Alistair Scott Martin (born 6 November 1981) is a British rallying co-driver, who competes in the FIA World Rally Championship. Since 2019 he has co-driven for Elfyn Evans, with whom he won the 2026 World Rally Championship. Previously, he co-drove for Craig Breen, between 2014 and 2018, before moving to M-Sport Ford WRT to partner Evans. This came about as Breen was dropped by Citroen Total WRT at the end of the 2018 WRC season, due to the downscaling of Citroen's rally operation, and their re-signing of Sébastien Ogier.

Biography Martin began his rallying career in 2001 co-driving at a national level in the UK. With Matthew Wilson in 2004, he finished as second outright co-driver in the British Rally Championship (BRC) in the Ford Focus RS. After the 2004 season, Martin was accepted into the MSA British Rally Elite Scheme, a specialist training scheme for young British rally drivers.

In 2005, Martin was involved in a serious accident on the opening round of the BRC, the Rally of Wales, and was airlifted to hospital.Rally stars to cycle Britain, Cycling News, 27 May 2008 Later that year he achieved his first international win on the Trackrod Rally with Wilson. The team also finished first on the Colin McRae Stages Rally.

In 2006, Martin, with Scottish driver Barry Clark in the Ford Fiesta ST, scored third place in the Fiesta Sporting Trophy International (FSTi) series and third place in the S1600 category of the BRC. The following year he achieved his first win in an international series in the FSTi with Clark, and with Mark Higgins he was placed overall third in the FIA Production World Rally Championship.

Throughout the period 2008–2011, Martin co-drove with Matthew Wilson in the Ford Focus RS (2008–10) and Ford Fiesta RS (2011), competing in the full WRC series. The pair achieved seventh place in the overall classification in 2009 and again in 2011, when they were placed fourth in the Repco Rally Australia, his best WRC result.

Martin participated in only two WRC events in 2012, then in 2013, competed as co-driver with Sheikh Khalid Al-Qassimi in the Citroen DS3. The crew took part in seven WRC events, and in five Middle East Rally Championship (MERC) events, in which they were placed second overall.

At the end of 2013, Martin had competed in 82 WRC rallies. He stood 13th in the IRDA (International Rally Drivers Association) ranking of co-drivers, with 2844 points, making him the highest-placed British co-driver.Final World Rally Ranking 2013 , Motorsport, 23 December 2013 In 2014, he and Craig Breen won the Acropolis Rally in GreeceCraig Breen wins Acropolis Rally title, RTE Sport, 31 March 2014 – removed that year from the list of FIA championships – driving the Peugeot 208 T16, and the Ravens Rock Rally in Ireland driving the Ford Fiesta RS.

In 2019, Martin co-drove Elfyn Evans with M-Sport World Rally Team with which they achieved two third places as their best results.

Martin followed Evans to Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT in 2020, and won his first WRC rally in Sweden that year, followed by a win at Rally Turkey. Two more wins followed in 2021, in addition to five second place finishes, leading to a second consecutive runner-up spot in the co-drivers' championship. Following a disappointing 2022 season, Martin and Evans ended their near two year win drought win at the 2023 Rally of Croatia. Between 2020 and 2025, Evans and Martin finished in second position in the WRC on five occasions, only failing to do so in 2022 when they finished fourth. They finally won the championship at the final round of the 2026 World Rally Championship.

Other activities In 2025, Martin co-founded the World Rally Drivers Alliance alongside former Toyota teammate and fellow co-driver, Julien Ingrassia in response to a controversy surrounding Mohammed Ben Sulayem's change in the International Sporting Code which imposed harsh penalties against the use of profanities by drivers and co-drivers during events sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA).. This happened in conjunction with Adrien Fourmaux's €10,000 fine for swearing on a live broadcast in a stop control interview at 2025 Rally Sweden.

WRC victories  #  Event Season Driver Car 1 68th Rally Sweden 2020 Elfyn Evans Toyota Yaris WRC 2 13. Marmaris Rally of Turkey 2020 Elfyn Evans Toyota Yaris WRC 3 54° Rally de Portugal 2021 Elfyn Evans Toyota Yaris WRC 4 70th Rally Finland 2021 Elfyn Evans Toyota Yaris WRC 5 3. Croatia Rally 2023 Elfyn Evans Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 6 72nd Rally Finland 2023 Elfyn Evans Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 7 8th Rally Japan 2023 Elfyn Evans Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 8 9th Rally Japan 2024 Elfyn Evans Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 9 72nd Rally Sweden 2025 Elfyn Evans Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 10 73rd Safari Rally 2025 Elfyn Evans Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 11 73rd Rally Sweden 2026 Elfyn Evans Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 12 11th Rally Japan 2026 Elfyn Evans Toyota GR Yaris Rally1

