Aaron Burkart

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

Aaron Burkart
Burkart at the 2008 Rallye Deutschland
Personal information
Born (1982-09-20) September 20, 1982
Singen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
World Rally Championship record
Active years2003–2011
Rallies38
Championships0
Rally wins0
Podiums0
Stage wins0
Total points1
First rally2003 Rallye Deutschland

Career

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
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
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
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
  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.
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