Mark Higgins (driver)
![]() Higgins with a Ford Focus RS WRC 04 at the 2005 Acropolis Rally | |
Personal information | |
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Nationality | Manx |
Born | 21 May 1971 |
World Rally Championship record | |
Active years | 1990–2008, 2013 |
Teams | Nissan, Volkswagen, Vauxhall, Ford, M-Sport, Stobart Motorsport |
Rallies | 47 |
Championships | 0 |
Rally wins | 0 |
Podiums | 0 |
Stage wins | 1 |
Total points | 3 |
First rally | 1990 RAC Rally |
Last rally | 2013 Wales Rally GB |
Mark Higgins (born 21 May 1971) is a Manx rally driver competing in the British Rally Championship. His co-driver was Rory Kennedy.
Career
Higgins was born on the Isle of Man on 21 May 1971. He began his career in motorsport at the age of nine when he took up karting helped by his mother and father.[1]
By the age of 17, Higgins had successfully competed in a range of motor sport activities such as trial bikes and karts. He impressed many people as a young man and soon attracted the attention of Manx businessman Roy Dixon who took the young Higgins under his wing, and at just 17 Higgins began his professional motorsport career with a trip to Sweden to learn from the legendary Finn Timo Mäkinen and Anders Kulläng.
He has won the British Rally Championship three times, 1997, 2005, 2006.[2]
Other work
Higgins has worked for many years with Top Gear's former Stig Ben Collins on various film and television sequences. Higgins was a stunt driver for the James Bond films Quantum of Solace[3], Skyfall[4] and Spectre.[5]
Higgins also appears as a stunt driver and on-camera in the fifth episode of Amazon's The Grand Tour, a spiritual successor to Top Gear.
Personal life
Higgins lives in Powys, Mid-Wales, with his wife and two children.[4] With his brother and father, he was also a partner in the family rally school located in Carno, near Newtown, Powys.
Racing record
Complete WRC results
PWRC results
Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | PWRC | Points |
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2004 | Mark Higgins | Subaru Impreza WRX STi | SWE Ret |
MEX Ret |
NZL Ret |
ARG Ret |
GER | FRA 4 |
AUS Ret |
16th | 5 | |
2005 | Mark Higgins | Subaru Impreza WRX STi | SWE Ret |
NZL Ret |
CYP Ret |
TUR 13 |
ARG EX |
GBR | JPN | AUS 2 |
13th | 8 |
2007 | Mark Higgins | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX | SWE Ret |
MEX 1 |
ARG | GRE 4 |
NZL | JPN 5 |
IRE Ret |
GBR 3 |
3rd | 25 |
2008 | Subaru Rally Team USA | Subaru Impreza WRX STi | SWE | ARG | GRE | TUR | FIN | NZL | JPN | GBR Ret |
NC | 0 |
WRC-2 results
Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | Pos. | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2013 | Symtech Racing | Ford Fiesta R5 | MON | SWE | MEX | POR | ARG | GRE | ITA | FIN | GER | AUS | FRA |
ESP |
GBR 3 |
23rd | 15 |
Complete FIA World Rallycross Championship results
(key)
Supercar
Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | WRX | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2018 | Mark Higgins | Peugeot 208 | BAR |
POR |
BEL |
GBR 16 |
NOR |
SWE |
CAN |
FRA |
LAT |
USA |
GER |
RSA |
20th* | 1* |
* Season still in progress.
References
- ^ "Mark Higgins". markhiggins.co.uk. Archived from the original on 29 July 2007. Retrieved 7 August 2007.
- ^ "British Rally Championship". www.rallybrc.co.uk. Archived from the original on 27 October 2011. Retrieved 22 October 2011.
- ^ Robin Turner (1 November 2008). "Rally driver Mark Higgins' in thrilling Bond scenes". Western Mail. Retrieved 1 November 2008.
- ^ a b https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-mid-wales-19515559
- ^ https://www.evo.co.uk/aston-martin/16866/james-bond-spectre-exclusive-interview-with-stunt-driver-mark-higgins%3famp
External links
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