Ross Wylie

Ross Wylie
NationalityScottish
Born (1991-09-15) 15 September 1991 (age 33)
Dumfries, Scotland
British GT, GT Cup and Britcar career
Debut season2004 (Karts)
2012 (Cars)
Current teamSB Race Engineering /
Redline Racing
Car number28
Former teamsValluga Racing
Simon Green Motorsport
In2Racing
FF Corse
MJC Furlonger
Motorbase Performance
Von Ryan Racing
Beechdean Motorsport
SlideSports
Wins26
Podiums46
Poles8
Best finish1 in 2014, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2023
Previous series
2023
2023
2022
2022
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2017
2016, 2015, 2014
2013		GT Cup
Porsche Carrera Cup
GT Cup
British GT
Porsche Carrera Cup
GT Cup
Britcar (Endurance)
Britcar (Endurance)
Britcar (Sprint)
Britcar
Porsche Carrera Cup
British GT
Volkswagen Scirocco R-Cup
Volkswagen UK Racing Cup
Celtic Speed Mini Cooper Cup
Championship titles
2023
2021
2020
2018
2017
2014		GT Cup
GT Cup GTO
Britcar Endurance C2
Britcar Sprint S1
Britcar
British GT4 Championship

Ross Wylie (born 15 September 1991) is a Scottish racing driver. He started his motor racing career contesting the 2004 Mini Max Kart Championship, becoming a multiple kart champion in his native Scotland over the next eight years, before moving up to car racing in 2012.

Having competed in the Volkswagen Scirocco R-Cup and Volkswagen UK Racing Cup in 2013, he won the British GT4 Championship the following year,[1] co-driving the Beechdean Motorsport Aston Martin Vantage with Jake Giddings.

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Selected as a McLaren GT "Young Driver" in 2015,[2] Ross spent that year and the next competing in the British GT Championship, challenging for outright race wins with Von Ryan Racing, driving a McLaren 650S GT3[3] followed by a Motorbase Performance Aston Martin Vantage GT3 in 2016.[4]

In 2017, Ross won the Britcar Endurance Championship outright in the MJC Furlonger-prepared Ferrari 458 GT, taking 10 overall podiums, including 4 wins.[5]

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Ross contested the 2018 Britcar series with FF Corse, co-driving a Ferrari 458 GT3 with David Mason.[6] He completed the year by winning the Sprint S1 category, claiming 13 class podiums, including 4 class wins.[7] Ross is also an ARDS-qualified (Association of Racing Driver Schools) instructor[8] and a freelance driving specialist. Having been nominated as a BRDC (British Racing Drivers’ Club) Rising Star in 2013,[9] he was selected as a BRDC "SuperStar" two years later.[10]

During 2019 Ross Wylie completed 7 rounds of the Britcar Endurance Championship, securing 3 class poles and 6 top-four placings. He also competed once in the GT Cup Championship (GTC class FF Corse Ferrari 488 Challenge, class podium) and achieved a top-five finish in all four rounds of the Porsche Carrera Cup GB that he contested.

In 2020 Ross returned to the Porsche Carrera Cup GB with In2Racing,[11] and competed in 16 races, finishing the season 7th overall.[12] Ross also contested 6 Britcar Endurance Championship races with SB Race Engineering Ferrari 488 to secure the C2 Class title, second overall.[13][14]

The 2021 season saw Ross competing across four domestic championships. At the wheel of three different cars prepared by SB Race Engineering (Ferrari 488, Brabham BT62 Competition and McLaren MP4-12C Can Am) he took the GTO title in the GT Cup, with nine podiums, six class wins, six fastest laps and one overall victory.[15] He supported that with six appearances in the Porsche Carrera Cup GB for Valluga Racing,[16] and a race apiece in the Britcar Endurance Championship (a C2 class win [17]) and the British GT Championship (3rd in GT3SA), both with Simon Green Motorsport.[18]

Ross started the 2022 season with a defence of his GT Cup GTO Championship title, co-driving with Paul Bailey.[19] Four class podiums in the first four races made for a promising start, but Bailey's withdrawal from the series before the next round at Snetterton prompted Ross to end his participation.[20] Instead, he transferred his challenge to the British GT Championship, contesting the GT4 class which he'd last won eight years previously.[21] Sharing a Valluga Racing Porsche 718 Cayman with Matthew Graham, he contested six races, finishing second in the prestigious Silverstone 500. Ross also competed in three rounds of the Porsche Carrera Cup.[22]

