Chris Patterson (co-driver)

Chris Patterson
	Chris Patterson at 2011 Rally de Portugal
Personal information
Nationality	British; Irish
Born	6 September 1968 (age 55)
World Rally Championship record
Active years	1993, 1997–2018, 2021
Teams	Citroën, M-Sport Ford
Rallies	144
Championships	0
Rally wins	0
Podiums	12
Stage wins	104
First rally	1993 Rally GB
Last rally	2021 Rally Cataluyna

Last updated October 21, 2023

Chris Patterson (born 6 September 1968)^[2] is a British-Irish former rally co-driver.

Career

Patterson competed first time in the World Rally Championship (WRC) in 1993 and has won the 2006 Production World Rally Championship with Nasser Al-Attiyah. Patterson is recognised as one of the world's most experienced rally navigators. 29 June 2010 he joined Petter Solberg World Rally Team to replace Solberg's retired co-driver Phil Mills.^[2]

After Solberg switched to rallycross in 2013, Patterson was co-driving fellow Irishman Kris Meeke on a Citroën DS3 WRC in Rally Finland. They were running in fifth place on Meeke's WRC return before rolling in the final section of the penultimate stage of the rally. They also teamed up for Rally Australia, but again retired. In 2014, Patterson became Khalid Al Qassimi's co-driver.

Patterson is set to return to the championship with Gus Greensmith, driving for M-Sport Ford.^[3] This time under the Irish tricolour.

