Egon Kaur

Egon Kaur
	Egon Kaur in 2023 Rally Estonia
Personal information
Nationality	Estonian
Born	20 August 1987 (age 37); Pärnu, Estonia
World Rally Championship record
Active years	2006, 2008–2009, 2011, 2014, 2020–
Co-driver	Avo Kristov; Simo Koskinen; Erik Lepikson; Mait Laidvee; Silver Simm; Jakko Viilo
Rallies	22
Championships	0
Rally wins	0
Podiums	0
Stage wins	0
Total points	2
First rally	2006 Wales Rally GB
Last rally	2023 Rally Estonia
	Last updated on: 27 July 2023.

Last updated October 23, 2024

Egon Kaur (born 20 August 1987) is an Estonian rally driver.

Career

Egon started rallying in 2004, and made his World Rally Championship debut on the 2006 Wales Rally GB in a Renault Clio.^[1] His next WRC appearances came in the 2008 season in Sweden and Wales, behind the wheel of a Subaru Impreza WRX STi. He contested Wales Rally GB again at the end of 2009.

After winning the Estonian Group N title in 2010, Egon contested the new WRC Academy class in 2011. He won the first three rounds of the season in Portugal, Sardinia and Finland. Kaur narrowly missed winning the 2011 FIA WRC Academy title to Craig Breen, with equal championship points but fewer fastest stage times.

In February 2011, Egon was one of 12 drivers selected for the first FIA Institute Young Driver Excellence Academy.^[2]

In 2012 he started to use the experience gained from the academies to manage a similar program named "EAL Akadeemia" for young Estonian drivers.^[3]

His main sponsors throughout the years have been Estonian based companies Provintsi Transport, Gustaf Tallinn and DS Seaways (former Baltic Scandinavian Lines).

In 2013, Egon continued to drive in local Estonian championship and run his Kaur Motorsport rallyschool.

Results

WRC results

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	WDC	Points
2006	Egon Kaur	Renault Clio RS	MON	SWE	MEX	ESP	FRA	ARG	ITA	GRE	GER	FIN	JPN	CYP	TUR	AUS	NZL	GBR Ret	NC	0
2008	Egon Kaur	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	MON	SWE 38	MEX	ARG	JOR	ITA	GRE	TUR	FIN	GER	NZL	ESP	FRA	JPN			NC	0
2008	World Rally Team Estonia	Subaru Impreza WRX STi															GBR Ret		NC	0
2009	Egon Kaur	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	IRE	NOR	CYP	POR	ARG	ITA	GRE	POL	FIN	AUS	ESP	GBR 27					NC	0
2014	Kaur Motorsport	Ford Fiesta R5	MON	SWE	MEX	POR	ARG	ITA Ret	POL	FIN	GER	AUS	FRA	ESP	GBR				NC	0
2020	Kaur Motorsport	Škoda Fabia R5 Evo	MON	SWE	MEX	EST 12	TUR	ITA	MNZ										NC	0
2021	Kaur Motorsport	Volkswagen Polo GTI R5	MON	ARC 14	CRO	POR Ret	ITA 38	KEN	EST 33	BEL	GRE	FIN 18	ESP	MNZ					NC	0
2022	Egon Kaur	Volkswagen Polo GTI R5	MON	SWE 10	CRO	POR	ITA	KEN	EST 25	FIN 10	BEL	GRE	NZL	ESP	JPN				34th	2
2023	Egon Kaur	Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo	MON	SWE 20	MEX	CRO	POR	ITA	KEN										NC	0
2023	Egon Kaur	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2								EST 15	FIN	GRE	CHL	EUR	JPN				NC	0

WRC-2 results

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	WDC	Points
2014	Kaur Motorsport	Ford Fiesta R5	MON	SWE	MEX	POR	ARG	ITA Ret	POL	FIN	GER	AUS	FRA	ESP	GBR	NC	0
2022	Egon Kaur	Volkswagen Polo GTI R5	MON	SWE 4	CRO	POR	ITA	KEN	EST 12	FIN 2	BEL	GRE	NZL	ESP	JPN	13th	30
2023	Egon Kaur	Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo	MON	SWE 11	MEX	CRO	POR	ITA	KEN							28th	6
2023	Egon Kaur	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2								EST 7	FIN	GRE	CHL	EUR	JPN	28th	6

WRC-3 results

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Pos.	Points
2020	Kaur Motorsport	Škoda Fabia R5 Evo	MON	SWE	MEX	EST 3	TUR	ITA	MNZ						15th	15
2021	Kaur Motorsport	Volkswagen Polo GTI R5	MON	ARC 2	CRO	POR Ret	ITA 12	KEN	EST 10	BEL	GRE	FIN 6	ESP	MNZ	10th	45

PWRC results

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Pos.	Points
2008	World Rally Team Estonia	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	MON	SWE	MEX	ARG	JOR	ITA	GRE	TUR	FIN	GER	NZL	ESP	FRA	JPN	GBR Ret	NC	0

WRC Academy results

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	WDC	Points
2011	Playboy Estonia Rally Team	POR 1	ITA 1	FIN 1	GER 8	FRA Ret	GBR 2	2nd	111

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References

↑ "Driver profile – Egon Kaur". eWRC-results.com. eWRC.cz. Retrieved 18 July 2011.
↑ "Drivers Chosen for FIA Institute Young Driver Excellence Academy". fiainstitute.com. FIA. 8 February 2011. Archived from the original on 25 July 2011. Retrieved 18 July 2011.
↑ "EAL Akadeemia". autosport.ee. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016.

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[1] "Driver profile – Egon Kaur". eWRC-results.com. eWRC.cz. Retrieved 18 July 2011.

[2] "Drivers Chosen for FIA Institute Young Driver Excellence Academy". fiainstitute.com. FIA. 8 February 2011. Archived from the original on 25 July 2011. Retrieved 18 July 2011.

[3] "EAL Akadeemia". autosport.ee. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016.

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