Mark Higgins (driver)

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Mark Higgins
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Higgins with a Ford Focus RS WRC 04 at the 2005 Acropolis Rally
Personal information
NationalityIsle of Man Manx
Born (1971-05-21) 21 May 1971 (age 50)
World Rally Championship record
Active years1990–2008, 2013
TeamsNissan, Volkswagen, Vauxhall, Ford, M-Sport, Stobart Motorsport
Rallies47
Championships0
Rally wins0
Podiums0
Stage wins1
Total points3
First rally1990 RAC Rally
Last rally2013 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] Spectre and No Time to Die.[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[]

Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 WDC Points
1990 Mark Higgins Suzuki Swift GTi
Ret 		NC 0
1991 Mark Higgins Suzuki Swift GTi
70 		NC 0
Vauxhall Nova
Ret
1993 Mark Higgins Vauxhall Astra GSI 16v NZL
19 		NC 0
1994 Mark Higgins Honda Civic VTi
Ret 		NC 0
1997 Nissan Motorsports Europe Nissan Micra Kit Car NZL
Ret 		NC 0
Nissan Almera Kit Car
Ret
1998 Nissan Motorsports Europe Nissan Almera Kit Car SWE KEN
Ret
Ret 		NZL
15
18 		GBR
Ret 		NC 0
1999 Volkswagen Motorsport UK Volkswagen Golf Kit Car FRA NZL
Ret
13
15 		NC 0
2000 Vauxhall Motorsport Vauxhall Astra Kit Car MON SWE KEN POR ESP NZL FRA
32 		NC 0
2001 Mark Higgins Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI MON SWE ARG CYP
Ret 		GRE NZL FRA NC 0
Ford Motor Co Ford Focus RS WRC 01
Ret
2002 Ford Motor Co Ford Focus RS WRC 02 MON SWE FRA CYP ARG GRE KEN FIN GER ITA NZL AUS GBR
6 		20th 1
2003 Mark Higgins Renault Clio S1600 MON SWE TUR NZL ARG GRE CYP GER FIN
Ret 		AUS NC 0
Subaru Impreza WRX ITA
17 		FRA
15
2004 Mark Higgins Subaru Impreza WRX STi MON SWE
Ret 		MEX
Ret 		NZL
Ret 		CYP GRE TUR ARG
Ret 		FIN GER JPN ITA FRA
16 		AUS
Ret 		NC 0
M-Sport Ford Focus RS WRC 01 GBR
16
2005 Mark Higgins Subaru Impreza WRX STi MON SWE
Ret 		MEX NZL
Ret 		CYP
Ret 		TUR
44 		ARG
EX 		FIN GER JPN FRA ESP AUS
10 		25th 1
Ford Focus RS WRC 04 ITA
10 		GBR
8
Stobart VK Ford Rally Team GRE
Ret
2006 Mark Higgins Ford Focus RS WRC 04 MON SWE MEX ESP FRA ARG ITA GRE GER FIN JPN CYP TUR AUS NZL GBR
Ret 		NC 0
2007 Mark Higgins Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX MON SWE
Ret 		NOR MEX
10 		POR ARG ITA GRE
18 		FIN GER NZL ESP FRA JPN
19 		IRE
Ret 		GBR
16 		NC 0
2008 Subaru Rally Team USA Subaru Impreza WRX STi MON SWE MEX ARG JOR ITA GRE TUR FIN GER NZL ESP FRA JPN GBR
Ret 		NC 0
2013 Symtech Racing Ford Fiesta R5 MON SWE MEX POR ARG GRE ITA FIN GER AUS FRA ESP GBR
10 		31st 1

PWRC results[]

Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 PWRC Points
2004 Mark Higgins Subaru Impreza WRX STi SWE
Ret 		MEX
Ret 		NZL
Ret 		ARG
Ret 		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[]

  1. ^ "Mark Higgins". markhiggins.co.uk. Archived from the original on 29 July 2007. Retrieved 7 August 2007.
  2. ^ "British Rally Championship". www.rallybrc.co.uk. Archived from the original on 27 October 2011. Retrieved 22 October 2011.
  3. ^ Robin Turner (1 November 2008). "Rally driver Mark Higgins' in thrilling Bond scenes". Western Mail. Retrieved 1 November 2008.
  4. ^ a b "Skyfall: Stunt driver Mark Higgins' James Bond licence to thrill". BBC News. 30 October 2012.
  5. ^ "James Bond Spectre - exclusive interview with stunt driver Mark Higgins".

External links[]

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Autosport
National Rally Driver of the Year
1997 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Autosport
National Rally Driver of the Year
2000 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Autosport
National Rally Driver of the Year
2005–2007 		Succeeded by
Oliver Turvey
(combined award)
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