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Lewis & Hunter Cambrian Rally 2026
The Lewis & Hunter Cambrian Rally is North Wales Car Club's gravel stage rally, run on Saturday 24 October 2026 from Venue Cymru in Llandudno and serviced at Ruthin. The route packs nine forest stages and 48 competitive miles into a single leg across Clocaenog, Brenig, Hiraethog and a return to the Gwydyr forests. It is the finale of the British Rally Championship and a round of the BTRDA and Welsh championships.
- DateSat 24 Oct 2026
- Championships British Rally ChampionshipProtyre Autocare BTRDA Rally SeriesPirelli Welsh Rally ChampionshipANWCC Forest RallyTCS Plant Rally ChallengeStellantis Motorsport Rally Cup
- VenueLlandudno, Conwy
- SurfaceGravel
- Entries Closed 19 Oct — 97 crews (National 18, Interclub 79); 1 non-starter Entries →
- Results Final classification signed 19:45; top ten below Results →
- Route Gwydir and Hiraethog stages confirmed; road book to Sportity 16 Oct Route →
- Spectators Tickets on sale; time schedule and stage maps published Spectators →
- Marshals Marshals wanted; Motorsport UK accreditation required Marshals →
- Regulations Regulations V1 published; Rally Guide 1 also online Regulations →
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Results — Top 10
64 classified of 96Both permits ranked together, 64 of 96 crews classified. The National permit — the British Rally Championship field — is classified separately: Pryce led Tuthill, Cumiskey and Hunter. The closed entry list held 97 crews; one did not start.
Overall winner Osian Pryce / James Morgan Toyota GR Yaris Rally 2
Winning time 0:49:55.7
Winning margin +1.2 sec over Max McRae
Stages & finishers 9 SS / 48 Miles 48 competitive miles
| Pos | No. | Driver & co-driver | Car & class | Total time | Diff 1st | Diff prev |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | #2 | 🏴 Osian Pryce 🏴 James Morgan | Toyota GR Yaris Rally 2 Class 1 | 0:49:55.7 | – | – |
| 2 | #1 | 🏴 Max McRae 🏴 Cameron Fair | Škoda Fabia Rally2 Class 1 | 0:49:56.9 | +0:00:01.2 | +0:00:01.2 |
| 3 | #9 | 🏴 James Williams 🇬🇧 Ross Whittock | Toyota Yaris GR Rally2 Class 1 | 0:52:02.1 | +0:02:06.4 | +0:02:05.2 |
| 4 | #5 | 🇬🇧 Matthew Hirst 🇬🇧 Declan Dear | Škoda Fabia Rally2 IC1 | 0:53:20.1 | +0:03:24.4 | +0:01:18.0 |
| 5 | #6 | 🇮🇸 Daniel Sigurdsson 🇮🇸 Ásta Sigurdardottir | Škoda Fabia RS IC1 | 0:53:52.5 | +0:03:56.8 | +0:00:32.4 |
| 6 | #8 | 🇮🇪 James Wilson 🇬🇧 Paul Mulholland | Škoda Fabia Rally 2 IC1 | 0:54:12.4 | +0:04:16.7 | +0:00:19.9 |
| 7 | #32 | 🇬🇧 Charles Tuthill 🇬🇧 Sion Williams | Ford Fiesta Class 2 | 0:54:17.6 | +0:04:21.9 | +0:00:05.2 |
| 8 | #12 | 🇮🇪 Brendan Cumiskey 🇮🇪 Martin Connolly | Ford Fiesta Class 1 | 0:54:55.5 | +0:04:59.8 | +0:00:37.9 |
| 9 | #7 | 🏴 Hugh Hunter 🇬🇧 Andy Marchbank | Ford Fiesta Rally2 Class 1 | 0:55:00.2 | +0:05:04.5 | +0:00:04.7 |
| 10 | #14 | 🇮🇪 Dan O'Brien 🇮🇪 Martin Brady | Ford Fiesta Rally2 IC1 | 0:55:58.6 | +0:06:02.9 | +0:00:58.4 |
Video coverage
Lewis & Hunter Cambrian Rally 2026: Video Highlights
Cambrian Rally 2026 | BRC FINALE IN A STORM! [HD]
MW Race & Rally — highlights from the title-deciding final round
Other stage videos (10)
Select to play above Photo galleries
Lewis & Hunter Cambrian Rally 2026: Photo Reports
- View on Facebook →Rally Media UK 36 Photos2026 Lewis and Hunter Cambrian Rally 24th Oct • Saturday's stages, published the day after the rally
Timeline
12 entries24 Oct 2026
Luke Constantine and Ifan Devine took the 2026 Junior British Rally Championship title on the Cambrian. Ben McFall, who had appeared on course for the crown, stopped on the final stage to clear a severely misted windscreen, and the championship went to Constantine and Devine. Motorsport UK — title report →
24 Oct 2026
The Interclub classification was signed at 20:00 the same evening: Matthew Hirst and Declan Dear, winners of the last two Cambrians, won it in a Škoda Fabia Rally2 from Daniel Sigurdsson and Ásta Sigurdardottir, with 51 crews classified and 27 retirements. Interclub final classification →
24 Oct 2026
