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
RoundEventDate
1Rapid Fit Rally of Wirral12 May
2Silverstone Rally9 June
3R&M Williams Welsh Rally12 August
4Kumho Tyres Scottish Rally15 September
5Barretts Rally of Kent13 October
6Jim Clark Memorial Rally2–3 November
7Prodrive Banbury Rally10 November

Entry List
EntrantManufacturerCarNoDriverRounds
Satria Rally Team (Harry Hockly Motorsport)ProtonSatria Kit Car1Mats AnderssonAll
Satria Rally Team (Harry Hockly Motorsport)ProtonSatria Kit Car2Neil Collins1-2
Volkswagen Motorsport (SBG Sport)VolkswagenPolo GTI3Neil Simpson1-2
Volkswagen Motorsport (SBG Sport)VolkswagenPolo GTI3David Higgins4-7
Peugeot Sport UKPeugeot106 Maxi5Justin DaleAll
Rapid Fit Ford RacingFordPuma S16007Martin RoweAll
Rapid Fit Ford RacingFordPuma S16008Patrick MagaudAll
Rapid Fit Ford RacingFordPuma S16009Francois Duval2, 5
Martin MeadowsProtonSatria Kit Car11Martin MeadowsAll
Christer SteénSkodaFelicia Kit Car12Christer Steén1
Robert WoodsideFordPuma S160014Robert WoodsideAll
SanspeedPeugeot106 Maxi15Martin SansomAll
Faintree MotorsportCitroenSaxo Kit Car17Paul WedgburyAll
Major MotorsportFordPuma S160018Simon Mauger1-3
Major MotorsportProtonSatria Kit Car18Simon Mauger5-7
Asquith AutosportCitroenSaxo Kit Car19Max McKillen1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7
Ian BarrettProtonSatria Kit Car21Ian BarrettAll
Gethin JonesVauxhallCorsa Kit Car26Gethin Jones1
David HendersonFordPuma 140034David HendersonAll
Rory GalliganPeugeot106 GTI29Rory GalliganAll
Ryan ChampionPeugeot106 GTI32Ryan ChampionAll
Shaun WoffindenFordPuma 140033Shaun WoffindenAll
Guy WilksFordPuma 140035Guy WilksAll
Kris MeekePeugeot106 GTI50Kris MeekeAll
Garry JenningsPeugeot106 GTI76Garry JenningsAll
Michael BrewPeugeot106 GTI30Michael BrewAll
Darren SnapeFordKa55Darren SnapeAll
Ian ForganFordKa56Ian ForganAll
Jack InglebyFordKa57Jack InglebyAll
David BatesonVolkswagenPolo 16v44David BatesonAll
Clive WheelerVolkswagenPolo 16v45Clive WheelerAll
Adrian KermodeVolkswagenPolo 16v47Adrian KermodeAll
James SmithVolkswagenPolo 16v62James SmithAll
Simon SelbyFordPuma 140051Simon SelbyAll
Mark WheelerFordPuma 140038Mark WheelerAll

Drivers Championship
PosEntrantR1R2R3R4R5R6R7Pts
EXJustin Dale661010(6)01042
1Martin Rowe101060(4)10642
2Patrick Magaud430404015
3François Duval-4--10--14
4David Higgins---1-6411
=Martin Sansom300330211
6Simon Mauger21-123110
EXMats Andersson11060109
7David Henderson00400004
8Max McKillen00000033
=Michael Brew00300003
10Garry Jennings00200002
=Paul Wedgbury00020002
12Rory Galligan00100001
13Neil Simpson00000000
=Neil Collins00000000

Manufacturers Championship
PosEntrantR1R2R3R4R5R6R7Pts
1Ford202015(12)2020(15)95
EXPeugeot15152020(15)02090
2Volkswagen08080171548
EXProton1212015010045

References
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