The 2019 MSA British Rally Championship will be the 61st season of the series, the premier rally competition in the UK.
The championship will feature eight classes:
BRC 1 (R5, R4, Super 2000, Regional Rally Car) BRC Production Cup (N4) BRC 3 (R3) BRC 4 (R2) National Rally Cup (open class) Junior BRC (R2, drivers under 26 years old) Cadet Cup (R2, drivers under 25 years old) Ladies BRC Trophy Calendar
The 2019 championship will be contested over six rounds in six different territories England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, Ireland and Belgium. The Wales Rally GB has been added as a reserve event. The events will be held on both tarmac and gravel surfaces.
Calendar subject to approval by the MSA
Round Dates Event Rally HQ Surface Website 1 16 February Cambrian Rally Llandudno, Wales Gravel (website) 2 16-17 March West Cork Rally Clonakilty, Republic of Ireland Tarmac (website) 3 27 April Pirelli International Rally Carlisle, England Gravel (website) 4 28-29 June Ypres Rally Ypres, Belgium Tarmac (website) 5 17 August Ulster Rally Antrim, Northern Ireland Tarmac (website) 6 14 September Galloway Hills Rally Dalbeattie, Scotland Gravel (website) Reserve TBC Wales Rally GB Deeside Gravel (website)
Team and Drivers BRC1 Entries
Constructor Car Team Driver Co Driver Rounds Ford Ford Fiesta R5 M-Sport Ford World Rally Team Pedro Heller Marc Martí 1 Alberto Heller José Luis Díaz 1 Matt Edwards Patrick Walsh All Alex Laffey Stuart Loudon All Combilift Rallying Josh Moffett Keith Moriarty 1–2, 5 DGM Sport Jonathan Greer Kirsty Riddick 1–2, 5 Dai Roberts 6 SW Motorsport Sacha Kakad James Aldridge 1–2 PCRS Rallysport Enda McCormack Paul Sheridan 1 Colin Fitzgerald 2–3 Tommy Doyle 4 Swift Group Mat Smith Giles Dykes 3 Hyundai Hyundai i20 R5 PCRS Rallysport Tom Cave Dale Bowen 1, 3–6 James Morgan 2 Alan Carmichael Claire Williams 1–2, 6 Ivor Lamont 5 James Wilson Arthur Kierans 5–6 Enda McCormack Colin Fitzgerald 6 Melvyn Evans Motorsport Meirion Evans Jonathan Jackson 1–2 Škoda Škoda Fabia R5 CA1 Sport Ltd David Bogie John Rowan 1–3 Thomas Preston Andrew Roughead 1 Rhys Yates James Morgan 3–4 Dom Buckley Motorsport Martin McCormack Barney Mitchell 1–5 Macsport Rally Team Desi Henry Liam Moynihan 1–3 Gerry Cumiskey Volkswagen Brendan Cumiskey Ronan O'Kane 1–2 Melvyn Evans Motorsport Meirion Evans Jonathan Jackson 5
Junior BRC Entries
Constructor Car Team Driver Co Driver Rounds Ford Ford Fiesta R2T EDSL Sport James Williams Tom Woodburn 1, 4–6 Jordan Reynolds Peredur Davies 1–2 Ruairi Bell Darren Garrod All Jordan Hone Aileen Kelly 3 Marty Gallagher Dean O'Sullivan 4–6 Finlay Retson Motorsport Finlay Retson Tom Hynd 1 Richard Crozier 2–6 Myerscough College Motorsport Bart Lang Sinclair Young 1–5 Peugeot Peugeot 208 R2 DGM Sport William Creighton Liam Regan All Macsport Rally Team Josh McErlean Gerard Conway 1 Keaton Williams 2–5 PCRS Rallysport James Wilson Arthur Kierans 1–4 Mc Connell Motorsport Marty Gallagher Dean O'Sullivan 1–3 Complete Cleaning Scott Sloan David Sloan 1–3 Allied Polymer Nabila Tejpar Max Freeman 1–2 Jordan Reynolds Rallying Jordan Reynolds Peredur Davies 4 Opel Opel Adam R2 Jordan Hone Rallying Jordan Hone Aileen Kelly 1–2, 4–5 Paul Hone 6 Vauxhall Vauxhall Adam R2 HT Instalallations / Network Q James Williams Tom Woodburn 2
Cadet Cup Entries
Constructor Car Team Driver Co Driver Rounds Ford Ford Fiesta R2 EDSL Sport Rupert Flynn Peredur Davies 5
Ladies BRC Trophy Entries
Constructor Car Team Driver Co Driver Rounds Peugeot Peugeot 208 R2 Allied Polymer Nabila Tejpar Max Freeman 1–2
Event results
Podium places and information on each event.
Round Rally name Podium finishers Statistics Rank Driver Car Time Stages Length - km Starters Finishers 1 Cambrian Rally16 February 1 Matt Edwards Ford Fiesta R5 54:58.7 10 84.20 30 22 2 David Bogie Škoda Fabia R5 55:25.2 3 Martin McCormack Škoda Fabia R5 56:06.7 2 West Cork Rally 16-17 March 1 Craig Breen Ford Fiesta R5 1:51:18.6 15 217.9 23 17 2 Alister Fisher Ford Fiesta R5 1:51:40.8 3 Tom Cave Hyundai i20 R5 1:51:55.9 3 Pirelli International Rally27 April 1 Tom Cave Hyundai i20 R5 57:34.4 6 100.89 15 10 2 Rhys Yates Škoda Fabia R5 57:52.0 3 Jari Huttunen Hyundai i20 R5 58:35.0 4 Ypres Rally 28-29 June 1 Matt Edwards Ford Fiesta R5 2:32:12.4 23 277.88 15 7 2 Tom Cave Hyundai i20 R5 2:33:08.5 3 Alex Laffey Ford Fiesta R5 2:36:18.1 5 Ulster Rally 17 August 1 Craig Breen Hyundai i20 R5 1:25:08.3 9 150.92 18 7 2 Matt Edwards Ford Fiesta R5 1:25:28.8 3 Callum Devine Ford Fiesta R5 1:25:50.2 6 Galloway Hills Rally14 September 1 Tom Cave Hyundai i20 R5 1:02:09.7 9 115.47 22 17 2 Jonathan Greer Ford Fiesta R5 1:03:04.6 3 Matt Edwards Ford Fiesta R5 1:04:25.8
Drivers Points Classification
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.
Position1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8th9th10thPoints251815121086421Joker Points54321
British Rally Championship for Drivers
Pos Driver Car CAM WCR PIR YPR ULS GHR Points 1 Matt Edwards Ford Fiesta R5 25 18 EXC 25 25 18* 111 2 Tom Cave Hyundai i20 R5 Ret 25 25 18 Ret 30* 98 3 Josh McErlean Peugeot 208 R2 0 2 12 6 22*DNP 42 4 David Bogie Škoda Fabia R5 18 8 15DNPDNP DNP 41 5 William Creighton Peugeot 208 R2DNPDNP 10 8 6 11* 35 Pos Driver Car CAM WCR PIR YPR ULS GHR Pts
British Rally Championship for Co-Drivers
Pos Co-Driver CAM WCR PIR YPR ULS GHR Points 1 Patrick Walsh 25 18 EXC 25 25 15 108 2 Dale BowenRetDNP 25 18 0 25 68 3 James MorganDNP 25 18 RetDNP DNP 43 4 John Rowan 18 8 15DNP DNP DNP 41 5 Keaton WilliamsDNP 2 12 6 18 Ret 38 Pos Co-Driver CAM WCR PIR YPR ULS GHR Pts
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