William Creighton and Liam Regan secured the 2025 Probite British Rally Championship title at the Cambrian Rally

William Creighton and Liam Regan added the Probite British Rally Championship to their impressive list of titles, claiming the coveted crown at the Lewis and Hunter Cambrian Rally after a tense final-round battle on the world-famous gravel stages of North Wales.

It was Max McRae who claimed the rally win in spectacular fashion, adding the family name to the top step of a British Rally Championship event for the first time in 27 years, making it three generations of the family to claim the BRC spoils after grandfather Jimmy and dad Alister.

McRae and co-driver Cammy Fair were breathtaking on the North Wales stages in their MRF Tyres shod Skoda Fabia Rally2, clinching the win from the hands of Romet Jürgenson and Siim Oja on the very last stage. Meirion Evans and Dale Furniss rounded out their season with third in their Pirelli-equipped Yaris GR Rally2.

Creighton, who narrowly missed out on the title last year, went into the finale with a slender championship lead and knew that a solid result would be enough. But on the notoriously tricky Cambrian stages, nothing could be taken for granted. He would need to put his experience to full use, drawing on all his knowledge from his Junior BRC and FIA Junior WRC campaigns, both of which netted respective championship crowns.

“What an amazing year”, said an emotional Creighton at the finish.

“You know, the journey we’ve been on, Junior BRC, Junior WRC and now this, it’s very special. I’m just so happy, even with missing a round, we’ve been able to win the championship. Yeah, it feels good”.

Much like the five rounds before, the battle for top spot saw a ruthless battle among the BRC1 contenders. McRae and Jürgenson duelled all day long, with Evans eager to muscle into the fight. McRae landed the first blow, storming to a sensational six-second lead over the opening Clocaenog test before Jürgenson responded on the next – albeit by 0.7s.

McRae won in style. With a time nine seconds faster than the Fiesta pilot, an emotional 21-year-old finally stood on the top-step of the BRC podium, 27 years after his father, sealing the duo’s maiden BRC win, a first for the Skoda Fabia Rally2 and MRF Tyres.

“Wow, that’s great”, exclaimed a shocked McRae

“That’s pretty cool, I wasn’t expecting that. I was a bit down after the last stage and I didn’t push super hard in that last one. I just tried to keep it nice and clean, and here we are. I’m lost for words; I mean, it’s good, we’ve shown our pace, I don’t know how we did that time, I don’t know what to say”.

The Junior British Rally Championship reached an equally dramatic conclusion, with Kyle McBride and co-driver Darragh Mullen taking the title after a season-long battle with Joseph Kelly/Killian McArdle.
Their victory also secures them the Stellantis Motorsport Rally Cup prize drive in the FIA European Rally Championship in 2026. Sam Mason and James Seymour impressed with a strong end-of-season drive, rounding out the podium in third.

Another category to go down to the wire, the National Rally Title, delivered a breathtaking tussle for the crown in a two-way fight between Rob Cotton and Chris Richmond-Hand. It would be Cotton who clinched the crown in his Subaru Impreza after another assured performance on the Cambrian gravel. Cotton’s pace on gravel proved too much for Hand to try and live with, the four-wheel-drive machine perfectly suited to the conditions. Try as he might, the Toyota Starlet ace couldn’t quite do enough to claim the points required.

“We just needed to get to the finish, but we still gave it a good go anyway. We won our title, which is what we came here to do, so we’re very happy!” Cotton commented at the finish.

After a thrilling conclusion to the Probite British Rally Championship, attention turns to 2026 with next year’s calendar being released in the coming weeks.