Urmo Aava

WRC driver
Name = Urmo Aava

Nationality = flagicon|EST Estonian
Years = 2002 -
Teams = Suzuki, Citroën
Races = 44
Championships = 0
Wins = 0
Podiums = 0
Stagewins = 5
Points = 14
First race = 2002 Rally Finland

Urmo Aava (born February 2, 1979) is a Estonian rally driver competing in the World Rally Championship. His regular co-driver is Kuldar Sikk.

Career

) 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 [cite web | title = Aava inks Citroen deal. | url = http://www.crash.net/motorsport/wrc/news/158886-0/aava_inks_citroen_deal.html | work = www.crash.net | accessdate = 2008-06-02 | ] . 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.

References

External links

* [http://www.urmoaava.eu/ official site]
* [http://www.juwra.com/aava_urmo.html Stats] at [http://www.juwra.com/index.html Jonkka's World Rally Archive]
* [http://www.ewrc-results.com/profile.php?profile=71 Stats] at [http://www.ewrc-results.com/results_main.php ewrc-results.com]