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The BBC items had a negative spin.

Time for a "cancellation costs local economy millions" press release methinks!

But will it last 5 days at that pace?

Delighted it's now been confirmed - there was a teaser at the Stockport Motor Club 120th anniversary dinner back in March about the possibility of Chris in a TR.

I'm looking forward to seeing how...

An experienced co-driver will help but, now they allow organiser's approved route notes, it won't be as big a help as it was when the event was secret - unless Oliver opts to run as a "secret"...

In order to get that mileage you'd need to double-run the stages - there's nothing significant available in Yorkshire that isn't already being used on the event, and Dalby is already being used...

The irony here is that MSUK has stated that the changes are to make it better for spectators.

Any car running in a class for R5/Rally2 cars has to be in accordance with it's homologation and run the standard restrictor. This is a requirement for the BRC.

For events that have an "open" 4WD...

Look at the entry history for UK events. We got here with R5+ cars because without the larger restrictors there wouldn't have been any R5 cars at all. They were allowed under UK national rules and...

To comply with Fast Eddy's request, old WRC cars would need new, smaller restrictors and re-mapping. Not cheap!

The BRC only allows cars complying with FIA homologation - look how popular that...

Telling people with perfectly good cars that they enjoy driving that they have to spend a load of money to make them slower sounds like a good way of pushing people out of rallying to me.

I didn't say that was my opinion. I just asked the questions.
UK Rallysport is where it is because that's what the competitors want. They're the ones who are paying for it so they make the...

Just think back to when R5 cars were introduced. It took years before anybody in the UK ran one - even though they were encouraged by the BRC organisers. What else would you as a governing body...

UK national events run to UK rules and these allow the bigger restrictors that WRC cars have, so there's nothing to stop you from putting the bigger restrictor on a Rally2 or R5 car. When R5 cars...

I first drove that road when spectating on a Welsh International in the early 70's and thought what a great stage it would make. Driven & navigated it many times since on Welsh International &...

I agree - particularly when the leading contenders are running on different stages at the same time.
A well edited summary at the end of each leg that tells the story of who gained/lost time where,...

Presumably, to pay the professional championship management. Don't forget that the BRC is a National Championship with professional (i.e. salaried) managers. It can't be directly compared to the...

I remember, decades ago, that the thing to make the BRC better was to allow recce's - the recce ban was the thing that was holding British drivers back.

Ever since they allowed recce's on BRC...

Not to mention the "Elgam Organs" cars before the "Griflex" cars.

They say it will only be an extra £1 per mile for the night leg, which given that the first six stages amounts to 43 miles should be £21-50 for the extra 21½ miles. The money doesn't add up though,...

But not on the Cambrian!

Or, close the 'B' road and run Brenig & Alwen together as one stage.

In the past a County Borough fell within a County and had partial autonomy (bit like the WAG & Wesminster). The new Welsh County Boroughs would appear to have full County status which makes me...

There's no such county as Conwy & there never has been. It's Clwyd now and was Flintshire and Denbighshire in the (distant) past. The event sponsor is Conwy County Borough Council. A County...

That sort of depends on how far back you go. Certainly during the later years the International event was organised by a separate company to limit any financial liability on the local motor clubs...

Good question, I have no idea, but the International Rally was a round of the ERC & ITRC as well as the BRC before the BRC banned 4WD cars in the late 90's.