Guy Wilks

Guy Wilks
Born	(1981-01-22) January 22, 1981 Bishop Auckland, County Durham, England
Occupation	Rally driver
Years active	2000–present
Known for	British Rally Championship champion, JWRC runner-up, Intercontinental Rally Challenge competitor

Guy Wilks (born 22 January 1981) is a British rally driver presently racing for JRM in the FIA World Rallycross Championship. In 2011, he represented Peugeot UK in the Intercontinental Rally Challenge, though he did not participate in the 2012 season.

Career

Hailing from Bishop Auckland, County Durham, Wilks embarked on his rally career at the age of 19. He rapidly advanced through Ford's developmental 'Ladder of Opportunity' program, clinching the Ford Ka Junior Championship title in 2000 and securing second place in the Puma 1400 series the following year. In 2002, Wilks competed in the British Rally Championship (BRC) driving a Super 1600 Puma, where he finished fifth overall and third within the British Super1600 division. That same year, he also took part in the Junior World Rally Championship (JWRC), ending the season seventh in the standings.

In 2004, Wilks transitioned to a factory-supported JWRC campaign with Suzuki, piloting an Ignis alongside teammate Per-Gunnar Andersson. During his three-year tenure, he amassed five victories and was runner-up in the JWRC championship in 2005. Additionally, that year he secured titles in both the British Super 1600 and British Junior categories. Wilks departed Suzuki at the close of 2006 as the manufacturer redirected its efforts toward a full World Rally Championship program.

The following year, Wilks joined the Mitsubishi Motors UK Works squad competing in Group N events within the BRC behind the wheel of a Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX. Over two seasons, he achieved eight rally wins and captured consecutive BRC championships. Simultaneously, Wilks made his debut in a World Rally Car, driving a Ford Focus WRC at the 2007 Rally Norway. He contested seven WRC rounds that year, with his highest finish being sixth place at Rally Ireland while driving a Subaru S11 WRC.

In 2008, alongside his BRC activities, Wilks raced a Honda Civic Type R R3 for Italy’s JAS Motorsport. The next year saw him move into Super 2000 rallying with Mellors Elliot Motorsport behind the wheel of a Proton Satria Neo. Proton entered him in six IRC events before he switched allegiance to Škoda UK for Rally Scotland, where he secured victory.

During 2010, Wilks participated selectively in the IRC with Škoda UK driving a Fabia S2000. He earned multiple podium finishes early in the season, including two second places and one third within his first four rallies. However, his campaign was interrupted by an accident at Rally d'Italia Sardegna that caused fractures to his lumbar vertebrae, forcing him to miss three subsequent events. Returning at the Barum Czech Rally Zlín, he completed the season sixth overall in the IRC standings.

For the 2011 IRC season, Wilks transferred from Škoda to Peugeot UK’s team managed by Kronos Racing.

Complete WRC results

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Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	WDC	Points
2002	Guy Wilks	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	MON	SWE Ret	FRA	ESP	CYP	ARG	GRE	KEN	FIN								NC	0
		Ford Puma S1600										GER Ret	ITA	NZL	AUS	GBR 29
2003	Guy Wilks	Ford Puma S1600	MON Ret	SWE	TUR 18	NZL	ARG	GRE 33	CYP	GER	FIN 24	AUS	ITA 28	FRA	ESP 33	GBR Ret			NC	0
2004	Guy Wilks	Suzuki Ignis S1600	MON Ret	SWE	MEX	NZL	CYP	GRE 12	TUR 13	ARG	FIN Ret	(continued)

JWRC results

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Year	Driver	Vehicle	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	JWRC standing	Points earned
2003	Guy Wilks	Ford Puma S1600	MON Retired	TUR 3rd	GRE 6th	FIN 3rd	ITA 6th	ESP 11th	GBR Retired			7th place	18
2004	Guy Wilks	Suzuki Ignis S1600	MON Retired	GRE 1st	TUR 3rd	FIN Retired	GBR 1st	ITA 2nd	ESP Retired			3rd overall	34
2005	Guy Wilks	Suzuki Ignis S1600	MON 7th	MEX 1st	ITA 6th	GRE 2nd						2nd overall	35
		Suzuki Swift S1600					FIN 3rd	GER 3rd	FRA	ESP Retired
2006	Guy Wilks	Suzuki Swift S1600	SWE 9th	ESP	FRA	ARG 1st	ITA 8th	GER	FIN 1st	TUR 4th	GBR 11th	4th place	26

PWRC Performance

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Year	Team	Vehicle	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	PWRC Standing	Points
2007	Mitsubishi Motors UK	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	SWE	MEX	ARG	GRE	NZL	JPN	IRE	GBR 1	12th	10
2008	Mitsubishi Motors UK	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	SWE	ARG	GRE	TUR	FIN	NZL	JPN	GBR 3	18th	6

Full IRC Results

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Year	Team	Car Model	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Championship Position	Points Earned
2009	Mellors Elliot Motorsport	Proton Satria Neo S2000	MON	BRA	KEN	POR	BEL Ret	RUS 5	POR 11	CZE Ret	ESP 22	ITA 13			7th	15

Full FIA World Rallycross Championship Results

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Supercar

-	2010	Škoda UK	Škoda Fabia S2000	MON 6	CUR 2	ARG 2	CAN 3	SAR Ret	-	-	-	ZLI 7	SAN Ret	6th	27
2011		Peugeot UK	Peugeot 207 S2000	MON 3	CAN 5	COR Ret	YAL 5	YPR 4	AZO Ret	ZLI Ret	style= "background:#efcfff;" >[[2011 Mecsek Rallye >MEC]] Ret > | > | > | > | > | > | > | > | > | > |	7th	47

Year	Team	Vehicle	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Overall WRX Position	Championship Points
2015	JRM Racing	Mini Countryman RX	POR	HOC	BEL	GBR 6	GER	SWE	CAN	NOR	FRA 33	BAR	TUR	ITA	ARG	23rd	14
2016	Guy Wilks	Ford Fiesta ST	POR	HOC	BEL	GBR 18	NOR	SWE	CAN	FRA						23rd	3
	JRM Racing	Mini Countryman RX									BAR 13	LAT 14	GER	ARG
2017	LOCO Energy World RX	Volkswagen Polo	BAR 7	POR 16	HOC 19	BEL 14	GBR 14	NOR 17	SWE 20	CAN 15	FRA	LAT	GER	RSA		15th	21

External links

• Official Website of Guy Wilks
• Official Website of the IRC