Lucky Elfyn scores his fifth BRC victory

Twice lucky Elfyn Evans won the final round of the MSA British Rally Championship at the Isle of Man, his fourth successive victory in the revamped series, and fifth of the season, this time benefitting from two major strokes of luck.  

Elfyn Evans won his fifth BRC event for the season, taking out the Manx Rally.Alone of the DMack team drivers, his Fiesta R5 was fitted with the more suitable longer ratio transmission on this very high speed event, and when struggling at the end of the first full day of the event with driveshaft problems, he found the last stage of the day was cancelled through organisational delays.  

Evans eventually finished 5.9 seconds in front of guest DMack driver Mark Higgins, the pair having easily outpaced the opposition, headed by Tom Cave in another Fiesta R5.  

A disappointment was the retirement on the second stage of Craig Breen in the Citroen DS3 R5 in which he had won the Circuit of Ireland earlier this year.  He had engine failure, as did the Swedish driver Fredrik Ahlin, after trying to slow down his brakeless Fiesta R5.

Tom Cave on his way to third place in a Fiesta R5.The only other major incident was an accident for Rhys Yates (Fiesta R5) which led to the cancellation of the following stage, and Evans’ rally-winning good fortune.  

Fourth placed Desi Henry (Fabia R5) was the highest placed driver eligible for FIA European Rally Trophy points in the Celtic division, Robert Duggan won the Junior category in an Opel Adam, finishing nearly three minutes in front of Norwegian Sindre Furuseth (Renault Twingo), while Donnie McDonald (Mitsubishi Evo IX) won the national category.
 
- Martin Holmes 

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