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17 Jan 2016, 22:55 (Ref:3605746) | #1 | |
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British Rally Championship
Six weeks away from the start of the born-again BRC, anyone heard anything about who might be taking part?
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17 Jan 2016, 23:24 (Ref:3605760) | #2 | |
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Not that into BRC but might be more interesting now with a "real" championship. When I want to get an overview of different motorsport championships I go to Wikipedia, very good place to read about teams and drivers taking part in different motorsports.
Anyways, I saw that Elfyn Evans was in an R5 Fiesta entered by M-Sport and also Max Vatanen taking part but no car is written. There is no information on how many rounds from them both, just that they entered. |
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18 Jan 2016, 00:54 (Ref:3605779) | #3 | |
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16 entries on the Wikipedia page, although that includes a driver/co-driver with no car, and a car with no driver.
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18 Jan 2016, 08:57 (Ref:3605836) | #4 | ||
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There is quite an active thread on the subject over on the British Rally forum (http://www.britishrally.co.uk/forum/)
Some decent names in the confirmed entry though, including Elfyn Evans and Max Vatanen, plus interest from other UK regulars like John Indri and Damian Cole... seems like they have made the most of the year off as it looks like there really is a lot of interest in the renewed Championship. Just a shame that there are no local events for us Southerners! |
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18 Jan 2016, 08:59 (Ref:3605837) | #5 | |
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You're right! Apparently there were two pages and I was looking at the wrong one
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18 Jan 2016, 10:33 (Ref:3605867) | #6 | ||
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I think the BRC is certainly looking a lot more interesting this year - mostly down to the cars it has to be said - the Fiesta and Fabia both look pretty good. Good to see there is the Toyota GT86 getting a run in the championship too - modern RWD machinery that's rally ready is pretty rare!
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19 Jan 2016, 01:41 (Ref:3606067) | #7 | ||
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That forum is a total joke
You can not register if you use yahoo or gmail email addresses! Mr Cole is a dangerous person, just so some searching, always throwin his weight around. |
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24 Jan 2016, 17:56 (Ref:3607649) | #8 | ||
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24 Jan 2016, 21:58 (Ref:3607735) | #9 | ||
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I think you are a long way off being able to close roads in the South, the uproar among locals would be catastrophic!
perhaps the odd place in the North, Lincolnshire, Norfolk, but never the South, to many naysayers and nimbys. |
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25 Jan 2016, 22:13 (Ref:3607973) | #10 | ||
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I know the Rally of the Midlands is an official MSA candidate event for closed roads but nothing will happen before 2017. There is quite a lot of very rural bits of countryside on the Staffs/Leics border and Leics/Rutland/Northants border so I guess that's where they are thinking of holding stages. It is not strictly 'the South' but very good location for the M1 and A1.
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26 Jan 2016, 09:45 (Ref:3608064) | #11 | ||
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I was hoping that the Rallye Sunseeker/Rallye Dorset might make a return. Sadly it looks like that won't be coming back which is a shame, as I've had a couple of goods days at that over the years.
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27 Jan 2016, 09:30 (Ref:3608371) | #12 | ||
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Some more good news for the British Championship:
http://www.msabrc.com/channel-4-and-...-championship/ Tv coverage on both Channel 4 and BT sport |
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27 Jan 2016, 10:30 (Ref:3608391) | #13 | |
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Good news! Now let's hope they promote the coverage - interest in rallying in the UK has fallen alarmingly in the last 10-15 years. It's going take a while to build up a decent audience.
Roll on the first round; the Mid Wales stages. |
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Tom Cave and Euan Thorburn now confirmed for the whole Championship as well. |
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