Mark van Eldik explained

Mark van Eldik
Nationality:Dutch
Years:2005 - present
Races:9
Championships:0
Wins:0
Podiums:0
Stagewins:0
Points:2
First Race:2005 Rally Catalunya

Mark van Eldik (born 1967) is a Dutch rally driver, who scored World Rally Championship points on the 2010 Rallye Deutschland with a ninth-place finish.

Career

Van Eldik began rallying in 2002, competing in Dutch national events. In 2005 he made his World Rally Championship debut on Rally Catalunya, finishing 29th overall in his Group N Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VIII.[1] In 2006 he purchased a Subaru Impreza S8 WRC, which he then replaced with a newer S10 version later in the year. He competed in that car on the 2006 Rallye Deutschland, where he finished 24th overall. At the end of the year he competed in Wales Rally GB in a Group N Mitsubishi, finishing 41st.[1] For 2007, van Eldik purchased an Impreza S12 from Prodrive, which he used to take the Dutch championship title. He also finished 26th on the 2007 Rally Deutschland, retired with mechanical failure on the 2007 Rally Catalunya and finished 34th on the 2007 Wales Rally GB.[1] In 2008, van Eldik competed on just the one WRC event, 2008 Rallye Deutschland, where he finished 23rd.[1] In 2009, he competed in both an Impreza S14 WRC and a Mitsubishi Lancer WRC 05.[1] In 2010 he has also used a Škoda Fabia S2000, in which he retired from the 2010 Ypres Rally. At the 2010 Rallye Deutschland, van Eldik scored his best WRC result to date with a ninth-place finish, also picking up two world championship points.

Career results

WRC results

YearEntrantCar12345678910111213141516Pts
2005Mark van Eldik Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VIIIMONSWEMEXNZLITACYPTURGRCARGFINGERGBRJPNFRAESP
29
AUSNC0
2006Mark van Eldik Subaru Impreza WRCMONSWEMEXESPFRAARGITAGRCGER
24
FINJPNCYPTURAUSNZLNC0
Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VIIIGBR
41
2007Mark van Eldik Subaru Impreza WRCMONSWENORMEXPORARGITAGREFINGER
26
NZLESP
Ret
FRAJPNIREGBR
34
NC0
2008Mark van Eldik Subaru Impreza WRCMONSWEMEXARGJORITAGRETURFINGER
23
NZLESPFRAJPNGBRNC0
2010Mark van Eldik Subaru Impreza WRC 08SWEMEXJORTURNZLPORBULFINGER
9
JPNFRAESPGBR22nd2
2016Wevers SportŠkoda Fabia R5MONSWEMEXARGPORITAPOLFINGER
25
FRAESPGBRAUSNC0

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: eWRC-results.com - rally database. eWRC-results.com.