Scott Martin (co-driver)

Scott Martin
	Martin at the 2023 Central European Rally
Personal information
Nationality	United Kingdom
Born	6 November 1981 (age 43)
World Rally Championship record
Active years	2004–present
Teams	Stobart Ford, Citroën, M-Sport, Toyota
Rallies	188
Championships	0
Rally wins	8
Podiums	32
Stage wins	157
Total points	1341
First rally	2004 Wales Rally GB
First win	2020 Rally Sweden
Last win	2024 Rally Japan
Last rally	2024 Rally Japan

Scott Martin (born 6 November 1981) is a British rallying co-driver who competes in the FIA World Rally Championship.

Biography

Martin began his rallying career in 2001 co-driving at a national level in the UK. With Matthew Wilson in 2004, he finished as second outright co-driver in the British Rally Championship (BRC) in the Ford Focus RS. After the 2004 season, Martin was accepted into the MSA British Rally Elite Scheme, a specialist training scheme for young British rally drivers.

In 2005 he was involved in a serious accident on the opening round of the BRC, the Rally of Wales, and was airlifted to hospital.^[1] Later that year he achieved his first international win on the Trackrod Rally with Wilson. The team also finished first on the Colin McRae Stages Rally.

In 2006 Martin, with Scottish driver Barry Clark in the Ford Fiesta ST, scored third place in the Fiesta Sporting Trophy International (FSTi) series and third place in the S1600 category of the BRC. The following year he achieved his first win in an international series in the FSTi with Clark, and with Mark Higgins he was placed overall third in the FIA Production World Rally Championship.

Throughout the period 2008-2011 he co-drove with Matthew Wilson in the Ford Focus RS (2008-10) and Ford Fiesta RS (2011), competing in the full WRC series. The pair achieved seventh place in the overall classification in 2009 and again in 2011, when they were placed fourth in the Repco Rally Australia, his best WRC result.

He participated in only two WRC events in 2012, then in 2013 competed as co-driver with Sheikh Khalid Al-Qassimi in the Citroen DS3. The team took part in 7 WRC events, and in five Middle East Rally Championship (MERC) events, in which they were placed second overall.

At the end of 2013 Martin had competed in 82 WRC rallies. He stood 13th in the IRDA (International Rally Drivers Association) ranking of co-drivers, with 2844 points, making him the highest-placed British co-driver.^[2] In 2014 he and Craig Breen won the Acropolis Rally in Greece^[3] - removed that year from the list of FIA championships – driving the Peugeot 208 T16, and the Ravens Rock Rally in Ireland driving the Ford Fiesta RS.

In 2019, Martin co-drove Elfyn Evans with M-Sport World Rally Team with which they achieved two third places as their best results.

Martin followed Evans to the Toyota team in 2020 and won his first WRC rally in Sweden, followed by a win in the Rally of Turkey. Two more wins followed in 2021, in addition to five second place finishes, leading to a second consecutive runner-up spot in the co-drivers' championship. Following a disappointing 2022 season,^[4] Martin and Evans ended their near 2 year win drought win at the 2023 Rally of Croatia.

WRC victories

#	Event	Season	Driver	Car
1	68th Rally Sweden	2020	Elfyn Evans	Toyota Yaris WRC
2	13. Marmaris Rally of Turkey	2020	Elfyn Evans	Toyota Yaris WRC
3	54° Rally de Portugal	2021	Elfyn Evans	Toyota Yaris WRC
4	70th Rally Finland	2021	Elfyn Evans	Toyota Yaris WRC
5	3º Croatia Rally	2023	Elfyn Evans	Toyota GR Yaris Rally1
6	72nd Rally Finland	2023	Elfyn Evans	Toyota GR Yaris Rally1
7	8th Rally Japan	2023	Elfyn Evans	Toyota GR Yaris Rally1
8	9th Rally Japan	2024	Elfyn Evans	Toyota GR Yaris Rally1

