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Q&A: Guy Wilks - EXCLUSIVE.

Friday, 21st December 2007

Guy Wilks speaks exclusively to Crash.net Radio's Rob Wilkins.

by Rob Wilkins


TO HEAR THE INTERVIEW IN FULL WITH GUY WILKS: CLICK HERE


Guy Wilks was crowned the 2007 Tesco 99 Octane MSA British Rally champion following the Wales Rally GB at the start of this month. Crash.net Radio caught up with the Mitsubishi man recently to chat to him about his success in the BRC - and on the inaugural Rally Ireland, where he finished sixth overall in a Subaru Impreza WRC car...

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Crash.net:
Guy, congratulations, a great end to the season for you, you must have been well pleased?

Guy Wilks:
Yeah, a fantastic end to the season. OK, the British championship started off really well on the Pirelli, so to actually finally clinch the British Rally Championship is fantastic. It was my first opportunity to win the championship and we've done it.

Crash.net:
How important was it for you to take the BRC title?

GW:
Very important. I'd been offered the chance early on this year, around mid-January. I thought long and hard about it and didn't actually say yes until the end of March. I needed to make sure that everything was right; that we could commit to the whole championship, myself and Phil [Pugh – my co-drier], that we had the right car, right team and right funding. It wasn't until I knew everything was correct that I said yes.

Crash.net:
How hard was the Rally GB, especially as it was a double points scoring event?

GW:
It was double points, but I don’t think it mattered whether it was double points, triple points or single points! The event was still very, very difficult. The weather threw everything at us that it could. Only snow and ice was missing. Very heavy rain, thick fog, patchy fog. It really was treacherous going, so very challenging.

Crash.net:
What did you think of those night stages?

GW:
Personally I like night rallying. I think it adds a different dimension to rallying as well as a really good atmosphere. I wouldn't imagine it was great fun standing in those conditions, but the atmosphere you have with night rallying probably made it a little bit easier for the spectators to be stood out there. Yes it was very difficult, but I enjoyed it myself, even though I did lose my light pod on one of the night stages! I really do like night rallying.

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