Complete rally results

Complete WRC results

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	WDC	Points
1993	Mike Rimmer	Subaru Legacy RS	MON	SWE	POR	KEN	FRA	GRE	ARG	NZL	FIN	AUS	ITA	ESP	GBR 17				NC	0
1997	Nigel Heath	Ford Escort RS Cosworth	MON	SWE	KEN	POR	ESP	FRA	ARG	GRC	NZL	FIN 39	IDN	ITA	AUS	GBR			NC	0
1998	Nigel Heath	Subaru Impreza WRX	MON	SWE	KEN	POR 35	ESP												NC	0
1998	Hyundai Motor Sport	Hyundai Coupé Kit Car						FRA 15	ARG	GRE	NZL	FIN	ITA	AUS	GBR				NC	0
1999	Nigel Heath	Subaru Impreza WRX	MON Ret	SWE	KEN	POR	ESP	FRA	ARG	GRE	NZL	FIN							NC	0
1999	FAW-Volkswagen FRD RT	Volkswagen Jetta GTX											CHN Ret	ITA	AUS	GBR			NC	0
2000	Nigel Heath	Subaru Impreza WRX	MON Ret	SWE	KEN	POR	ESP	ARG	GRE	NZL	FIN	CYP	FRA	ITA					NC	0
	Ioannis Papadimitriou	Subaru Impreza WRC 99													AUS 23
	Ioannis Papadimitriou	Subaru Impreza 555														GBR 20
2001	Papadimitriou Team	Peugeot 206 WRC	MON	SWE Ret															NC	0
	Ioannis Papadimitriou	Peugeot 206 WRC			POR 15	ESP	ARG	CYP Ret	GRE 22	KEN	FIN
	Natalie Barratt	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI										NZL 36			AUS 36
	Ioannis Papadimitriou	Subaru Impreza WRC 00											ITA 26	FRA
	SEAT Sport	SEAT Córdoba WRC Evo3														GBR Ret
2002	Gwyndaf Evans	MG ZR S1600	MON Ret	SWE	FRA	ESP Ret	CYP	ARG	GRE Ret	KEN	FIN	GER Ret	ITA 26	NZL	AUS	GBR Ret			NC	0
2003	Kris Meeke	Opel Corsa S1600	MON 29	SWE	TUR Ret			GRE Ret			FIN Ret		ITA Ret		ESP 19	GBR Ret			NC	0
2003	Neil Allport Motorsports	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI				NZL 22	ARG Ret		CYP Ret	GER Ret		AUS 18		FRA 16					NC	0
2004	Kris Meeke	Opel Corsa S1600	MON 14	SWE	MEX			GRE Ret	TUR Ret		FIN Ret	GER	JPN						NC	0
	Nasser Al-Attiyah	Subaru Impreza WRX STi				NZL 20	CYP			ARG 14						FRA 22	ESP	AUS 13
	R.E.D. World Rally Team	Subaru Impreza WRX STi												GBR 14	ITA
2005	Kris Meeke	Citroën C2 S1600	MON 11	SWE	MEX		ITA 20			GRE 26									NC	0
	Nasser Al-Attiyah	Subaru Impreza WRX STi				NZL 16		CYP 18	TUR 16		ARG 17			GBR 21	JPN	FRA	ESP	AUS 13
	Natalie Barratt	Subaru Impreza WRX STi										FIN 30	GER
2006	QMMF	Subaru Impreza WRX	MON 30	SWE	MEX 10	ESP	FRA	ARG 15	ITA	GRE 17	GER			CYP 19	TUR	AUS	NZL 26	GBR	NC	0
2006	Natalie Barrett	Subaru Impreza WRX STi										FIN 32	JPN						NC	0
2007	QMMF	Subaru Impreza WRX	MON	SWE 27	NOR	MEX Ret	POR	ARG Ret	ITA	GRE 19	FIN	GER					IRE 17	GBR	NC	0
2007	QMMF	Subaru Impreza WRX STi											NZL 30	ESP	FRA	JPN			NC	0
2008	QMMF	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	MON	SWE 40	MEX	ARG Ret	JOR	ITA	GRE Ret				NZL Ret						NC	0
	QMMF	Subaru Impreza STi N14								TUR 23	FIN	GER					GBR Ret
	Interspeed Racing Team	Renault Clio R3												ESP Ret	FRA	JPN
2009	Autotek	Subaru Impreza STi N14	IRE	NOR	CYP	POR	ARG 16	ITA	GRE	POL	FIN	AUS	ESP	GBR Ret					NC	0
2010	Tommi Mäkinen Racing	Subaru Impreza STi	SWE	MEX	JOR 17	TUR	NZL	POR											5th	106
2010	Petter Solberg World Rally Team	Citroën C4 WRC							BUL 3	FIN 4	DEU 5	JPN 2	FRA 3	ESP 2	GBR 2				5th	106
2011	Petter Solberg World Rally Team	Citroën DS3 WRC	SWE 5	MEX 4	POR 6	JOR Ret	ITA 3	ARG 4	GRE 4	FIN 5	DEU 5	AUS 3	FRA EX	ESP Ret	GBR Ret				5th	110
2012	Ford World Rally Team	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	MON 3	SWE 4	MEX 3	POR 3	ARG 6	GRE Ret	NZL 3	FIN 4	GER 11	GBR 3	FRA 26	ITA 9	ESP 11				5th	124
2013	Abu Dhabi Citroën Total WRT	Citroën DS3 WRC	MON	SWE	MEX	POR	ARG	GRE	ITA	FIN Ret	GER	AUS Ret							NC	0
	Tomáš Kostka	Citroën DS3 WRC											FRA Ret	ESP
	Qatar M-Sport WRT	Ford Fiesta RS WRC													GBR 14
2014	Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT	Citroën DS3 WRC	MON	SWE 16	MEX	POR 13	ARG	ITA 10	POL	FIN	GER	AUS	FRA	ESP 15	GBR				30th	1
2015	Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT	Citroën DS3 WRC	MON	SWE	MEX	ARG 6	POR 24	ITA 10	POL	FIN 16	GER	AUS	FRA	ESP 15	GBR				13th	9
2016	Abu Dhabi Total WRT	Citroën DS3 WRC	MON	SWE 19	MEX	ARG	POR 26	ITA	POL	FIN 16	GER	CHN C	FRA	ESP 12	GBR	AUS			NC	0
2017	Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT	Citroën C3 WRC	MON	SWE	MEX	FRA	ARG	POR 17	ITA	POL	FIN 16	GER	ESP 17	GBR 22	AUS				NC	0
2018	Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT	Citroën C3 WRC	MON	SWE	MEX	FRA	ARG 14	POR	ITA	FIN 37	GER	TUR 15	GBR	ESP 21	AUS				NC	0
2021	M-Sport Ford WRT	Ford Fiesta WRC	MON	ARC	CRO 7	POR 5	ITA WD	KEN 4	EST 32	BEL 47	GRE 5	FIN 6	ESP 6	MNZ					8th	54

