Aaron Burkart

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Aaron Burkart
Personal information
Born (1982-09-20) September 20, 1982 (age 41)
Singen, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany
World Rally Championship record
Active years20032011
Rallies38
Championships0
Rally wins0
Podiums0
Stage wins0
Total points1
First rally2003 Rallye Deutschland

Aaron Nikolai Burkart (born 20 September 1982) is a German rally driver. He is the 2010 Junior World Rally Champion.

Career[edit]

Burkart began rallying in 2002. In 2006, he began competing in the Junior World Rally Championship (JWRC) in a Citroën C2 S1600. In Burkart's first event in the championship the 2006 Rally Catalunya, his co-driver Jörg Bastuck was killed after being hit by the Ford Fiesta of Barry Clark while changing a wheel on Burkart's car.[1] Undeterred by these events, Burkart completed the season with another co-driver. In 2008, Burkart finished second in the JWRC standings behind fellow Citroën driver Sébastien Ogier. Burkart switched to a Suzuki Swift S1600 for the 2009 season, taking his first JWRC victory on Rally Ireland, finishing the season in third position. Burkart made his debut in a World Rally Car on 2009 Rally GB for the Citroën Junior Team, finishing in 12th. On the 2010 Rally of Turkey, Burkart won the JWRC division and also finished in tenth place overall, scoring himself a WRC point. He went on to score two further JWRC podiums and won the Junior World Rally Championship for Suzuki by four points over Citroën driver Hans Weijs, Jr. in a thrilling, down-to-the-wire battle at the final rally in Spain.[2]

WRC results[edit]

Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 WDC Points
2003 Aaron Burkart Volkswagen Polo GTI MON SWE TUR NZL ARG GRE CYP GER
Ret
FIN AUS ITA FRA ESP GBR NC 0
2004 Aaron Burkart Peugeot 106 S16 MON MEX NZL CYP GRE TUR ARG FIN GER
Ret
JPN GBR ITA FRA ESP AUS NC 0
2005 Aaron Burkart Citroën Saxo S1600 MON SWE MEX NZL ITA
37
CYP TUR GRE ARG FIN GER
Ret
GBR JPN FRA ESP AUS NC 0
2006 Aaron Burkart Citroën Saxo S1600 MON
Ret
NC 0
Citroën C2 S1600 SWE MEX ESP
Ret
FRA
28
ARG ITA
23
GRE GER
23
FIN JPN TUR
31
AUS NZL GBR
24
Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VIII CYP
Ret
2007 Aaron Burkart Citroën C2 S1600 MON SWE NOR
38
MEX POR ARG ITA
18
GRE FIN
57
GER
20
NZL ESP
30
FRA
25
JPN IRE GBR NC 0
2008 Aaron Burkart Citroën C2 S1600 MON SWE MEX
12
ARG JOR ITA
19
GRE TUR FIN
28
GER
22
NZL ESP
20
FRA
26
JPN GBR NC 0
2009 Aaron Burkart Suzuki Swift S1600 IRE
16
NOR CYP
20
POR ARG
15
ITA
17
GRE POL FIN
19
AUS ESP
37
NC 0
Citroën Junior Team Citroën C4 WRC GBR
12
2010 Aaron Burkart Suzuki Swift S1600 SWE MEX JOR TUR
10
NZL POR
32
BUL FIN GER
26
JPN FRA
36
ESP
26
GBR 26th 1
2011 M-Sport Stobart Ford World Rally Team Ford Fiesta RS WRC SWE MEX POR JOR ITA ARG GRE FIN GER
23
AUS FRA NC 0
Aaron Burkart Ford Fiesta S2000 ESP
19
GBR

JWRC results[edit]

Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Pos. Points
2006 Aaron Burkart Citroën C2 S1600 SWE ESP
Ret
FRA
7
ARG ITA
5
GER
6
FIN TUR
12
GBR
3
12th 15
2007 Aaron Burkart Citroën C2 S1600 NOR
5
POR ITA
4
FIN
14
GER
4
ESP
7
FRA
7
7th 18
2008 Aaron Burkart Citroën C2 S1600 MEX
4
JOR ITA
3
FIN
4
GER
2
ESP
3
FRA
5
2nd 34
2009 Aaron Burkart Suzuki Swift S1600 IRE
1
CYP
3
POR ARG
2
ITA
3
POL FIN
4
ESP
5
3rd 39
2010 Aaron Burkart Suzuki Swift S1600 TUR
1
POR
3
BUL GER
2
FRA
5
ESP
4
1st 80

PWRC results[edit]

Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pos. Points
2006 Aaron Burkart Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII MON MEX ARG GRE JPN CYP
Ret
AUS NZL NC 0

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Co-driver dies in rally accident". BBC Sport. 24 March 2006. Retrieved 4 October 2010.
  2. ^ "Burkart's title dream comes true". North One Sport. 24 October 2010. Archived from the original on 1 December 2010. Retrieved 11 November 2010.

External links[edit]

Sporting positions
Preceded by Junior World Rally Champion
2010
Succeeded by
Incumbent