Kuldar Sikk (born 20 June 1979) is an

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co-driver A co-driver is the navigator of a rally car in the sport of rallying, who sits in the front passenger seat. The co-driver's job is to navigate, commonly by reading off a set of pacenotes to the driver (what lies ahead, where to turn, the severity ...

. From 2022 he is the co-driver of Benediktas Vanagas from

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. Sikk holds the record for the best overall result in a car class in the

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as well as for an Estonian co-driver.

Dakar results

Rally career

Kuldar Sikk began his co-driver in 1998, co-driving for several drivers. In the

2003 Monte Carlo Rally The 2003 Monte Carlo Rally (formally the 71st Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo) was the first round of the 2003 World Rally Championship. The race was held over three days between 24 and 26 January 2003, and was won by Citroën Total, Citroën's S ...

, he made his

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debut in a Suzuki Ignis S1600. The rally also marks the beginning of the partnership with Urmo Aava. 2012 rallye deutschland by 2eightdsc 9263

From

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

, Sikk became the co-driver of the rising star

Ott Tänak Ott Tänak (; born 15 October 1987) is an Estonian rally driver and the 2019 World Rally Champion. He is currently teamed with Martin Järveoja and is competing for Hyundai Motorsport in the World Rally Championship. Tänak achieved his maiden ...

. Two years later, in the 2012 Rally Sweden, the Estonian crew took their first stage win on SS14. Another five rounds later, Sikk achieved his first and only

podium finish. After a short partnership with the Ukrainian

driver Yuriy Protasov, he was co-driving for three more drivers in

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

and

2017 2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly. Events January * January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...

. Starting from 2018 Rally Sweden, Sikk became the co-driver of Ken Torn in the

Junior World Rally Championship The FIA Junior WRC Championship is an international rallying series restricted to drivers under 29 years old, running within the framework of the World Rally Championship. The series is governed by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobi ...

Rally results

WRC results

References

External links

Kuldar Sikk
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