by Rob Wilkins
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Britain's Guy Wilks has confirmed that he hopes to have a programme in the
FIA World Rally Championship sorted by the summer.
Wilks, who will again compete in the Tesco 99 Octane MSA British Rally Championship this year with the 'works' Mitsubishi UK team, where he will be out to defend his BRC crown, told
Crash.net Radio recently that he has by no means given up on competing in the WRC, even if nothing is currently on the horizon.
"I always hope to do some events in the WRC. It is just whether that becomes a reality," he noted. "It is so difficult at the moment.
"Some people seem to be lucky enough to get the opportunities and some people don't. It is as simple as that. That is the same in every walk of life. But it is not something we are giving up on.
"We are definitely working hard. There is nothing coming on the horizon that I can really talk about as such. But I would like to think by the middle of the year - or just before really - that we will have something in the pipeline.
"We would love the opportunity, Phil [Pugh – my co-driver] and I, to get in a competitive car and really give it a good crack.
"I think that is the only opportunity we would like to take. We need to get into a really up-to-date car and see what we can do. We need a few events on the trot to really prove ourselves."
Asked what car he would like to use, he added that 'every option is open': "You have to look at the most competitive cars really though and the most competitive cars at the moment seem to be the
Citroen and the Ford," he continued.
