Aaron Burkart

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. 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.

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 GERRet FIN AUS ITA FRA ESP GBR NC 0 2004 Aaron Burkart Peugeot 106 S16 MON MEX NZL CYP GRE TUR ARG FIN GERRet JPN GBR ITA FRA ESP AUS NC 0 2005 Aaron Burkart Citroën Saxo S1600 MON SWE MEX NZL ITA37 CYP TUR GRE ARG FIN GERRet GBR JPN FRA ESP AUS NC 0 2006 Aaron Burkart Citroën Saxo S1600 MONRet NC 0 Citroën C2 S1600 SWE MEX ESPRet FRA28 ARG ITA23 GRE GER23 FIN JPN TUR31 AUS NZL GBR24 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VIIICYPRet 2007 Aaron Burkart Citroën C2 S1600 MON SWE NOR38 MEX POR ARG ITA18 GRE FIN57 GER20 NZL ESP30 FRA25 JPN IRE GBR NC 0 2008 Aaron Burkart Citroën C2 S1600 MON SWE MEX12 ARG JOR ITA19 GRE TUR FIN28 GER22 NZL ESP20 FRA26 JPN GBR NC 0 2009 Aaron Burkart Suzuki Swift S1600 IRE16 NOR CYP20 POR ARG15 ITA17 GRE POL FIN19 AUS ESP37 NC 0 Citroën Junior Team Citroën C4 WRC GBR12 2010 Aaron Burkart Suzuki Swift S1600 SWE MEX JOR TUR10 NZL POR32 BUL FIN GER26 JPN FRA36 ESP26GBR 26th 1 2011 M-Sport Stobart Ford World Rally Team Ford Fiesta RS WRC SWE MEX POR JOR ITA ARG GRE FIN GER23 AUS FRA NC 0 Aaron Burkart Ford Fiesta S2000 ESP19 GBR

JWRC results Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Pos. Points 2006 Aaron Burkart Citroën C2 S1600 SWE ESPRet FRA7 ARG ITA5 GER6 FIN TUR12 GBR3 12th 15 2007 Aaron Burkart Citroën C2 S1600 NOR5 POR ITA4 FIN14 GER4 ESP7 FRA7 7th 18 2008 Aaron Burkart Citroën C2 S1600 MEX4 JOR ITA3 FIN4 GER2 ESP3 FRA5 2nd 34 2009 Aaron Burkart Suzuki Swift S1600 IRE1 CYP3 POR ARG2 ITA3 POL FIN4 ESP5 3rd 39 2010 Aaron Burkart Suzuki Swift S1600 TUR1 POR3 BUL GER2 FRA5 ESP4 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 JPNCYPRet AUS NZL NC 0