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.
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.
<sup>â </sup> As Wilkinson was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.
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() (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)