Sean Johnston (rally driver)

For the Canadian actor, see Shaun Johnston. For other people with similar names, see Sean Johnson (disambiguation).
Sean Johnston
Personal information
NationalityUnited States American
Born (1990-11-17) 17 November 1990 (age 34)
World Rally Championship record
Active years2019–present
Co-driverUnited States Alex Kihurani
Rallies21
Championships0
Rally wins0
Podiums0
Stage wins0
Total points0
First rally2019 Rally Sweden

Sean Johnston (born 17 November 1990) is an American rally driver currently competing in World Rally Championship-2.[1] He began his racing career in 2011 in the North American Nissan GT Academy, a televised competition that took the fastest sim racers in Gran Turismo to compete in real cars to win a professional racing contract with Nissan. After finishing second in the competition, Johnston competed in the IMSA GT3 Cup Challenge the following year, claiming 14 podiums from 15 races and winning the championship.[2] In 2013, Johnston moved to Europe to compete in the Porsche Carrera Cup Germany and Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup.[3] In 2018, Johnston switched to rallying, competing alongside co-driver Alex Kihurani.[4] Johnston's first rallying win came at the 2020 Rallye Automobile Monte Carlo, where he won the RC4 class,[5] becoming the first American with a class win at the event.[6] Johnston and Kihurani drive the Citroën C3 Rally2 for Saintéloc Junior Team.

Career results

WRC results

Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 WDC Points
2019 Sean Johnston Ford Fiesta R2 MON SWE
35 		MEX FRA
Ret 		ARG CHL POR ITA
Ret 		FIN
27 		GER TUR GBR
26 		ESP AUS
C 		NC 0
2020 Sean Johnston Peugeot 208 R2 MON
27 		SWE MEX NC 0
Saintéloc Junior Team Citroën C3 R5 EST
21 		TUR
Ret 		ITA
Ret 		MNZ
2021 Saintéloc Junior Team Citroën C3 Rally2 MON
17 		ARC
30 		CRO POR ITA
Ret 		KEN EST
Ret 		BEL GRE
17 		FIN ESP
19 		MNZ NC 0
2022 Saintéloc Junior Team Citroën C3 Rally2 MON
11 		SWE CRO
19 		POR
Ret 		ITA KEN
11 		EST
22 		FIN BEL GRE NZL ESP JPN
13 		NC 0

* Season still in progress.

WRC-2 results

Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 WDC Points
2021 Saintéloc Junior Team Citroën C3 Rally2 MON
5 		ARC
7 		CRO POR ITA
Ret 		KEN EST
Ret 		BEL GRE
6 		FIN ESP
5 		MNZ 13th 35
2022 Saintéloc Junior Team Citroën C3 Rally2 MON
4 		SWE CRO
11 		POR
Ret 		ITA KEN
2 		EST
10 		FIN BEL GRE NZL ESP JPN
6 		11th 41

* Season still in progress.

WRC-3 results

Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 WDC Points
2020 Saintéloc Junior Team Citroën C3 R5 MON SWE MEX EST
8 		TUR
Ret 		ITA
Ret 		MNZ 34th 4

J-WRC results

Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 WDC Points
2019 Sean Johnston Ford Fiesta R2 SWE
5 		FRA
Ret 		ITA
Ret 		FIN
5 		GBR
3 		4th 50

Sports Car Racing

American Le Mans Series

Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Rank Points
2012 JDX Racing GTC Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 SEB LBH LGA LIM MOS MOH ROA BAL VIR ATL
ovr:28
cls:4 		24th 17

IMSA SportsCar Championship

Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Rank Points
2015 Performance Tech Motorsports PC Oreca FLM09 Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8 DAY
7 		SEB LGA BEL WGL MOS LIM ROA COTA ATL 39th 1
2016 Starworks Motorsport PC Oreca FLM09 Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8 DAY
7 		SEB
7 		LBH LGA BEL WGL MOS LIM ROA COTA ATL 27th 26

References

  1. ^ "Driver profile - Sean Johnston". eWRC-results.com. eWRC.cz. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
  2. ^ "Sean Johnston". WRC.com. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
  3. ^ "INSIGHT: Sean Johnston on flying the Stars and Stripes in the WRC". Racer. 2021-10-13.
  4. ^ Barry, Luke (2020-05-07). "THE AMERICAN RALLY PAIRING EYEING UP LIFE IN THE WRC". DirtFish Rally.
  5. ^ "Sean Johnston - Alexander Kihurani Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo 2020". eWRC-results.com. eWRC.cz. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
  6. ^ "Johnston Gives World Rally Championship Fans in U.S. a moment". autoweek.com. 29 January 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
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