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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.

2021 calendar

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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.


Round Dates Event Rally HQ Surface Website
1 31 May Neil Howard Stages Oulton Park Tarmac (website)
2 10 July Nicky Grist Stages Rally Builth Wells Gravel (website)
3 14 Aug Grampian Forest Rally Banchory Gravel (website)
4 24/25 September Trackrod Rally Yorkshire Scarborough Gravel (website)
5 8/9 October Mull Rally Isle of Mull Tarmac (website)
6 30 October Cambrian Rally Llandudno Gravel (website)
7 20 November Ulster Rally Newry Tarmac (website)
Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
Original Date Event Rally HQ Surface Website
- 2/3 Apr Circuit of Ireland Rally Belfast Tarmac (website)
- 24/25 April Rally Tendring & Clacton Clacton Tarmac (website)
- 28/29 May Jim Clark Rally Duns Tarmac (website)

Event results

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Podium places and information on each event.

Round Rally name Podium finishers Statistics
Rank Driver Car Time Stages Length - km Starters Finishers
1 Neil Howard Stages, England
31 May
1 Republic of Ireland Sam Moffett Ford Fiesta Rally2 49:32 8 80.86 143 119
2 United Kingdom Rhys Yates Ford Fiesta Rally2 49:33
3 United Kingdom Osian Pryce Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 49:40
2 Nicky Grist Stages, Wales
10 July
1 United Kingdom Matt Edwards Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 42:30 8 70.86 170 128
2 United Kingdom Tom Cave Ford Fiesta Rally2 42:35
3 United Kingdom Osian Pryce Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 42:42
3 Grampian Forest Rally, Scotland
14 August
1 United Kingdom Matthew Wilson Ford Fiesta Rally2 38:49 6 69.94 115 90
2 United Kingdom Osian Pryce Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 39:09
3 United Kingdom Rhys Yates Ford Fiesta Rally2 39:27
4 Trackrod Rally, England
24-25 September
1 United Kingdom Matt Edwards Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 53:17.0 6 90.47 86 64
2 United Kingdom Osian Pryce Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 53:49.8
3 United Kingdom Matthew Wilson Ford Fiesta Rally2 53:50.6
5 Mull Rally, Scotland
8-10 October
1 United Kingdom Osian Pryce Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 2:21:17.6 17 238.54 151 101
2 United Kingdom Matt Edwards Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 2:28:44.6
3 Republic of Ireland William Creighton Ford Fiesta Rally4 2:30:48.3
6 Cambrian Rally, Wales
30 October
1 United Kingdom Osian Pryce Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 45:23.4 7 71.52 136 106
2 United Kingdom Seb Perez Ford Fiesta Rally2 47:43.3
3 United Kingdom Matt Edwards Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 49:32.0
7 Ulster Rally, Northern Ireland
20 November
1 United Kingdom Matt Edwards Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 1:28:24.4 9 150.93 100 60
2 United Kingdom Jonathan Greer Citroën C3 R5 1:30:56.2
3 Republic of Ireland Callum Devine Ford Fiesta Rally2 1:31:11.4

2021 British Rally Championship for Drivers

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Scoring system

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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 NHS
NGS
GRA
TRA
MUL
CAM
ULS
 Points[3]
1 Matt Edwards 12 25 0 25 18 18* 25 119
2 Osian Pryce 15 15 18 18 30* 25 DNF 106
3 Matthew Wilson DNP 10 25 18* DNP DNF DNP 53
4 Rhys Yates 22 * 12 15 4 DNP DNS DNP 53
5 Sam Moffett 25 8 4 DNP DNP DNP 12 49
Pos Co-Driver NHS
NGS
GRA
TRA
MUL
CAM
ULS
 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

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  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.