Guy Wilks set for his debut in Proton S2000 on this weekend’s Pirelli

Guy set for Proton debut

HERE is the stunning Proton Super 2000 car Guy Wilks will debut on the Pirelli International Rally this weekend (17/18 April).

Wilks and co-driver Phil Pugh were fine-tuning the car at official shakedown this morning before giving media rides to the BBC, ITV and SkySports.

Double British champion Wilks first tested the Satria Neo - designed and built by Mellors Elliott Motorsport - in Wales last month.

Wilks told his website:

We've only done around 100 miles in the Proton but I know it is a winner.

Chris Mellors and his team have done an incredible job with the car and I'm determined to reward MEM and Proton with their first Super 2000 victory on an international rally. We're going to the Pirelli to win.

Guy Wilks and co-driver Phil Pugh will be chasing a record third straight win on the Pirelli, round two of the 2009 British Rally Championship.

The only other back-to-back winners were Malcolm Wilson/Terry Harryman (Ford Escort) in 1979 and 1980. Wilson is now boss of the BP Ford Abu Dhabi World Rally Team.

Guy Wilks is backed by The Sun newspaper, Varta Consumer Batteries, Remington, Mobil 1, Travelodge and Evolution Power Tools.

Source: guywilks.com