Personal

Name:

Daniel Barritt 

Age:

22 

Marital status:

Single 

Children:

None 

Occupation:

Professional Co-driver 

Place of birth: 

Burnley, Lancashire 

Country or county where you live:

Lancashire 

Any other hobbies?

Football, especially Burnley FC, golf, cycling and gym 

Your opinions

Favourite food:

Italian and Meat and Potato Pies 

Favourite drink:

Water and the odd can of Caffreys now and again!!! 

Favourite motorsport paper / magazine:

Motorsport News and Rally XS 

Favourite sports person (other than rallying):

Carl Fogarty - his determination to win was awesome 

Favourite film star:

Samuel L. Jackson 

Favourite holiday destination:

Isle Of Mull 

Which TV sports programmes do you watch?

I watch most forms of motorsport, in particular WRC and World SuperBikes 

Starting out

How did you start out?

I competed in 12 car rallies with my Dad at the age of 15, caught the bug and competed in my first stage rally 2 months after my 16^th birthday. 

First driver you sat with: 

My Dad (David Barritt)

First event:

Tour of Mull 1996 

Rallying background

Type of licence held:

International 

Which motor club do you belong to?

Clitheroe and District Motor Club

Do you contribute towards your rallying?

In many ways, but not financially.

Have you ever driven on a rally?

I have driven on a few road rallies in a Mini; the first rally I won and the second I wrote the car off!!! 

Did you ever marshal on events?  When and where?

I usually help my car club with marshalling and organisation on the events they run. 

How many events do you get to watch?  (e.g. per year)

Between 5 - 10

How many rallies do you take part in?  (e.g. per year)

Between 10 - 20.  In 2002 I competed in 14. 

Have you competed abroad? Where and when?

The SCCA ProRally series in America and the Isle of Man, if that counts!! 

Your opinions (rallying)

Favourite rally car:

Opel Manta 400 and Ford Focus 

Favourite rally driver:

Ari Vatanen and Petter Solberg 

Favourite rally co-driver:

Luis Moya - I didn’t think it was possible to talk that fast!! 

Favourite bit of road or forest:

Mishnish Lochs on the Tour of Mull. 

Do you prefer pace notes or map reading events?

Pace notes. I do enjoy maps but regret not spending enough time on maps when I first started. 

Things you dislike about rallying?

The ladder of progression is too big between grass roots and WRC. 

Who do you think will win the World Rally Championship in 2003?

Petter Solberg or Richard Burns

Rallying history

Drivers you have sat with:

David Barritt, Daniel Harper, David Bateson, David Higgins, Stuart Egglestone, David Wright, Craig Bracewell, Tim Foster, Dave Calvert, Robert Brown-Kenna, Chris Eastham, Steve Lewis, Chris Woodcock, Alan Parkes 

Best driver you have ever sat with? 

David Higgins

Best result:

My first outright win in the 2002 Rim of the World rally in California and 4^th O/A Phillips Tour of Mull 2000.

Worst result:

Tour of Mull 2001, a slight excursion into a bog cost us the chance of a top 3 result.  Still finished the event but a long way down.

Championships contested:

Mintex, Polo Challenge, BRC and SCCA ProRally series. 

Best Championship result:

Winning both the BRC Production Cup and the SCCA ProRally series in 2002.  

Best rally memory:

My first stage rally when I was 16 and the West Baldwin stage on the Isle of Man with David Higgins. Simply awesome. 

Strangest incident on a rally:

Retiring from the 1999 Enterprise Printing rally with a strange engine problem.  It later turned out to be a lack of petrol that caused the problem!! 

Biggest accident:

I have been fortunate enough so far not to have too many accidents, but the worst was on this year’s Rally GB when the car somehow ended up on its roof quite a distance from the road. 

Achievements gained from rallying:

Travelling to magnificent places and meeting some exceptional characters.  

Your current performance

Your current driver(s) and events or Championships being contested in 2003 

David Higgins SCCA ProRally series, America

How could you improve your ‘own’ current performance?

Try and increase my fitness level.  

How could you improve your current driver’s performance?

I don’t really think there’s much need, he drives far too fast already!!! 

If you had £50,000 to spend on rallying, what would you do?  

I would buy an Opel Manta 400 and co-drive for my Dad on the Irish Tarmac Championship.

Your future in rallying

Where would you most like to compete (in the world): 

New Zealand

Which rally would you most like to compete in? 

Rally New Zealand

Which driver(s) would you most like to co-drive for?

Any of the current WRC drivers. 

Ambition in rallying for the future:

To try and be as successful as possible and progress to the highest level my ability will enable me to go. 

What would you like to put back into rallying?

To try and give a young co-driver the same opportunities that I have been given. 

The future of rallying

Which up-and-coming rally driver can you recommend?

David Wright - he has shown real pace in the last few rounds of the 206 Cup. 

Which up-and-coming rally co-driver can you recommend?

Myself!!! 

What would be the best tip you could give to other co-drivers?

Always be willing to learn and take advice.  

Any other comments

I would like to thank all the drivers that I have co-driven for, both past and present for everything they have done for me.

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