Robert Wickens

Robert Wickens
Wickens at the 2019 Indianapolis 500
Nationality	Canadian
Born	Robert Tyler Wickens (1989-03-13) March 13, 1989 (age 35)[1] Guelph, Ontario, Canada
IndyCar Series career
14 races run over 1 year
Team(s)	No. 6 (Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports)
First race	2018 Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg (Streets of St. Petersburg)
Last race	2018 ABC Supply 500 (Pocono)
Wins Podiums Poles 0 4 1
DTM
Former teams	Mücke Motorsport HWA Team
Starts	84
Wins	6
Podiums	15
Poles	5
Fastest laps	5
Best finish	4th in 2016
Finished last season	9th (119 pts)
Previous series
2022-2024 2012–2017 2011 2010 2009 2009 2008–09 2007–08 2007 2007–08 2006 2006 2005–06	Michelin Pilot Challenge DTM Formula Renault 3.5 Series GP3 Series FIA Formula Two British Formula 3 Formula 3 Euro Series A1 Grand Prix Champ Car Atlantic World Series by Renault Formula BMW ADAC Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Formula BMW USA
Championship titles
2023 2011 2006	IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge - TCR Formula Renault 3.5 Series Formula BMW USA
Awards
BBC Rising Star Award INSIDE TRACK Canadian Racing Competing At The Highest Levels of International Competition 2018 IndyCar Series season Rookie of the Year

Robert Tyler Wickens (born March 13, 1989) is a Canadian racing driver from Guelph, Ontario,^[2] driving in the Michelin Pilot Challenge for Bryan Herta Autosport. In 2009 he finished in second place in the FIA Formula Two Championship, and in 2010 he was runner-up in the GP3 Series. In his return to Formula Renault 3.5, where he competed in 2008, he won the 2011 season championship with Carlin Motorsport, with backing of Marussia. Wickens then left the series to race in the DTM for the HWA Team.

Wickens left DTM after the 2017 season and signed to drive for Schmidt Peterson Motorsports in the 2018 IndyCar Series,^[3] going on to claim pole position in his debut race at the 2018 St. Petersburg Grand Prix. His promising debut IndyCar season came to a premature end when a violent crash during the 500-mile race at Pocono left him a paraplegic.^[4] Wickens issued a further statement clarifying that he was hopeful to be able to walk again, due to his spinal cord being bruised rather than completely severed and that he had felt 'some feeling and movement' back in his legs although the nerves were not in a state to walk. Though a paraplegic as of late October 2018, he hoped to be able to walk on his own within two years of the accident.^[5]

In 2022, Wickens returned to full-time racing in the Michelin Pilot Challenge with Bryan Herta Autosport, driving a Hyundai car with adapted hand controls in the TCR category. He won the TCR drivers' championship in 2023 alongside his teammate, Harry Gottsacker.