Craig Drew

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Craig Drew
David Higgins Mount Washington Hillclimb 2014 009.jpg
Drew (left) at the Mount Washington Hillclimb
Personal information
NationalityFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Born (1983-06-21) June 21, 1983 (age 39)
World Rally Championship record
Active years 20062007, 2015, 2021–present
Teams Hyundai Motorsport
Rallies11
Championships 0
Rally wins 0
Podiums0
Stage wins0
First rally 2006 Wales Rally GB
Last rally 2022 Acropolis Rally

Craig Drew (born 21 June 1983) is a British rally co-driver. [1] He has won eight American Rally Association championships alongside David Higgins for Subaru Rally Team USA. [2] He co-drove for Oliver Solberg in the 2021 World Rally Championship with Hyundai Motorsport.

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Craig is competing in the 2022 WRC2 Championship with British driver Chris Ingram.

[3]

Rally results

WRC results

YearEntrantCar12345678910111213141516WDCPoints
2006 Wayne Radford Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII MON SWE MEX ESP FRA ARG ITA GRE GER FIN JPN CYP TUR AUS NZL GBR
74
NC0
2007 Simon Harraway Subaru Impreza STi N10 MON SWE NOR MEX POR ARG ITA GRE FIN GER NZL ESP FRA JPN IRE GBR
Ret
NC0
2015 David Higgins Subaru WRX STI MON SWE MEX ARG POR ITA POL FIN GER AUS FRA ESP GBR
20
NC0
2021 Hyundai Motorsport N Hyundai i20 N Rally2 MON ARC CRO POR ITA KEN EST BEL GRE FIN
Ret
23rd6
Hyundai 2C Competition Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC ESP
7
MNZ
2022 Chris Ingram Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo MON SWE CRO
11
POR
12
ITA
11
KEN FIN BEL
9
GRE
Ret
NZL ESP JPN 30th2
ALM Motorsport Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 EST
15

* Season still in progress.

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References

  1. "Elliott Edmondson". eWRC-results.com . Retrieved 24 September 2021.
  2. Cosseboom, David (16 March 2020). "Q&A with Craig Drew". iheartfast.com. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
  3. "Drew joins Solberg for Finland speedfest". wrc.com . WRC Promoter GmbH. 24 September 2021. Retrieved 24 September 2021.