Urmo Aava

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Rally driver

From

Estonia

Racecar driver Rally driver

Work field

Sports

Gender

Male

Star sign

AquariusPeople who share this birthday

Birth

2 February 1979 People who share this birthday

Place of birth

Tallinn, Estonia

Age

45 years

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Biography

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

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. 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	GER	ITA	NZL	AUS	GBR			–	0
2003	Urmo Aava	Suzuki Ignis S1600	MON	SWE	TUR	NZL	ARG	GRE	CYP	GER	FIN	AUS	ITA	FRA	ESP	GBR			–	0
2004	Urmo Aava	Suzuki Ignis S1600	MON	SWE	MEX	NZL	CYP	GRE	TUR	ARG	FIN	GER	JPN	GBR	ITA	FRA	ESP	AUS	–	0
2005	Urmo Aava	Suzuki Ignis S1600	MON	SWE	MEX	NZL	ITA	CYP	TUR	GRE	ARG	FIN	GER	GBR	JPN	FRA	ESP	AUS	–	0
2006	Urmo Aava	Suzuki Swift S1600	MON	SWE	MEX	ESP	FRA	ARG	ITA	GRE	GER	FIN	JPN	CYP	TUR	AUS	NZL	GBR	–	0
2007	Urmo Aava	Suzuki Swift S1600	MON	SWE	NOR	MEX	POR	ARG	ITA			GER		ESP	FRA	JPN	IRE	GBR	19th	3
2007	Urmo Aava	Mitsubishi Lancer WRC05								GRE	FIN		NZL						19th	3
2008	World Rally Team Estonia	Citroën C4 WRC	MON	SWE	MEX	ARG	JOR	ITA	GRE	TUR	FIN	GER	NZL	ESP	FRA	JPN	GBR		11th	13
2009	Stobart VK M-Sport Ford Rally Team	Ford Focus RS WRC 08	IRE	NOR	CYP	POR	ARG	ITA	GRE	POL									19th	1
2009	Urmo Aava	Honda Civic Type-R R3									FIN	AUS	ESP	GBR					19th	1

JWRC results

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Pos.	Points
2003	Urmo Aava	Suzuki Ignis S1600	MON	TUR	GRE	FIN	ITA	ESP	GBR			4th	20
2004	Urmo Aava	Suzuki Ignis S1600	MON	GRE	TUR	FIN	GBR	ITA	ESP			8th	16
2005	Urmo Aava	Suzuki Ignis S1600	MON	MEX	ITA	GRE	FIN	GER	FRA	ESP		4th	32
2006	Urmo Aava	Suzuki Swift S1600	SWE	ESP	FRA	ARG	ITA	GER	FIN	TUR	GBR	2nd	31
2007	Urmo Aava	Suzuki Swift S1600	NOR	POR	ITA	FIN	GER	ESP	FRA			2nd	38