Aaron Burkart Explained

Aaron Burkart
Birth Date:20 September 1982
Birth Place:Singen, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany
Years:20032011
Races:38
Championships:0
Wins:0
Podiums:0
Stagewins:0
Points:1
First Race:2003 Rallye Deutschland

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

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

YearEntrantCar12345678910111213141516WDCPoints
2003Aaron BurkartVolkswagen Polo GTIMONSWETURNZLARGGRECYPGER
Ret
FINAUSITAFRAESPGBRNC0
2004Aaron BurkartPeugeot 106 S16MONMEXNZLCYPGRETURARGFINGER
Ret
JPNGBRITAFRAESPAUSNC0
2005Aaron BurkartCitroën Saxo S1600MONSWEMEXNZLITA
37
CYPTURGREARGFINGER
Ret
GBRJPNFRAESPAUSNC0
2006Aaron BurkartCitroën Saxo S1600MON
Ret
NC0
Citroën C2 S1600SWEMEXESP
Ret
FRA
28
ARGITA
23
GREGER
23
FINJPNTUR
31
AUSNZLGBR
24
Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VIIICYP
Ret
2007Aaron BurkartCitroën C2 S1600MONSWENOR
38
MEXPORARGITA
18
GREFIN
57
GER
20
NZLESP
30
FRA
25
JPNIREGBRNC0
2008Aaron BurkartCitroën C2 S1600MONSWEMEX
12
ARGJORITA
19
GRETURFIN
28
GER
22
NZLESP
20
FRA
26
JPNGBRNC0
2009Aaron BurkartSuzuki Swift S1600IRE
16
NORCYP
20
PORARG
15
ITA
17
GREPOLFIN
19
AUSESP
37
NC0
Citroën Junior TeamCitroën C4 WRCGBR
12
2010Aaron BurkartSuzuki Swift S1600SWEMEXJORTUR
10
POR
32
BULFINGER
26
JPNFRA
36
ESP
26
GBR26th1
2011M-Sport Stobart Ford World Rally TeamFord Fiesta RS WRCSWEMEXPORJORITAARGGREFINGER
23
AUSFRANC0
Aaron BurkartFord Fiesta S2000ESP
19
GBR

JWRC results

YearEntrantCar123456789Pos.Points
2006Aaron BurkartCitroën C2 S1600SWEESP
Ret
FRA
7
ARGITA
5
GER
6
FINTUR
12
GBR
3
12th15
2007Aaron BurkartCitroën C2 S1600NOR
5
PORITA
4
FIN
14
GER
4
ESP
7
FRA
7
7th18
2008Aaron BurkartCitroën C2 S1600MEX
4
JORITA
3
FIN
4
GER
2
ESP
3
FRA
5
2nd34
2009Aaron BurkartSuzuki Swift S1600IRE
1
CYP
3
PORARG
2
ITA
3
POLFIN
4
ESP
5
3rd39
2010Aaron BurkartSuzuki Swift S1600TUR
1
POR
3
BULGER
2
FRA
5
ESP
4
1st80

PWRC results

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Co-driver dies in rally accident. BBC Sport. 24 March 2006. 4 October 2010.
  2. Web site: Burkart's title dream comes true. North One Sport. 24 October 2010. 11 November 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20101201141133/http://wrc.com/jwrc/news/j-wrc-wrap-burkarts-title-dream-comes-true/?fid=13852. 1 December 2010 . live.