Aaron Johnston (co-driver)

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Aaron Johnston
WRC Central European Rallye 2023 Nr. 18 (4).jpg
Personal information
Nationality Flag of Ireland.svg Irish
Born (1995-02-02) 2 February 1995 (age 29)
World Rally Championship record
Active years 2019–present
Driver Takamoto Katsuta
Teams Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT
Rallies29
Championships 0
Rally wins 0
Podiums2
Stage wins2
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 .

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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

 # EventSeasonCo-driverCar
1 Flag of Latvia.svg 7th Rally Liepāja 2019 Flag of Sweden.svg Oliver Solberg Volkswagen Polo GTI R5
2 Flag of Latvia.svg 8th Rally Liepāja 2020 Flag of Sweden.svg Oliver Solberg Volkswagen Polo GTI R5

Rally record

WRC results

YearEntrantCar1234567891011121314WDCPoints
2019 Oliver Solberg Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 MON SWE MEX FRA ARG CHL POR ITA FIN GER TUR GBR
Ret
ESP AUS
C
NC0
2020 Oliver Solberg Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 MON
25
MEX
Ret
EST
9
TUR 17th8
Škoda Fabia R5 Evo SWE
17
ITA
18
MNZ
7
2021 Hyundai Motorsport N Hyundai i20 R5 MON
Ret
CRO POR
11
EST
Ret
17th12
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
5th122
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
5
EUR
5
JPN
5
7th101
2024 Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 MON
7
SWE
45
KEN
2
CRO
5
POR
29
ITA
35
POL
8
LAT
FIN
GRE
CHL
EUR
JPN
7th*58*

* Season still in progress.

WRC-2 results

YearEntrantCar1234567891011121314WDCPoints
2019 Oliver Solberg Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 MON SWE MEX FRA ARG CHL POR ITA FIN GER TUR GBR
Ret
ESP AUS
C
NC0
2021 Hyundai Motorsport N Hyundai i20 R5 MON
WD
ARC CRO POR
5
ITA KEN EST
Ret
23rd10
Hyundai i20 N Rally2 BEL
Ret
GRE
Ret
FIN ESP MNZ

WRC-3 results

YearEntrantCar1234567WDCPoints
2020 Oliver Solberg Škoda Fabia R5 Evo MON SWE
5
TUR ITA
6
MNZ
2
4th61
Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 MEX
Ret
EST
1

ERC results

YearEntrantCar12345678WDCPoints
2019 Sports Racing Technologies Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 PRT ESP LAT
1
POL ITA CZE CYP HUN 6th39
2020 Oliver Solberg Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 ITA
3
LAT
1
PRT
23
ESP
4
2nd112
Škoda Fabia R5 Evo HUN
4

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References

  1. "Aaron Johnston". e-wrc.com. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
  2. Evans, David (24 July 2019). "Petter and Oliver Solberg team up for WRC's Wales Rally GB". autosport.com . Motorsport Network . Retrieved 14 September 2019.
  3. Caldwell, Chris (18 December 2020). "Johnston's dreams come true with Hyundai deal". ulsterherald.com . Ulster Herald . Retrieved 18 December 2020.
  4. "Solberg and co-driver Johnston split". DirtFish. 16 September 2021. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  5. "Toyota's Katsuta brings in ex-Solberg WRC co-driver Johnston". DirtFish. 21 September 2021. Retrieved 22 September 2021.