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Guy Wilks has won the British Rally Championship on Wales Rally GB. |
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Sunday, 02 December 2007 |
The 26-year-old won after winning the production category on the World Rally Championship round.
It is the Mitsubishi driver's first international rally title.
In order to win the title he had to beat multiple British champion Mark
Higgins - something he achieved by almost two minutes when his rival
his rival hit gearbox and puncture problems.
An elated Wilks, who is co-driven by Phil Pugh, said: "I'm absolutely
delighted. That was a long final stage. I was concentrating 100% but it
is an absolutely fantastic feeling to win the British Rally
Championship. Great. Awesome. I'm over the moon. It's been a hard year
and I left it to the end to win, but now the feeling's fantastic."
Higgins, co-driven by Scott Martin, was heart-broken at losing his
title - and faced a tough battle just to get his Mitsubishi to the
finish at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium as gearbox problems worsened.
The 36-year-old said: "We've lost 4th, 5th and 2nd gears and we're not
back to Cardiff yet. I'm very disappointed about losing the British
Rally Championship title. Guy did well and made very few mistakes. But
next year I'll be back to give him a fight."
*Results remain subject to official confirmation
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