Aaron Johnston (co-driver)

Aaron Johnston

Johnston at the 2023 Central European Rally
Personal information
Nationality	Irish
Born	(1995-02-02) 2 February 1995 (age 30)
World Rally Championship record
Active years	2019–present
Driver	Takamoto Katsuta
Teams	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT
Rallies	57
Championships	0
Rally wins	0
Podiums	5
Stage wins	45
Total points	384
First rally	2019 Wales Rally GB
Last rally	2025 Safari Rally

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	7th Rally Liepāja	2019	Oliver Solberg	Volkswagen Polo GTI R5
2	8th Rally Liepāja	2020	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 5	EUR 5	JPN 5		7th	101
2024	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT	Toyota GR Yaris Rally1	MON 7	SWE 45	KEN 2	CRO 5	POR 29	ITA 35	POL 8	LAT 6	FIN 41	GRE 30	CHL WD	EUR 4	JPN 4		6th	116
2025	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT	Toyota GR Yaris Rally1	MON Ret	SWE 2	KEN Ret	ESP	POR	ITA	GRE	EST	FIN	PAR	CHL	EUR	JPN	SAU	7th*	25*

* 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

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. Archived from the original on 18 December 2020. 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.

External links

• Aaron Johnston's e-wrc profile