2001 Formula Rally Championship

The 2001 Formula Rally Championship was a one off series for rally cars running to Super 1600 regulations. The championship was run as a replacement for the cancelled 2001 British Rally Championship. Technical regulations stated that cars must not cost more than $100,000 and only 4 mechanics were allowed to work on a single car in services to control costs. Rallies in the series also counted as point scoring rounds for the one make Ford Puma, Ford Ka, Volkswagen Polo and Peugeot 106 championships. The series was won by 1998 British Rally Champion Martin Rowe after Justin Dale and the Peugeot Works Team were excluded from the championship due to a homologation issue at the final round. The same homologation issues also led to the exclusion of the Works Proton team and its driver Mats Andersson. Ford were the manufacturers champions. Calendar Round Event Date 1 Rapid Fit Rally of Wirral 12 May 2 Silverstone Rally 9 June 3 R&M Williams Welsh Rally 12 August 4 Kumho Tyres Scottish Rally 15 September 5 Barretts Rally of Kent 13 October 6 Jim Clark Memorial Rally 2–3 November 7 Prodrive Banbury Rally 10 November Entry list Entrant Manufacturer Car No Driver Rounds Satria Rally Team (Harry Hockly Motorsport) Proton Satria Kit Car 1 Mats Andersson All Satria Rally Team (Harry Hockly Motorsport) Proton Satria Kit Car 2 Neil Collins 1-2 Volkswagen Motorsport (SBG Sport) Volkswagen Polo GTI 3 Neil Simpson 1-2 Volkswagen Motorsport (SBG Sport) Volkswagen Polo GTI 3 David Higgins 4-7 Peugeot Sport UK Peugeot 106 Maxi 5 Justin Dale All Rapid Fit Ford Racing Ford Puma S1600 7 Martin Rowe All Rapid Fit Ford Racing Ford Puma S1600 8 Patrick Magaud All Rapid Fit Ford Racing Ford Puma S1600 9 Francois Duval 2, 5 Martin Meadows Proton Satria Kit Car 11 Martin Meadows All Christer Steén Skoda Felicia Kit Car 12 Christer Steén 1 Robert Woodside Ford Puma S1600 14 Robert Woodside All Sanspeed Peugeot 106 Maxi 15 Martin Sansom All Faintree Motorsport Citroen Saxo Kit Car 17 Paul Wedgbury All Major Motorsport Ford Puma S1600 18 Simon Mauger 1-3 Major Motorsport Proton Satria Kit Car 18 Simon Mauger 5-7 Asquith Autosport Citroen Saxo Kit Car 19 Max McKillen 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7 Ian Barrett Proton Satria Kit Car 21 Ian Barrett All Gethin Jones Vauxhall Corsa Kit Car 26 Gethin Jones 1 David Henderson Ford Puma 1400 34 David Henderson All Rory Galligan Peugeot 106 GTI 29 Rory Galligan All Ryan Champion Peugeot 106 GTI 32 Ryan Champion All Shaun Woffinden Ford Puma 1400 33 Shaun Woffinden All Guy Wilks Ford Puma 1400 35 Guy Wilks All Kris Meeke Peugeot 106 GTI 50 Kris Meeke All Garry Jennings Peugeot 106 GTI 76 Garry Jennings All Michael Brew Peugeot 106 GTI 30 Michael Brew All Darren Snape Ford Ka 55 Darren Snape All Ian Forgan Ford Ka 56 Ian Forgan All Jack Ingleby Ford Ka 57 Jack Ingleby All David Bateson Volkswagen Polo 16v 44 David Bateson All Clive Wheeler Volkswagen Polo 16v 45 Clive Wheeler All Adrian Kermode Volkswagen Polo 16v 47 Adrian Kermode All James Smith Volkswagen Polo 16v 62 James Smith All Simon Selby Ford Puma 1400 51 Simon Selby All Mark Wheeler Ford Puma 1400 38 Mark Wheeler All Drivers Championship Pos Entrant R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 Pts EX Justin Dale 6 6 10 10 (6) 0 10 42 1 Martin Rowe 10 10 6 0 (4) 10 6 42 2 Patrick Magaud 4 3 0 4 0 4 0 15 3 François Duval - 4 - - 10 - - 14 4 David Higgins - - - 1 - 6 4 11 = Martin Sansom 3 0 0 3 3 0 2 11 6 Simon Mauger 2 1 - 1 2 3 1 10 EX Mats Andersson 1 1 0 6 0 1 0 9 7 David Henderson 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 4 8 Max McKillen 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 = Michael Brew 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 10 Garry Jennings 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 = Paul Wedgbury 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 12 Rory Galligan 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 13 Neil Simpson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = Neil Collins 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Manufacturers Championship Pos Entrant R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 Pts 1 Ford 20 20 15 (12) 20 20 (15) 95 EX Peugeot 15 15 20 20 (15) 0 20 90 2 Volkswagen 0 8 0 8 0 17 15 48 EX Proton 12 12 0 15 0 10 0 45 References Rallybase Category:British Rally Championship seasons Formula Rally Championship British Rally Championship