Oliver Peter Wilkinson (born 25 May 1996) is a British racing driver who last competed in GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup for Jota Sport as a McLaren factory driver.

Career Wilkinson began his racing career in 2015, racing in the Caterham Roadsport Championship. After making a one-off appearance in the Ginetta GT5 Challenge in 2016, Wilkinson joined Optimum Motorsport to race in the series full-time the following year. In his only season in the series, Wilkinson qualified on pole at Oulton Park, Rockingham and Silverstone, as well as six podiums to secure a third-place points finish. During 2017, Wilkinson also raced with the team in one-off appearances in both the 24H Series and International GT Open, most notably scoring a Pro-Am class win in the latter at Barcelona.

The following year, Wilkinson remained with Audi-fielding Optimum Motorsport for his maiden full-time season in International GT Open alongside Bradley Ellis in Pro-Am. Competing in all but one round, Wilkinson took class wins at Spa and Silverstone, as well as scoring two other podiums to take fourth in points. During 2018, Wilkinson also raced with the same team for one-off appearance in the GT Cup Championship, as well as racing in the Gulf 12 Hours for Aston Martin Racing in GT4.

With Optimum switching to Aston Martin for 2019, Wilkinson joined them for a dual campaign in both International GT Open and the British GT Championship, as a candidate for the Aston Martin Racing Driver Academy. In the former, Wilkinson began the season with a Pro-Am podium at Le Castellet, before switching to the Pro class for the rest of the year, scoring a lone outright win at the Red Bull Ring with Jonny Adam and a pair of third-place finishes with Darren Turner to end the year sixth in the standings. Partnering Bradley Ellis in the GT3 Silver class of the latter, Wilkinson took a lone outright win at Spa, four other class wins and three other podiums to clinch the class title at season's end.

Joining the McLaren factory roster for 2020, Wilkinson signed on for a dual campaign in the British GT Championship and the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup in what would be Optimum's third brand allegiance in as many years. In the former, Wilkinson scored three class podiums, including an overall second-place finish at Oulton Park, en route to fifth in the GT3 Silver standings. Competing for overall honors in the latter, Wilkinson scored a best result of eighth at Imola as he ended the year 24th in points after skipping the finale at Le Castellet.

In 2021, Wilkinson joined series newcomers Jota Sport to race in both the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance and Sprint Cups alongside fellow factory drivers Ben Barnicoat and Rob Bell. In the former, Wilkinson scored only one points finish, a seventh-place finish at the 24 Hours of Spa to end the year 18th in points, despite missing the Nürburgring race as he felt unwell following a crash in the Sprint Cup's Brands Hatch round. In the latter, Wilkinson took a pair of fourth-place finishes at Magny-Cours and Valencia en route to a 17th-place points finish. Continuing with Jota for a dual campaign in both series for the following year, Wilkinson scored a best result of eighth at the 24 Hours of Spa with Bell and Marvin Kirchhöfer in the former, whilst his Sprint Cup season ended abruptly following a pre-qualifying crash at Magny-Cours.

Racing record Racing career summary Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position 2015 Caterham Roadsport Championship 9 0 0 0 0 87 19th 2016 Ginetta GT5 Challenge 3 0 0 0 0 0 NC2017 Ginetta GT5 Challenge Optimum Motorsport 19 0 3 5 6 3rd 24H Series – SP3-GT4 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC International GT Open – Pro-Am 2 1 0 0 1 0 NC†2018 24H GT Series – A6 Optimum Motorsport 0 0 0 0 0 0 NC International GT Open12 0 0 0 0 14 23rd International GT Open – Pro-Am 2 0 0 4 48 4th Ginetta GT5 Challenge 2 0 1 0 0 0 NC Radical SR1 Cup Radical Works Team 2 0 0 0 0 54 14th Gulf 12 Hours – GT4 Aston Martin Racing 1 0 0 0 0 4th2019 British GT Championship – GT3 Silver Optimum Motorsport 9 5 5 0 8 159.51st International GT Open 12 1 0 0 3 62 6th International GT Open – Pro-Am 2 0 0 0 1 10 16th2020 GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup Optimum Motorsport 3 0 0 0 0 5 24th British GT Championship – GT3 Silver 9 0 1 0 3 129 5th2021 GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup Jota Sport 4 0 0 0 0 13 18th GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup 7 0 0 0 0 19 17th2022 GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup Jota Sport 5 0 0 0 0 10 27th GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup 2 0 0 0 0 0.5 23rdSources:

† As Wilkinson was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.

Complete International GT Open results Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pos. Points 2017 Optimum Motorsport Audi R8 LMS Pro-Am EST1 EST2 SPA1 SPA2 LEC1 LEC2 HUN1 HUN2 SIL1 SIL2 MNZ1 MNZ2 CAT1 CAT2 NC† 0† 2018 Optimum Motorsport Audi R8 LMS Pro-Am EST1 EST2 LEC1 LEC2 SPA1 SPA2 HUN1 HUN2 SIL1 SIL2 MNZ1 MNZ2 CAT1 CAT2 4th 482019Optimum MotorsportAston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Pro-Am LEC1 LEC2 16th 10 Pro HOC1 HOC2 SPA1 SPA2 RBR1 RBR2 SIL1 SIL2 CAT1 CAT2 MNZ1 MNZ2 6th 62

Complete British GT Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Pos Points 2019 Optimum Motorsport Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 GT3 SilverOUL1OUL2SNE1SNE2SILDON1SPABRHDON21st159.5 2020 Optimum Motorsport McLaren 720S GT3 GT3 Silver OUL1 OUL2 DON11 DON12 BRH DON2 SNE1 SNE2 SIL 5th 129

Complete GT World Challenge Europe results GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Pos. Points 2020 Optimum Motorsport McLaren 720S GT3 Pro IMO NÜR SPA6H SPA12H SPA24H LEC 24th 5 2021 Jota Sport McLaren 720S GT3 Pro MNZ LEC SPA6H SPA12H SPA24H NÜR CAT 18th 13 2022 Jota Sport McLaren 720S GT3 Pro IMO LEC SPA6H SPA12H SPA24H HOC CAT 27th 10

GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pos. Points 2021 Jota Sport McLaren 720S GT3 Pro MAG1 MAG2 ZAN1 ZAN2 MIS1 MIS2 BRH1 BRH2 VAL1 VAL2 17th 19 2022 Jota Sport McLaren 720S GT3 Pro BRH1 BRH2 MAG1 MAG2 ZAN1 ZAN2 MIS1 MIS2 VAL1 VAL 2 23rd 0.5

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