2000 British Rally Championship

The 2000 Mobil 1 British Rally Championship was won by Finland's Marko Ipatti in a Group N Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution 6 ahead of Vauxhall drivers Mark Higgins and Neil Wearden. The 1600cc category championship was won by Proton's Mats Andersson with the Group N title going to Gavin Cox. This was the last year that the championship ran to the F2 regulations.

Calendar

Round Event Date
1 Vauxhall Rally of Wales 18–19 March
2 Pirelli International Rally 6–7 May
3 Kumho Tyres Scottish Rally 10–11 June
4 SEAT Jim Clark Memorial Rally 30 June-2 July
5 MSA Rally 16 July
6 Manx International Rally 7–9 September

Driver Changes

Mark Higgins moved from Volkswagen to Vauxhall

SEAT, Ford and Renault had withdrawn from the BRC

Gwyndaf Evans left the series to concentrate on testing and development work for SEAT WRC team

Hyundai entered the series with Vauxhall refugee Jarmo Kytolehto and Australian Andrew Pinker driving for the team

David Higgins moved from a production Subaru to the works Peugeot team

Reigning champion Tapio Laukkanen moved to Volkswagen as their solo driver

Martin Rowe only made a one-off appearance for Ford in the new Puma rally car after Renault's withdrawal

Leading Entries

Team Manufacturer Car No Driver Rounds
Volkswagen Motorsport UK (SBG Sport) Volkswagen Golf GTI Kit Car 1 Tapio Laukkanen All
Vauxhall Motorsport (RML) Vauxhall Astra Kit Car 2 Mark Higgins All
3 Neil Wearden All
Hyundai Motor Company (Rallycorp) Hyundai Coupe Kit Car Evo 2 4 Jarmo Kytolehto All
7 Andrew Pinker All
Peugeot Sport UK Peugeot 106 GTI 5 Justin Dale All
6 David Higgins All
Proton Motorsport Harry Hockly Motorsport Proton Satria 8 Mats Andersson All
Lehtonen Motorsport Volkswagen Golf GTI Kit Car 9 Jani Pirtinnen All
DGM Sport Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution 6 10 Neil Simpson All
Polar Motorsport Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution 6 11 Marko Ipatti All
27 Natalie Barratt All
Ford Rallye Sport Ford Puma Kit Car 12 Juuso Pykalisto 1–2
15 Martin Rowe 4
41 Ben Briant 3–5
Flex-Seal Motorsport Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution 6 12 Gavin Cox All
ADR Motorsport Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution 5 14 Guy Anderson 2–6
Jonny Milner Toyota Celica GT Four 15 Jonny Milner All
Asquith Motorsport Citroen Saxo Kit Car 15 Niall McShea All
Dave Wood Subaru Impreza WRX 16 Dave Wood All
Mike Brown Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution 6 19 Mike Brown All
Quick Motorsport Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution 5 21 Nik Elsmore All
Alistair Ginley Subaru Impreza WRX 22 Alistair Ginley All
Julian Reynolds Toyota Celica GT Four 54 Julian Reynolds All
Charlie Jukes Proton Satria 39 Charlie Jukes All

Drivers Championship

Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 Pts
1 Marko Ipatti 8 12 10 5 10 0 45
2 Mark Higgins 12 - 8 12 - 12 44
3 Neil Wearden 10 - 5 8 12 - 35
4 Tapio Laukkanen - - 12 10 8 - 30
5 Justin Dale - 7 4 - 7 10 28
6 Mats Andersson 7 8 - - 3 8 26
7 Jarmo Kytolehto - 10 7 7 - - 24
8 Andrew Pinker 6 4 1 4 - - 15
9 Charlie Jukes 5 - - 2 3 1 11
10 David Higgins - 5 - - 5 - 10

Manufacturers Championship

Pos Entrant R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 Pts
1 Vauxhall 12 0 10 12 12 12 58
2 Proton 10 10 6 0 7 8 41
3 Peugeot 0 8 7 7 8 10 40
4 Hyundai 8 12 8 8 0 0 36
5 Volkswagen 0 0 12 10 10 0 32

Super 1600 Drivers championship

Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 Pts
1 Mats Andersson 12 12 8 - 6 10 48
2 Justin Dale - 10 12 - 12 12 46
3 Charlie Jukes 10 6 6 10 7 - 39
4 Ben Briant 8 - 5 7 4 - 24
5 David Higgins - 8 - 6 8 - 22

Group N Drivers Championship

Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 Pts
1 Gavin Cox 8 8 12 (7) 8 10 46
2 Dave Wood 5 12 10 8 7 0 42
3 Guy Anderson 3 7 8 10 12 0 40
= Mike Brown 12 5 6 0 10 7 40
5 Nik Elsmore 7 10 7 4 (2) 8 36
6 Neil Simpson 0 6 0 12 0 12 30
7 Alistair Ginley 0 3 4 5 4 6 22

References

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