Aaron Robert Johnston (born 2 February 1995) is a British-Irish rally 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. 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. Both Johnston and Solberg were signed by Hyundai Motorsport to compete for the 2021 World Rally Championship-2.
On 16 September 2021, Johnston and Solberg announce their split after three years of collaboration. Just five days later on 21 September, Johnston announced he would partner Japanese driver Takamoto Katsuta for the 2021 Rally Finland, 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 Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT NG Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 MON SWE CRO POR ITA KEN EST FIN BEL GRE NZL ESP JPN 5th 122 Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 MON SWE MEX CRO POR ITA KEN EST FIN GRE CHL EUR JPN 7th 101 Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 MON SWE KEN CRO POR ITA POL LAT FIN GRE CHL EUR JPN 6th 116 Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 MON SWE KEN ESP POR ITA GRE EST FIN PAR CHL EUR JPN SAU 7th* 25* Season still in progress.
WRC-2 results YearEntrantCar1234567891011121314Points 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 YearEntrantCar1234567Points 2020 Oliver Solberg Škoda Fabia R5 Evo MON SWE TUR ITA MNZ 4th 61 Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 MEX EST
ERC results YearEntrantCar12345678Points 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
References
External links Aaron Johnston's e-wrc profile