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Ollie Wilkinson
WILKINSON VOWS TO COME BACK STRONGER AFTER 24 HOURS OF SPA ENDS IN DISAPPOINTMENT
Despite the disappointment of an early end to his debut Total 24 Hours of Spa appearance, Ollie Wilkinson can still count his first outing at the world’s greatest GT3 race with McLaren as a significant career milestone. Just three years after starting his racing career, Wilkinson lined up alongside the world’s greatest sportscar drivers for … Continue reading
WILKINSON BELGIUM BOUND FOR SPA 24 HOURS DEBUT FOR McLAREN
McLaren Professional Driver, Ollie Wilkinson will make his Total 24 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps debut on 22-25 October, where he, Rob Bell and Joe Osborne will give the McLaren 720S GT3 its maiden outing in the 72nd running of the twice around the clock endurance race. Wilkinson, age 24 from Leeds, takes on the historic event … Continue reading
WILKINSON, OSBORNE & BELL TAKE McLAREN TO TOP 10 FINISH ON NÜRBURGRING DEBUT
Ollie Wilkinson delivered a highly respectful Nürburgring 6 Hours race debut today to ensure he, together with team-mates Joe Osborne and Rob Bell, finished 10th in the second round of the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup. Consistency and calm proved key to the Optimum Motorsport trio as they climbed the order from 21st on … Continue reading
WILKINSON READY FOR NÜRBURGRING McLAREN DEBUT
Ollie Wilkinson can tick off another item on his bucket list come 5th-6th September, as the McLaren Professional Driver takes on the Nürburgring in Germany for the first time, in the second round of the GT World Challenge Europe powered by AWS Endurance Cup. Embarking on what is only the fourth season of his short … Continue reading
IMMACULATE IMOLA GT WORLD CHALLENGE EUROPE DEBUT FOR WILKINSON AND MCLAREN
McLaren professional Driver Ollie Wilkinson and Factory Drivers Joe Osborne and Rob Bell gave the McLaren 720S GT3 an outstanding GT World Challenge Europe debut at Imola, taking the Optimum Motorsport machine from 22nd to finish eighth and score their maiden points of the season. The Optimum Motorsport trio expertly navigated their way through an … Continue reading
WILKINSON SET FOR GT WORLD CHALLENGE EUROPE DEBUT WITH McLAREN
Ollie Wilkinson gets his 2020 season underway at Imola next weekend, as he makes his GT World Challenge powered by AWS debut in the Optimum Motorsport McLaren 720S GT3. A McLaren Professional Driver, Wilkinson teams up with McLaren Factory Drivers Joe Osbourne and Rob Bell as a Pro line-up for the first time, to give … Continue reading
WILKINSON MOVES TO GT WORLD CHALLENGE EUROPE ENDURANCE CUP IN OPTIMUM MOTORSPORT McLAREN 720S GT3
Ollie Wilkinson will take the step up to the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup for the first time in 2020 for his maiden season as a McLaren Professional Driver. Graduating to the highest echelons of world-class GT3 competition, the 23-year-old will join McLaren Factory Drivers, Joe Osborne and Rob Bell, as a Pro-class line-up … Continue reading
OLLIE WILKINSON RECRUITED TO BECOME A McLAREN PROFESSIONAL DRIVER
Ollie Wilkinson will take the biggest step of his young racing career so far by becoming a McLaren Professional Driver, after being recruited by the Customer Racing division of the world-famous British manufacturer. Wilkinson, 23 from Yorkshire, has sent shockwaves through the international GT ranks across the last two years, having only started his motorsport … Continue reading
WILKINSON & TURNER DELIVER STAND-OUT FINAL GT OPEN PODIUM AT MONZA
Ollie Wilkinson and co-driver, Aston Martin Racing works driver, Darren Turner, wrapped up their 2019 GT Open campaign with arguably their hardest-fought podium of the season, taking a triumphant third at Monza. The outstanding performance from the Optimum Motorsport outfit saw a combination of Turner’s stint and the team’s stellar pitstop strategy put the Aston … Continue reading
MIGHTY MONZA BECKONS WILKINSON FOR GT OPEN SEASON FINALE
Ollie Wilkinson is ready to wrap up his 2019 racing season and first year driving the new Aston Martin Vantage GT3 next weekend (12 & 13 October), as he heads to Monza, Italy, for the final round of the International GT Open series with Optimum Motorsport. The 23-year-old Yorkshireman makes for the Italian F1 circuit … Continue reading
