Craig Breen

Craig Breen (born 2 February 1990) is an Irish rally driver. He is the current World Rally Championship (WRC) Academy champion, winning his first event at the 2011 Rallye Deutschland and sealing the championship with a win at Wales Rally GB.

Career

Craig is the son of Ray Breen, a national champion in Irish rallying. He began karting in 1999 in Ireland. He began rallying in 2007, combining it with karting commitments in Europe in 2008. In 2009 he made the full-time switch to rallying, competing in the Irish, British and International Fiesta Sporting Trophys, winning all three championships, as well as the Irish Junior Championship.^[1]

In 2010 he is competing in the British Rally Championship in an M-Sport-prepared Ford Fiesta S2000. He took his first BRC victory on the 2010 Ulster Rally. He also finished 19th overall in the car on 2010 Rally Finland. For 2011, Breen competed in the WRC Academy driving an Ford Fiesta R2. He won his first WRC event at the Rallye Deutschland^[2] and his win at Wales Rally GB made him the inaugural WRC Academy Cup champion.^[3]

WRC results

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	WDC	Points
2009	Craig Breen	Ford Fiesta ST	IRE	NOR	CYP	POR 25	ARG	ITA	GRE	POL	FIN 26					NC	0
		Ford Fiesta R2										AUS	ESP 36	GBR 39
2010	Castrol Ford Team Türkiye	Ford Fiesta	SWE	MEX	JOR	TUR 22	NZL	POR	BUL							NC	0
	Craig Breen	Ford Fiesta S2000								FIN 19	DEU	JPN	FRA	ESP
	Barwa Rally Team														GBR 12
2011	PS Engineering	Ford Fiesta S2000	SWE	MEX	POR	JOR	ITA	ARG	GRE	FIN	DEU	AUS	FRA	ESP 15	GBR	NC	0

SWRC results

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	SWRC	Points
2010	Barwa Rally Team	Ford Fiesta S2000	SWE	MEX	JOR	NZL	POR	FIN	DEU	JPN	FRA	GBR 2	12th	18
2011	PS Engineering	Ford Fiesta S2000	MEX	JOR	ITA	GRE	FIN	DEU	FRA	ESP 4			10th	12

WRC Academy Results

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	WDC	Points
2011	Craig Breen	POR Ret	ITA 8	FIN 2	DEU 1	FRA Ret	GBR 1	1st	111

References

1. ^ "Craig Breen adds Fiesta Sport Trophy International series as an amazing fourth rally title in 2009!". RallyBuzz. http://www.rallybuzz.com/breen-clinches-fsti-title-gb-09/. Retrieved 24 August 2010. 
2. ^ "WRC Academy wrap: Breen takes maiden win". WRC. 20 August 2011. http://wrc.com/news/wrc-academy-wrap-breen-takes-maiden-win/?fid=15234&page=5588. Retrieved 21 August 2011. 
3. ^ "WRC Academy wrap: Breen wins title in thrilling finish". WRC. 12 November 2011. http://wrc.com/news/wrc-academy-wrap-breen-takes-maiden-win/?fid=15234&page=5588. Retrieved 13 November 2011. 

External links

• Official website

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