Pirelli Star Driver selections from each round of next year's MSA British Rally Championship will come exclusively from the new BRC Rally Two and Junior Rally Championships.

Focusing on the lower categories and providing a leg up the ladder, the popular Pirelli-funded initiative will only select drivers who are competing in classes six to 10 (Rally One and Two). A panel of judges will select one finalist from each of the seven championship qualifying events next year, one of whom will win a funded prize drive in 2014 in an R3 car.

The 2013 Pirelli-supported British Rally Championship will once again feature two-wheel drive cars only, with a class structure that allows progression within the championship from R1 all the way up to the R3 cars at the top of the pile.

Pirelli UK Motorsport Operations Manager Matthew Corby commented: "Pirelli is committed to rallying in the UK and is particularly keen to help new drivers entering the BRC to progress. The Pirelli Star Driver concept has already helped five drivers, including the 2010 winner Elfyn Evans, who now has this years WRC Academy title to his credit. Last years Pirelli UK Star Driver Jukka Korhonen will use his 2012 prize season as a basis for an assault on the BRC title next year while this years Pirelli UK Star Driver will use a  top flight Citroen DS3 in 2013.

British Rally Championship Manager Mark Taylor commented: "The British Rally Championships Pirelli Star Driver competition is known worldwide for providing a focal point for talent. In this new era it will continue to do that, but it will focus on those competitors in the lower classes rather than those already winning the rallies and championship outright.