Phil Mills

This article is about the rally driver. For the athlete and businessman, see Phillip Mills.

Mills and Solberg at the 2006 Rally Argentina.

Phil Mills (born 30 August 1963) is a British rally racing co-driver. He was winner of the 2003 World Rally Championship (WRC), as co-driver to Petter Solberg.

Mills was born in Trefeglwys, Powys. He has a place in the Welsh Sports Hall of Fame, 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 Subaru World Rally Team.

Mills lives with his partner Helen and their children in Powys.

On 11 June 2010 Phil announced his immediate retirement from co-driving to concentrate on his motorsport preparation business.

The 1-2 November Phill Mills return on the WRC with Petter Solberg on 2014 of rallye du condroz 2014 onboard with Citroen C4 WRC

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, co-ordinated 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.

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