Aaron Johnston (co-driver)

Aaron Johnston
Johnston at the 2023 Central European Rally
Personal information
NationalityRepublic of Ireland Irish
Born (1995-02-02) 2 February 1995 (age 29)
World Rally Championship record
Active years2019–present
DriverTakamoto Katsuta
TeamsToyota Gazoo Racing WRT
Rallies29
Championships0
Rally wins0
Podiums2
Stage wins2
First rally2019 Wales Rally GB

Aaron Johnston (born 2 February 1995) is an Irish rallying co-driver. He is currently partnered with Takamoto Katsuta for Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT in the World Rally Championship .

Rally career

Johnston's rally career began at the age of sixteen.[1] At the 2019 Wales Rally GB, he made his WRC debut by co-driving with Oliver Solberg in a Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 in the WRC-2 category.[2] Both Johnston and Solberg were signed by Hyundai Motorsport to compete for the 2021 World Rally Championship-2.[3]

On 16 September 2021 he and Solberg announce their split after 3 years of collaboration.[4] Just five days later on 21 September Johnston announced he would partner Japanese driver Takamoto Katsuta for the 2021 Rally Finland,[5] replacing the injured Daniel Barrit.

Rally victories

ERC victories

 #  Event Season Co-driver Car
1 Latvia 7th Rally Liepāja 2019 Sweden Oliver Solberg Volkswagen Polo GTI R5
2 Latvia 8th Rally Liepāja 2020 Sweden Oliver Solberg Volkswagen Polo GTI R5

Rally record

WRC results

Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 WDC Points
2019 Oliver Solberg Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 MON SWE MEX FRA ARG CHL POR ITA FIN GER TUR GBR
Ret 		ESP AUS
C 		NC 0
2020 Oliver Solberg Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 MON
25 		MEX
Ret 		EST
9 		TUR 17th 8
Škoda Fabia R5 Evo SWE
17 		ITA
18 		MNZ
7
2021 Hyundai Motorsport N Hyundai i20 R5 MON
Ret 		CRO POR
11 		EST
Ret 		17th 12
Hyundai i20 N Rally2 BEL
Ret 		GRE
Ret
Hyundai 2C Competition Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC ARC
WD 		ITA
WD 		KEN
Ret
Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Toyota Yaris WRC FIN
37 		ESP
40 		MNZ
7
2022 Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT NG Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 MON
8 		SWE
4 		CRO
6 		POR
4 		ITA
6 		KEN
3 		EST
5 		FIN
6 		BEL
5 		GRE
6 		NZL
Ret 		ESP
7 		JPN
3 		5th 122
2023 Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 MON
6 		SWE
Ret 		MEX
23 		CRO
6 		POR
33 		ITA
40 		KEN
4 		EST
7 		FIN
3 		GRE
6 		CHL
5 		EUR
5 		JPN
5 		7th 101
2024 Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 MON
7 		SWE
45 		KEN
2 		CRO
5 		POR
29 		ITA
35 		POL
8 		LAT
 FIN
 GRE
 CHL
 EUR
 JPN
 7th* 58*

* Season still in progress.

WRC-2 results

Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 WDC Points
2019 Oliver Solberg Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 MON SWE MEX FRA ARG CHL POR ITA FIN GER TUR GBR
Ret 		ESP AUS
C 		NC 0
2021 Hyundai Motorsport N Hyundai i20 R5 MON
WD 		ARC CRO POR
5 		ITA KEN EST
Ret 		23rd 10
Hyundai i20 N Rally2 BEL
Ret 		GRE
Ret 		FIN ESP MNZ

WRC-3 results

Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 WDC Points
2020 Oliver Solberg Škoda Fabia R5 Evo MON SWE
5 		TUR ITA
6 		MNZ
2 		4th 61
Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 MEX
Ret 		EST
1

ERC results

Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 WDC Points
2019 Sports Racing Technologies Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 PRT ESP LAT
1 		POL ITA CZE CYP HUN 6th 39
2020 Oliver Solberg Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 ITA
3 		LAT
1 		PRT
23 		ESP
4 		2nd 112
Škoda Fabia R5 Evo HUN
4

References

  1. ^ "Aaron Johnston". e-wrc.com. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
  2. ^ Evans, David (24 July 2019). "Petter and Oliver Solberg team up for WRC's Wales Rally GB". autosport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
  3. ^ Caldwell, Chris (18 December 2020). "Johnston's dreams come true with Hyundai deal". ulsterherald.com. Ulster Herald. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
  4. ^ "Solberg and co-driver Johnston split". DirtFish. 16 September 2021. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  5. ^ "Toyota's Katsuta brings in ex-Solberg WRC co-driver Johnston". DirtFish. 21 September 2021. Retrieved 22 September 2021.