRC with Toshi Arai. In 2011 and 2012 he navigated for Alastair Fisher, a WRC Academy front-runner. He then joined Elfyn Evans at the time that Evans started making his mark in 2013, and also co-driving with him as part of the M-Sport World Rally Team in 2014. ^[5]

Career highlights

One highlight occurred in 2002 when David Higgins approached him and asked if he would co-drive for him in the British and US championships. At the US international rally three days later, he was part of the winning team. Another highlight was the 2008 Tour of Mull rally that he won with his friend Paul Mackinnon.

Year	Event [6]
2017	Returned as co-driver to Elfyn Evans. Lost win in Argentina by 0.7 of a second, got another second place in Finland and took first WRC win on Wales Rally GB.
2016	Finnish Rally Championship
2015	Picked up first podium finish with third in Argentina, finished second in Corsica after leading most of the rally.
2014	First full season in a WRC car for the M-Sport team. Fourth overall in Mexico and Germany, fifth overall in Italy and winner of the Power Stage on the ADAC Rally Deutschland.
2013	Winner, WRC2 on Wales Rally GB. 2nd in WRC2 in Germany and France. 6th overall in Germany (WRC2) and Sardinia (WRC)
2011/12	WRC academy and selected WRC events with Alastair Fisher
2010	PWRC and selected events with Toshi Arai
2009	Full WRC championship with Conrad Rautenbach and Citroen Junior Team
2008	PWRC with Nutahara, Middle East championship 3rd, BRC
2007	PWRC with Fumio Nutahara plus BRC
2006	PWRC with Fumio Nutahara, 2nd in championship with 3 wins. BRC Phillip Morrow
2005	BRC
2004	BRC and China National Championship
2002/3	SCCA American champions with David Higgins
1997–2001	Local and national rallies
1996	1st Rally Tour of Mull

