Mike Wilds

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English {{#invoke:Infobox|infobox}}Template:Template other{{#invoke:Check for unknown parameters | check | ignoreblank = y | unknown = Template:Main other | preview = Page using Template:Infobox F1 driver with unknown parameter "_VALUE_" | embed | child | subbox | name | Name | image | Image | image_size | upright | image_upright | alt | caption | birth_name | birth_date | birth_place | death_date | death_place | relations | relatives | nationality | Nationality | years | Years | teams | Teams | Team(s) | team | Team | engines | Engines | current_team | current team | Current team | 2025 Team | 2026 Team | car_number | car number | Car number | races | Races | championships | Championships | wins | Wins | podiums | Podiums | points | Points | poles | Poles | fastest_laps | fastest laps | Fastest laps | first_race | first race | First race | first_win | first win | First win | last_win | last win | Last win | last_race | last race | Last race | last_position | last position | Last position | last_season | last season | Last season | bf1_years | bf1 years | BF1 Years | bf1_races | bf1 races | BF1 Races | bf1_championships | bf1 championships | BF1 Championships | bf1_wins | bf1 wins | BF1 Wins | bf1_podiums | bf1 podiums | BF1 Podiums | bf1_points | bf1 points | BF1 Points | bf1_poles | bf1 poles | BF1 Poles | bf1_fastest_laps | bf1 fastest laps | BF1 Fastest laps | signature | signature_size | signature alt | signature_alt | website | module | module1 | module2 | module3 | module4 | module5 | record template1 | record template2 | record template3 | record template4 | record template5 | career template1 | career template2 | career template3 | career template4 | career template5 | updated | Updated }} William Michael Wilds<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> (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.

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Wilds at Snetterton, May 2016.

Wilds won the Formula Two class in the 1978 Aurora AFX championship, driving a Ralt and finished ninth in the overall standings.<ref name=Small/> He also won the Thoroughbred Sports Cars championship in 1984 driving an Aston Martin DB4.<ref name=curve>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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Wilds won the RJB Mining Historic Sports Car Championship in 1992, '93, '96 and 98.<ref name=curve/>

Wilds' sports car racing career included driving at Le Mans 8 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.

He 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.<ref name=britcar2016>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Racing record

Complete European F5000 Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap.)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Template:Tooltip	Pts
1974	Dempster International Racing Team	March 74A	Chevrolet 5.0 V8	BRH Template:Small	MAL Template:Small	SIL Template:Small	OUL Template:Small	BRH Template:Small	ZOL Template:Small	THR Template:Small	ZAN	MUG	MNZ Template:Small	MAL Template:Small	MON	THR	BRH Template:Small	OUL	SNE	MAL	BRH	11th	58
1975	Mick Hill	March 74A	Chevrolet 5.0 V8	BRH	OUL	BRH	SIL	ZOL	ZAN	THR	SNE	MAL	THR	BRH	OUL	SIL	SNE	MAL Template:Small	BRH Template:Small			23rd	12

Complete Formula One World Championship results

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Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Template:Tooltip	Pts
1974	Dempster International Racing Team	March 731	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	ARG	BRA	RSA	ESP	BEL	MON	SWE	NED	FRA	GBR Template:Small	GER						NC	0
	Team Ensign	Ensign N174													AUT Template:Small	ITA Template:Small	CAN Template:Small	USA Template:Small
1975	Stanley BRM	BRM P201	BRM P200 3.0 V12	ARG Template:Small	BRA Template:Small	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 Template:Small	GER	AUT	NED	ITA	CAN	USA	JPN	NC	0
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Complete Shellsport International Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap.)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Template:Tooltip	Pts
1976	Team PR Reilly	Shadow DN3B	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	MAL	SNE	OUL	BRH	THR Template:Small	BRH Template:Small	MAL Template:Small	SNE Template:Small					BRH Template:Small		5th	51
		Ensign N174										BRH Template:Small	THR Template:Small	OUL	BRH
1977	AIM Racing	Chevron B30	Ford GAA 3.4 V6	MAL	SNE	OUL	BRH	MAL	THR	BRH	OUL	MAL	DON	BRH Template:Small	THR	SNE Template:Small	BRH Template:Small	29th	4

Complete British Formula One Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap.)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Template:Tooltip	Pts
1978	Graham Eden Racing	Ralt RT1	Ford BDG 2.0 L4	OUL Template:Small	BRH Template:Small	SNE Template:Small	MAL Template:Small	ZAN Template:Small	DON Template:Small	THR Template:Small	OUL Template:Small	MAL Template:Small	BRH Template:Small	THR Template:Small	SNE Template:Small				9th	43
1979	Pontin Racing	March 772P/782	Ford BDG Eden 2.0 L4	ZOL	OUL	BRH	MAL	SNE	THR	ZAN	DON	OUL	NOG	MAL	BRH	THR Template:Small	SNE	SIL	NC	0
1980	Graham Eden Racing	Chevron B41	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	OUL	BRH	SIL	MAL	THR	MNZ	MAL	SNE	BRH	THR	OUL	SIL Template:Small				14th	3