Results WRC results Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 WDC Points 2004 M-Sport Ford Focus RS WRC 02 MON SWE MEX NZL CYP GRE TUR ARG FIN GER JPN GBR13 ITA FRA ESP AUS NC 0 2005 Stobart Ford Focus RS WRC MON SWE MEX NZL ITA CYP TUR GRE ARG FIN GER GBR15 JPN FRA ESP AUS NC 0 2006 Barry Clark Ford Fiesta ST MON SWE MEX ESPRet FRA40 ARG49 ITA GRE GER35 FIN37 JPN CYP TUR AUS NZL GBR30 NC 0 2007 Mark Higgins Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX MON SWERet MEX10 GRE18 JPN19 IRERet GBR16 NC 0 Barry Clark Ford Fiesta ST NOR29 POR24 ARG ITA32 FIN55 GER45 NZL ESP59 FRA 2008 Stobart VK M-Sport Ford Focus RS WRC 07 MON10 SWERet MEX6 ARGRet JOR5 ITA12 GRE6 TUR7 FIN9 GER12 NZL17 ESP9 FRA8 JPN7 GBR9 10th 15 2009 Stobart VK M-Sport Ford Focus RS WRC 08 IRE7 NOR7 CYP5 PORRet ARG5 ITA6 GRE13 POL5 FIN8 AUS6 ESP7 GBR6 7th 28 2010 Stobart VK M-Sport Ford Focus RS WRC 08 SWE7 MEX16 JOR5 TUR7 NZL6 POR6 BUL9 FIN6 GER6 JPN22 FRA8 ESP6 GBR7 7th 74 2011 Stobart M-Sport Ford Fiesta RS WRC SWE9 MEXRet POR5 JOR5 ITA9 ARG8 GRE6 FIN8 GER11 AUS4 FRA10 ESPRet GBR5 7th 63 2012 Go Fast Energy Ford Fiesta RS WRC MON11 SWE MEX POR ARG GRE NZL FIN GER 25th 4 M-Sport Ford GBR8 FRA ITA ESP 2013 Abu Dhabi Citroën Total WRT Citroën DS3 WRC MON SWERet MEX POR9 ARG GRERet ITA10 FIN GER11 AUS9 FRA ESP11 GBR 23rd 5 2014 Craig Breen Ford Fiesta RS WRC MON SWE9 MEX POR ARG ITA POL FINRet GER AUS FRA ESP 25th 2 Yazeed Racing Ford Fiesta RRC GBR14 2015 Saintéloc Junior Team Peugeot 208 T16 R5 MON13 SWE MEX PORRet ARG ITA POL FINRet GER18 AUS FRA17 ESPRet GBR13 NC 0 2016 Abu Dhabi Total WRT Citroën DS3 WRCMONSWE8 MEX ARG POR ITA POL7 FIN3 GER CHNC FRA5 ESP10 GBRRet AUS 10th 36 2017 Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT Citroën DS3 WRC MON5 9th 64 Citroën C3 WRC SWE5 MEX FRA5 ARGRet POR5 ITA25 POL11 FIN5 GER5 ESP GBR15 AUSRet 2018 Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT Citroën C3 WRC MON9 SWE2 MEX FRA ARGRet POR7 ITA6 FIN8 GER7 TURRet GBR4 ESP9 AUS7 11th 67 2019 M-Sport Ford WRT Ford Fiesta WRC MONRet SWE5 MEX3 FRA3 ARGRet CHL4 POR5 ITA4 FINWD GER TURWD GBR5 ESP6 AUS 5th 102 2020 Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Toyota Yaris WRC MON3 SWE1 MEX4 EST4 TUR1 ITA4 MNZ29 2nd 114 2021 Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Toyota Yaris WRC MON ARC CRO POR ITA KEN EST BEL GRE FIN ESP MNZ 2nd 207 2022 Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 MON SWE CRO POR ITA40 KEN EST FIN BEL GRE NZL ESP JPN 4th 134 2023 Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 MON4 SWE5 MEX3 CRO1 POR ITA4 KEN3 EST4 FIN1 GRE CHL EUR JPN 2nd 216 2024 Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 MON SWE KEN CRO POR ITA POL LAT FIN GRE CHL EUR JPN 2nd 210 2025 Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 MON SWE KEN ESP POR ITA GRE EST FIN PAR CHL EUR JPN SAU 2nd 2892026 Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 MON SWE KEN CRO ESP POR JPN GRE EST FIN PAR CHL ITA 1st 243

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External links

Scott Martin's e-wrc profile