Three generations of McRae are now British Rally Championship event winners, as a new champion was crowned
Photography by British Rally Championship
Words by Luke Barry
Max McRae won his very first British Rally Championship event – becoming the fourth McRae to do so – as William Creighton claimed the 2025 title at the Cambrian Rally.
Driving a Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 for the first time on gravel, 21-year-old McRae was quickest on the opening stage to establish a strong 8.7-second lead at first service.
But a puncture, allied to M-Sport driver Romet Jürgenson “finding his mojo” in the afternoon, dropped McRae just 0.1s off the lead after SS5, and then 3.5s back with just one stage to go.
However a big push on the rainy, final Alwen test allowed the Scot and co-driver Cameron Fair to take victory by 5.6s over Jürgenson and Siim Oja, with Creighton and Liam Regan’s losing third to team-mates Meirion Evans and Dale Furniss on the last stage still more than enough for them to clinch the championship in their Toyota GR Yaris Rally2.
Max became the first McRae to win a BRC event since his dad Alister topped the RSAC Scottish Rally in 1998 driving a Volkswagen Golf III Kit Car.
An in-depth rally and season report will be available soon on Club DirtFish.
Words:Luke Barry
Tags: BRC, BRC 2025, Max McRae, Romet Jürgenson, William Creighton
Publish Date October 25, 2025 DirtFish 
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