Sean Johnston (rally driver)

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Sean Johnston
2019 Rally Poland - Sean Johnston.jpg
Personal information
Nationality Flag of the United States.svg American
Born (1990-11-17) 17 November 1990 (age 32)
World Rally Championship record
Active years 2019–present
Co-driver Flag of the United States.svg Alex Kihurani
Rallies21
Championships 0
Rally wins 0
Podiums0
Stage wins0
Total points0
First rally 2019 Rally Sweden

Sean Johnston (born 17 November 1990) is an American rally driver currently competing in World Rally Championship-2. [1] He began his racing career in 2011 in the North American Nissan GT Academy, a televised competition that took the fastest sim racers in Gran Turismo to compete in real cars to win a professional racing contract with Nissan. After finishing second in the competition, Johnston competed in the IMSA GT3 Cup Challenge the following year, claiming 14 podiums from 15 races and winning the championship. [2] In 2013, Johnston moved to Europe to compete in the Porsche Carrera Cup Germany and Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup. [3] In 2018, Johnston switched to rallying, competing alongside co-driver Alex Kihurani. [4] Johnston's first rallying win came at the 2020 Rallye Automobile Monte Carlo, where he won the RC4 class, [5] becoming the first American with a class win at the event. [6] Johnston and Kihurani drive the Citroën C3 Rally2 for Saintéloc Junior Team.

Contents

Career results

WRC results

YearEntrantCar1234567891011121314WDCPoints
2019 Sean Johnston Ford Fiesta R2 MON SWE
35
MEX FRA
Ret
ARG CHL POR ITA
Ret
FIN
27
GER TUR GBR
26
ESP AUS
C
NC0
2020 Sean Johnston Peugeot 208 R2 MON
27
SWE MEX NC0
Saintéloc Junior Team Citroën C3 R5 EST
21
TUR
Ret
ITA
Ret
MNZ
2021 Saintéloc Junior Team Citroën C3 Rally2 MON
17
ARC
30
CRO POR ITA
Ret
KEN EST
Ret
BEL GRE
17
FIN ESP
19
MNZ NC0
2022 Saintéloc Junior Team Citroën C3 Rally2 MON
11
SWE CRO
19
POR
Ret
ITA KEN
11
EST
22
FIN BEL GRE NZL ESP JPN
13
NC0

* Season still in progress.

WRC-2 results

YearEntrantCar12345678910111213WDCPoints
2021 Saintéloc Junior Team Citroën C3 Rally2 MON
5
ARC
7
CRO POR ITA
Ret
KEN EST
Ret
BEL GRE
6
FIN ESP
5
MNZ 13th35
2022 Saintéloc Junior Team Citroën C3 Rally2 MON
4
SWE CRO
11
POR
Ret
ITA KEN
2
EST
10
FIN BEL GRE NZL ESP JPN
6
11th41

* Season still in progress.

WRC-3 results

YearEntrantCar1234567WDCPoints
2020 Saintéloc Junior Team Citroën C3 R5 MON SWE MEX EST
8
TUR
Ret
ITA
Ret
MNZ 34th4

J-WRC results

YearEntrantCar12345WDCPoints
2019 Sean Johnston Ford Fiesta R2 SWE
5
FRA
Ret
ITA
Ret
FIN
5
GBR
3
4th50

Sports Car Racing

American Le Mans Series

YearEntrantClassChassisEngine12345678910RankPoints
2012 JDX Racing GTC Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 SEB LBH LGA LIM MOS MOH ROA BAL VIR ATL
ovr:28
cls:4
24th17

IMSA SportsCar Championship

YearEntrantClassChassisEngine1234567891011RankPoints
2015 Performance Tech MotorsportsPC Oreca FLM09 Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8 DAY
7
SEB LGA BEL WGL MOS LIM ROA COTA ATL 39th1
2016 Starworks Motorsport PC Oreca FLM09 Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8 DAY
7
SEB
7
LBH LGA BEL WGL MOS LIM ROA COTA ATL 27th26

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References

  1. "Driver profile - Sean Johnston". eWRC-results.com. eWRC.cz. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
  2. "Sean Johnston". WRC.com. WRC.com. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
  3. "INSIGHT: Sean Johnston on flying the Stars and Stripes in the WRC". Racer. 2021-10-13.
  4. Barry, Luke (2020-05-07). "THE AMERICAN RALLY PAIRING EYEING UP LIFE IN THE WRC". DirtFish Rally.
  5. "Sean Johnston - Alexander Kihurani Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo 2020". eWRC-results.com. eWRC.cz. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
  6. "Johnston Gives World Rally Championship Fans in U.S. a moment". autoweek.com. autoweek.com. 29 January 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2021.