Gus Greensmith

Fergus "Gus" Greensmith (born 26 December 1996) is a British rally driver.

Gus Greensmith

Gus Greensmith at the 2023 Central European Rally
Personal information
Nationality	British
Born	(1996-12-26) 26 December 1996 Manchester, England
World Rally Championship record
Active years	2014–present
Teams	M-Sport, Toksport WRT
Rallies	86
Championships	0
Rally wins	0
Podiums	0
Stage wins	2
Total points	167
First rally	2014 Wales Rally GB
Last rally	2024 Rally Finland

Rally career

Greensmith's family owns fuel and lubricants distributor Crown Oil. A former youth goalkeeper for Manchester City F.C. and karter before moving into the ranks of rally driving.

As a karter who went to school in Manchester he appeared in the CIK-FIA U18 World Karting Championship in 2012, racing alongside Charles Leclerc, Ben Barnicoat and Joey Mawson among others.

In 2014, Greensmith won the British Junior Rally Championship on a Ford Fiesta R1, and debuted at the Wales Rally GB on a Ford Fiesta R2.

In 2015, he entered the Drive DMACK Fiesta Trophy, where he finished sixth. He also entered five WRC rounds on a Ford Fiesta R2T.

At the 2016 Wales Rally GB, Greensmith drove a M-Sport Ford Fiesta R5.

He competed full-time in the 2017 World Rally Championship-2 on an M-Sport Ford Fiesta R5, finishing 11th in the overall standings.

In the 2018 World Rally Championship-2 he scored four podiums and placed fourth in points. In the 2018 Rally Mexico, Greensmith finished ninth and scored World Rally Championship points for the first time.

In 2019 he claimed two wins and six podiums on a Ford Fiesta R5, ranking third in the WRC-2 standings. He also entered three rounds with an M-Sport Ford Fiesta WRC, finishing 9th in Germany.

The Brit became an M-Sport Ford factory driver for the 2020 World Rally Championship. He had a best finish of fifth at Turkey, and finished 11th in points.

In 2021 he had a best result of fourth at the Safari Rally, and was 9th in the overall table.

Greensmith earned his first WRC stage victory at the 2022 Monte Carlo Rally. He scored points in five out of 13 races, and was 10th in the WRC drivers standings.

Media

In 2015, he teamed up with Idris Elba in a documentary series that Elba was filming for Discovery TV and drove him in a Ford Fiesta.

Career results

WRC results

Greensmith driving a Ford Fiesta R2T at 2015 Rally Poland

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Pos.	Points
2014	Gus Greensmith	Ford Fiesta R2	MON	SWE	MEX	POR	ARG	ITA	POL	FIN	GER	AUS	FRA	ESP	GBR 42		NC	0
2015	Gus Greensmith	Ford Fiesta R2T	MON	SWE	MEX	ARG	POR 36	ITA	POL 40	FIN Ret	GER Ret	AUS	FRA	ESP 57	GBR 55		NC	0
2016	Gus Greensmith	Ford Fiesta R2	MON	SWE	MEX	ARG	POR Ret	ITA	POL 35	FIN Ret	GER 63	CHN C	FRA	ESP 24			NC	0
	M-Sport World Rally Team	Ford Fiesta R5													GBR 34	AUS
2017	MSRT	Ford Fiesta R5	MON	SWE 16	MEX	FRA	ARG	POR 20	ITA	POL 22	FIN 32	GER Ret	ESP 45	GBR 17	AUS		NC	0
2018	Gus Greensmith	Ford Fiesta R2T	MON Ret	SWE													23rd	2
	MSRT	Ford Fiesta R5			MEX 9	FRA 13	ARG 12	POR 18	ITA	FIN 13	GER Ret	TUR Ret	GBR 11	ESP	AUS
2019	M-Sport Ford WRT	Ford Fiesta R5	MON 7	SWE 19	MEX	FRA	ARG 15	CHL 12		ITA 42							15th	9
		Ford Fiesta WRC							POR Ret		FIN Ret	GER 9
		Ford Fiesta R5 Mk. II											TUR 10	GBR 33	ESP 15	AUS C
2020	M-Sport Ford WRT	Ford Fiesta WRC	MON 63	SWE	MEX 9	EST 8	TUR 5	ITA 25	MNZ Ret								11th	16
2021	M-Sport Ford WRT	Ford Fiesta WRC	MON 8	ARC 9	CRO 7	POR 5	ITA 26	KEN 4	EST 32	BEL 47	GRE 5	FIN 6	ESP 6	MNZ 8			9th	64
2022	M-Sport Ford WRT	Ford Puma Rally1	MON 5	SWE 5	CRO 15	POR 19	ITA 7	KEN 14	EST Ret	FIN 7	BEL 19	GRE 29	NZL Ret	ESP Ret	JPN 6		10th	44
2023	Toksport WRT 2	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	MON	SWE	MEX 6	CRO 14	POR 6	ITA Ret	KEN	EST Ret	FIN Ret	GRE 8	CHL 7	EUR 14	JPN		13th	26
2024	Toksport WRT	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	MON	SWE	KEN 6	CRO 11	POR Ret	ITA	POL 17	LAT 13	FIN Ret	GRE	CHL	EUR	JPN		13th*	6*

* Season still in progress.

Drive DMACK Cup results

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	Pos.	Points
2015	Gus Greensmith	Ford Fiesta R2T	POR 4	POL 4	FIN Ret	GER Ret	ESP 7	6th	48
2016	Gus Greensmith	Ford Fiesta R2T	POR Ret	POL 4	FIN Ret	GER 6	ESP 2	4th	52

WRC-2 results

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Pos	Points
2016	M-Sport World Rally Team	Ford Fiesta R5	MON	SWE	MEX	ARG	POR	ITA	POL	FIN	GER	CHN C	FRA	ESP	GBR 12	AUS	NC	0
2017	MSRT	Ford Fiesta R5	MON	SWE 5	MEX	FRA	ARG	POR 6	ITA	POL 7	FIN 8	GER Ret	ESP 13	GBR 6	AUS		11th	36
2018	MSRT	Ford Fiesta R5	MON	SWE	MEX 2	FRA	ARG 2	POR 8	ITA	FIN 3	GER Ret	TUR Ret	GBR 3	ESP	AUS		4th	70
2023	Toksport WRT 2	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	MON	SWE	MEX 1	CRO 6	POR 1	ITA Ret	KEN	EST	FIN Ret	GRE 2	CHL 2	EUR 4	JPN		2nd	111
2024	Toksport WRT	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	MON	SWE	KEN 1	CRO	POR Ret	ITA	POL 9	LAT	FIN Ret	GRE	CHL	EUR	JPN		13th*	27*

WRC-2 Pro results

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Pos.	Points
2019	M-Sport Ford WRT	Ford Fiesta R5	MON 1	SWE 3	MEX	FRA	ARG 2	CHL 3	POR	ITA 4							3rd	137
		Ford Fiesta R5 Mk. II									FIN WD	GER	TUR 1	GBR 3	ESP 4	AUS C

External links

• Gus Greensmith official website
• eWRC results