Guy Wilks


Guy Wilks 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 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 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 driving a Ford Puma prepared by Chris Birkbeck Motorsport finishing seventh in the standings.
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. 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.
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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. 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

YearEntrantCar12345678910111213141516WDCPoints
2002Guy WilksMitsubishi Lancer Evo VIMONSWE
Ret		FRAESPCYPARGGREKENFINNC0
2002Guy WilksFord Puma S1600GER
Ret		ITANZLAUSGBR
29		NC0
2003Guy WilksFord Puma S1600MON
Ret		SWETUR
18		NZLARGGRE
33		CYPGERFIN
24		AUSITA
28		FRAESP
33		GBR
Ret		NC0
2004Guy WilksSuzuki Ignis S1600MON
Ret		SWEMEXNZLCYPGRE
12		TUR
13		ARGFIN
Ret		GERJPNGBR
18		ITA
11		FRAESP
Ret		AUSNC0
2005Guy WilksSuzuki Ignis S1600MON
19		SWE
22		MEX
11		NZL
27		ITA
23		CYP
29		TUR
52		GRE
17		ARGNC0
2005Guy WilksSuzuki Swift S1600FIN
18		GER
15		GBR
32		JPN
17		FRAESP
Ret		AUSNC0
2006Guy WilksSuzuki Swift S1600MONSWE
38		MEXESPFRAARG
19		ITA
26		GREGERFIN
15		JPNCYPTUR
19		AUSNZLGBR
52		NC0
2007RamsportFord Focus RS WRC 04MONSWENOR
Ret		MEXPOR
Ret		ARGITAGRE
9		FIN
9		GER
10		NZLESPFRAJPN18th3
2007Guy WilksSubaru Impreza WRC 05IRE
6		-18th3
2007Mitsubishi Motors UKMitsubishi Lancer Evo IXGBR
13		18th3
2008JAS MotorsportHonda Civic Type-R R3MONSWEMEXARGJORITAGRETURFIN
18		GERNZLESPFRAJPNNC0
2008Mitsubishi Motors UKMitsubishi Lancer Evo IXGBR
14		NC0

JWRC results

YearEntrantCar123456789JWRCPoints
2003Guy WilksFord Puma S1600MON
Ret		TUR
3		GRE
6		FIN
3		ITA
6		ESP
11		GBR
Ret		7th18
2004Guy WilksSuzuki Ignis S1600MON
Ret		GRE
1		TUR
3		FIN
Ret		GBR
1		ITA
2		ESP
Ret		3rd34
2005Guy WilksSuzuki Ignis S1600MON
7		MEX
1		ITA
6		GRE
2		2nd35
2005Guy WilksSuzuki Swift S1600FIN
3		GER
3		FRAESP
Ret		2nd35
2006Guy WilksSuzuki Swift S1600SWE
9		ESPFRAARG
1		ITA
8		GERFIN
1		TUR
4		GBR
11		4th26

PWRC results

YearEntrantCar12345678PWRCPoints
2007Mitsubishi Motors UKMitsubishi Lancer Evo IXSWEMEXARGGRENZLJPNIREGBR
1		12th10
2008Mitsubishi Motors UKMitsubishi Lancer Evo IXSWEARGGRETURFINNZLJPNGBR
3		18th6

Complete IRC results

YearEntrantCar123456789101112WDCPoints
2009Mellors Elliot MotorsportProton Satria Neo S2000MONBRAKENPORBEL
Ret		RUS
5		POR
11		CZE
Ret		ESP
22		ITA
13		7th15
2009Philip PughŠkoda Fabia S2000SCO
1		7th15
2010Škoda UKŠkoda Fabia S2000MON
6		CUR
2		ARG
2		CAN
3		SAR
Ret		YPR
AZO
MAD
ZLI
7		SAN
Ret		SCO
Ret		CYP
6th27
2011Peugeot UKPeugeot 207 S2000MON
3		CAN
5		COR
Ret		YAL
5		YPR
4		AZO
Ret		ZLI
Ret		MEC
Ret		SAN
Ret		SCO
Ret		CYP7th47

Complete FIA World Rallycross Championship results

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