Guy Wilks

Guy Wilks (born 22 January 1981) is a British rally driver. Wilks started rallying at the age of 19, but currently drives for JRM in the FIA World Rallycross Championship. In 2011 Wilks drove for Peugeot UK in the Intercontinental Rally Challenge. In 2012 he did not compete.

Career Wilks driving his Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution at the 2007 Wales Rally GB. Wilks who was born in Bishop Auckland, County Durham became Ford Ka Junior Champion in 2000 in his first year in the sport, graduating within the Ford 'Ladder of Opportunity' scheme to the Puma 1400 series for 2001. He finished second in the championship. The following year Wilks entered the British Rally Championship (BRC) in a Super 1600 specification Puma, finishing fifth overall in the championship and third in the British Super1600 Rally Championship. In 2003 Wilks competed in the Junior World Rally Championship (JWRC) driving a Ford Puma prepared by Chris Birkbeck Motorsport finishing seventh in the standings. Wilks missed out on an opportunity to join the Subaru World Rally Team for the 2004 season, as he had signed a contract with Suzuki.

For 2004, Wilks made the switch from Ford to a works entry in the JWRC with Suzuki driving an Ignis alongside Per-Gunnar Andersson. Over the next three years Wilks won five rallies and finished second in the JWRC in 2005. Wins included his first JWRC victory at the Acropolis Rally in 2004 and Rally GB in the same year. During his time driving for Suzuki Wilks also won the British Super 1600 title and British Junior title in 2005.

Wilks split with Suzuki at the end of 2006 as they moved their focus to a full-fledged enter in World Rally Championship (WRC). In 2007 Wilks joined the Mitsubishi Motors UK Works team driving a Group N specification Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX in the BRC. Over the next two years Wilks won eight rallies and the BRC title outright.

In addition to the BRC in 2007, Wilks also competed in a number of WRC events with Mobil 1 support allowing him to make his World Rally Car debut in Norway driving a Ford Focus 03 WRC. In total he competed in seven events with a sixth place in Rally Ireland his best finish in a Subaru S11 WRC.

2008 saw Wilks supplement his BRC commitments with several outings in a Honda Civic Type R R3 rally car for Italy's JAS Motorsport.

Wilks made the switch in 2009 to S2000 class rallying with Mellors Elliot Motorsport driving a Proton Satria Neo Super 2000 car in the Pirelli International Rally. Then, on 6 June 2009, Proton announced an entry for Wilks in the Intercontinental Rally Challenge (IRC). He competed in six events with Proton before making the switch to drive for Škoda UK in Rally Scotland which he won.

On 12 January 2010, it was announced that Wilks would compete on selected rounds of the 2010 IRC driving a Škoda Fabia S2000 for Škoda UK. In the first four rallies of the season, Guy finished 6th in Rallye Monte-Carlo, 2nd in Rally Internacional de Curitiba, 2nd in Rally Argentina and 3rd in Rally Islas Canarias.

During the first stage of the 2010 Rally d'Italia Sardegna, Wilks crashed his Škoda and was flown to hospital after reporting pains in his lower back. Hospital checks found the Wilks had fractures to his first and second lumbar vertebrae. The injury meant that Wilks missed three events on the IRC Calendar making a comeback at the Barum Czech Rally Zlín at the end of August.

It was confirmed that Wilks, who finished the year in sixth overall in the championship, would make the switch from Škoda to the Kronos Racing run Peugeot UK Team for the 2011 IRC.

Racing record

Complete WRC results (key) 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 SWERet FRA ESP CYP ARG GRE KEN FIN NC 0 Ford Puma S1600 GERRet ITA NZL AUS GBR29 2003 Guy Wilks Ford Puma S1600 MONRet SWE TUR18 NZL ARG GRE33 CYP GER FIN24 AUS ITA28 FRA ESP33 GBRRet NC 0 2004 Guy Wilks Suzuki Ignis S1600 MONRet SWE MEX NZL CYP GRE12 TUR13 ARG FINRet GER JPN GBR18 ITA11 FRA ESPRet AUS NC 0 2005 Guy Wilks Suzuki Ignis S1600 MON19 SWE22 MEX11 NZL27 ITA23 CYP29 TUR52 GRE17 ARG NC 0 Suzuki Swift S1600 FIN18 GER15 GBR32 JPN17 FRA ESPRet AUS 2006 Guy Wilks Suzuki Swift S1600 MON SWE38 MEX ESP FRA ARG19 ITA26 GRE GER FIN15 JPN CYP TUR19 AUS NZL GBR52 NC 0 2007 Ramsport Ford Focus RS WRC 04 MON SWE NORRet MEX PORRet ARG ITA GRE9 FIN9 GER10 NZL ESP FRA JPN 18th 3 Guy Wilks Subaru Impreza WRC 05 IRE6 Mitsubishi Motors UK Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX GBR13 2008 JAS Motorsport Honda Civic Type-R R3 MON SWE MEX ARG JOR ITA GRE TUR FIN18 GER NZL ESP FRA JPN NC 0 Mitsubishi Motors UK Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX GBR14

JWRC results (key) Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 JWRC Points 2003 Guy Wilks Ford Puma S1600 MONRet TUR3 GRE6 FIN3 ITA6 ESP11 GBRRet 7th 18 2004 Guy Wilks Suzuki Ignis S1600 MONRet GRE1 TUR3 FINRet GBR1 ITA2 ESPRet 3rd 34 2005 Guy Wilks Suzuki Ignis S1600 MON7 MEX1 ITA6 GRE2 2nd 35 Suzuki Swift S1600 FIN3 GER3 FRA ESPRet 2006 Guy Wilks Suzuki Swift S1600 SWE9 ESP FRA ARG1 ITA8 GER FIN1 TUR4 GBR11 4th 26

PWRC results (key) Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 PWRC Points 2007 Mitsubishi Motors UK Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX SWE MEX ARG GRE NZL JPN IRE GBR1 12th 10 2008 Mitsubishi Motors UK Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX SWE ARG GRE TUR FIN NZL JPN GBR3 18th 6

Complete IRC results (key) Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 WDC Points2009 Mellors Elliot Motorsport Proton Satria Neo S2000 MON BRA KEN POR BELRet RUS5 POR11 CZERet ESP22 ITA13 7th 15 Philip Pugh Škoda Fabia S2000 SCO1 2010 Škoda UK Škoda Fabia S2000 MON6 CUR2 ARG2 CAN3 SARRet YPR AZO MAD ZLI7 SANRet SCORet CYP 6th 27 2011 Peugeot UK Peugeot 207 S2000 MON3 CAN5 CORRet YAL5 YPR4 AZORet ZLIRet MECRet SANRet SCORet CYP 7th 47

Complete FIA World Rallycross Championship results (key)

Supercar Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 WRX Points 2015 JRM Racing Mini Countryman RX POR HOC BEL GBR6 GER SWE CAN NOR FRA33 BAR TUR ITA ARG 23rd 14 2016 Guy Wilks Ford Fiesta ST POR HOC BEL GBR18 NOR SWE CAN FRA 23rd 3 JRM Racing Mini Countryman RX BAR13 LAT14 GER ARG 2017 LOCO Energy World RX Volkswagen Polo BAR7 POR16 HOC19 BEL14 GBR14 NOR17 SWE20 CAN15 FRA LAT GER RSA 15th 21