The 2017 MSA
British Rally Championship was the 58th season of the
British Rally Championship. It featuredure eight classes:
* BRC 1 (
R5, R4,
Super 2000
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, 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 2017 championship was contested over seven rounds For the first time,
Ypres Rally
The Belgium Ypres Westhoek Rally (BYWR) founded by Frans Thévelin in 1965 is one of the most famous rallies in the European Rally Championship, the Belgian Rally Championship, the British Rally Championship, and the Intercontinental Rally Challen ...
, a
Belgian event, was featured on the calendar.
Seven events were held on tarmac and gravel surfaces:
Team and Drivers
;BRC1 Entries
;BRC Production Cup Entries
;BRC4 Entries
;Junior BRC Entries
;Cadet Cup Entries
;Ladies BRC Trophy Entries
Calendar changes
On 07 January, the British Rally Championship management team announced via a press release that the 2017 ''Mid Wales Stages Rally'', usually the opening round of the championship and held in March, would not take place. The reason cited was that a deal had been reached with
Natural Resources Wales - the agency that runs Welsh government forests - over the fees payable to run a forest rally in Wales however a misunderstanding over the
VAT
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payable meant that it would be unfeasible to run the 2017 event. The ''Border Counties Rally'', based in
Jedburgh and also round two of the
Scottish Rally Championship was announced as a replacement event and the 2017 series opener.
Event results
Podium places and information on each event.
Drivers championship standings
Points are awarded in each class as follows: 25, 18, 15, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2, 1. Competitors may nominate one event as their 'joker', on which they will score additional points: 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.
Competitors six best scores will count towards their championship total, including the final round. The final round of the championship will be a double-header for points as the rally is split into two point scoring rounds.
References
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