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
RoundEventDate
1Vauxhall Rally of Wales18–19 March
2Pirelli International Rally6–7 May
3Kumho Tyres Scottish Rally10–11 June
4SEAT Jim Clark Memorial Rally30 June-2 July
5MSA Rally16 July
6Manx International Rally7–9 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SEAT, Ford and Renault had withdrawn from the BRC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
TeamManufacturerCarNoDriverRounds
Volkswagen Motorsport UK VolkswagenGolf GTI Kit Car1Tapio LaukkanenAll
Vauxhall Motorsport VauxhallAstra Kit Car2Mark HigginsAll
Vauxhall Motorsport VauxhallAstra Kit Car3Neil WeardenAll
Hyundai Motor Company HyundaiCoupe Kit Car Evo 24Jarmo KytolehtoAll
Hyundai Motor Company HyundaiCoupe Kit Car Evo 27Andrew PinkerAll
Peugeot Sport UKPeugeot106 GTI5Justin DaleAll
Peugeot Sport UKPeugeot106 GTI6David HigginsAll
Proton Motorsport Harry Hockly MotorsportProtonSatria8Mats AnderssonAll
Lehtonen MotorsportVolkswagenGolf GTI Kit Car9Jani PirtinnenAll
DGM SportMitsubishiLancer Evolution 610Neil SimpsonAll
Polar MotorsportMitsubishiLancer Evolution 611Marko IpattiAll
Polar MotorsportMitsubishiLancer Evolution 627Natalie BarrattAll
Ford Rallye SportFordPuma Kit Car12Juuso Pykalisto1–2
Ford Rallye SportFordPuma Kit Car15Martin Rowe4
Ford Rallye SportFordPuma Kit Car41Ben Briant3–5
Flex-Seal MotorsportMitsubishiLancer Evolution 612Gavin CoxAll
ADR MotorsportMitsubishiLancer Evolution 514Guy Anderson2–6
Jonny MilnerToyotaCelica GT Four15Jonny MilnerAll
Asquith MotorsportCitroenSaxo Kit Car15Niall McSheaAll
Dave WoodSubaruImpreza WRX16Dave WoodAll
Mike BrownMitsubishiLancer Evolution 619Mike BrownAll
Quick MotorsportMitsubishiLancer Evolution 521Nik ElsmoreAll
Alistair GinleySubaruImpreza WRX22Alistair GinleyAll
Julian ReynoldsToyotaCelica GT Four54Julian ReynoldsAll
Charlie JukesProtonSatria39Charlie JukesAll

Drivers Championship
PosDriverR1R2R3R4R5R6Pts
1Marko Ipatti81210510045
2Mark Higgins12-812-1244
3Neil Wearden10-5812-35
4Tapio Laukkanen--12108-30
5Justin Dale-74-71028
6Mats Andersson78--3826
7Jarmo Kytolehto-1077--24
8Andrew Pinker6414--15
9Charlie Jukes5--23111
10David Higgins-5--5-10

Manufacturers Championship
PosEntrantR1R2R3R4R5R6Pts
1Vauxhall1201012121258
2Proton1010607841
3Peugeot087781040
4Hyundai812880036
5Volkswagen00121010032

Super 1600 Drivers championship
PosDriverR1R2R3R4R5R6Pts
1Mats Andersson12128-61048
2Justin Dale-1012-121246
3Charlie Jukes1066107-39
4Ben Briant8-574-24
5David Higgins-8-68-22

Group N Drivers Championship
PosDriverR1R2R3R4R5R6Pts
1Gavin Cox881281046
2Dave Wood5121087042
3Guy Anderson3781012040
=Mike Brown1256010740
5Nik Elsmore71074836
6Neil Simpson0601201230
7Alistair Ginley03454622