Results

WRC results

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	WDC	Points
2004	M-Sport	Ford Focus RS WRC 02	MON	SWE	MEX	NZL	CYP	GRE	TUR	ARG	FIN	GER	JPN	GBR 13	ITA	FRA	ESP	AUS	NC	0
2005	Stobart	Ford Focus RS WRC	MON	SWE	MEX	NZL	ITA	CYP	TUR	GRE	ARG	FIN	GER	GBR 15	JPN	FRA	ESP	AUS	NC	0
2006	Barry Clark	Ford Fiesta ST	MON	SWE	MEX	ESP Ret	FRA 40	ARG 49	ITA	GRE	GER 35	FIN 37	JPN	CYP	TUR	AUS	NZL	GBR 30	NC	0
2007	Mark Higgins	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	MON	SWE Ret		MEX 10				GRE 18						JPN 19	IRE Ret	GBR 16	NC	0
2007	Barry Clark	Ford Fiesta ST			NOR 29		POR 24	ARG	ITA 32		FIN 55	GER 45	NZL	ESP 59	FRA				NC	0
2008	Stobart VK M-Sport	Ford Focus RS WRC 07	MON 10	SWE Ret	MEX 6	ARG Ret	JOR 5	ITA 12	GRE 6	TUR 7	FIN 9	GER 12	NZL 17	ESP 9	FRA 8	JPN 7	GBR 9		10th	15
2009	Stobart VK M-Sport	Ford Focus RS WRC 08	IRE 7	NOR 7	CYP 5	POR Ret	ARG 5	ITA 6	GRE 13	POL 5	FIN 8	AUS 6	ESP 7	GBR 6					7th	28
2010	Stobart VK M-Sport	Ford Focus RS WRC 08	SWE 7	MEX 16	JOR 5	TUR 7	NZL 6	POR 6	BUL 9	FIN 6	GER 6	JPN 22	FRA 8	ESP 6	GBR 7				7th	74
2011	Stobart M-Sport	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	SWE 9	MEX Ret	POR 5	JOR 5	ITA 9	ARG 8	GRE 6	FIN 8	GER 11	AUS 4	FRA 10	ESP Ret	GBR 5				7th	63
2012	Go Fast Energy	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	MON 11	SWE	MEX	POR	ARG	GRE	NZL	FIN	GER								25th	4
2012	M-Sport Ford	Ford Fiesta RS WRC										GBR 8	FRA	ITA	ESP				25th	4
2013	Abu Dhabi Citroën Total WRT	Citroën DS3 WRC	MON	SWE Ret	MEX	POR 9	ARG	GRE Ret	ITA 10	FIN	GER 11	AUS 9	FRA	ESP 11	GBR				23rd	5
2014	Craig Breen	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	MON	SWE 9	MEX	POR	ARG	ITA	POL	FIN Ret	GER	AUS	FRA	ESP					25th	2
2014	Yazeed Racing	Ford Fiesta RRC													GBR 14				25th	2
2015	Saintéloc Junior Team	Peugeot 208 T16 R5	MON 13	SWE	MEX	POR Ret	ARG	ITA	POL	FIN Ret	GER 18	AUS	FRA 17	ESP Ret	GBR 13				NC	0
2016	Abu Dhabi Total WRT	Citroën DS3 WRC	MON	SWE 8	MEX	ARG	POR	ITA	POL 7	FIN 3	GER	CHN C	FRA 5	ESP 10	GBR Ret	AUS			10th	36
2017	Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT	Citroën DS3 WRC	MON 5																9th	64
2017	Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT	Citroën C3 WRC		SWE 5	MEX	FRA 5	ARG Ret	POR 5	ITA 25	POL 11	FIN 5	GER 5	ESP	GBR 15	AUS Ret				9th	64
2018	Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT	Citroën C3 WRC	MON 9	SWE 2	MEX	FRA	ARG Ret	POR 7	ITA 6	FIN 8	GER 7	TUR Ret	GBR 4	ESP 9	AUS 7				11th	67
2019	M-Sport Ford WRT	Ford Fiesta WRC	MON Ret	SWE 5	MEX 3	FRA 3	ARG Ret	CHL 4	POR 5	ITA 4	FIN WD	GER	TUR WD	GBR 5	ESP 6	AUS C			5th	102
2020	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT	Toyota Yaris WRC	MON 3	SWE 1	MEX 4	EST 4	TUR 1	ITA 4	MNZ 29										2nd	114
2021	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT	Toyota Yaris WRC	MON 2	ARC 5	CRO 2	POR 1	ITA 2	KEN 10	EST 5	BEL 4	GRE 6	FIN 1	ESP 2	MNZ 2					2nd	207
2022	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT	Toyota GR Yaris Rally1	MON 21	SWE Ret	CRO 5	POR 2	ITA 40	KEN 2	EST 2	FIN 4	BEL 2	GRE Ret	NZL Ret	ESP 6	JPN 5				4th	134
2023	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT	Toyota GR Yaris Rally1	MON 4	SWE 5	MEX 3	CRO 1	POR Ret	ITA 4	KEN 3	EST 4	FIN 1	GRE 2	CHL 3	EUR 31	JPN 1				2nd	216
2024	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT	Toyota GR Yaris Rally1	MON 3	SWE 2	KEN 4	CRO 2	POR 6	ITA 4	POL 2	LAT 5	FIN Ret	GRE 18	CHL 2	EUR 2	JPN 1				2nd	210

* Season still in progress.

References

^ Rally stars to cycle Britain, Cycling News, 27 May 2008
^ Final World Rally Ranking 2013 Archived 2014-11-02 at the Wayback Machine, Motorsport, 23 December 2013
^ Craig Breen wins Acropolis Rally title, RTE Sport, 31 March 2014
^ "Elfyn Evans gears up for another WRC title tilt after disappointing 2022". Nation.Cymru. 18 January 2023. Retrieved 23 April 2023.

External links

Official website (in English)
Scott Martin's e-wrc profile

[1] Rally stars to cycle Britain, Cycling News, 27 May 2008

[2] Final World Rally Ranking 2013 Archived 2014-11-02 at the Wayback Machine, Motorsport, 23 December 2013

[3] Craig Breen wins Acropolis Rally title, RTE Sport, 31 March 2014

[4] "Elfyn Evans gears up for another WRC title tilt after disappointing 2022". Nation.Cymru. 18 January 2023. Retrieved 23 April 2023.

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