2016 BRC Calender

2016 British Rally Championship dates*

March 5th/6th 2016 – Mid Wales Stages (Gravel)
April 8th/9th 2016 – Circuit of Ireland (Asphalt)
April 29th/30th 2016 – Pirelli Rally (Gravel)
May 27th/28th 2016 – Jim Clark Rally (Asphalt)
June 24th/25th 2016 – RSAC Scottish Rally (Gravel)
August 19th/20th 2016 – Ulster Rally (Asphalt)
September 9th/10th 2016 – Granite City Rally (Gravel)
* subject to approval by the MSA

..that the Sunseeker is missing is probably no surprise, but no Manx Rally might be more of a surprise omission

Chris

Andrew Fenwick has bought a brace of South African S2000 cars 2 x Toyota Corolla S2000, 3 x Polo, 3 x Toyota Auris.

Arrive and drive packages to suit

Circuit moved from easter weekend?  Is it on erc calender as well?
Plenty of R5 action next year then

tom 39 wrote:Circuit moved from easter weekend?  Is it on erc calender as well?
Plenty of R5 action next year then

They are hoping for ERC status again but also rumours that WRC status could be on the cards. I think the combination of BRC, ITRC and ERC would make a great event

I hadn't paid attention to the move away from Easter. With Ulster being both BRC and ITRC it might be the right year to fill that gap in my list of Irish rallies.

Disappointed that the Sunseeker isn't present - what a slap in the face for southern softie rally fans like myself and for the organisers of that event, especially as they were on the verge of signing a multi year sponsorship deal just before the MSA pulled the plug last year. Manx is also a surprising omission. The key will be the car format on whether this will revitalise a championship which has run since 1958.

Lots of noise on the main British rally forum regarding the choice of events however as its a new promoter and events had to tender to be included in the championship its not surprising that some events that would have been "shoe-ins" in the past are missing. Ironically the highest proportion of R5 cars are either in Northern England or Scotland and Ireland so there hopefully should be no shortage of potential participants! Agree the Manx is an interesting omission and although I know the Sunseeker/Dorset had divided opinion from a purely geographical spread basis it would have made sense to include it.

Hopefully this will really be a new dawn for the BRC (they may have to change the name as the Belgian series also uses this tag) and not just another promoter trying to milk it dry.

Any TV deal announced yet??