Phil Mills (born 30 August 1963) is a Welsh

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. He was winner of the 2003

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(WRC), as co-driver to

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. Mills was born in

Trefeglwys Trefeglwys is a village and community in Powys, Wales, within the historic county of Montgomeryshire. The name derives from the Welsh language ''tref'' 'township' and ''eglwys'' 'church'. The village sits on the Afon Trannon. There are many a ...

Powys Powys (; ) is a Local government in Wales#Principal areas, county and Preserved counties of Wales, preserved county in Wales. It is named after the Kingdom of Powys which was a Welsh succession of states, successor state, petty kingdom and princi ...

. He has a place in the

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, as the first Welshman to win the Wales Rally. His first rally was in 1983, and his WRC debut in 1994. He joined Solberg in Ford in 1999, later moving with him to the

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. Mills lives with his partner Helen and their children in Powys. On 11 June 2010, Mills announced his immediate retirement from co-driving to concentrate on his motorsport preparation business. The 1–2 November, Mills returned to the WRC with Petter Solberg in the 2014 Rallye du Condroz with a

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. Mills later served as a co-driver for

Elfyn Evans Elfyn Rhys Evans (born 28 December 1988) is a Welsh rally driver. He is currently teamed with Scott Martin and is competing for Toyota Gazoo Racing in the World Rally Championship. Career The son of 1996 British Rally Championship Champion ...

in the

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, filling in for

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who suffered a concussion during the

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. Mills also lent his voice as a co-driver in the 2019 racing video game '' Dirt Rally 2.0'', and reunited with Solberg in the latter's final career rally,

2019 Wales Rally GB The 2019 Wales Rally GB (also known as Wales Rally GB 2019) was a motor racing event for rally cars held over four days between 3 and 6 October 2019. It marked the seventy-fifth running of Wales Rally GB and was the twelfth round of the 2019 Wor ...

with a

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Results

*1984 class win in Wales Road Rally Championship *1992 and 1993 Welsh National Champion *1993 Team Co-ordinator for Ford at Rally GB *1996 2nd in British Championship with Mark Higgins, coordinated for M-Sport and Co-drives for Armin Schwarz in Corsica *1997 Wins British Rally Championship *1998 6th overall in WRC *1999 joins Petter Solberg at Ford, 18th in WRC *2000 both join Subaru – 10th in WRC *2001 10th in WRC *2002 2nd in WRC, 1 win (Wales) *2003 World Rally Champion, 4 wins (Cyprus, Australia, Corsica, Wales) *2004 2nd in WRC, 5 wins (New Zealand, Acropolis, Japan, Wales, Sardinia) *2005 2nd in WRC, 3 wins (Sweden, Mexico, Wales) *2006 6th in WRC *2007 5th in WRC *2008 6th in WRC *2009 5th in WRC Between 1988 and 1990 he co-drove in 88 rallies.

References

External links

Subaru World Rally Team

Phil Mills profile
Phil Mills profile on wrc.com
Phil Mills eWRC stats page

Phil Mills blog on ScoobyNet 1963 births Living people People from Powys Welsh rally drivers British rally co-drivers {{UK-rally-bio-stub