Martin Rowe

{{short description|British rally driver (born 1971)}}

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{{Infobox WRC driver

| name = Martin Rowe

| image =

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1971|6|24}}

| birth_place = Onchan, Isle of Manhttps://www.motorsport.com/brc/news/martin-rowe-joins-volkswagen/6140/ {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}

| nationality = {{flagicon|GBR}} British
{{flagicon|IOM}} Manx

| Years = 1994, 1997 - 1999, 2001 – 2003

| Co-driver = {{flagicon|GBR}} Chris Wood
{{flagicon|GBR}} Nicky Beech
{{flagicon|GBR}} Derek Ringer
{{flagicon|GBR}} Trevor Agnew

| Teams = Peugeot, Renault, Ford, Subaru

| Races = 33

| Championships = 0

| Wins = 0

| Podiums = 0

| Stagewins = 0

| Points = 0

| First race = 1994 Network Q RAC Rally

| Last race = 2003 Wales Rally of Great Britain

}}

Martin Rowe (born 24 June 1971) is a British and Manx rally driver who won the British Rally Championship in 1998, the British Formula Rally Championship in 2001, Production World Rally Championship in 2003 and the Chinese Rally Championship in 2006.

Alongside his title in the British Rally Championship in 1998, Rowe took the Formula Rally Championship in 2001 driving a Ford Puma S1600 after original champion, Justin Dale, his co-driver Andrew Bargery, and winning manufacturer Peugeot were excluded due to a homologation issue in the final round which affected both Proton and Peugeot. With Dale later losing his appeal, Rowe was awarded the drivers title and Chris Wood the co-drivers title.{{cite web |url=http://www.andrewbargery.com/justindale/_01dec17.htm |title=Justin Dale - Rally Driver |website=www.andrewbargery.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050216084331/http://www.andrewbargery.com/justindale/_01dec17.htm |archive-date=2005-02-16}}

In 1998 and 2003 Rowe was named as the National Rally Driver of the Year.

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{{succession box | before = Mark Higgins | title = Autosport
National Rally Driver of the Year | after = Tapio Laukkanen | years = 1998}}

{{succession box | before = Justin Dale | title = Autosport
National Rally Driver of the Year | after = Guy Wilks | years = 2003}}

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Category:1971 births

Category:World Rally Championship drivers

Category:British rally drivers

Category:Living people

Category:Manx racing drivers

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