Urmo Aava

Urmo Aava (born 2 February 1979) is a former Estonian rally driver who competed in the World Rally Championship between 2002 and 2009. His regular co-driver was Kuldar Sikk, who later became Ott Tänak's co-driver.

Urmo Aava
Urmo Aava driving Ford Focus RS WRC in 2010.
Personal information
NationalityEstonia Estonian
Born (1979-02-02) 2 February 1979
Tallinn, Estonia
World Rally Championship record
Active years2002–2009
TeamsWorld Rally Team Estonia, Stobart Ford
Rallies51
Championships0
Rally wins0
Podiums0
Stage wins5
Total points17
First rally2002 Rally Finland
Last rally2009 Rally Finland
Last updated on: 7 March 2011.

Career
Aava driving Citroën C4 WRC in 2008.
Urmo Aava in 2021

Urmo Aava spent five years from 2003 in the Junior World Rally Championship driving for the successful Suzuki Junior World Rally Team. In this time his results improved, culminating in two runner-up positions in the final standings of the JWRC in 2006 and 2007. 2007 also saw sporadic outings in a privately run Mitsubishi Lancer WRC. In two of these events (Finland and New Zealand) he scored points.

For the 2008 season, Aava has negotiated a deal to compete 10 rounds in a Citroën C4 WRC car under the name 'World Rally Team Estonia' and with support from Citroën Sport Technologies.[1] Aava showed promise in 2008 Jordan Rally, when he was running in 5th place before mechanical problems on the final day forced him to retire. Sardinia saw a steady run to 8th place and Aava's first points of the season. The next rally in Greece was even better. Two stage wins (helped by a favourable road position) demonstrated his pace and a 4th-place resulted – his best WRC result to date. Followed by a 5th place at New Zealand's rally.

WRC results
Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 WDC Points
2002 Urmo Aava Ford Focus RS WRC MON SWE FRA ESP CYP ARG GRE KEN FIN
Ret		 GER ITA NZL AUS GBR – 0
2003 Urmo Aava Suzuki Ignis S1600 MON
20		 SWE TUR
Ret		 NZL ARG GRE
19		 CYP GER FIN
25		 AUS ITA
Ret		 FRA ESP
24		 GBR
Ret		 – 0
2004 Urmo Aava Suzuki Ignis S1600 MON
12		 SWE MEX NZL CYP GRE
Ret		 TUR
16		 ARG FIN
23		 GER JPN GBR
Ret		 ITA
Ret		 FRA ESP
Ret		 AUS – 0
2005 Urmo Aava Suzuki Ignis S1600 MON
Ret		 SWE MEX NZL ITA
19		 CYP TUR GRE
19		 ARG FIN
16		 GER
Ret		 GBR JPN FRA
19		 ESP
21		 AUS – 0
2006 Urmo Aava Suzuki Swift S1600 MON SWE
22		 MEX ESP FRA
17		 ARG ITA
18		 GRE GER FIN
DSQ		 JPN CYP TUR
16		 AUS NZL GBR
42		 – 0
2007 Urmo Aava Suzuki Swift S1600 MON SWE NOR
28		 MEX POR
15		 ARG ITA
13		 GER
12		 ESP
18		 FRA
Ret		 JPN
15		 IRE GBR 19th 3
Mitsubishi Lancer WRC05 GRE
14		 FIN
7		 NZL
8
2008 World Rally Team Estonia Citroën C4 WRC MON SWE
18		 MEX ARG JOR
Ret		 ITA
8		 GRE
4		 TUR
Ret		 FIN
15		 GER
8		 NZL
5		 ESP
Ret		 FRA
7		 JPN GBR 11th 13
2009 Stobart VK M-Sport Ford Rally Team Ford Focus RS WRC 08 IRE
10		 NOR
8		 CYP POR ARG ITA GRE POL 19th 1
Urmo Aava Honda Civic Type-R R3 FIN
29		 AUS ESP GBR

JWRC results
Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Pos. Points
2003 Urmo Aava Suzuki Ignis S1600 MON
4		 TUR
Ret		 GRE
3		 FIN
4		 ITA
Ret		 ESP
5		 GBR
Ret		 4th 20
2004 Urmo Aava Suzuki Ignis S1600 MON
2		 GRE
Ret		 TUR
5		 FIN
5		 GBR
Ret		 ITA
Ret		 ESP
Ret		 8th 16
2005 Urmo Aava Suzuki Ignis S1600 MON
Ret		 MEX ITA
2		 GRE
3		 FIN
2		 GER
Ret		 FRA
4		 ESP
4		 4th 32
2006 Urmo Aava Suzuki Swift S1600 SWE
3		 ESP FRA
2		 ARG ITA
3		 GER FIN
DSQ		 TUR
1		 GBR
9		 2nd 31
2007 Urmo Aava Suzuki Swift S1600 NOR
3		 POR
2		 ITA
1		 FIN GER
2		 ESP
3		 FRA
Ret		 2nd 38

References
  1. "Aava inks Citroen deal". www.crash.net. Retrieved 2008-06-02.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Urmo Aava.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.