Will Gollop
| Will Gollop | |||
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| Nationality | English | ||
| Born | May 16, 1950 Canterbury | ||
| FIA ERX Division 2 (1987–1996) Championship | |||
| Years active | 1987–1996 European Rallycross Championship season | ||
| Former teams | Mobil Gollop Racing, Silkolene Gollop Team | ||
| Starts | 100 | ||
| Championships | 1 (1992 European Rallycross Championship season) | ||
| Wins | 7 | ||
| Podiums | 33 | ||
| FIA ERX TC Division Championship | |||
| Years active | 1981 European Rallycross Championship season | ||
| Car number | 18 | ||
| Former teams | Will Gollop Racing | ||
| Starts | 1 | ||
| Best finish | 19th in 1981 European Rallycross Championship season | ||
Will Gollop (born 16 May 1950 in Canterbury), is an English former racing driver and engineer.
Biography
He started racing in 1972 in Autocross on a Mini 1000. After a few years in 1975 he moves to rallycross competing in local and national championship, till Gollop became a full-time European Rallycross driver in 1987 European Rallycross Championship season, ending in 4th overall in his debut seasons, driving a MG Metro 6R4. In the following season he didn't manage to win the title being the first spectator of the title battle between Martin Schanche and Matti Alamäki. In the 1992 European Rallycross Championship season, Gollop win his first and only rallycross title, thanks to the struggling season performed by Schanche[1]. After winning the title he changes car competing for the 1993 European Rallycross Championship season onwards with a Peugeot 306 16S, but he was unable to take part at the title race and achieve the results obtained with the previous car[2].
Racing record
Key: DSQ = excluded from whole event; DNS = did not start; NC = not classified for points; SUS = suspended; ( ) = dropped score, due to championship rules
Complete FIA European Rallycross Championship results
TC Division
| Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | ERX | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 European Rallycross Championship season | Will Gollop Racing | SAAB 99 Turbo | AUT |
SWE |
FIN |
DEN |
BEL |
NED |
FRA |
NOR |
GBR 5 |
GER |
19th | 8 |
Division 2
| Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | ERX | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Mobil Gollop Racing | ARG MG Metro 6R4 | AUT | SWE 6 |
FIN 3 |
ESP 3 |
FRA 2 |
IRE (10) |
BEL 4 |
NED (11) |
NOR (12) |
GBR 4 |
GER 6 |
4th | 95 | |
| 1988 | Silkolene Gollop Racing | ARG MG Metro 6R4 | ESP 6 |
AUT (10) |
SWE 2 |
FIN NC |
IRE 9 |
FRA NC |
BEL 5 |
NED 1 |
NOR 3 |
GBR 4 |
GER 2 |
3rd | 105 | |
| 1989 | Silkolene Gollop Racing | ARG MG Metro 6R4 | ESP DNS |
AUT 5 |
SWE 5 |
FiN 4 |
IRE 3 |
FRA (15) |
BEL (9) |
NED 5 |
NOR 4 |
GBR (5) |
GER 3 |
3rd | 92 | |
| 1990 | Silkolene Gollop Racing | ARG MG Metro 6R4 BiTurbo | AUT 4 |
SWE (16) |
FIN (NC) |
IRE 5 |
FRA 4 |
BEL 3 |
NED 2 |
NOR 4 |
GER (5) |
GBR 3 |
3rd | 100 | ||
| 1991 | Silkolene Gollop Racing | ARG MG Metro 6R4 BiTurbo | POR 6 |
AUT 2 |
FIN DNS |
FRA 1 |
IRE 1 |
SWE 1 |
BEL 1 |
NED 2 |
NOR 4 |
GBR 5 |
GER DNS |
2nd | 127 | |
| 1992 | Silkolene Gollop Racing | ARG MG Metro 6R4 BiTurbo | GBR 2 |
AUT DNS |
POR 3 |
FIN 1 |
SWE 1 |
FRA (4) |
IRE (4) |
BEL 2 |
NED 2 |
NOR 6 |
GER 2 |
1st | 123 | |
| 1993 | Silkolene Gollop Racing | Peugeot 309 GTi T16 4x4 | AUT DNS |
POR 7 |
FRA (NC) |
IRE 3 |
SWE 15 |
FIN DNS |
BEL 10 |
NED 4 |
NOR 8 |
GER 10 |
10th | 63 | ||
| 1994 | Silkolene Gollop Racing | Peugeot 309 GTi T16 4x4 | AUT (7) |
POR 6 |
FRA (7) |
IRE 4 |
GBR 3 |
SWE 4 |
FIN (6) |
BEL 3 |
NED (6) |
NOR 3 |
GER 4 |
4th | 95 | |
| 1995 | Silkolene Gollop Racing | Peugeot 306 16S Turbo 4x4 | AUT 5 |
POR 3 |
FRA 4 |
SWE (NC) |
GBR 4 |
IRE 2 |
BEL (12) |
NED (NC) |
NOR 11 |
FIN 7 |
CZE 5 |
GER (11) |
5th | 98 |
| 1996 | Silkolene Gollop Racing | Peugeot 306 16S Turbo 4x4 | AUT DNS |
POR 5 |
FRA 7 |
SWE 4 |
IRE 5 |
GBR 5 |
BEL 2 |
NED 3 |
NOR DNS |
CZE (8) |
GER (7) |
6th | 91 |
References
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