Aaron Burkart
Aaron Nikolai Burkart (born September 20, 1982 in Singen ) is a German rally driver. He is the winner of the JWRC 2010.
Career
Burkhart began his career as a rally driver in 2002. Since 2006 he has participated in the JWRC. The Rally de Catalunya in 2006 ended tragically for the Citroën C2 participating S1600 team with the death of the co-driver Jörg Bastuck , who during a tire change from the Ford Fiesta of Barry Clark has been detected. The 2006 season could be ended regularly by the jumping in of another co-pilot.
In 2008 Burkhart was already second behind his Citroën team-mate Sébastien Ogier . In the following season Burkhart then switched to Suzuki and then won his first JWRC rally, the Rally Ireland, with a Suzuki Swift S1600 and achieved third place in the overall standings. Burkhart made his debut in a WRC car at the 2009 Rally Great Britain for the Citroën Junior Team. Here he reached the 12th place. In 2010 he won the JWRC classification at the 2010 Rally Turkey and reached 10th place overall, with which he also received a world championship point. In addition to other prizes, he was the first German after Walter Röhrl to win the 2010 Junior World Rally Championship in a Suzuki with a lead of four points over Hans Weijs jr. in Spain.
literature
- Klaus Buhlamnn: The World Rally Championship. Drivers, Cars and Teams of the Wild Troop, Motorbuch Verlag, January 2004, ISBN 978-3613024151
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Co-driver dies in rally accident . In: BBC Sport . Retrieved February 3, 2011.
- ↑ Burkart's title dream comes true . In: North One Sport . Retrieved February 3, 2011.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Burkart, Aaron |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Burkart, Aaron Nikolai |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German rally driver |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 20th September 1982 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Singen , Germany |