Sun 29 Dec 2024

The rapid review of 2024: BRC ends MRF’s Teams’ title run

As part of its series looking back on the 2024 FIA European Rally Championship, this is FIAERC.com’s rapid review of the FIA European Rally Championship for Teams.

The round-by-round top-scoring teams:
V-Híd Rally Hungary: BRC Racing Team
Rally Islas Canarias: Toyota España
BAUHAUS Royal Rally of Scandinavia: BRC Racing Team
Delfi Rally Estonia: RedGrey
Rally di Roma Capitale: F.P.F. Sport
Barum Czech Rally Zlín: Auto Podbabská Škoda MOL Team
JDS Machinery Rali Ceredigion: BRC Racing Team
Rally Silesia: Team MRF Tyres  


The points:
1: BRC Racing Team, 191
2: Team MRF Tyres, 167
3: TRT Rally Team, 102
4: Eurosol Racing Team Hungary, 81
5: ACCR Toyota Dolák, 67
6: RedGrey, 63
7: ACCR Orsák Rally Sport, 61
8: FPF Sport, 45
9: Atölye Kazaz, 42
10: IKSPORT Racing, 41

The title in short:
BRC Racing Team landed the FIA European Rally Championship for Teams, ending Team MRF Tyres’ run of title success in the process. Team MRF Tyres had taken the coveted FIA title in 2022 and 2023 but points scored throughout 2024 by Hayden Paddon and co-diver John Kennard in a Pirelli-equipped Hyundai i20 N Rally2 were enough for Italian BRC Racing Team to clinch the championship for entrants.  


The champion team said?
Gabriele Rizzo, team principal of BRC Racing Team, said: “We are thrilled to have secured this FIA European title. After a difficult start of the season with some negative episodes that made us lose several points, we further raised the bar by calling into question various technical aspects together with the crew and our technical partners. The outcome was a continuous improvement of results useful for regaining and then securing the lead in the standings.”

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