Robert Virves

Robert Virves

Personal information
Nationality	Estonian
Born	(2000-07-08) 8 July 2000 (age 25) Estonia
World Rally Championship record
Active years	2020–present
Co-driver	Jakko Viilo Aleks Lesk Sander Pruul Julia Thulin Hugo Magalhães Craig Drew
Teams	Toksport WRT
Rallies	29
Championships	0
Rally wins	0
Podiums	0
Stage wins	0
Total points	7
First rally	2020 Rally Estonia
Last rally	2025 Rally del Paraguay

Robert Virves (born 8 July 2000) is an Estonian rally driver. ^[1] He won the 2022 Junior World Rally Championship. ^[2] He competes for Toksport WRT in the World Rally Championship. ^[3]

Career

2022

At the Rally Estonia, Virves set a new record with most stage wins in the Junior WRC class in a single rally event. He won 17 stages, one more than Sébastien Ogier at the 2008 Jordan Rally. ^[4]

After winning the Acropolis Rally Greece, he become the 2022 FIA Junior WRC Champion. ^[5]

2023

For winning the 2022 JWRC championship he earned six rallies with Ford Fiesta Rally2 car, supported by M-Sport. He also partnered with RedGrey Team to participate in more rallies outside World Rally Championship. His 2023 World Rally Championship season mostly was a failure. Finishing in points only in two rounds out of six with his best result in Estonia, when he finished in sixth place in WRC2 class. He ended the season with two retirements in Finland and Greece and leaving him in 28th place overall in WRC2 class.

2024

Having trouble of finding sponsors, Virves made his first start of the season in Rally Sardegna. He finished both rallies in Sardegna and Poland in eleventh place overall, but in Poland he got his first WRC2 podium finishing in third place. Showing great speed and consistency he also got to drive in Finland. In Finland he was holding third place when his bonnet came up during the stage and lost many places. After that the Estonian rally fans started a campaign to fund Virves driving in Greece. ^[6] Virves was fighting for the victory in Greece and finished the rally exactly the same time as Sami Pajari. Since Pajari was faster than him in the SS1, Virves was left second. ^[7] Regardless, he finished the rally in fifth place overall.

2025

In January 2025, it was announced that Virves signed a contract for a full season drive in 2025 WRC with Toksport WRT. ^[8] He had a terrible start to the season as he had not scored a single point after Portugal. Virves finally scored his seasons first points in Sardegna and Greece, finishing seventh and eighth in WRC2 class. For next round in Estonia in his home event, Virves won the rally in front of Linnamäe and took eight stage wins. It was his first win WRC2. ^[9]

Rally victories

WRC2 victories

#	Event	Season	Co-driver	Car
1	2025 Rally Estonia	2025	Jakko Viilo	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2

WRC2 Challenger victories

#	Event	Season	Co-driver	Car
1	2025 Rally Estonia	2025	Jakko Viilo	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2

JWRC victories

#	Event	Season	Co-driver	Car
1	2022 Acropolis Rally	2022	Julia Thulin	Ford Fiesta Rally3

Other notable victories

#	Event	Season	Co-driver	Car
1	Rally Estonia Nationals 2024	2024	Craig Drew	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2

Results

WRC summary

Season	Team	Starts	Victories	Podiums	Stage wins	DNF	Points	Final result
2020	Private	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2021	Private	5	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2022	Private	5	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2023	M-Sport	6	0	0	0	3	0	NC
2024	Private	4	0	0	0	0	7	19th
2025	Private/Toksport	8	0	0	0	2	0*	NC
Total		29	0	0	0	5	7

WRC results

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Pos.	Points
2020	Robert Virves	Ford Fiesta Rally4	MON	SWE	MEX	EST 30	TUR	ITA	MNZ								NC	0
2021	Autosport Team Estonia	Ford Fiesta Rally4	MON	FIN	CRO 51	POR 33	ITA	KEN	EST 34	BEL 22	GRE	FIN	ESP 30	MNZ			NC	0
2022	Starter Energy Racing	Ford Fiesta Rally3	MON	SWE 34	CRO 21	POR 27	ITA	KEN	EST 17	FIN	BEL	GRE 19	NZL	ESP	JPN		NC	0
2023	M-Sport Ford WRT	Ford Fiesta Rally2	MON	SWE 18	MEX	CRO	POR Ret	ITA 17	KEN	EST 14	FIN Ret	GRE Ret	CHL	EUR	JPN		NC	0
2024	Robert Virves	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	MON	SWE	KEN	CRO	POR	ITA 11	POL 11	LAT	FIN 14	GRE 5	CHI	EUR	JPN		19th	7
2025	Robert Virves	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	MON	SWE 32	KEN	ESP Ret											NC	0*
	Toksport WRT						POR Ret	ITA 15	GRE 14	EST 11	FIN 13	PAR 11	CHL	EUR	JPN	SAU

