2014 British Rally Championship

The 2014 MSA British Rally Championship was the 56th season of the British Rally Championship. The season began on 3 May in Carlisle with the Pirelli Richard Burns Foundation Rally and ended on 13 September in Douglas with the Rally Isle of Man powered by Microgaming.

The championship was won by the Irish crew of Daniel McKenna and Arthur Kierans,[1] who won four of the season's six rallies, to win the championship by eleven points ahead of Osian Pryce and Dale Furniss; Pryce and Furniss won the other two events to be held.

Event calendar and results edit

The 2014 calendar consisted of six rounds at five events with a double header held at the Rally Isle of Man.[2] A seventh event, Rallye Dorset, was cancelled in July.[3]

Round Rally name Podium finishers Statistics
Rank Driver Car Time Stages Length Starters Finishers
1 Pirelli Carlisle RB Foundation Rally
(4–5 May)[4]
1   Osian Pryce Citroën DS3 R3T 1:25:26.4 10 137.18 km 14 11
2   Daniel McKenna Citroën DS3 R3T 1:26:12.4
3   David Carney Citroën DS3 R3T 1:31:02.6
2 Jim Clark Rally
(30–31 May)[5]
1   Daniel McKenna Citroën DS3 R3T 1:47:20.0 16 195.81 km 19 10
2   Osian Pryce Citroën DS3 R3T 1:47:36.0
3   Callum Black Citroën DS3 R3T 1:52:21.1
3 RSAC Scottish Rally
(27–28 June)[6]
1   Daniel McKenna Citroën DS3 R3T 1:08:58.8 10 117.14 km 46 18
2   Callum Black Citroën DS3 R3T 1:11:08.3
3   Dean Raftery Ford Fiesta R2 1:11:30.2
4 Todds Leap Ulster Rally
(15–16 August)[N 1]
1   Daniel McKenna Citroën DS3 R3T 29:00.6 3 51.13 km 6 5
2   Osian Pryce Citroën DS3 R3T 29:31.9
3   Dean Raftery Ford Fiesta R2 29:50.6
5 Rally Isle of Man powered by Microgaming Leg 1
(11–12 September)
1   Osian Pryce Citroën DS3 R3T 49:50.6 9 86.24 km 6 5
2   Calvin Beattie Ford Fiesta R2 57:03.5
3   Gus Greensmith Ford Fiesta R1 58:10.2
6 Rally Isle of Man powered by Microgaming Leg 2
(12–13 September)
1   Daniel McKenna Citroën DS3 R3T 1:16:46.5 13 133.11 km 5 5
2   Dean Raferty Ford Fiesta R2 1:21:01.8
3   Calvin Beattie Ford Fiesta R2 1:21:20.9

Championship standings edit

Drivers' championship edit

A driver's best five scores counted towards the final championship standings.[3] Points were 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. The second leg of the Rally Isle of Man awarded points at a coefficient of 1.5; thus 30 points were awarded to its winner.[8]

Pos Driver Vehicle PIR
JCR
SCO
ULS
RIM
 Pts 
1   Daniel McKenna Citroën DS3 R3T 2 1 1 1 4 1 108
2   Osian Pryce Citroën DS3 R3T 1 2 Ret 2 1 5 97
3   Dean Raftery Ford Fiesta R2 4 3 3 5 2 87
4   Calvin Beattie Ford Fiesta R2 5 5 4 2 3 85
5   Gus Greensmith Ford Fiesta R1 8 9 6 5 3 4 76.5
6   Callum Black Citroën DS3 R3T Ret 3 2 34
7   Garry Pearson Peugeot 208 VTi R2 Ret 4 4 30
8   Jonathan Jones Ford Fiesta R1 10 10 7 30
9   David Carney Citroën DS3 R3T 3 Ret 16
10   Rene Dias Torcato Citroën C2 R2 Max 5 14
11   Timothy Cathcart Citroën DS3 R3T 6 Ret Ret Ret 13
12   Cameron Davies Ford Fiesta R2 6 13
13   Aaron McClure Ford Fiesta R2 7 Ret Ret 12
14   Chris Wheeler Ford Fiesta MS1 7 Ret DNS 12
15   Harry Threlfall Renault Twingo RS R1 8 11
16   Kim Baker Renault Twingo RS R1 9 Ret 10
Pos Driver Vehicle PIR
JCR
SCO
ULS
RIM
 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

Notes edit

  1. ^ The event was cancelled after the death of competitor Timothy Cathcart on SS3. Event results were taken at the end of SS3.[7]

References edit

  1. ^ "McKenna and Kierans are 2014 BRC champions". British Rally Championship. UK Rally Limited. 13 September 2014. Archived from the original on 14 September 2014. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
  2. ^ "2014 Calendar". rallybrc.co.uk. UK Rally Limited. Archived from the original on 11 April 2014. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
  3. ^ a b "2014 Rallye Dorset postponed, statement by the Southern Car Club". British Rally Championship. UK Rally Limited. 12 July 2014. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 12 July 2014.
  4. ^ "eWRC-results.com - rally database". eWRC-results.com.
  5. ^ "eWRC-results.com - rally database". eWRC-results.com.
  6. ^ "eWRC-results.com - rally database". eWRC-results.com.
  7. ^ "Timothy Cathcart death: Tributes paid to rally crash victim". BBC Northern Ireland. BBC News. 16 August 2014. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
  8. ^ "BRC's Isle of Man finale". British Rally Championship. UK Rally Limited. 8 September 2014. Archived from the original on 14 September 2014. Retrieved 13 September 2014.

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