Mark van Eldik

Mark van Eldik (born 1967) is a Dutch rally driver, who scored World Rally Championship points on the 2010 Rallye Deutschland with a ninth-place finish.

Career Van Eldik began rallying in 2002, competing in Dutch national events. In 2005, he made his World Rally Championship debut on Rally Catalunya, finishing 29th overall in his Group N Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VIII. In 2006, he purchased a Subaru Impreza S8 WRC, which he then replaced with a newer S10 version later in the year. He competed in that car on the 2006 Rallye Deutschland, where he finished 24th overall. At the end of the year, he competed in Wales Rally GB in a Group N Mitsubishi, finishing 41st.

For 2007, van Eldik purchased an Impreza S12 from Prodrive, which he used to take the Dutch championship title. He also finished 26th on the 2007 Rally Deutschland, retired with mechanical failure on the 2007 Rally Catalunya and finished 34th on the 2007 Wales Rally GB. In 2008, van Eldik competed on just the one WRC event, 2008 Rallye Deutschland, where he finished 23rd. In 2009, he competed in both an Impreza S14 WRC and a Mitsubishi Lancer WRC 05. In 2010 he has also used a Škoda Fabia S2000, in which he retired from the 2010 Ypres Rally. At the 2010 Rallye Deutschland, van Eldik scored his best WRC result to date with a ninth-place finish, also picking up two world championship points.

Career results

WRC results Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Pts 2005 Mark van Eldik Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VIII MON SWE MEX NZL ITA CYP TUR GRC ARG FIN GER GBR JPN FRA ESP29 AUS NC 0 2006 Mark van Eldik Subaru Impreza WRC MON SWE MEX ESP FRA ARG ITA GRC GER24 FIN JPN CYP TUR AUS NZL NC 0 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VIII GBR41 2007 Mark van Eldik Subaru Impreza WRC MON SWE NOR MEX POR ARG ITA GRE FIN GER26 NZL ESPRet FRA JPN IRE GBR34 NC 0 2008 Mark van Eldik Subaru Impreza WRC MON SWE MEX ARG JOR ITA GRE TUR FIN GER23 NZL ESP FRA JPN GBR NC 0 2010 Mark van Eldik Subaru Impreza WRC 08 SWE MEX JOR TUR NZL POR BUL FIN GER9 JPN FRA ESP GBR 22nd 2 2016 Wevers Sport Škoda Fabia R5 MON SWE MEX ARG POR ITA POL FIN GER25 FRA ESP GBR AUS NC 0