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 takes part in the JWRC. The Rally of Catalonia in 2006 ended in tragedy for the Citroën C2 S1600 participating team with the death of the co-driver Jörg Bastuck, which was recognized during a tire change from the Ford Fiesta of Barry Clark. The 2006 season could be properly closed by the jump-in of another co-pilot.

In 2008, Burkhart had been placed second behind his Citroen team-mate Sebastien Ogier. The following season Burkhart then switched to Suzuki and then won with an a Suzuki Swift S1600 its first JWRC Rally, Ireland Rally, reaching in the standings to third place. His debut in a WRC car had Burkhart then in the Rally of Great Britain 2009 Junior for the Citroën team. Here he reached the 12th place. In 2010 he won at the 2010 Rally of Turkey the JWRC standings and reached the 10th place in the overall standings, which he also received a World Championship point. In addition to other awards, he also won the first German Walter Röhrl claimed the rally Junior World Championship 2010 in a Suzuki with a lead of four points ahead of Hans Weijs Jr. in Spain.

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