Urmo Aava

Urmo Aava
Aava in 2021
Personal information
NationalityEstonia Estonian
Born (1979-02-02) 2 February 1979 (age 45)
Tallinn, Estonia
World Rally Championship record
Active years2002–2009
Co-driverEstonia Toomas Kitsing
Estonia Kuldar Sikk
TeamsWorld Rally Team Estonia, Stobart Ford
Rallies51
Championships0
Rally wins0
Podiums0
Stage wins5
Total points17
First rally2002 Rally Finland
Last rally2009 Rally Finland

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

Aava driving Citroën C4 WRC in 2008.

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.[1] 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
Mitsubishi Lancer WRC05 GRE
14 		FIN
7 		NZL
8
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
Urmo Aava Honda Civic Type-R R3 FIN
29 		AUS ESP GBR

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

References

  1. ^ "Aava inks Citroen deal". www.crash.net. Retrieved 2008-06-02.
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