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 [ ] Entry List [ ]
Entrant
Manufacturer
Car
No
Driver
Rounds
Satria Rally Team (Harry Hockly Motorsport)Proton Satria Kit Car 1
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
All
Rapid Fit Ford Racing Ford
Puma S1600
9
Francois Duval 2, 5
Martin Meadows
Proton
Satria Kit Car
11
All
Christer Steén
Skoda Felicia Kit Car 12
1
Robert Woodside
Ford
Puma S1600
14
All
Sanspeed
Peugeot
106 Maxi
15
All
Faintree Motorsport
Citroen Saxo Kit Car 17
All
Major Motorsport
Ford
Puma S1600
18
1-3
Major Motorsport
Proton
Satria Kit Car
18
Simon Mauger
5-7
Asquith Autosport
Citroen
Saxo Kit Car
19
1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7
Ian Barrett
Proton
Satria Kit Car
21
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
All
Shaun Woffinden
Ford
Puma 1400
33
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
All
Darren Snape
Ford
Ka 55
All
Ian Forgan
Ford
Ka
56
All
Jack Ingleby
Ford
Ka
57
All
David Bateson
Volkswagen
Polo 16v
44
David Bateson
All
Clive Wheeler
Volkswagen
Polo 16v
45
All
Adrian Kermode
Volkswagen
Polo 16v
47
All
James Smith
Volkswagen
Polo 16v
62
James Smith
All
Simon Selby
Ford
Puma 1400
51
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
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