The exhilarating British Rally Championship will welcome a new look in 2022, as Motorsport UK announce a seven-round calendar for next season.

Three of the rounds will be held in Wales, the Get Connected Rali Bae Ceredigion, Aberystwyth; the Visit Conwy Cambrian Rally, Llandudno; and the Nicky Grist Stages, Builth Wells.

Britain’s premier rallying series will feature a dynamic mix of classic events and exciting newcomers, taking in some of the best gravel and asphalt rallies.

Catering for top-flight Rally2 machinery, Junior British Rally Championship contenders and the popular National Rally Title, the new roster will test both reigning champions and new arrivals in a pulsating calendar.

The British Championship will get underway on a closed road asphalt event for the first time in over four decades as the Corbeau Seats Rally Tendring & Clacton hosts the BRC curtain-raiser in the south east of England. The ground-breaking event was the first English closed road rally back in 2018.

Staying on a sealed surface for round two, the Beatson’s Building Supplies Jim Clark Rally takes the series into Scotland in May and the highly regarded stages around the Duns rally base.

July sees a trip to the world-famous Welsh forests of the Nicky Grist Stages. Having made a return to the BRC bill in 2021, a scintillating battle played out across the rapid and flowing stages which have witnessed many world championship clashes.

Staying in the forests, the Grampian Forest Rally makes a welcome return to the calendar after receiving high acclaim on its inclusion in 2021. The Banchory based rally, just west of Aberdeen in Scotland, provided BRC contenders with a tough challenge as the high-speed forest tests were largely unknown to the title protagonists.

The acclaimed Get Connected Rali Bae Ceredigion heralds a newcomer to the BRC tour as the Aberystwyth based closed-road event provides an exceptional challenge across the bumpy and unforgiving moorland roads in September. First run in 2019, the event will offer a journey into the unknown as the Cambrian Mountains provide an ultimate test of car and crew.

The Trackrod Rally Yorkshire plays host to the penultimate round of 2022 after making a highly successful return to the calendar this year following an eight-year break. The super-fast and narrow stages in the Yorkshire forests witnessed a thrilling encounter and its Dalby test in the dark will test contenders to the limit.

Offering the perfect curtain call on the 2022 season, the Visit Conwy Cambrian Rally retains its October slot and rounds out the British Rally Championship in style. Having the potential to see the champion crowned on the Llandudno seafront, the event takes contenders through world-class forest stages in North Wales.

British Rally Championship Manager Iain Campbell said: “We are delighted to announce our new-look calendar for 2022 which I believe provides exactly the right mix of events worthy of the British Rally Championship marker.”

• Round 1 – Corbeau Seats Rally Tendring & Clacton – Clacton – 23/24 April

• Round 2 – Beatson’s Building Supplies Jim Clark Rally – Duns – 27/28 May

• Round 3 – Nicky Grist Stages – Builth Wells – 9 July

• Round 4 – Grampian Forest Stages – Banchory – 13 August

• Round 5 – Get Connected Rali Bae Ceredigion – Aberystwyth – 3/4 September

• Round 6 – Trackrod Rally Yorkshire – Filey – 23/24 September

• Round 7 – Visit Conwy Cambrian Rally – Llandudno – 29 October

Reserve Round – Oulton Park Stages – Oulton Park – 5 November