Martin Rowe

Martin Rowe (born 24 June 1971) is a British and Manx rally driver who won the British Rally Championship in 1998, the British Formula Rally Championship in 2001, Production World Rally Championship in 2003 and the Chinese Rally Championship in 2006.

Alongside his title in the British Rally Championship in 1998, Rowe took the Formula Rally Championship in 2001 driving a Ford Puma S1600 after original champion, Justin Dale, his co-driver Andrew Bargery, and winning manufacturer Peugeot were excluded due to a homologation issue in the final round which affected both Proton and Peugeot. With Dale later losing his appeal, Rowe was awarded the drivers title and Chris Wood the co-drivers title.

In 1998 and 2003 Rowe was named as the National Rally Driver of the Year.

Racing record

Complete WRC results Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pos Points 1994 Peugeot Sport Great Britain Peugeot 306 S16 MON POR KEN FRA GRC ARG NZL FIN ITA GBR14 NC 0 1997 Renault Dealer Rallying UK Renault Mégane Maxi MON SWE KEN POR ESP FRA ARG GRC NZL FIN INA ITA AUS GBRRet NC 0 1998 Renault Dealer Rallying UK Renault Mégane Maxi MON SWE KEN POR ESP FRA14 ARG GRC NZL FIN ITARet AUS GBRRet NC 0 1999 Renault Elf Dealer Rallying Renault Mégane Maxi MON SWE KEN POR19 ESP FRARet ARG GRC NZL FIN19 CHN ITA|17 AUS10 GBR18 NC 0 2001 Martin Rowe Ford Puma S1600 MON SWE POR ESP ARG CYP GRC KEN FINRet NZL ITA25 FRA AUS GBRRet NC 0 2002 Martin Rowe Ford Puma S1600 MONRet ESP30 GRC24 KEN GER19 ITARet GBRRet NC 0 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII CYPRet ARG FINRet NZL15 AUS21 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI SWE38 David Sutton Cars Ltd FRA21 2003 David Sutton Cars Ltd Subaru Impreza STi N8 MON SWE29 TUR NZL18 ARG GRC NC 0 Subaru Impreza STi N10 CYP10 GER24 FIN AUS15 ITA FRA18 ESP GBRRet

JWRC results Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 Pos Points 2002 Martin Rowe Ford Puma S1600 MONRet ESP10 GRE5 GER5 ITARet GBRRet 11th 4

PWRC results Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pos Points 2002 Martin Rowe Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII CYPRet ARG KEN FINRet NZL2 AUS5 6th 13 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI SWE6 David Sutton Cars Ltd FRA3 2003 David Sutton Cars Ltd Subaru Impreza STi N8 SWE3 NZL4 ARG 1st 43 Subaru Impreza STi N10 CYP2 GER2 AUS1 FRA3