* Season still in progress.

WRC-2 results

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Pos.	Points
2023	M-Sport Ford WRT	Ford Fiesta Rally2	MON	SWE 9	MEX	CRO	POR Ret	ITA 12	KEN	EST 6	FIN Ret	GRE Ret	CHL	EUR	JPN		27th	10
2024	Robert Virves	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	MON	SWE	KEN	CRO	POR	ITA 6	POL 3	LAT	FIN 8	GRE 2	CHI	EUR	JPN		10th	45
2025	Toksport WRT	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	MON	SWE	KEN	ESP	POR Ret	ITA 7	GRE 8	EST 1	FIN 3	PAR 5	CHL	EUR	JPN	SAU	4th*	60*

* Season still in progress

WRC-2 Challenger

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Pos.	Points
2023	M-Sport Ford WRT	Ford Fiesta Rally2	MON	SWE 5	MEX	CRO	POR Ret	ITA 9	KEN	EST 4	FIN Ret	GRE Ret	CHL	EUR	JPN		15th	24
2024	Robert Virves	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	MON	SWE	KEN	CRO	POR	ITA 5	POL 2	LAT	FIN 6	GRE 2	CHI	EUR	JPN		8th	54
2025	Toksport WRT	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	MON	SWE	KEN	ESP	POR Ret	ITA 7	GRE 4	EST 1	FIN 2	PAR	CHL	EUR	JPN	SAU	4th*	60*

* Season still in progress

ERC results

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Pos.	Points
2022	M-Sport Poland	Ford Fiesta Rally3	PRT1	PRT2	ESP1	POL 13	LAT	ITA 15	CZE	ESP2	50th	4
2023	RedGrey Team	Ford Fiesta Rally2	PRT 16	CAN	POL	LAT 5	SWE	ITA	CZE	HUN	26th	19
2024	Robert Virves	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	HUN	CAN	SWE	EST 2	ITA	CZE	GBR	POL	18th	28
2025	Robert Virves	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	ESP Ret	HUN	SWE	POL	ITA	CZE	GBR	CRO	NC*	0*

* Season still in progress

JWRC results/WRC-3 Junior

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	WDC	Points
2020	Robert Virves	Ford Fiesta Rally4	SWE	EST 3	ITA	MNZ		9th	17
2021	Autosport Team Estonia	Ford Fiesta Rally4	CRO 7	POR 3	EST 7	BEL 3	ESP 3	5th	78
2022	Starter Energy Racing	Ford Fiesta Rally3	SWE 6	CRO 2	POR 3	EST 2	GRE 1	1st	130

References

1. "Robert Virves". wrc.com. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
2. "Virves crowned FIA Junior WRC champion". wrc.com. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
3. "Robert Virves naaseb Sardiinia MM-rallil Škodaga võistlusrajale". 7 May 2024. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
4. Lindsay, Alasdair (21 July 2022). "The Ogier record that was broken on Rally Estonia". DirtFish.
5. "WRC - Virves becomes first Estonian Junior WRC Champion". Federation Internationale de l'Automobile. 12 September 2022.
6. "Estonian fans rally for Virves' WRC2 Greece entry" . Retrieved 8 February 2025.
7. "EKO Acropolis Rally Greece: Škoda crew Robert Virves/Aleks Lesk finishes with the same time as the WRC2 winners" . Retrieved 8 February 2025.
8. "Finally! A brilliant opportunity for the Estonian driver" . Retrieved 8 February 2025.
9. "Home hero Virves seals maiden WRC2 win in Estonia". 20 July 2025. Retrieved 20 July 2025.

External links

• Robert Virves at eWRC-results.com