Guild Awards 2017 – The Winners
The best motoring journalism and photography of 2017 was honoured at The Guild of Motoring Writers’ annual dinner and awards at the Royal Automobile Club, Pall Mall, London, on Thursday 30 November.
Click each winner’s name to see their winning entry (note some are large files and may take some time to download).
AA Campaigning Journalist of the Year
Winner: Ray Massey
Presented by AA president Edmund King
Highly Commended: Jack Carfrae / Maria McCarthy
Audi Photographer of the Year – General
Winner: Nick Dimbleby (received on his behalf by Mike Valente)
Presented by Audi UK head of PR Jonathan Zammett
Highly Commended: Luc Lacey / James Lipman
Audi Photographer of the Year – Motorsport
Winner: Jakob Ebrey
Presented by Audi UK head of PR Jonathan Zammett
Highly Commended: Jeff Bloxham / John Mountney
British Car Auctions Feature Writer of the Year
Winner: James Taylor
Presented by BCA public relations manager Tim Naylor
Highly Commended: Dale Drinnon / Jack Carfrae
DS Automobiles Editor of the Year
Winner: Paul Barker (part 2, part 3)
Presented on behalf of DS Automobiles by John Handcock
Highly Commended: Maggie Barry / Hilton Holloway
GKN Driveline Consumer Journalist of the Year
Winner: John Evans
Presented by GKN Driveline media relations manager Michael Clarke
Highly Commended: George Barrow / Ray Massey
IAM RoadSmart Safety Award
Winner: Gustavo Ruffo
Presented by IAM RoadSmart head of communications Karen Jones
Highly Commended: Chris Knapman / Dan Trent
Market Engineering Award for Automotive Technology Journalism
Winner: Lem Bingley
Presented by Marketing Engineering’s Richard Gotch
Highly Commended: Graham Heeps / Chris Pickering
Mercedes-Benz Award for the Montagu of Beaulieu Trophy
First: Anders Ditlev Clausager Wolseley – A Very British Car
Presented by Mercedes-Benz senior press officer Joanne Watkins and Lord Montagu
Second: John Nikas Rule Britannia – When British Sports Cars Saved a Nation
Third: Tony Lewin The BMW Century
Newspress Young Writer of the Year
Winner: Jack Benyon
Presented by Newspress editorial director Tim Bowdler
Highly Commended: Jack Phillips / Sophie Williamson-Stothert
Peugeot Motorsport Cup
Winner: Andrew Charman
Presented by Peugeot head of communications James Parfett
Highly Commended: James Taylor / Nick Trott
Prova PR Business Writer of the Year
Winner: Simon Duval-Smith (part 2, part 3)
Presented by Prova PR’s Richard Postins
Highly Commended: David Leggett / Ray Massey
Renault UK / The Guild of Motoring Writers’ Journalist of the Year
First: James Ruppert
Presented by Guild chairman Andrew Noakes and Renault UK communications director Jeremy Townsend
Second: Ray Massey
Third: Paul Barker
RM Sotheby’s Classic Writer of the Year
Winner: David Burgess-Wise (received on his behalf by Ray Potter)
Presented by RM Sotheby’s car specialist Paul Darvill
Highly Commended: Sam Dawson / Malcolm Thorne
TMD Friction Ltd The Textar Mintex Don Commercial Vehicle Writer of the Year Award
Winner: Louise Cole
Presented by TMD Friction marketing director Lawrence Bleasdale
Highly Commended: James Gordon / Brian Weatherley
Guild Driver of the Year
Winner: George Russell
Guild Rider of the Year
Winner: Sam Sunderland
Presented by Guild chairman Andrew Noakes and BRDC president Paddy Hopkirk
President’s Trophy
Winner: Sir Frank Williams (received on his behalf by Paddy Lowe)
Presented by Guild president Nick Mason
Special Commendation for a Contribution to Motoring
sponsored by Kia
Winner: Warwick Manufacturing Group (received by Lord Kumar Bhattacharyya)
Presented by Kia corporate communications director Steve Kitson and Guild chairman Andrew Noakes
Phil Llewellin Student Journalist of the Year
sponsored by CAR
Winner: Illya Verpraet
Presented by Beth Llewellin and CAR Magazine’s James Taylor
Highly Commended: David Lynch
Pemberton Trophy
Winner: Matthew Carter
Presented by Guild chairman Andrew Noakes
Motoring Research Breakthrough Journalist
Winners: Alan Bradley and Andrew Clews
Presented by Motoring Research managing director Richard Aucock
Highly Commended: Tom Roberts
Congratulations to all the winners!
Photos by Jakob Ebrey, Mike Valente and Chris Adamson
