2026 British Rally Championship Registrations Open

The British Rally Championship has today [16^th February] opened its registrations for the highly anticipated 2026 season.

In its 68^th year, Britain’s premier rallying series will once again feature a six-round calendar, encompassing a later start to the season with April’s Severn Valley Stages kick-starting the campaign in Wales.

Some of the best asphalt and gravel events will test championship contenders with longer, tougher events and pre-event recce on all rounds.

Changes for the forthcoming season include the introduction of a new Masters category in BRC1 for competitors over 50 years old, a new segregation to the BRC Teams with a two-wheel-drive and four-wheel-drive title on offer, and the introduction of a reserve round at the end of the season, Rally Anglo Caledonian.

The British Rally Championship is open to all homologated machinery, including ratified right-hand-drive conversions and will likely see the BRC title fight come from BRC1 [Rally2] category. The Junior BRC is catered for in the BRC4 [Rally4] and BRC5 [Rally5] classes. Rally3 is also welcomed in the BRC3 class.

The series will offer a place for all vehicles with a Motorsport UK and Motorsport Ireland Passport, with the popular National Rally Title returning for 2026 for all non-homologated/non-R5/Rally2/WRC cars.  The Open Rally Title will not run in 2026, due to new Motorsport UK regulations requiring R5/Rally2 to be run with their homologated turbo restrictors.

Championship registration fees have been frozen at 2025 levels and the BRC media package for the season ahead will be announced shortly.

2026 features

• Six, all-action rounds with each event featuring unique characteristics. Longer, tougher, and more challenging rallies.

Round 1     Severn Valley Stages – Builth Wells – 11 April
Round 2     Borders Competitions Jim Clark Rally – Duns – 22/23 May
Round 3     Visit Kielder Carlisle Stages – Carlisle – 5/6 June
Round 4     Voly Grampian Forest Rally – Banchory – 7/8 August
Round 5     JDS Machinery Rali Ceredigion – Aberystwyth – 4-6 September
Round 6     Lewis & Hunter Cambrian Rally – Llandudno  – 24 October
Reserve Round: Rally Anglo Caledonian – Carlisle – 21/22 November

• Five scores count
• Rally Anglo Caledonian introduced as a reserve round
• Scores for Round 6 – Cambrian Rally will be multiplied by 1.5
• Cost-effective registration fees, retained at 2025 levels
• All FIA Homologated vehicles accepted into the series, including right-hand-drives derivates (with approved conversion.)
• Rally2 (BRC1) to Rally5 (BRC5) eligible for British Title
• Joker system offering 5 bonus points on one event per season retained
• Junior British Rally Championship is open to all Rally4 (BRC4) / Rally5 (BRC5) category vehicles with free entries to all rounds of the 2026 Junior BRC, worth over £6,000 for the Junior BRC champion. Open to anyone under 27-years-old on 1^stJanuary 2026.
• New Two-Wheel-Drive and Four-Wheel-Drive BRC Teams Titles
• New Masters Category in BRC1 for over drivers over 50 years old
• Motorsport UK National Title continues, offering smaller capacity and older specification vehicles a chance to compete on longer events with recce alongside their BRC counterparts.

Register now for the 2026 British Rally Championship HERE

Regulations are now available for the 2026  British Rally Championship HERE

To announce your plans or discuss the season further, contact the team at brc@motorsportuk.org