The British Rally Championship confirmed Osian Pryce and James Morgan as its 2026 champions, Pryce's second BRC title, after the final stage of the Cambrian. McRae spun on the third stage and lost 6.7 seconds to Pryce there — the swing that handed over the lead — while Meirion Evans went off on the fifth after lying second. McRae took 4.7 seconds back on the last stage, but fell 1.2 short. British Rally Championship — title report →
24 Oct 2026
The 71st Cambrian ran its nine stages through Clocaenog, Brenig, Hiraethog and Gwydyr, and the organisers signed the final classification at 19:45. Osian Pryce and James Morgan won by 1.2 seconds from Max McRae and Cameron Fair, Pryce having taken the lead on the first Brenig stage, while Meirion Evans — one of the three title contenders — retired. Matthew Hirst and Declan Dear, winners of the last two Cambrians, headed the Interclub field, whose own classification was still unsigned that evening. Final classification →
19 Oct 2026
Rally Wire published its title preview: Max McRae leads on 103 points from Meirion Evans on 96 and Osian Pryce on 83, and only each driver's best five scores from six rounds count, with the final round scored at 1.5 times. A win on the Cambrian settles the title for any of the three. Rally Wire — title preview →
19 Oct 2026
North Wales Car Club published the Final Instructions for the 71st Cambrian, which confirm that the official notice board runs on the event's Sportity channel and that judge of fact appointments are published there on Friday 23 October by 20:00. Entries closed on 19 October with 100 crews listed, 19 on the National permit and 81 on the Interclub. Final Instructions →
17 Oct 2026
The BTRDA Rally Series' round-seven preview confirmed Elliot Payne and Patrick Walsh as the 2026 Fuchs Lubricants Gold Star champions before the Cambrian; the pair contest the National section, whose recce leaves them ineligible for Gold Star points. Second and third in the championship therefore stay open into the season-ending Grizedale Stages, with Daniel Sigurðarson and Asta Sigurðadóttir second in the table and the outgoing champions Matthew Hirst and Declan Dear — winners of the last two Cambrians — fourth. BTRDA — round seven preview →
16 Oct 2026
The championship's final-round preview sets out the supporting title battles alongside the BRC1 fight: reigning Junior British Rally Championship champion Ben McFall and Luke Constantine go to the Cambrian in a winner-takes-all decider, the BRC3 drivers' crown was already settled by Aoife Raftery at Rali Ceredigion with the co-driver's title still open, and Alfie Hammond arrives as the newly crowned National champion. Elliot Payne and Brendan Cumisky are among the crews joining the British Rally Championship field for the finale. BRC — final round preview →
15 Oct 2026
The championship arrives at the Cambrian with three drivers still in contention for the 2026 British Rally Championship title: Max McRae, Osian Pryce and Meirion Evans. McRae, who leads the standings in the Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 he shares with Cammy Fair, won here in 2025 for his first BRC event victory; a second Cambrian win would make him the first McRae to take the British title since his father Alister in 1995. BRC — Cambrian preview →
15 Sep 2026
Clerk of the course Wenna Roberts confirmed the 2026 route returns to Gwydyr Forest stages that have not been run since 2019, with different roads and configurations in Brenig and Hiraethog, and that the British Rally Championship title is set to be settled on the rally. Cambrian News →
6 Sep 2026
North Wales Car Club published the supplementary regulations and Rally Guide 1 and opened entries for the 71st Cambrian Rally. The regulations confirm a nine-stage, 48-mile gravel route over a single leg on 24 October, based at Venue Cymru in Llandudno, with National and Interclub permits and recce for National-permit entrants only. Supplementary regulations →
1 Sep 2026
The event timetable in the 2026 regulations lists publication of the supplementary regulations at 18:00 on Tuesday 1 September. Supplementary regulations →