Megan Gilkes

Megan Gilkes (born 2001 in Richmond Hill, Ontario) is a racing driver from Canada. She currently competes in the W Series.[1]

Megan Gilkes
Nationality Canadian
Born2001 (age 1920)
Richmond Hill, Ontario
W Series
Years active2019
Starts5
Wins0
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finishNC in 2019
Previous series
2017–18F1200 Canada

Biography

A third-generation racer, Gilkes began karting aged nine in her then-home of Barbados. Following seven years grafting her craft at the entry level, including a crash in which she broke her wrist, she was accepted into the Skip Barber Racing School and as an ambassador for Dare to be Different.[2][3] In 2017, Gilkes stepped up to single-seaters in the Canadian F1200 championship. Despite not contesting all of the rounds in either season she competed in, she finished third and second overall in consecutive seasons.[4][5]

Gilkes competes in the 2019 W Series Brands Hatch round.

In 2019, Gilkes applied for the W Series, a European-based Formula 3 championship solely for women. She was accepted into the category as one of 18 full-time drivers, however the learning curve proved steep. She retired from the first race having out-braked herself and crashed into Emma Kimiläinen, and found herself on the sidelines for the fourth round having finished 14th and 17th in the intervening races. A win in a non-championship experimental race at TT Circuit Assen would boost her reputation, but the 14th place from the second round at Zolder proved her best result – finishing the season last in the standings with no points and was dropped from the program for 2020.[6] Gilkes returned to Canada in 2020, competing in the Ontario Formula 1600 Championship.[7]

Alongside her racing, she studies Aeronautical Engineering at the Imperial College in London.[8]

Career results

Season Series Position Car Team
2017 F1200 Canada 3rd BRD–Volkswagen F1200 N/A
2018 F1200 Canada 2nd BRD–Volkswagen F1200 N/A
2019 W Series NC TatuusAlfa Romeo F3 T-318 Hitech Grand Prix
Formula 3 Americas 17th LigierHonda JS F3 Momentum Motorsports
2020 Ontario F1600 Championship 3rd* Formula Ford Brian Graham Racing

*Season in progress

SCCA National Championship Runoffs

YearTrackCarEngineClassFinishStartStatus
2017Indianapolis Motor SpeedwayBRD AFV-01VolkswagenFormula Vee2324Running

Complete W Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year 1 2 3 4 5 6 DC Points
2019 HOC
Ret
ZOL
14
MIS
17
NRM
ASS
14
BRH
18
20th 0

References

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