# Nicolas Gilsoul

Nicolas Gilsoul (born 5 February 1982) is a Belgian rally co-driver. He is the former co-driver for Thierry Neuville and the current co-driver for Pierre-Louis Loubet.

## Career

After competing in regional events from 2000, Gilsoul made his international debut in 2003 when co-driving with Bruno Thiry. He made his debut in the World Rally Championship 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 World Rally Championship. The pair went on to drive for the Qatar World Rally Team 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 Hyundai Motorsport in 2014. He won his first rally in the WRC that year, winning the 2014 Rallye Deutschland, famously after rolling their World Rally Car at the pre-event shakedown.
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 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 Rallye Sanremo.
In 2023, Gilsoul returned to the World Rally Championship co-driving for Pierre-Louis Loubet for the M-Sport Ford World Rally Team.

## WRC victories

| # | Event | Season | Driver | Car |
| 1 | 32. ADAC Rallye Deutschland | 2014 | Thierry Neuville | Hyundai i20 WRC |
| 2 | 13º Rally d'Italia Sardegna | 2016 | Thierry Neuville | Hyundai i20 WRC |
| 3 | 60ème Tour de Corse – Rallye de France | 2017 | Thierry Neuville | Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC |
| 4 | 37° Rally Argentina | 2017 | Thierry Neuville | Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC |
| 5 | 74th Rally Poland | 2017 | Thierry Neuville | Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC |
| 6 | 26th Rally Australia | 2017 | Thierry Neuville | Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC |
| 7 | 66th Rally Sweden | 2018 | Thierry Neuville | Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC |
| 8 | 52° Rally de Portugal | 2018 | Thierry Neuville | Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC |
| 9 | 15º Rally d'Italia Sardegna | 2018 | Thierry Neuville | Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC |
| 10 | 62ème Tour de Corse – Rallye de France | 2019 | Thierry Neuville | Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC |
| 11 | 39° Rally Argentina | 2019 | Thierry Neuville | Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC |
| 12 | 55º RallyRACC Catalunya – Costa Daurada | 2019 | Thierry Neuville | Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC |
| 13 | 88ème Rallye Automobile Monte-Carlo | 2020 | Thierry Neuville | Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC |

## Career results
### WRC results

| Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | WDC | Points |
| 2007 | Luc Dewinter | Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX | MON 28 | SWE | NOR | MEX | POR | ARG | ITA | GRE | FIN | GER | NZL | ESP | FRA | JPN | IRE | GBR | NC | 0 |
| 2008 | Bernard Munster | Subaru Impreza STi N14 | MON | SWE 30 | MEX | ARG | JOR | ITA | GRE | TUR | FIN | GER | NZL | ESP | FRA | JPN | GBR | | NC | 0 |
| 2012 | Citroën Junior World Rally Team | Citroën DS3 WRC | MON Ret | SWE 12 | MEX 13 | POR 8 | ARG 5 | GRE 6 | | FIN 16 | GER 12 | GBR 7 | FRA 4 | | ESP 12 | | | | 7th | 53 |
| 2012 | Qatar World Rally Team | Citroën DS3 WRC | | | | | | | NZL 5 | | | | | ITA 18 | | | | | 7th | 53 |
| 2013 | Qatar World Rally Team | Ford Fiesta RS WRC | MON Ret | SWE 5 | MEX 3 | POR 17 | ARG 5 | GRE 3 | ITA 2 | FIN 2 | GER 2 | AUS 2 | FRA 4 | ESP 4 | GBR 3 | | | | 2nd | 176 |
| 2014 | Hyundai Shell World Rally Team | Hyundai i20 WRC | MON Ret | SWE 28 | MEX 3 | POR 7 | ARG 5 | ITA 16 | POL 3 | FIN Ret | GER 1 | AUS 7 | FRA 8 | ESP 6 | GBR 4 | | | | 6th | 105 |
| 2015 | Hyundai Motorsport | Hyundai i20 WRC | MON 5 | SWE 2 | MEX 8 | ARG Ret | POR 38 | ITA 3 | POL 6 | FIN 4 | GER 5 | AUS 7 | FRA 23 | ESP 8 | | | | | 6th | 90 |
| 2015 | Hyundai Motorsport N | Hyundai i20 WRC | | | | | | | | | | | | | GBR Ret | | | | 6th | 90 |
| 2016 | Hyundai Motorsport | Hyundai i20 WRC | MON 3 | SWE 14 | MEX Ret | ARG 6 | | | POL 4 | FIN 4 | GER 3 | CHN C | FRA 2 | ESP 3 | GBR 3 | AUS 3 | | | 2nd | 160 |
| 2016 | Hyundai Motorsport N | Hyundai i20 WRC | | | | | POR 29 | ITA 1 | | | | | | | | | | | 2nd | 160 |
| 2017 | Hyundai Motorsport | Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC | MON 15 | SWE 13 | MEX 3 | FRA 1 | ARG 1 | POR 2 | ITA 3 | POL 1 | FIN 6 | GER 44 | ESP Ret | GBR 2 | AUS 1 | | | | 2nd | 208 |
| 2018 | Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT | Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC | MON 5 | SWE 1 | MEX 6 | FRA 3 | ARG 2 | POR 1 | ITA 1 | FIN 9 | GER 2 | TUR 16 | GBR 5 | ESP 4 | AUS Ret | | | | 2nd | 201 |
| 2019 | Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT | Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC | MON 2 | SWE 3 | MEX 4 | FRA 1 | ARG 1 | CHL Ret | POR 2 | ITA 6 | FIN 6 | GER 4 | TUR 8 | GBR 2 | ESP 1 | AUS C | | | 2nd | 227 |
| 2020 | Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT | Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC | MON 1 | SWE 6 | MEX 16 | EST Ret | TUR 2 | ITA 2 | MNZ Ret | | | | | | | | | | 4th | 87 |
| 2022 | East Belgian Racing Team | Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo | MON | SWE | CRO | POR | ITA | KEN | EST | FIN | BEL 13 | GRE | NZL | ESP | JPN | | | | NC | 0 |
| 2023 | M-Sport Ford WRT | Ford Puma Rally1 | MON Ret | SWE 6 | MEX 27 | CRO | POR | ITA | KEN | EST | FIN | GRE | CHL | EUR | JAP | | | | 10th* | 8* |
* Season still in progress.