1997 British Rally Championship

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

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1 | Vauxhall Rally of Wales | 14–15 March
2-3 | Pirelli International Rally | 26–27 April
4 | RSAC Scottish Rally | 28–29 June
5 | Stena Line Ulster Rally | 1–2 August
6 | Manx International Rally | 11–13 September

## Teams and Drivers

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Team | Manufacturer | Car | No | Driver | Rounds

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Ford Motorsport | Ford | Escort Rs2000 | 1 | Gwyndaf Evans | All
Ford Motorsport | Ford | Escort Rs2000 |  | Dandy Rukmana |
Nissan Motorsports Europe | Nissan | Sunny GTI | 2 | Mark Higgins | All
Volkswagen Motorsport UK (SBG) | Volkswagen | Golf GTI Kit Car | 3 | Alister McRae | All
Volkswagen Motorsport UK (SBG) | Volkswagen | Golf GTI Kit Car | 6 | Tapio Laukkanen | All
Renault Dealer Rallying Association | Renault | Maxi Megane Kit Car | 8 | Martin Rowe | All
Renault Dealer Rallying Association | Renault | Maxi Megane Kit Car | 5 | Robbie Head | All
Seat Cupra Sport | SEAT | Ibiza Kit Car | 4 | Harri Rovanpera | 1-4
Seat Cupra Sport | SEAT | Ibiza Kit Car | 16 | Kenny McKinstry | 5 and 6
Seat Cupra Sport | SEAT | Ibiza Kit Car | 12 | Barbara Armstrong | All
Skoda Motorsport | Skoda | Felicia Kit Car | 7 | Stig Blomqvist | 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
7 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
8 |  |  |  |  |  |
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 | Peugeot |  |  |  |  |  |  | 45
8 | Honda | 7 |  |  |  |  |  | 40

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