Background
Barritt was born in Burnley, United Kingdom.
Barritt was born in Burnley, United Kingdom.
His family has been involved in rallying for three generations. This peaked his interest from a very young age. He thinks he saw his very first rally from his bassinet.
Barritt believes that his hometown, Burnley, played a part in his sporting career, given the number of famous stock car and bike racers who hail from the area.
The city also has motorsport clubs which help those interested get into the sport and for sure assisted Barritt when he first started out. When Barritt was 16, he co-drove for his dad in Scotland on the Tour of Mull Rally.
From then on he was hooked. In 2000 in England, he drove in his first rally.
He went pro in 2002. In 2009, Barritt and Conrad Rautenbach competed in the World Rally Championship.
In 2010 he switched back to PWRC with Toshi Arai. In 2011 and 2012 he navigated for Alastair Fisher, a WRC Academy front-runner. He then joined Elfyn Evans at the time that Evans started making his mark in 2013, and also co-driving with him as part of the M-Sport World Rally Team in 2014.
One highlight occurred in 2002 when David Higgins approached him and asked if he would co-drive for him in the British and United States championships.
At the United States international rally three days later, he was part of the winning team