In 2023 Ross Wylie contested the Porsche Carrera Cup GB with Redline Racing, finishing runner-up in the Pro-Am Championship, just seven points behind the class winner.[23] He also made an impressive return to the GT Cup with SB Race Engineering, driving three different chassis ( Brabham BT62 Competition, Mercedes AMG GT3 and Lamborghini Huracán) to claim the overall GT Cup title.[24]

In April 2024, Ross announced his intention to return to Toro Verde GT for the 2024 Porsche Carrera Cup, two years after contesting part of the 2022 season with the team.[25]

  1. ^ "Dumfries and Galloway Race Ace Claims British GT4 Championship Title in Debut Season". Dumfries and Galloway WGO. 14 September 2014. Archived from the original on 16 September 2014. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  2. ^ "McLAREN GT Launches Young Driver Programme". McLaren Cars. 12 January 2015. Archived from the original on 10 January 2017. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  3. ^ "GT4 Champion Wylie competes in British GT Championship with Von Ryan Racing". ITV News. 3 March 2015. Archived from the original on 27 March 2015. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  4. ^ Graham Goodwin (24 February 2016). "Motorbase GT3 Aston Effort Pairs Wylie & Dryburgh". nameofwebsite. Archived from the original on 12 July 2016. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
  5. ^ Chris Valentine (27 November 2017). "Dunlop Endurance Championship 2017 Title goes to Gamski and Wylie". Britcar Endurance Championship. Britcar. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  6. ^ Maggie Barry (20 April 2018). "Young Scots racers are off to a flyer". Daily Record. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  7. ^ "Britcar Current Standings 2018". Britcar Championship. 10 October 2010. Archived from the original on 26 August 2018. Retrieved 23 November 2018.
  8. ^ Association of Racing Driver Schools (24 January 2018). "Ross Wylie". ARDS. Association of Racing Driver Schools. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  9. ^ "VW Cup Man Wylie is awarded BRDC Rising Star Status". BRSCC. British Racing & Sports Car Club. 11 September 2013. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  10. ^ "BRDC Announces 2015 SuperStars". BRDC. British Racing Drivers’ Club. 25 February 2016. Archived from the original on 24 March 2016. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  11. ^ Stephen Kilbey (11 February 2020). "Wylie Adds Porsche Carerra Cup GB Effort To 2020 Schedule". Dailysportscar. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  12. ^ Porsche UK (18 November 2020). "Championship Standings - Overall positions driver". Porsche. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  13. ^ Giles Blair (4 November 2020). "Scots racers are finishing their seasons in style". Scottish Daily Record. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  14. ^ Britcar Endurance (8 September 2020). "Final Endurance Category Points for 2020". Britcar Endurance Championship. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  15. ^ "Abba Takes It All As GT Cup Titles Are Decided At Snetterton". GT Cup. 3 October 2021. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  16. ^ Martyn Pass (25 October 2021). "Wylie brings hectic title winning 2021 season to a close". Sportscar Racing News. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  17. ^ Jim McGill (24 April 2021). "Britcar win for Scot Ross Wylie". Scotcars. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  18. ^ Graham Goodwin (28 June 2021). "Ross Wylie, Racing & Winning In The Brabham BT62". Dailysportscar. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  19. ^ Ross Wylie (28 April 2022). "2022 is go! British GT return and GT Cup underway". The Chequered Flag. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
  20. ^ Ross Wylie (31 July 2022). "Change of plans as Knockhill Carrera Cup GB approaches". The Chequered Flag. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
  21. ^ "Wylie bids for British GT4 history aboard Valluga's new Porsche". britishgt.com. British GT Championship. 4 April 2022. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
  22. ^ Planet Porsche (13 June 2022). "Ross Wylie makes an impressive return in the Porsche Carrera Cup". Planet Porsche. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
  23. ^ Dumfries & Galloway (10 October 2023). "Ross Wylie Finishes Runner-up In Porsche Carrera Cup Pro-Am Championship". DGWGO. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
  24. ^ Motorsport Vision Racing (4 October 2023). "Titles to be decided at Snetterton Showstopper". MSVRO. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
  25. ^ Wylie, Ross (11 April 2024). "Wylie aiming to go one better and claim Porsche Carrera Cup-GB-Pro-am Title". Ross Wylie Racing. Retrieved 12 April 2024.