Aaron Nikolai Burkart (born 20 September 1982) is a German

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driver. He is the

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Junior World Rally Champion.

Career

Burkart began rallying in 2002. In 2006, he began competing in the

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(JWRC) in a

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S1600. In Burkart's first event in the championship the

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, his co-driver Jörg Bastuck was killed after being hit by the

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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

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. Burkart switched to a

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S1600 for the 2009 season, taking his first JWRC victory on

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, finishing the season in third position. Burkart made his debut in a

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on 2009 Rally GB for the Citroën Junior Team, finishing in 12th. On the

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, 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

JWRC results

PWRC results

References

External links

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