Mark van Eldik

Dutch rally driver (born 1967

In this Dutch name, the surname is  van Eldik, not  Eldik.

Mark van Eldik

van Eldik at the 2008 Rallye Deutschland

Personal information
Nationality| Dutch
World Rally Championship record
Active years| 2005–present
Rallies| 9
Championships| 0
Rally wins| 0
Podiums| 0
Stage wins| 0
Total points| 2
First rally| 2005 Rally Catalunya

Mark van Eldik (born 1967) is a Dutch rally driver, who scored World Rally Championship points on the 2010 Rallye Deutschland with a ninth-place finish.

## Career

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Van Eldik began rallying in 2002, competing in Dutch national events. In 2005 he made his World Rally Championship debut on Rally Catalunya, finishing 29th overall in his Group N Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VIII.[1] In 2006 he purchased a Subaru Impreza S8 WRC, which he then replaced with a newer S10 version later in the year. He competed in that car on the 2006 Rallye Deutschland, where he finished 24th overall. At the end of the year he competed in Wales Rally GB in a Group N Mitsubishi, finishing 41st.[1] For 2007, van Eldik purchased an Impreza S12 from Prodrive, which he used to take the Dutch championship title. He also finished 26th on the 2007 Rally Deutschland, retired with mechanical failure on the 2007 Rally Catalunya and finished 34th on the 2007 Wales Rally GB.[1] In 2008, van Eldik competed on just the one WRC event, 2008 Rallye Deutschland, where he finished 23rd.[1] In 2009, he competed in both an Impreza S14 WRC and a Mitsubishi Lancer WRC 05.[1] In 2010 he has also used a Škoda Fabia S2000, in which he retired from the 2010 Ypres Rally. At the 2010 Rallye Deutschland, van Eldik scored his best WRC result to date with a ninth-place finish, also picking up two world championship points.

## Career results

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### WRC results

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Year  | Entrant  | Car  | 1  | 2  | 3  | 4  | 5  | 6  | 7  | 8  | 9  | 10  | 11  | 12  | 13  | 14  | 15  | 16  | WDC | Pts

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2005 | Mark van Eldik  | Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VIII | MON | SWE | MEX | NZL | ITA | CYP | TUR | GRC | ARG | FIN | GER | GBR | JPN | FRA | ESP
29 | AUS | NC  | 0
2006 | Mark van Eldik  | Subaru Impreza WRC | MON | SWE | MEX | ESP | FRA | ARG | ITA | GRC | GER
24 | FIN | JPN | CYP | TUR | AUS | NZL |  | NC  | 0
Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VIII |  | GBR

2007 | Mark van Eldik  | Subaru Impreza WRC | MON | SWE | NOR | MEX | POR | ARG | ITA | GRE | FIN | GER
26 | NZL | ESP
Ret | FRA | JPN | IRE | GBR
34 | NC  | 0
2008 | Mark van Eldik  | Subaru Impreza WRC | MON | SWE | MEX | ARG | JOR | ITA | GRE | TUR | FIN | GER
23 | NZL | ESP | FRA | JPN | GBR |  | NC  | 0
2010 | Mark van Eldik  | Subaru Impreza WRC 08 | SWE | MEX | JOR | TUR | NZL | POR | BUL | FIN | GER
9 | JPN | FRA | ESP | GBR |  | 22nd  | 2
2016 | Wevers Sport  | Škoda Fabia R5 | MON | SWE | MEX | ARG | POR | ITA | POL | FIN | GER
25 | FRA | ESP | GBR | AUS |  | NC  | 0

## References

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1. ^ a b c d e "eWRC-results.com - rally database". eWRC-results.com.

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mark van Eldik.

* van Eldik's team website