WRC victories

#	Event	Season	Co-driver	Car
1	73. Dayinsure Wales Rally GB 2017	2017	Elfyn Evans	Ford Fiesta WRC

Results

WRC results

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Pos.	Points
2000	David Bateson	Volkswagen Polo 16V	MON	SWE	KEN	POR	ESP	ARG	GRE	NZL	FIN	CYP	FRA	ITA	AUS	GBR Ret			NC	0
2002	David Higgins	Subaru Impreza WRC '99	MON	SWE	FRA	ESP	CYP	ARG	GRE	KEN	FIN	GER	ITA	NZL	AUS	GBR Ret			NC	0
2004	Mark Higgins	Subaru Impreza STi	MON	SWE	MEX	NZL	CYP	GRE	TUR	ARG	FIN	GER	JPN	GBR	ITA	FRA	ESP	AUS Ret	NC	0
2005	David Higgins	Opel Corsa S1600	MON	SWE	MEX	NZL	ITA	CYP	TUR 31	GRE	ARG	FIN	GER						NC	0
		Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII												GBR 24	JPN	FRA	ESP
	Mark Higgins	Subaru Impreza STi																AUS 10
2006	Advan-Piaa Rally Team	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	MON 17	SWE	MEX EX	ESP	FRA	ARG	ITA	GRE	GER	FIN	JPN 8	CYP 11	TUR	AUS 26	NZL 21		29th	1
	Phillip Morrow	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX																GBR 51
2007	Advan-Piaa Rally Team	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	MON	SWE 22	NOR 18	MEX	POR	ARG Ret	ITA	GRE	FIN	GER	NZL 17	ESP	FRA	JPN Ret	IRE 21	GBR	NC	0
2008	Advan-Piaa Rally Team	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	MON	SWE	MEX	ARG 11	JOR	ITA	GRE 17	TUR	FIN 23	GER	NZL Ret	ESP	FRA	JPN 18	GBR Ret		NC	0
2009	Citroën Junior Team	Citroën C4 WRC	IRE 18	NOR Ret	CYP 6	POR Ret	ARG Ret	ITA Ret	GRE 5	POL 8	FIN Ret	AUS Ret	ESP 11	GBR 8					10th	9
2010	Subaru Team Arai	Subaru Impreza STi N15	SWE	MEX 11	JOR	TUR	NZL 26	POR	BUL	FIN	GER 34	JPN Ret	FRA 23	ESP	GBR 30				NC	0
2011	Alastair Fisher	Ford Fiesta R2	SWE	MEX	POR NC	JOR	ITA Ret	ARG	GRE	FIN Ret	GER NC	AUS	FRA NC	ESP	GBR NC				NC	0
2012	Alastair Fisher	Ford Fiesta R2	MON	SWE	MEX	POR NC	ARG	GRE NC	NZL	FIN NC	GER Ret		FRA Ret	ITA					NC	0
		Ford Fiesta S2000										GBR 23
	Proton Motorsports	Proton Satria Neo S2000													ESP 17
2013	Qatar M-Sport WRT	Ford Fiesta RRC	MON	SWE	MEX	POR 23	ARG	GRE											12th	20
		Ford Fiesta RS WRC							ITA 6
		Ford Fiesta R5								FIN Ret	GER 6	AUS	FRA 11	ESP Ret	GBR 8
2014	M-Sport WRT	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	MON 6	SWE Ret	MEX 4	POR 22	ARG 7	ITA 5	POL 35	FIN 7	GER 4	AUS 8	FRA 6	ESP 14	GBR 5				8th	81
2015	M-Sport WRT	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	MON 7	SWE 6	MEX 4	ARG 3	POR 64	ITA 4	POL Ret	FIN 12	GER 6	AUS 9	FRA 2	ESP 34	GBR 6				7th	89
2016	M-Sport WRT	Ford Fiesta R5	MON 8	SWE 9	MEX	ARG 17	POR 30	ITA	POL 13	FIN 11	GER	CHN C	FRA 11	ESP	GBR WD	AUS			21st	6
2017	M-Sport WRT	Ford Fiesta WRC	MON 6	SWE 6	MEX 9	FRA 21	ARG 2	POR 6	ITA Ret	POL 8	FIN 2	GER 6	ESP 7	GBR 1	AUS 5				5th	128
2018	M-Sport Ford WRT	Ford Fiesta WRC	MON 6	SWE 14	MEX Ret	FRA 5	ARG 6	POR 2	ITA 14	FIN 7	GER 25	TUR 12	GBR 20	ESP 3	AUS 6				7th	80
2019	Tommi Mäkinen Racing	Ford Fiesta R5	MON 13	SWE Ret	MEX	FRA 14	ARG 16	CHL 14	POR 21	ITA Ret									25th	1
		Ford Fiesta R5 Mk. II									FIN Ret		TUR	GBR 14		AUS C
		Toyota Yaris WRC										GER 10			ESP 39
2020	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT	Toyota Yaris WRC	MON 7	SWE 9	MEX	EST Ret	TUR	ITA Ret	MNZ 20										13th	13
2021	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT	Toyota Yaris WRC	MON 6	ARC 6	CRO 6	POR 4	ITA 4	KEN 2	EST Ret	BEL	GRE	FIN	ESP	MNZ					7th	66

* Season still in progress.

References

1. "Daniel Barritt Profile". EWRC. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
2. "Daniel Barritt: Co-Driver Profile". World Rally Championship. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
3. "Interview With Burnley Born – Daniel Barritt". Your Village Life. Archived from the original on 4 February 2015. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
4. "Barritt gets World Rally Championship spot". Lancashire Telegraph. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
5. "Daniel Barritt: Co-Driver Profile, Career Summary". WRC. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
6. "About Elfyn Evans and Co-Driver Daniel Barritt". About Elfyn. Retrieved 4 February 2015.

External links

• Daniel Barritt's e-wrc profile