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Rally 7–9 September Driver Changes Mark Higgins moved from Volkswagen to Vauxhall SEAT, Ford and Renault had withdrawn from the BRC Gwyndaf Evans left the series to concentrate on testing and development work for SEAT WRC team Hyundai entered the series with Vauxhall refugee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 514 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 http://www.rallybase.nl/index.php?type=standing&standingid=gbrd2000 External links http://www.rallybrc.co.uk Category:British Rally Championship seasons Rally Championship British Rally Championship