Mike Wilds
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| Born | William Michael Wilds Script error: No such module "person date". Chiswick, Middlesex, England |
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| Formula One World Championship career | |
| Nationality | Template:Flagicon British |
| Active years | 1974 – 1976 |
| Teams | Ensign, BRM, non-works March non-works Shadow |
| Entries | 8 (3 starts) |
| Championships | 0 |
| Wins | 0 |
| Podiums | 0 |
| Career points | 0 |
| Pole positions | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
| First entry | 1974 British Grand Prix |
| Last entry | 1976 British Grand Prix |
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William Michael Wilds[1] (born 7 January 1946) is a British racing driver from England. He participated in eight Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 20 July 1974. He scored no championship points.
Career
After winning a few races in Formula 3 in the early 1970s, Wilds moved on to Formula 5000. At the same time, he took part in a few Formula One Grands Prix, firstly with a non-works March, then with Ensign and BRM. After he failed to qualify at his home Grand Prix in 1976, with a privately run Shadow, he concentrated on other forms of motor sport, including sports car racing and historic racing.
In an interview with Wilds, published on YouTube, he described one of the highlights of his short-lived Formula One career, at the 1974 United States Grand Prix after qualifying, Tyrrell founder Ken Tyrrell walked up to him, telling Wilds that Jody Scheckter wanted to speak to him. Wilds had gone out in qualifying just ahead of Jody, assuming he was going too slow for the Tyrrell. Upon approaching Scheckter, Wilds thought he would be told he was slow. When the South African driver approached him, Wilds raised his voice to him, thinking he would be complained at. After this, Scheckter complemented Wilds' control and handling of the old Ensign N174.
Wilds won the Formula Two class in the 1978 Aurora AFX championship, driving a Ralt and finished ninth in the overall standings.[2] He also won the Thoroughbred Sports Cars championship in 1984 driving an Aston Martin DB4.[3]
Wilds won the RJB Mining Historic Sports Car Championship in 1992, '93, '96 and 98.[3]
Wilds' sports car racing career included driving at Le Mans eight times, including C2 cars for Ecurie Ecosse (World Champion C2, 1986), and Group C for Nissan in 1988 with team-mate Win Percy.
Wilds won the 2008 Britcar Drivers Championship together with Ian Lawson and Mike's son Anthony Wilds in the ING Sport BMW; the team also went on to win again in 2013 and also won the 2008 Group C Enduro Trophy in the Porsche 962 with Henry Pearman.
Wilds still occasionally drives in events for historic cars. He raced a Porsche 962 and an Elva Mk5 in the 2008 Silverstone Classic. He returned to the Britcar Endurance grid in May 2016 posting his first win as a shared drive with son Anthony in a Ferrari 458.[4]
In 2018, at the age of 72, Wilds competed in the final round of the Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain series with Redline Racing at Brands Hatch.[5]
In addition to his car racing career, Wilds is an active commercial helicopter pilot and instructor. He is affectionately known as 'The Honorific' Mike Wilds.[6]
Racing record
Complete British Formula One Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap.)
Complete Formula One World Championship results
(key)
| Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Page Template:Tooltip/styles.css has no content.Template:Encodefirst | Pts |
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| 1974 | Dempster International Racing Team | March 731 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | ARG | BRA | RSA | ESP | BEL | MON | SWE | NED | FRA | GBR DNQ |
GER | NC | 0 | |||||
| Team Ensign | Ensign N174 | AUT DNQ |
ITA DNQ |
CAN DNQ |
USA NC |
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| 1975 | Stanley BRM | BRM P201 | BRM P200 3.0 V12 | ARG Ret |
BRA Ret |
RSA | ESP | MON | BEL | SWE | NED | FRA | GBR | GER | AUT | ITA | USA | NC | 0 | ||
| 1976 | Team PR Reilly | Shadow DN3B | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | BRA | RSA | USW | ESP | BEL | MON | SWE | FRA | GBR DNQ |
GER | AUT | NED | ITA | CAN | USA | JPN | NC | 0 |
Source:[2]
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Complete British Saloon / Touring Car Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap.)
| Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | Page Template:Tooltip/styles.css has no content.Template:Encodefirst | Pts | Class |
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| 1977 | Linden Finance | Triumph Dolomite Sprint | Page Template:Tooltip/styles.css has no content.Template:Encodefirst | SIL Ret |
BRH ovr:6 cls:4 |
OUL | THR | SIL | THR | DON | SIL | DON | BRH | THR | BRH | 31st | 1 | 9th | |
| 1978 | Hughes of Beaconsfield | Toyota Celica GT | Page Template:Tooltip/styles.css has no content.Template:Encodefirst | SIL | OUL | THR | BRH | SIL | DON | MAL | BRH ovr:? cls:3 |
DON ovr:4† cls:3† |
BRH | THR ovr:? cls:3 |
OUL | 27th | 12 | 6th | |
| 1989 | Trakstar Motorsport | Ford Sierra RS500 | Page Template:Tooltip/styles.css has no content.Template:Encodefirst | OUL | SIL | THR | DON Ret‡ |
THR | SIL | SIL | BRH | SNE | BRH | BIR | DON | SIL | NC | 0 | NC |
Source:[7]
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† Events with 2 races staged for the different classes.
