by Rob Wilkins
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Guy Wilks took the PWRC win on the Rally GB earlier this month
en-route to securing both victories in the Tesco 99 Octane MSA British Rally Championship category and the BRC title itself.
Crash.net Radio caught up with the Englishman recently to chat to him about his success in Wales - and on the inaugural Rally Ireland, where he finished sixth overall in a
Subaru Impreza, his sixth outing this year in the WRC with a World Rally Car...
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.
![Guy Wilks (GBR) / Phil Pugh (GBR), Mitsubishi Lancer Evo [Production WRC]](http://pix.crash.net/thumbs/400770.jpg)