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	Template:Tooltip	Pts	Class
1977	Linden Finance	Triumph Dolomite Sprint	Template:Tooltip	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	Template:Tooltip	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	Template:Tooltip	OUL	SIL	THR	DON Template:Small	THR	SIL	SIL	BRH	SNE	BRH	BIR	DON	SIL	NC	0	NC
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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
1980	Template:Flagicon Dealer Team Renault	Renault 5 Gordini	MNZ	VAL	BRH	SAL	BRN	PER	NUR	SIL Ret	ZOL				NC	0
1984	Template:Flagicon 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)

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Template:Tooltip	Pts
1980	Malaya Garage Ltd.	Gr.5	Porsche 911SC	Porsche 2.8 F6	DAY	BRH	MUG	MNZ	SIL Template:Small	NÜR	LMS	GLN	MOS	VAL	DIJ					<ref group="N">No drivers' Championship.</ref>
1981	Tuff Kote Dinol Racing	Gr.5	Porsche 935-L1	Porsche 1.4 F6t	DAY	SEB	MUG	MNZ	RSD	SIL Template:Small	NÜR	LMS Template:Small	PER	DAY	GLN	SPA	MOS	ROA	BRH	NC	0
1982	Dorset Racing Associates	C	De Cadenet-Lola LM	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	MNZ	SIL Template:Small	NÜR	LMS Template:Small	SPA	MUG	FUJ	BRH								NC	0
1983	François Duret	C	De Cadenet-Lola LM	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	MNZ	SIL Template:Small	NÜR	LMS	SPA	FUJ	KYA									NC	0
1984	Ecurie Ecosse	C2	Ecosse C284	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	MNZ Template:Small	SIL Template:Small	LMS Template:Small	NÜR	BRH	MOS	SPA	IMO	FUJ	KYA	SAN					77th	3
1985	Ecurie Ecosse	C2	Ecosse C285	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	MUG	MNZ Template:Small	SIL Template:Small	LMS Template:Small	HOC Template:Small	MOS	SPA Template:Small									22nd	20
				Cosworth DFL 3.3 V8								BRH Template:Small	FUJ	SHA
1986	Ecurie Ecosse	C2	Ecosse C286	Rover V64V 3.0 V6	MNZ	SIL Template:Small	LMS Template:Small	NOR	BRH	JER	NÜR	SPA	FUJ							NC	0
1987	ADA Engineering	C2	Gebhardt 843	Cosworth DFL 3.3 V8	JAR Template:Small	JER Template:Small	MNZ													37th	8
	Ecurie Ecosse		Ecosse C286					SIL Template:Small	LMS Template:Small	NOR Template:Small	BRH Template:Small	NÜR Template:Small	SPA Template:Small	FUJ Template:Small
1988	Nissan Motorsports	C1	Nissan R88C	Nissan VRH30 3.0 V8t	JER	JAR	MNZ	SIL	LMS Template:Small	BRN	BRH	NÜR	SPA	FUJ	SAN					NC	0

Footnotes

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip
1981	Template:Flagicon Tuff Kote Dinol Racing	Template:Flagicon Jan Lundgårdh Template:Flagicon Axel Plankenhorn	Porsche 935-L1	Gr.5	49	DNF	DNF
1982	Template:Flagicon Dorset Racing Associates	Template:Flagicon François Duret Template:Flagicon Ian Harrower	De Cadenet-Lola LM-Ford Cosworth	C	56	DNF	DNF
1984	Template:Flagicon Ecurie Ecosse	Template:Flagicon David Leslie Template:Flagicon David Duffield	Ecosse C284-Ford Cosworth	C2	36	DNF	DNF
1985	Template:Flagicon Ecurie Ecosse	Template:Flagicon Ray Mallock Template:Flagicon David Leslie	Ecosse C285-Ford Cosworth	C2	45	DNF	DNF
1986	Template:Flagicon Ecurie Ecosse	Template:Flagicon Ray Mallock Template:Flagicon David Leslie	Ecosse C286-Austin-Rover	C2	181	DSQ	DSQ
1987	Template:Flagicon Ecurie Ecosse	Template:Flagicon Les Delano Template:Flagicon Andy Petery	Ecosse C286-Ford Cosworth	C2	135	DNF	DNF
1988	Template:Flagicon Nissan Motorsports	Template:Flagicon Allan Grice Template:Flagicon Win Percy	Nissan R88C	C1	344	14th	13th
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24 Hours of Silverstone results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Template:Tooltip	Class	Laps	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip
2010	Template:Flagicon Mazda Motors UK Ltd	Template:Flagicon Mark Ticehurst Template:Flagicon Owen Mildenhall Template:Flagicon Jamie Corstorphine Template:Flagicon Ollie Marriage (Template:Tooltip)	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
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 Template:Small	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	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Points
2016	FF Corse	Ferrari 458 Challenge	2	SIL	SNE Template:Small	DON Template:Small	THR Template:Small	CRO	SIL Template:Small	OUL	BRH								8th	1st	85
2017	DMS & FF Corse	Ferrari 458 Challenge	E2	SIL 1 Template:Small	SIL 2 Template:Small	SNE 1 Template:Small	SNE 2 Template:Small	SIL 1	SIL 2	BRH 1	BRH 2	DON 1	DON 2	OUL 1	OUL 2	SIL	BRH 1	BRH 2	16th	3rd	76

External links

• Official site
• Template:Dead link Mike Wilds driving F1 [HD]