‡ Endurance driver.
Complete European Touring Car Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | DC | Points |
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| 1980 | Dealer Team Renault | Renault 5 Gordini | MNZ | VAL | BRH | SAL | BRN | PER | NUR | SIL Ret |
ZOL | NC | 0 | |||
| 1984 | Jolly Club Milano | Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV6 | MNZ | VAL | DON | PER | BRN | ZEL | SAL | NUR | SPA | SIL Ret |
ZOL | MUG | NC | 0 |
Complete World Sports-Prototype Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
- Footnotes
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- ^ No drivers' Championship.
Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results
24 Hours of Silverstone results
| Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Page Template:Tooltip/styles.css has no content.Template:Encodefirst | Class | Laps | Page Template:Tooltip/styles.css has no content.Template:Encodefirst | Page Template:Tooltip/styles.css has no content.Template:Encodefirst |
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| 2010 | Template:Flagicon Mazda Motors UK Ltd | Template:Flagicon Mark Ticehurst Template:Flagicon Owen Mildenhall Template:Flagicon Jamie Corstorphine Template:Flagicon Ollie Marriage (Page Template:Tooltip/styles.css has no content.Template:Encodefirst) |
Mazda MX5 | 86 | 4 | 340 | 51st/DNF | 20th/DNF |
| Template:Flagicon Mazda Motors UK Ltd | Template:Flagicon Ben Whitworth Template:Flagicon Jim McGill Template:Flagicon Matt Joy Template:Flagicon Jade Paveley Template:Flagicon Ollie Marriage |
Mazda MX5 | 87 | 4 | 474 | 34th | 11th | |
| 2011 | Template:Flagicon Mazda Motors UK Ltd | Template:Flagicon Mark Ticehurst Template:Flagicon Owen Mildenhall |
Mazda MX5 | 45 | 3 | 92 | NC | NC |
Complete British GT Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Pos | Points |
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| 2000 | CSi Brookspeed Racing | Chrysler Viper GTS-R | GT | THR 1 |
CRO 1 |
OUL 1 |
DON 1 |
SIL 1 |
BRH 1 |
DON 1 |
CRO 1 |
SIL 1 3 |
SNE 1 |
SPA 1 |
SIL 1 |
32nd | 10 |
Complete Britcar results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position in class – 1 point awarded just in first race) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap in class – 1 point awarded all races)
| Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | Page Template:Tooltip/styles.css has no content.Template:Encodefirst | Page Template:Tooltip/styles.css has no content.Template:Encodefirst | Points |
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| 2016 | FF Corse | Ferrari 458 Challenge | 2 | SIL | SNE 1 |
DON 3 |
THR 3 |
CRO | SIL 2 |
OUL | BRH | 8th | 1st | 85 | |||||||
| 2017 | DMS & FF Corse | Ferrari 458 Challenge | E2 | SIL 1 1 |
SIL 2 4 |
SNE 1 Ret |
SNE 2 Ret |
SIL 1 |
SIL 2 |
BRH 1 |
BRH 2 |
DON 1 |
DON 2 |
OUL 1 |
OUL 2 |
SIL | BRH 1 |
BRH 2 |
16th | 3rd | 76 |
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Database - Mike Wilds". Motor Sport. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Small, Steve (1994). The Guinness Complete Grand Prix Who's Who. Guinness. p. 401. ISBN 0851127029.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Heseltine, Richard (July 2005). "Talk curve -- Historic motorsport insight -- Why Wilds' thing is racing". Motor Sport magazine archive. p. 106. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Britcar Dunlop Endurance Championship". May 2016. Archived from the original on 6 June 2016. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Mike Wilds and Rory Collingbourne to race for Redline Racing at Brands Hatch - The Checkered Flag". The Checkered Flag. 24 September 2018. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Mike Wilds, affectionately known as "The Honorific' Mike Wilds". Mike Wilds Performance Driving & Helicopter Tuition. Retrieved 22 September 2025.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.de Jong, Frank. "British Saloon Car Championship". History of Touring Car Racing 1952-1993. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."All Results of Mike Wilds". racingsportscars.com. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
External links
- Official site
- [permanent dead link] Mike Wilds driving F1 [HD]
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