The 1997 Mobil 1 British Rally Championship was won by Manxman Mark Higgins in the Nissan Sunny GTI ahead of fellow Manxman Martin Rowe in the Renault Megane Maxi Kit Car, Alister Mcrae in the Volkswagen Golf and Welshman Gwyndaf Evans in the Ford Escort. The manufacturers championship was won by Volkswagen ahead of Nissan and Renault.
Calendar
Round | Event | Date | |
---|---|---|---|
1 | 14–15 March | ||
2 - 3 | 26–27 April | ||
4 | 28–29 June | ||
5 | 1–2 August | ||
6 | 11–13 September |
Team | Manufacturer | Car | No | Driver | Rounds |
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Escort Rs2000 | 1 | All | |||
Ford Motorsport | Ford | Escort Rs2000 | Dandy Rukmana | ||
Nissan Motorsports Europe | 2 | All | |||
Volkswagen Motorsport UK (SBG) | 3 | All | |||
Volkswagen Motorsport UK (SBG) | Volkswagen | Golf GTI Kit Car | 6 | All | |
Renault Dealer Rallying Association | 8 | Martin Rowe | All | ||
Renault Dealer Rallying Association | Renault | Maxi Megane Kit Car | 5 | Robbie Head | All |
Seat Cupra Sport | Ibiza Kit Car | 4 | 1-4 | ||
Seat Cupra Sport | SEAT | Ibiza Kit Car | 16 | Kenny McKinstry | 5 and 6 |
Seat Cupra Sport | SEAT | 12 | Barbara Armstrong | All | |
7 | 1, 2, 3, 5, 6 | ||||
Skoda Motorsport | Skoda | Felicia Kit Car | 29 | Jaroslav Stary | 4 |
Pos | Driver | Rd1 | Rd2 | Rd3 | Rd4 | Rd5 | Rd6 | Points | |
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1 | Mark Higgins | 3rd | 2nd | 6th | DNF | 1st | 2nd | 122 | |
2 | Martin Rowe | DNF | 7th | 4th | 1st | 112 | |||
3 | Alister McRae | 1st | 30th | 1st | 8th | DNF | 107 | ||
4 | Gwyndaf Evans | 2nd | 1st | DNF | 3rd | 2nd | DNF | 105 | |
5 | Robbie Head | 3rd | 1st | 5th | 3rd | DNF | 99 | ||
6 | Tapio Laukkanen | 6th | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 91 | |||
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9 | Neil Wearden | 9th | 21st | DNF | |||||
10 | Stig Blomqvist | DNF | 3rd | 8th | |||||
Pos | Entrant | Rd1 | Rd2 | Rd3 | Rd4 | Rd5 | Rd6 | Pts | |
1 | Volkswagen | 16 | 16 | 11 | 20 | 71 | |||
2 | Nissan | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 31 | 69 | |
3 | Renault | 0 | 7 | 13 | 30 | 67 | |||
4 | Ford | 12 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 15 | 66 | |
5 | SEAT | 10 | 20 | 47 | |||||
= | Skoda | 6 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 47 | |||
7 | 45 | ||||||||
8 | 7 | 40 | |||||||
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