# Urmo Aava

Urmo Aava (born 2 February 1979) is a former Estonian rally driver who competed in the World Rally Championship between 2002 and 2009. His regular co-driver was Kuldar Sikk, who later became Ott Tänak's co-driver.

## Career

Urmo Aava spent five years from 2003 in the Junior World Rally Championship driving for the successful Suzuki Junior World Rally Team. In this time his results improved, culminating in two runner-up positions in the final standings of the JWRC in 2006 and 2007. 2007 also saw sporadic outings in a privately run Mitsubishi Lancer WRC. In two of these events (Finland and New Zealand) he scored points.
For the 2008 season, Aava has negotiated a deal to compete 10 rounds in a Citroën C4 WRC car under the name 'World Rally Team Estonia' and with support from Citroën Sport Technologies. Aava showed promise in 2008 Jordan Rally, when he was running in 5th place before mechanical problems on the final day forced him to retire. Sardinia saw a steady run to 8th place and Aava's first points of the season. The next rally in Greece was even better. Two stage wins (helped by a favourable road position) demonstrated his pace and a 4th-place resulted – his best WRC result to date. Followed by a 5th place at New Zealand's rally.

## WRC results

| Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | WDC | Points |
| 2002 | Urmo Aava | Ford Focus RS WRC | MON | SWE | FRA | ESP | CYP | ARG | GRE | KEN | FIN Ret | GER | ITA | NZL | AUS | GBR | | | – | 0 |
| 2003 | Urmo Aava | Suzuki Ignis S1600 | MON 20 | SWE | TUR Ret | NZL | ARG | GRE 19 | CYP | GER | FIN 25 | AUS | ITA Ret | FRA | ESP 24 | GBR Ret | | | – | 0 |
| 2004 | Urmo Aava | Suzuki Ignis S1600 | MON 12 | SWE | MEX | NZL | CYP | GRE Ret | TUR 16 | ARG | FIN 23 | GER | JPN | GBR Ret | ITA Ret | FRA | ESP Ret | AUS | – | 0 |
| 2005 | Urmo Aava | Suzuki Ignis S1600 | MON Ret | SWE | MEX | NZL | ITA 19 | CYP | TUR | GRE 19 | ARG | FIN 16 | GER Ret | GBR | JPN | FRA 19 | ESP 21 | AUS | – | 0 |
| 2006 | Urmo Aava | Suzuki Swift S1600 | MON | SWE 22 | MEX | ESP | FRA 17 | ARG | ITA 18 | GRE | GER | FIN DSQ | JPN | CYP | TUR 16 | AUS | NZL | GBR 42 | – | 0 |
| 2007 | Urmo Aava | Suzuki Swift S1600 | MON | SWE | NOR 28 | MEX | POR 15 | ARG | ITA 13 | | | GER 12 | | ESP 18 | FRA Ret | JPN 15 | IRE | GBR | 19th | 3 |
| 2007 | Urmo Aava | Mitsubishi Lancer WRC05 | | | | | | | | GRE 14 | FIN 7 | | NZL 8 | | | | | | 19th | 3 |
| 2008 | World Rally Team Estonia | Citroën C4 WRC | MON | SWE 18 | MEX | ARG | JOR Ret | ITA 8 | GRE 4 | TUR Ret | FIN 15 | GER 8 | NZL 5 | ESP Ret | FRA 7 | JPN | GBR | | 11th | 13 |
| 2009 | Stobart VK M-Sport Ford Rally Team | Ford Focus RS WRC 08 | IRE 10 | NOR 8 | CYP | POR | ARG | ITA | GRE | POL | | | | | | | | | 19th | 1 |
| 2009 | Urmo Aava | Honda Civic Type-R R3 | | | | | | | | | FIN 29 | AUS | ESP | GBR | | | | | 19th | 1 |

### JWRC results

| Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Pos. | Points |
| 2003 | Urmo Aava | Suzuki Ignis S1600 | MON 4 | TUR Ret | GRE 3 | FIN 4 | ITA Ret | ESP 5 | GBR Ret | | | 4th | 20 |
| 2004 | Urmo Aava | Suzuki Ignis S1600 | MON 2 | GRE Ret | TUR 5 | FIN 5 | GBR Ret | ITA Ret | ESP Ret | | | 8th | 16 |
| 2005 | Urmo Aava | Suzuki Ignis S1600 | MON Ret | MEX | ITA 2 | GRE 3 | FIN 2 | GER Ret | FRA 4 | ESP 4 | | 4th | 32 |
| 2006 | Urmo Aava | Suzuki Swift S1600 | SWE 3 | ESP | FRA 2 | ARG | ITA 3 | GER | FIN DSQ | TUR 1 | GBR 9 | 2nd | 31 |
| 2007 | Urmo Aava | Suzuki Swift S1600 | NOR 3 | POR 2 | ITA 1 | FIN | GER 2 | ESP 3 | FRA Ret | | | 2nd | 38 |