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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality |  Austrian |
| Born | September 24, 1984 |
| World Rally Championship record | |
| Active years | 2005 – 2008, 2012 |
| Teams | Red Bull |
| Rallies | 31 |
| Championships | 0 |
| Rally wins | 0 |
| Podiums | 0 |
| Stage wins | 0 |
| Total points | 4 |
| First rally | 2005 Cyprus Rally |
Andreas Aigner (born 24 September 1984 in Leoben) is an Austrian rally driver. He won the Production World Rally Championship (PWRC) in the 2008 season.
Aigner made his World Rally Championship debut in 2005, finishing 19th on the Cyprus Rally driving a Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VIII. He competed in three further WRC events that year. [1] For 2006 he signed for Armin Schwarz's Red Bull Škoda team, with Harri Rovanperä as teammate, driving a Škoda Fabia on ten WRC rounds. He scored his first WRC points on Rallye Deutschland, with a sixth-place finish.
In 2007 he began competing in the Production World Rally Championship (PWRC), finishing 13th in the standings, driving a Red Bull-backed Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX. In 2008 he won the PWRC class on Rally Argentina (where he finished eighth overall), Acropolis Rally and Rally of Turkey, winning the PWRC crown.
In 2012 he competed in the Super 2000 World Rally Championship (S-WRC).
| Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | WDC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Andreas Aigner | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII | MON | SWE | MEX | NZL | ITA | CYP 19 | TUR Ret | GRE | ARG | FIN | GER Ret | GBR 25 | JPN | FRA | ESP | AUS | NC | 0 |
| 2006 | Red Bull Škoda | Škoda Fabia WRC | MON 13 | SWE Ret | MEX | ESP 13 | FRA 15 | ARG | ITA 13 | GRE 14 | GER 6 | FIN | JPN | CYP Ret | TUR 10 | AUS | NZL | GBR Ret | 23rd | 3 |
| 2007 | Andreas Aigner | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX | MON Ret | SWE 30 | NOR 20 | ESP 19 | FRA 32 | JPN | NC | 0 | ||||||||||
| Red Bull Rallye Team | MEX 24 | POR | ARG 17 | ITA | GRE 16 | FIN | GER | NZL | IRE Ret | GBR 28 | ||||||||||
| 2008 | Red Bull Rallye Team | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX | MON | SWE 31 | MEX | ARG 8 | JOR | ITA | GRE 14 | TUR 11 | GER | NZL Ret | ESP | FRA | JPN | GBR 13 | 20th | 1 | ||
| Andreas Aigner | FIN Ret | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2012 | Proton Motorsports | Proton Satria Neo S2000 | MON | SWE | MEX | POR | ARG | GRE | NZL | FIN | GER | GBR | FRA 29 | ITA | ESP | NC | 0 |
| Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Pos. | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Andreas Aigner | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX | SWE 9 | 13th | 10 | |||||||
| Red Bull Rallye Team | MEX 11 | ARG 7 | GRE 2 | NZL | JPN | IRE Ret | GBR 9 | |||||
| 2008 | Red Bull Rallye Team | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX | SWE 14 | ARG 1 | GRE 1 | TUR 1 | FIN | NZL Ret | JPN | GBR 2 | 1st | 38 |
| Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Pos. | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Proton Motorsports | Proton Satria Neo S2000 | MON | SWE | POR | NZL | FIN | GBR | FRA 4 | ESP | 11th | 12 |
| Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | Pos. | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Red Bull Rallye Team | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX | IST | POR 8 | YPR | RUS | MAD | ZLI | AST | SAN | VAL | CHN | 35th | 1 | |||
| 2011 | Dytko Sport | Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X | MON Ret | CAN | COR | UKR | YPR | AZO | ZLI | MEC | SAN | SCO | CYP | NC | 0 | ||
| 2012 | Stohl Racing | Subaru Impreza STi R4 | AZO | CAN | IRL | COR 12 | ITA | YPR 9 | SMR | ROM Ret | ZLI 7 | YAL | SLI | SAN | CYP 14 | 40th | 10 |
| Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Pos. | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Stohl Racing | Subaru Impreza STi R4 | JÄN | LIE | CAN 46 | AZO | COR 71 | YPR 113 | ROM | ZLÍ | POL | CRO 211 | SAN 11 | VAL Ret6 | 6th | 57 |
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