Ross Wylie
| Ross Wylie | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Scottish |
| Born | 15 September 1991 Dumfries, Scotland |
| Porsche Carrera Cup, British GT, GT Cup and Britcar career | |
| Debut season | 2004 (Karts) 2012 (Cars) |
| Current team | Toro Verde GT) |
| Car number | 29 |
| Former teams | Valluga Racing Simon Green Motorsport In2Racing FF Corse MJC Furlonger Motorbase Performance Von Ryan Racing Beechdean Motorsport SlideSports |
| Wins | 26 |
| Podiums | 48 |
| Poles | 9 |
| Best finish | 1 in 2014, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2023 |
| Previous series | |
| 2024 2023 2023 2022 2022 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2017 2016, 2015, 2014 2013 | Porsche Carrera Cup GT Cup Porsche Carrera Cup GT Cup British GT Porsche Carrera Cup GT Cup Britcar (Endurance) Britcar (Endurance) Britcar (Sprint) Britcar Porsche Carrera Cup British GT Volkswagen Scirocco R-Cup Volkswagen UK Racing Cup Celtic Speed Mini Cooper Cup |
| Championship titles | |
| 2023 2021 2020 2018 2017 2014 | GT Cup GT Cup GTO Britcar Endurance C2 Britcar Sprint S1 Britcar British GT4 Championship |
Ross Wylie (born 15 September 1991) is a Scottish racing driver. He started his motor racing career contesting the 2004 Mini Max Kart Championship, becoming a multiple kart champion in his native Scotland over the next eight years, before moving up to car racing in 2012.
Having competed in the Volkswagen Scirocco R-Cup and Volkswagen UK Racing Cup in 2013, he won the British GT4 Championship the following year, co-driving the Beechdean Motorsport Aston Martin Vantage with Jake Giddings.
Selected as a McLaren GT "Young Driver" in 2015, Wylie spent that year and the next competing in the British GT Championship, challenging for outright race wins with Von Ryan Racing, driving a McLaren 650S GT3 followed by a Motorbase Performance Aston Martin Vantage GT3 in 2016.
In 2017, Ross won the Britcar Endurance Championship in the MJC Furlonger-prepared Ferrari 458 GT, taking 10 overall podiums, including 4 wins.
Wylie contested the 2018 Britcar series with FF Corse, co-driving a Ferrari 458 GT3 with David Mason. He completed the year by winning the Sprint S1 category, claiming 13 class podiums, including 4 class wins. Wylie is also an ARDS-qualified (Association of Racing Driver Schools) instructor. Having been nominated as a BRDC (British Racing Drivers’ Club) Rising Star in 2013, he was selected as a BRDC "SuperStar" two years later.
During 2019 Wylie completed 7 rounds of the Britcar Endurance Championship, securing 3 class poles and 6 top-four placings. He also competed once in the GT Cup Championship (GTC class FF Corse Ferrari 488 Challenge, class podium) and achieved a top-five finish in all four rounds of the Porsche Carrera Cup GB that he contested.
In 2020 Wylie returned to the Porsche Carrera Cup GB with In2Racing, and competed in 16 races, finishing the season 7th overall. Wylie also contested 6 Britcar Endurance Championship races with SB Race Engineering Ferrari 488 to secure the C2 Class title, second overall.
The 2021 season saw Wylie competing across four domestic championships. At the wheel of three different cars prepared by SB Race Engineering (Ferrari 488, Brabham BT62 Competition and McLaren MP4-12C Can Am) he took the GTO title in the GT Cup, with nine podiums, six class wins, six fastest laps and one overall victory. He supported that with six appearances in the Porsche Carrera Cup GB for Valluga Racing, and a race apiece in the Britcar Endurance Championship (a C2 class win ) and the British GT Championship (3rd in GT3SA), both with Simon Green Motorsport.
Wylie started the 2022 season with a defence of his GT Cup GTO Championship title, co-driving with Paul Bailey. In the first four races the duo managed four class podiums. Wylie entered the British GT Championship, contesting the GT4 class. Sharing a Valluga Racing Porsche 718 Cayman with Matthew Graham, he contested six races, finishing second in the prestigious Silverstone 500. Ross also competed in three rounds of the Porsche Carrera Cup.
In 2023 Wylie stepped down into the Pro-Am class as he contested the Porsche Carrera Cup GB with Redline Racing, finishing runner-up in the Pro-Am Championship, seven points behind the class winner. He also made a return to the GT Cup with SB Race Engineering, driving three different chassis ( Brabham BT62 Competition, Mercedes AMG GT3 and Lamborghini Huracán) to claim the overall GT Cup title.
In 2024 Wylie returned to team Toro Verde GT to contest the 2024 Porsche Carrera Cup in the Pro-Am class, and competed in ten of the season's 16 races, finishing the year 8th in the championship's Pro-Am standings. He also shared a Bentley Continental with Witt Gamski for one round of the British Endurance Championship. The duo also raced in the Masters Endurance Legends, recording two G2/GT3 race wins and two fastest laps at the Silverstone Classic.