# Aaron Burkart

Aaron Nikolai Burkart (born 20 September 1982) is a German rally driver. He is the 2010 Junior World Rally Champion.

## Career

Burkart began rallying in 2002. In 2006, he began competing in the Junior World Rally Championship (JWRC) in a Citroën C2 S1600. In Burkart's first event in the championship the 2006 Rally Catalunya, his co-driver Jörg Bastuck was killed after being hit by the Ford Fiesta of Barry Clark while changing a wheel on Burkart's car. Undeterred by these events, Burkart completed the season with another co-driver. In 2008, Burkart finished second in the JWRC standings behind fellow Citroën driver Sébastien Ogier. Burkart switched to a Suzuki Swift S1600 for the 2009 season, taking his first JWRC victory on Rally Ireland, finishing the season in third position. Burkart made his debut in a World Rally Car on 2009 Rally GB for the Citroën Junior Team, finishing in 12th. On the 2010 Rally of Turkey, Burkart won the JWRC division and also finished in tenth place overall, scoring himself a WRC point. He went on to score two further JWRC podiums and won the Junior World Rally Championship for Suzuki by four points over Citroën driver Hans Weijs, Jr. in a thrilling, down-to-the-wire battle at the final rally in Spain.

## WRC results

| Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | WDC | Points |
| 2003 | Aaron Burkart | Volkswagen Polo GTI | MON | SWE | TUR | NZL | ARG | GRE | CYP | GER Ret | FIN | AUS | ITA | FRA | ESP | GBR | | | NC | 0 |
| 2004 | Aaron Burkart | Peugeot 106 S16 | MON | MEX | NZL | CYP | GRE | TUR | ARG | FIN | GER Ret | JPN | GBR | ITA | FRA | ESP | AUS | | NC | 0 |
| 2005 | Aaron Burkart | Citroën Saxo S1600 | MON | SWE | MEX | NZL | ITA 37 | CYP | TUR | GRE | ARG | FIN | GER Ret | GBR | JPN | FRA | ESP | AUS | NC | 0 |
| 2006 | Aaron Burkart | Citroën Saxo S1600 | MON Ret | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | NC | 0 |
| 2006 | Aaron Burkart | Citroën C2 S1600 | | SWE | MEX | ESP Ret | FRA 28 | ARG | ITA 23 | GRE | GER 23 | FIN | JPN | | TUR 31 | AUS | NZL | GBR 24 | NC | 0 |
| 2006 | Aaron Burkart | Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VIII | | | | | | | | | | | | CYP Ret | | | | | NC | 0 |
| 2007 | Aaron Burkart | Citroën C2 S1600 | MON | SWE | NOR 38 | MEX | POR | ARG | ITA 18 | GRE | FIN 57 | GER 20 | NZL | ESP 30 | FRA 25 | JPN | IRE | GBR | NC | 0 |
| 2008 | Aaron Burkart | Citroën C2 S1600 | MON | SWE | MEX 12 | ARG | JOR | ITA 19 | GRE | TUR | FIN 28 | GER 22 | NZL | ESP 20 | FRA 26 | JPN | GBR | | NC | 0 |
| 2009 | Aaron Burkart | Suzuki Swift S1600 | IRE 16 | NOR | CYP 20 | POR | ARG 15 | ITA 17 | GRE | POL | FIN 19 | AUS | ESP 37 | | | | | | NC | 0 |
| 2009 | Citroën Junior Team | Citroën C4 WRC | | | | | | | | | | | | GBR 12 | | | | | NC | 0 |
| 2010 | Aaron Burkart | Suzuki Swift S1600 | SWE | MEX | JOR | TUR 10 | NZL | POR 32 | BUL | FIN | GER 26 | JPN | FRA 36 | ESP 26 | GBR | | | | 26th | 1 |
| 2011 | M-Sport Stobart Ford World Rally Team | Ford Fiesta RS WRC | SWE | MEX | POR | JOR | ITA | ARG | GRE | FIN | GER 23 | AUS | FRA | | | | | | NC | 0 |
| 2011 | Aaron Burkart | Ford Fiesta S2000 | | | | | | | | | | | | ESP 19 | GBR | | | | NC | 0 |

### JWRC results

| Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Pos. | Points |
| 2006 | Aaron Burkart | Citroën C2 S1600 | SWE | ESP Ret | FRA 7 | ARG | ITA 5 | GER 6 | FIN | TUR 12 | GBR 3 | 12th | 15 |
| 2007 | Aaron Burkart | Citroën C2 S1600 | NOR 5 | POR | ITA 4 | FIN 14 | GER 4 | ESP 7 | FRA 7 | | | 7th | 18 |
| 2008 | Aaron Burkart | Citroën C2 S1600 | MEX 4 | JOR | ITA 3 | FIN 4 | GER 2 | ESP 3 | FRA 5 | | | 2nd | 34 |
| 2009 | Aaron Burkart | Suzuki Swift S1600 | IRE 1 | CYP 3 | POR | ARG 2 | ITA 3 | POL | FIN 4 | ESP 5 | | 3rd | 39 |
| 2010 | Aaron Burkart | Suzuki Swift S1600 | TUR 1 | POR 3 | BUL | GER 2 | FRA 5 | ESP 4 | | | | 1st | 80 |

### PWRC results

| Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Pos. | Points |
| 2006 | Aaron Burkart | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII | MON | MEX | ARG | GRE | JPN | CYP Ret | AUS | NZL | NC | 0 |