Aaron Johnston (co-driver)

Aaron Johnston

Johnston at the 2023 Central European Rally
Personal information
Nationality	Irish
Born	(1995-02-02) 2 February 1995 (age 29)
World Rally Championship record
Active years	2019–present
Driver	Takamoto Katsuta
Teams	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT
Rallies	29
Championships	0
Rally wins	0
Podiums	2
Stage wins	2
First rally	2019 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	7th Rally Liepāja	2019	Oliver Solberg	Volkswagen Polo GTI R5
2	8th Rally Liepāja	2020	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.

External links

• Aaron Johnston's e-wrc profile