Mark Higgins

Mark Anthony Higgins (born 21 May 1971) is a Manx rally driver competing in the British Rally Championship. His co-driver was Rory Kennedy.

Career Higgins was born on the Isle of Man on 21 May 1971. He began his career in motorsport at the age of nine when he took up karting helped by his mother and father.

By the age of 17, Higgins had competed in a range of motor sport activities such as trial bikes and karts. At 17, Higgins began his professional motorsport career with a trip to Sweden to learn from Timo Mäkinen and Anders Kulläng.

Higgins has won the British Rally Championship three times, 1997, 2005, 2006.

In 2016, Higgins piloted a Subaru WRX-STI Time Attack car to a new lap record around the Isle of Man TT Mountain Course. His time of 17 minutes 35 seconds beat his previous record by nearly two minutes.

In 2024, Higgins competed in the British historic rally championship, driving a David Appleby Engineering TR7. Higgins placed second owing to a shoulder injury prior to the start of the last rally of the season.

Other work Higgins has worked for many years with Top Gear's former Stig Ben Collins on various film and television sequences. Higgins was a stunt driver for the James Bond films Quantum of Solace, Skyfall

Higgins also appears as a stunt driver and on-camera in the fifth episode of the second season of Amazon's The Grand Tour.

Personal life Higgins lives in Powys, Mid-Wales, with his wife and two children. With his brother and father, he was also a partner in the family rally school located in Carno, near Newtown, Powys.

Racing record Complete WRC results Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 WDC Points 1990 Mark Higgins Suzuki Swift GTi MON POR KEN FRA GRE NZL ARG FIN AUS ITA CIV GBRRet NC 0 1991 Mark Higgins Suzuki Swift GTi MON SWE70 POR KEN FRA GRE NZL ARG FIN AUS ITA CIV ESP NC 0 Vauxhall Nova GBRRet 1993 Mark Higgins Vauxhall Astra GSI 16v MON SWE POR KEN FRA GRE ARG NZL FIN AUS ITA ESP GBR19 NC 0 1994 Mark Higgins Honda Civic VTi MON POR KEN FRA GRE ARG NZL FIN ITA GBRRet NC 0 1997 Nissan Motorsports Europe Nissan Micra Kit Car MON SWE KEN POR ESP FRA ARG GRE NZL FINRet IDN ITA AUS NC 0 Nissan Almera Kit Car GBRRet 1998 Nissan Motorsports Europe Nissan Almera Kit Car MON SWE KEN PORRet ESP FRA ARG GRERet NZL FIN15 ITA18 AUS GBRRet NC 0 1999 Volkswagen Motorsport UK Volkswagen Golf Kit Car MON SWE KEN POR ESP FRA ARG GRE NZL FINRet CHN ITA AUS13 GBR15 NC 0 2000 Vauxhall Motorsport Vauxhall Astra Kit Car MON SWE KEN POR ESP ARG GRE NZL FIN CYP FRA ITA AUS GBR32 NC 0 2001 Mark Higgins Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI MON SWE POR ESP ARG CYPRet GRE KEN FIN NZL ITA FRA AUS NC 0 Ford Motor Co Ford Focus RS WRC 01 GBRRet 2002 Ford Motor Co Ford Focus RS WRC 02 MON SWE FRA ESP CYP ARG GRE KEN FIN GER ITA NZL AUS GBR6 20th 1 2003 Mark Higgins Renault Clio S1600 MON SWE TUR NZL ARG GRE CYP GER FINRet AUS NC 0 Subaru Impreza WRX ITA17 FRA15 ESP GBR 2004 Mark Higgins Subaru Impreza WRX STi MON SWERet MEXRet NZLRet CYP GRE TUR ARGRet FIN GER JPN ITA FRA16 ESP AUSRet NC 0 M-Sport Ford Focus RS WRC 01 GBR16 2005 Mark Higgins Subaru Impreza WRX STi MON SWERet MEX NZLRet CYPRet TUR44 ARGEX FIN GER JPN FRA ESP AUS10 25th 1 Ford Focus RS WRC 04 ITA10 GBR8 Stobart VK Ford Rally Team GRERet 2006 Mark Higgins Ford Focus RS WRC 04 MON SWE MEX ESP FRA ARG ITA GRE GER FIN JPN CYP TUR AUS NZL GBRRet NC 0 2007 Mark Higgins Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX MON SWERet NOR MEX10 POR ARG ITA GRE18 FIN GER NZL ESP FRA JPN19 IRERet GBR16 NC 0 2008 Subaru Rally Team USA Subaru Impreza WRX STi MON SWE MEX ARG JOR ITA GRE TUR FIN GER NZL ESP FRA JPN GBRRet NC 0 2013 Symtech Racing Ford Fiesta R5 MON SWE MEX POR ARG GRE ITA FIN GER AUS FRA ESP GBR10 31st 1

PWRC results Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 PWRC Points 2004 Mark Higgins Subaru Impreza WRX STi SWERet MEXRet NZLRet ARGRet GER FRA4 AUSRet 16th 5 2005 Mark Higgins Subaru Impreza WRX STi SWERet NZLRet CYPRet TUR13 ARGEX GBR JPN AUS2 13th 8 2007 Mark Higgins Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX SWERet MEX1 ARG GRE4 NZL JPN5 IRERet GBR3 3rd 25 2008 Subaru Rally Team USA Subaru Impreza WRX STi SWE ARG GRE TUR FIN NZL JPN GBRRet NC 0

WRC-2 results Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Points 2013 Symtech Racing Ford Fiesta R5 MON SWE MEX POR ARG GRE ITA FIN GER AUS FRA ESP GBR3 23rd 15

Complete FIA World Rallycross Championship results (key)

Supercar

Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 WRX Points 2018 Mark Higgins Peugeot 208 BAR POR BEL GBR16 NOR SWE CAN FRA LAT USA GER RSA 26th 12019 Mark Higgins Peugeot 208 WRX UAE BAR BEL GBR15 NOR SWE CAN FRA LAT RSA 29th 2