Megan Gilkes

**Megan Gilkes** (born in 2001 in Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian racing driver, who competed in the 2019 BRSCC W Series Championship, using #49 as her race number. The winner of the 2019 Assen Non-Championship Race, **Gilkes** would end the 2019 season last in the Championship hunt in twentieth, and was hence not considered for a race seat in 2020.

## Background

Gilkes began her racing career in karting in Barbados at the age of eight, before securing a place in the Skip Barber Racing School via Dare to be Different. With that backing Gilkes entered the Canadian F1200 Championship in 2017, and duly went on to finish third in the Championship with two wins. The following season saw her finish second in the Championship, despite missing a number of races, while also moving into the senior F2000 class for a couple of rounds.

2019 saw Gilkes move in the F3 Americas Championship, although she would only compete in a handful of races, claiming two points.

## W Series History

Gilkes was one of the original 55 drivers to submit an entry for the 2019 Driver Selection Test, and duly survived the sifting process to secure a full race seat for the 2019 BRSCC W Series Championship. Her debut in the W Series at the 2019 Hockenheim Race was not an auspicous one, as an accident on lap one saw Gilkes take Emma Kimiläinen out, an accident that left the Finn unable to race at the following two rounds. Gilkes would, however, race in Zolder, but could only manage fourteenth at the back of a queue of cars.

Another anonymous race followed in Misano, resulting in Gilkes being dropped to reserve status for the 2019 Norisring Race. She duly returned for the Championship race in Assen, before being put onto pole position for the subsequent Non-Championship race the following day. Gilkes duly converted pole position to victory with a strong run, although her improved confidence was not enough to enhance her form in Brands Hatch, as she ran at the back of the field once more.

That result left Gilkes with no points and hence in twentieth and last in the 2019 Championship. Having finished last in the 2019 Championship, Gilkes was not offered an automatic entry for the 2020, and was subsequently overlooked for a race seat after the 2020 Driver Selection Test.

## Full W Series Record

Shown below are a series of tables outlining Megan Gilkes's career in the W Series in statistical form.

### W Series Entries

The list below includes all of the teams and cars, as well as overall finishing positions for Megan Gilkes during their W Series career:

### Career Results

Below is a table showing Megan Gilkes's full W Series record.

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## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 [Archived] '2019 W Series Drivers', *wseries.com*, (W Series Limited, 2019), https://web.archive.org/web/20200321160627/https://wseries.com/2019-drivers/, (Accessed 04/04/2020) - Original
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 'W Series concludes three days of testing in Almeria', *wseries.com*, (W Series Limited, 18/09/2019), https://wseries.com/w-hub/on-track-for-2020-w-series-concludes-three-days-of-testing-in-almeria/, (Accessed 04/04/2020)
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 'Megan Gilkes', *driverdb.com*, (Driver Database, 2020), https://www.driverdb.com/drivers/megan-gilkes/, (Accessed 05/04/2020)
4. ↑ [Archived] 'The Weekend at Hockenheim', *wseries.com*, (W Series Limited, 2019), https://web.archive.org/web/20191013101433/https://wseries.com/races/hockenheim/, (Accessed 01/04/2020) - Original
5. ↑ [Archived] 'Zolder, Belgium', *wseries.com*, (W Series Limited, 2019), https://web.archive.org/web/20190506170558/https://wseries.com/races/zolder/, (Accessed 02/04/2020) - Original
6. ↑ [Archived] 'Norisring, Germany', *wseries.com*, (W Series Limited, 2019), https://web.archive.org/web/20190506102913/https://wseries.com/races/norisring/, (Accessed 03/04/2020) - Original
7. ↑ [Archived] 'Assen, The Netherlands', *wseries.com*, (W Series Limited, 2019), https://web.archive.org/web/20190506100417/https://wseries.com/races/assen/, (Accessed 03/04/2020) - Original
8. ↑ Elliot Wood, 'Megan Gilkes: W Series win has “boosted my confidence no end”', *formulascout.com*, (Formula Scout, 21/07/2019), http://www.formulascout.com/gilkes-win-boosted-confidence/52621, (Accessed 05/04/2020)
9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 [Archived] 'Brands Hatch, UK', *wseries.com*, (W Series Limited, 2019), https://web.archive.org/web/20190506194151/https://wseries.com/races/brands-hatch/, (Accessed 03/04/2020) - Original