Aaron Johnston (co-driver) explained

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		Points
	Oliver Solberg	Volkswagen Polo GTI R5	MON	SWE	MEX	FRA	ARG	CHL	POR	ITA	FIN	GER	TUR	GBR	ESP	AUS	NC	0
	Oliver Solberg	Volkswagen Polo GTI R5	MON		MEX	EST	TUR										17th	8
		Škoda Fabia R5 Evo		SWE				ITA	MNZ
	Hyundai Motorsport N	Hyundai i20 R5	MON		CRO	POR			EST								17th	12
		Hyundai i20 N Rally2								BEL	GRE
	Hyundai 2C Competition	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC		ARC			ITA	KEN
	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT	Toyota Yaris WRC										FIN	ESP	MNZ
2022	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT NG	Toyota GR Yaris Rally1	MON	SWE	CRO	POR	ITA	KEN	EST	FIN	BEL	GRE	NZL Ret	ESP	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	EUR	JPN		7th	101
2024	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT	Toyota GR Yaris Rally1	MON	SWE	KEN	CRO	POR	ITA	POL	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		Points
2019	Oliver Solberg	Volkswagen Polo GTI R5	MON	SWE	MEX	FRA	ARG	CHL	POR	ITA	FIN	GER	TUR	GBR	ESP	AUS	NC	0
2021	Hyundai Motorsport N	Hyundai i20 R5	MON	ARC	CRO	POR	ITA	KEN	EST								23rd	10
		Hyundai i20 N Rally2								BEL	GRE	FIN	ESP	MNZ

WRC-3 results

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7		Points
2020	Oliver Solberg	Škoda Fabia R5 Evo	MON	SWE			TUR	ITA	MNZ	4th	61
		Volkswagen Polo GTI R5			MEX	EST

ERC results

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8		Points
2019	Sports Racing Technologies	Volkswagen Polo GTI R5	PRT	ESP	LAT	POL	ITA	CZE	CYP	HUN	6th	39
2020	Oliver Solberg	Volkswagen Polo GTI R5	ITA	LAT	PRT		ESP				2nd	112
		Škoda Fabia R5 Evo				HUN

External links

• Aaron Johnston's e-wrc profile

Notes and References

1. Web site: Aaron Johnston. e-wrc.com. 18 December 2020.
2. Web site: Petter and Oliver Solberg team up for WRC's Wales Rally GB. David. Evans. autosport.com. Motorsport Network. 24 July 2019. 14 September 2019.
3. Web site: Johnston's dreams come true with Hyundai deal. Chris. Caldwell. ulsterherald.com. Ulster Herald. 18 December 2020. 18 December 2020.
4. Web site: 16 September 2021. Solberg and co-driver Johnston split. 22 September 2021. DirtFish. en-US.
5. Web site: 21 September 2021. Toyota's Katsuta brings in ex-Solberg WRC co-driver Johnston. 22 September 2021. DirtFish. en-US.