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A nostalgic look at the thrills and spills of the one-off Formula Rally series held in 2001.

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🗓️ The 2⃣0⃣0⃣1⃣ Formula Rally season ran as follows... 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Rally of Wirral (May 12) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Silverstone Rally (Jun 9) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Welsh Rally (Aug 12) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish Rally (Sep 15) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Rally of Kent (Oct 13) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Jim Clark Memorial Rally (Nov 2-3) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Banbury Rally (Nov 10)
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If only the Silverstone rallysprint stage was still a thing...
British Rally Championship (@BRCrally) profile pictureBritish Rally Championship@BRCrally23 Mar 2021
📰Oulton Park to host British Rally Championship opener The iconic @Oulton_Park will provide the British Rally Championship with a history-making opening round of the 2021 season as the series commences with the @NH_Stages on 31st May. More: britishrallychampionship.co.… #BRC
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Yeah, but can he do it on New Brighton Promenade in an S1600 Proton Satria though? 🤔😉
Motorsport News (@MNmotorsport) profile pictureMotorsport News@MNmotorsport13 Feb 2021
.@SebOgier has an immense record of success in @OfficialWRC, but what is his most memorable victory in your eyes? #SebOgier #WRC #Rally
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Ok, as it's Friday let's have a fun little poll. 🚘 Which car was your favourite of the manufacturer entries in Formula Rally? 🗳 Cast your vote below...
60%Ford Puma
0%Peugeot 106
20%VW Polo
20%Proton Satria
5 votes • Final results
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🚘 Seeing as the Ford Puma won this highly-scientific(!) poll, here's Francois Duval on the charge at the Rally of Kent...
👋 Hello to all of the followers who've recently come on board. It's still a bit quiet around here at the moment, but things will start ramping up when we get closer to the point the various rallies in the series were. Until then, we'll try our best to keep you amused
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Stevo@woldswarrior_4 Feb 2021
Replying to @FormulaRally01
Loved the format of Formula Rally. We marshalled on a couple of rounds. Great times. – at East Midlands, England
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Co-driven by Nicky Beech, who did 3️⃣ rounds of Formula Rally alongside privateer Max McKillen...
British Rally Championship (@BRCrally) profile pictureBritish Rally Championship@BRCrally3 Feb 2021
#BestOfTheBRC Jonny Milner took his @ToyotaUK Corolla WRC to back-to-back British Rally Championship titles 2002 and 2003, stopping short of grabbing that elusive third title in a row in 2004 after switching to a Subaru WRC. #BRC
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🤔 How about @jim_clark_rally to become a WRC event, anyone?
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The UK's #WRC round is headed in an all-new direction, as Motorsport UK plans a sealed-surface rally in Scotland after the proposed 2022 Northern Ireland event: dirtfish.com/rally/wrc/rally…

Rally GB planning for Scottish asphalt future – DirtFish

A Scottish closed-road event is Motorsport UK's favored look for the UK's World Rally Championship round from 2023 onwards

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🗓️ The original Formula Rally 2001 season schedule was... 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Wrexham Rally (Mar 10) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Pirelli Carlisle Rally (Apr 28) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish Rally (Jun 9) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Cardiff Rally (Jul 7) ☘️ Rally of Ireland (Aug 26) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 York Rally (Sep 29) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Rally of Kent (Oct 13) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Oxford Rally (Nov 3)
🗓️ On this day 2⃣0⃣ years ago... 🎉 ...Formula Rally was officially launched at the 2001 Autosport International show! 🎂 Happy birthday, I guess...? 🤷
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From the Peugeot 106 Cup to the Dakar Rally...
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Back at the Bivouac after the short 11km Prologue. Set the best time in Lightweight SSV.. which means we our starting position is good for tomorrow’s first proper stage. @dakar
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🚗 Also supporting Formula Rally was the VW Challenge for 1⃣4⃣0⃣0⃣cc Polos. 🏆 David Bateson 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 (📸 on route to victory on the Wirral) was crowned series champion. 👥 He was joined by Northern Ireland's Guy Carlisle as his co-driver.
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🚗 One of the other Formula Rally single-make support series was the Peugeot 106 Cup. 📸 Among the entrants was future WRC star Kris Meeke - who we think you'll agree has hardly changed a bit! 👥 Gordon Noble was his co-driver, with Glenn Patterson doing 2⃣ rounds as well.
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📽️ You can enjoy some action from the Kent round of the series here. 👇👇👇 facebook.com/FlyinFinnMotors…

162K views · 1.8K reactions | As we have a lack of Motorsport enjoy...

As we have a lack of Motorsport enjoy this VHS-Upload. Missed the start of this but it begins with Rory Galligan RIP who just retired from the event. The Super 106 Cup was a great one make...

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🚗 Formula Rally had several one-make support events, including the Ford Puma Championship. 📸 Among the competitors in that was none other than Guy Wilks 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿, who finished 🥈 overall. 👥 Clive Jenkins 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 was his co-driver, with Paul Darlington 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 in the role at Silverstone.
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🏆 The series championship went to David Henderson 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 and co-driver Ian Windress 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 though. ⏱️ They clinched the title with class victory in the final round at Banbury by just 0⃣.7⃣ seconds from Wilks and Jenkins!
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PRIVATEER PROFILE 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Asquith Autosport 🚗 Citroen Saxo Kit Car Car No. 1⃣9⃣ 🇮🇪 Max McKillen (driver) 🇮🇪 Tim McQuaid (co-driver, R1⃣ & 2⃣) 🇮🇪 Paul Nagle (co-driver, R3⃣) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Nicky Beech (co-driver, R5⃣-7⃣)
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PRIVATEER PROFILE 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Major Motorsport Car No. 1⃣8⃣ 🚗 Ford Puma S1600 (R1⃣&2⃣)/Proton Satria Kit Car 📸 (R4⃣-7⃣) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Simon Mauger (driver) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Scott Poxon (co-driver, R1⃣&2⃣) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Andy Street (co-driver, R4⃣,5⃣&7⃣) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Keith Hounslow (co-driver, R6⃣)
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PRIVATEER PROFILE 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Faintree Motorsport 🚗 Citroen Saxo Kit Car Car No. 1⃣7⃣ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Paul Wedgbury (driver) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Neil Dashfield (co-driver)
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PRIVATEER PROFILE 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Sanspeed 🚗 Peugeot 106 Maxi Car No. 1⃣5⃣ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Martin Sansom (driver) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Phil Wells (co-driver)
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