Nicolas Gilsoul (born 5 February 1982) is a Belgian rally co-driver. He is the former co-driver for

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Career

After competing in regional events from 2000, Gilsoul made his international debut in 2003 when co-driving with

Bruno Thiry Bruno Thiry (born 8 October 1962) is a Belgian rally driver. He was born in St. Vith, Liège Province. He began his career as an amateur in 1981, driving a Simca, and quickly became very successful in the Belgian Rally Championship. by 1991 ...

. He made his debut in the

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in 2007. Gilsoul started working with Thierry Neuville in 2011 and competed in the 2011 Intercontinental Rally Challenge. In 2012, Gilsoul co-drove for Neuville in the

. The pair went on to drive for the

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in 2013 and they were a surprise runners-up in the championship after seven podiums from 13 events. Gilsoul and Neuville made the switch to the newly created rally team

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in 2014. He won his first rally in the WRC that year, winning the

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, famously after rolling their

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at the pre-event

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. Gilsoul continued co-driving for Neuville in Hyundai Motorsport and went on to win a further twelve events together. They were runners-up in the championship between 2016 and 2019. In 2021, right before the season start in the 2021 Monte Carlo Rally, it was announced that Neuville and Gilsoul had stopped their co-operation. Gilsoul was eventually replaced by

Martijn Wydaeghe Martijn Wydaeghe (born 1 September 1992) is a Belgian rallying co-driver. He is partnered with Thierry Neuville for Hyundai Motorsport in the World Rally Championship category. Rally career Wydaeghe made his WRC debut at the 2013 Rallye de Fran ...

as Neuville's co-driver. Gilsoul made a return to the co-driving seat in April that year, now for French privateer Paul-Antoine Santoni at the Italian Rally championship round in

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WRC victories

Career results

WRC results

* Season still in progress.

References

External links

WRC Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Gilsoul, Nicolas 1982 births Living people Belgian rally co-drivers Place of birth missing (living people) World Rally Championship co-drivers