2011 British Rally Championship

2011 British Rally Championship season
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The 2011 Dulux Trade MSA British Rally Championship was the 53rd season of the British Rally Championship. The addition of the Rally Sunseeker International to the calendar was due to bring the number of events to seven. The season begins on February 26, in Bournemouth and ends on September 24, in Yorkshire. Dulux Trade is once again the sponsor of the series, which is part of a two-year deal agreed in February 2010.^[1]

Season Summary

In September, following the International Rally Yorkshire, David Bogie and co-driver Kevin Rae were declared champions having won three out of the six events and scoring 110 points. Runners up with 100 points were Elfyn Evans and co-driver Andrew Edwards. The final podium position was taken by Jonny Greer and Dai Roberts with 95 points.

Calendar

The 2011 calendar originally consisted of seven rounds, one more event than in 2010.^[2] However, the final round of the championship, Rally Isle of Man, was cancelled in September 2011.^[3]

Round	Dates	Location	Rally HQ	Surface	Winner
1	26 February	Rallye Sunseeker International	Bournemouth	Gravel	David Bogie
2	2 April	Bulldog International Rally North Wales	Welshpool	Gravel	Elfyn Evans
3	30 April	Pirelli International Rally	Carlisle	Gravel	David Bogie
4	27–28 May	Jim Clark International Rally	Kelso	Asphalt	David Bogie
5	19–20 August	International Rally Northern Ireland	Antrim	Asphalt	Martin McCormack
6	23–24 September	International Rally Yorkshire	Scarborough	Gravel	Elfyn Evans

Drivers championship standings

Pos Driver SUN BUL PIR JCR ULS YOR  Pts  1 David Bogie 1 2 1 1 4 3 110 2 Elfyn Evans 3 1 4 4 6 1 100 3 Jonathan Greer 6 4 3 2 5 2 95 4 Martin McCormack 8 5 5 2 4 74 5 Mikko Pajunen 11 12 Ret 9 12 7 49 6 Adam Gould 4 3 Ret 3 47 7 Siim Plangi 10 11 11 Ret 15 8 45 8 Tom Clark 8 6 10 13 40 9 Callum Black 12 10 Ret 12 Ret 6 37 10 Mark Donnelly Ret 7 8 Ret 8 36 11 Peter Taylor Ret 12 7 Ret 5 33 12 Osain Pryce 20 15 15 15 18 12 31 13 Robert Barrable 7 2 Ret 30 14 Craig Breen 14 9 7 Ret 28 Joe McGonigle 11 13 11 28 16 Jussi Kumpumaki 13 21 14 9 Ret 25 17 Jason Pritchard Ret 5 9 Ret 24 18 Desi Henry Ret Ret 17 10 Ret 10 22 19 Kit Leigh Ret 16 17 22 13 20 20 Tom Cave 2 Ret Ret Ret 18 Tommy Doyle 3 18 Nick Cristofaro 15 16 14 16 Ret 18 23 Daniel Barry 5 Ret Ret 14 24 Jukka Korhonen 6 13 Alastair Fisher 6 13 26 Louise Cook 18 18 19 19 15 12 27 Alan Carmichael 9 Ret Ret 10 28 Alex Laffey 19 Ret 18 20 Ret 14 9 29 Daniel O'Brien 16 17 20 Ret 8 30 Molly Taylor Ret Ret 13 6 31 John Boyd 17 Ret Ret 3 Not registered for BRC points Garry Jennings 1 0 Sam Moffett 7 0 David Mann 8 0 Vincent Dubert 9 0 Kieran Daly 10 0 Scott McElhinney 11 0 Neil Armstrong 13 0 Wug Utting 14 0 Willie Mavitty 14 0 David Carney 16 0 Jeremy Taylor 17 0 Steve Wood 18 0 Liam Egan 19 0 Peter O'Kane 20 0 Joe Shrimpton 21 0 Barry Greer 23 0 Pos Driver SUN BUL PIR JCR ULS YOR  Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Non-podium finish Purple Did not finish (Ret) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Blank Did not participate

Points are awarded to the highest placed registered driver on each event as follows: 20, 18, 16, 15, and so on deleting one point per placing down to one single point for all finishers.

References

1. "British Rally Championship announces Dulux Trade as title sponsor". British Rally Championship (UK Rally Ltd.). 2010-02-26. Retrieved 2010-03-15.
2. "2011 MSA British Rally Championship Events Calendar". rallybrc.com (BRC). 2010-11-03. Retrieved 2010-11-03.
3. Evans, David (23 September 2011). "Isle of Man Rally cancelled over objections to stages". Autosport (Haymarket Publications). Retrieved 23 September 2011.

External links

• Official Website