* Season still in progress.

JWRC results

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
2002	Gwyndaf Evans	MG ZR S1600	MON Ret	ESP Ret	GRE Ret	GER Ret	ITA 12	GBR Ret
2003	Kris Meeke	Opel Corsa S1600	MON 12	TUR Ret	GRE Ret	FIN Ret	ITA Ret	ESP 2	GBR Ret
2004	Kris Meeke	Opel Corsa S1600	MON 3	GRE Ret	TUR Ret	FIN Ret	GBR	ITA	ESP
2005	Kris Meeke	Citroën C2 S1600	MON 1	MEX	ITA 3	GRE 6	FIN	GER	FRA	ESP
2008	Interspeed Racing Team	Renault Clio R3	MEX	JOR	ITA	FIN	GER	ESP Ret	FRA

PWRC results

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
2003	Neil Allport Motorsports	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	SWE	NZL 7	ARG Ret	CYP Ret	GER Ret	AUS 3	FRA 1
2004	Nasser Al-Attiyah	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	SWE	MEX	NZL 7	ARG 3	GER	FRA 7	AUS 5
2005	Nasser Al-Attiyah	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	SWE	NZL 4	CYP 5	TUR 3	ARG 1	GBR 3	JPN	AUS 5
2006	QMMF	Subaru Impreza WRX	MON 3	MEX 2	ARG 1	GRE 1	JPN	CYP 5	AUS	NZL 7
2007	QMMF	Subaru Impreza WRX	SWE 7	MEX Ret	ARG Ret	GRE 5		JPN	IRE 3	GBR
2007	QMMF	Subaru Impreza WRX STi					NZL 12
2008	QMMF	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	SWE 17	ARG Ret	GRE Ret			NZL Ret
2008	QMMF	Subaru Impreza STi N14				TUR 10	FIN		JPN	GBR Ret
2009	Autotek	Subaru Impreza STi N14	NOR	CYP	POR	ARG 4	ITA	GRE	AUS	GBR Ret
2010	Tommi Mäkinen Racing	Subaru Impreza STi	SWE	MEX	JOR 4	NZL	FIN	GER	JPN	FRA	GBR

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References

↑ "Chris Patterson". ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
1 2 "Solberg picks his new co-driver". Archived from the original on 9 June 2007. Retrieved 17 July 2010.
↑ Barry, Luke (24 March 2021). "Greensmith brings in ex-Solberg/Meeke co-driver Patterson". dirtfish.com. Retrieved 25 March 2021.

External links

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[1] "Chris Patterson". ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 22 April 2021.

[rallybase-2] 1 2 "Solberg picks his new co-driver". Archived from the original on 9 June 2007. Retrieved 17 July 2010.

[3] Barry, Luke (24 March 2021). "Greensmith brings in ex-Solberg/Meeke co-driver Patterson". dirtfish.com. Retrieved 25 March 2021.

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Personal information
Chris Patterson at 2011 Rally de Portugal
Nationality	British Irish^[1]
Born	(1968-09-06) 6 September 1968 (age 55)
World Rally Championship record
Active years	1993, 1997–2018, 2021
Teams	Citroën, M-Sport Ford
Rallies	144
Championships	0
Rally wins	0
Podiums	12
Stage wins	104
First rally	1993 Rally GB
Last rally	2021 Rally Cataluyna