Mark Higgins (driver)
Personal information | |
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Nationality | Manx British |
Born | 21 May 1971 |
World Rally Championship record | |
Active years | 1990–2008, 2013 |
Co-driver | David Moreton Cliff Simmons Mike Corner Phil Mills Bryan Thomas Michael Gibson Daniel Barritt Trevor Agnew Rory Kennedy Scott Martin Carl Williamson |
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
[edit]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 competed in a range of motor sport activities such as trial bikes and karts. At 17 Higgins began his professional motorsport career with a trip to Sweden to learn from Timo Mäkinen and Anders Kulläng.[citation needed]
He has won the British Rally Championship three times, 1997, 2005, 2006.[2]
In 2016, Higgins piloted a Subaru WRX-STI Time Attack car to a new lap record around the Isle of Man TT Mountain Course. His time of 17 minutes 35 seconds beat his previous record by nearly two minutes. [3]
Other work
[edit]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,[4] Skyfall[5] Spectre and No Time to Die.[6]
Higgins also appears as a stunt driver and on-camera in the fifth episode of Amazon's The Grand Tour.[citation needed]
Personal life
[edit]Higgins lives in Powys, Mid-Wales, with his wife and two children.[5] With his brother and father, he was also a partner in the family rally school located in Carno, near Newtown, Powys.
Racing record
[edit]Complete WRC results
[edit]PWRC results
[edit]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
[edit]Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | Pos. | Points |
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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
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Supercar
[edit]Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | WRX | Points |
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2018 | Mark Higgins | Peugeot 208 | BAR | POR | BEL | GBR 16 |
NOR | SWE | CAN | FRA | LAT | USA | GER | RSA | 26th | 1 |
2019 | Mark Higgins | Peugeot 208 WRX | UAE | BAR | BEL | GBR 15 |
NOR | SWE | CAN | FRA | LAT | RSA | 29th | 2 |
References
[edit]- ^ "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.
- ^ "Modified Subaru WRX STi sets new Isle of Man TT lap record". Auto Express. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
- ^ Robin Turner (1 November 2008). "Rally driver Mark Higgins' in thrilling Bond scenes". Western Mail. Retrieved 1 November 2008.
- ^ a b "Skyfall: Stunt driver Mark Higgins' James Bond licence to thrill". BBC News. 30 October 2012.
- ^ "James Bond Spectre - exclusive interview with stunt driver Mark Higgins".