Aaron Johnston (co-driver)

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This article is about the Irish rally co-driver. For the writer and film producer, see Aaron Johnston. For the basketball coach, see Aaron Johnston (basketball). For the American filmmaker based in the Netherlands, see Aaron Douglas Johnston.
Aaron Johnston
File:WRC Central European Rallye 2023 Nr. 18 (4).jpg
Personal information
Nationality Republic of Ireland Irish
Born (1995-02-02) 2 February 1995 (age 29)
World Rally Championship record
Active years 2019–present
Teams Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT
Rallies 29
Championships 0
Rally wins 0
Podiums 2
Stage wins 2
First rally 2019 Wales Rally GB

Aaron Johnston (born 2 February 1995) is an Irish rallying co-driver. He is currently partnered with Takamoto Katsuta for Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT in the World Rally Championship .

Rally career

Johnston's rally career began at the age of sixteen.[1] At the 2019 Wales Rally GB, he made his WRC debut by co-driving with Oliver Solberg in a Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 in the WRC-2 category.[2] Both Johnston and Solberg were signed by Hyundai Motorsport to compete for the 2021 World Rally Championship-2.[3]

On 16 September 2021 he and Solberg announce their split after 3 years of collaboration.[4] Just five days later on 21 September Johnston announced he would partner Japanese driver Takamoto Katsuta for the 2021 Rally Finland,[5] replacing the injured Daniel Barrit.

Rally victories

ERC victories

 #  Event Season Co-driver Car
1 Latvia 7th Rally Liepāja 2019 Sweden Oliver Solberg Volkswagen Polo GTI R5
2 Latvia 8th Rally Liepāja 2020 Sweden Oliver Solberg Volkswagen Polo GTI R5

Rally record

WRC results

Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 WDC Points
2019 Oliver Solberg Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 MON SWE MEX FRA ARG CHL POR ITA FIN GER TUR GBR
Ret		 ESP AUS
C		 NC 0
2020 Oliver Solberg Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 MON
25		 MEX
Ret		 EST
9		 TUR 17th 8
Škoda Fabia R5 Evo SWE
17		 ITA
18		 MNZ
7
2021 Hyundai Motorsport N Hyundai i20 R5 MON
Ret		 CRO POR
11		 EST
Ret		 17th 12
Hyundai i20 N Rally2 BEL
Ret		 GRE
Ret
Hyundai 2C Competition Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC ARC
WD		 ITA
WD		 KEN
Ret
Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Toyota Yaris WRC FIN
37		 ESP
40		 MNZ
7
2022 Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT NG Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 MON
8		 SWE
4		 CRO
6		 POR
4		 ITA
6		 KEN
3		 EST
5		 FIN
6		 BEL
5		 GRE
6		 NZL
Ret		 ESP
7		 JPN
3		 5th 122
2023 Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 MON
6		 SWE
Ret		 MEX
23		 CRO
6		 POR
33		 ITA
40		 KEN
4		 EST
7		 FIN
3		 GRE
6		 CHL EUR JAP 7th* 66*

* Season still in progress.

WRC-2 results

Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 WDC Points
2019 Oliver Solberg Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 MON SWE MEX FRA ARG CHL POR ITA FIN GER TUR GBR
Ret		 ESP AUS
C		 NC 0
2021 Hyundai Motorsport N Hyundai i20 R5 MON
WD		 ARC CRO POR
5		 ITA KEN EST
Ret		 23rd 10
Hyundai i20 N Rally2 BEL
Ret		 GRE
Ret		 FIN ESP MNZ

WRC-3 results

Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 WDC Points
2020 Oliver Solberg Škoda Fabia R5 Evo MON SWE
5		 TUR ITA
6		 MNZ
2		 4th 61
Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 MEX
Ret		 EST
1

ERC results

Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 WDC Points
2019 Sports Racing Technologies Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 PRT ESP LAT
1		 POL ITA CZE CYP HUN 6th 39
2020 Oliver Solberg Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 ITA
3		 LAT
1		 PRT
23		 ESP
4		 2nd 112
Škoda Fabia R5 Evo HUN
4

References

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