Jarkko Nikara

Jarkko Nikara driving one of the Pirelli Star Driver cars on the 2009 Rally Finland.

Jarkko Nikara (born 28 April 1986) is a Finnish rally driver. He lives in Saarijärvi, Finland.

Career

Nikara started racing at the age of 16 in national autocross competitions. The next year, he participated in Finnish rallysprint races, winning the junior championship. In 2006, he was the Finnish Junior rally champion. The next year, he was second in the national group N championship. In 2009, he participated in six WRC rounds, including his home race, as part of the Pirelli Star Driver competition.[1]

In 2010, Nikara is racing in the British Rally Championship, driving a Renault Twingo Sport R2.[2][3]

Complete WRC results

Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 WDC Points
2007 Jarkko Nikara Honda Civic Type-R MON SWE NOR MEX POR ARG ITA GRE FIN
38		 GER NZL ESP FRA JPN IRE GBR NC 0
2008 Jarkko Nikara Ford Fiesta ST MON SWE MEX ARG JOR ITA GRE TUR FIN
Ret		 GER NZL ESP FRA JPN GBR NC 0
2009 Pirelli Star Driver Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X IRE NOR CYP POR
41		 ARG ITA
11		 GRE
Ret		 POL FIN
Ret		 AUS ESP
17		 GBR
35		 NC 0
2010 Jarkko Nikara Peugeot 207 S2000 SWE MEX JOR TUR NZL POR BUL FIN
37		 GER JPN FRA ESP GBR NC 0
2011 Bilbutikken AS WRT Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX SWE MEX POR JOR ITA ARG GRE FIN
21		 GER AUS FRA ESP GBR
Ret		 NC 0
2012 Jarkko Nikara Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX MON SWE MEX POR ARG GRE NZL FIN
13		 GER GBR FRA ITA 16th 10
Prodrive WRC Team Mini John Cooper Works WRC ESP
5
2013 Prodrive WRC Team Mini John Cooper Works WRC MON SWE
25		 MEX POR ARG GRE ITA FIN
Ret		 GER AUS FRA ESP GBR NC* 0*

* Season still in progress.

JWRC results

Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 JWRC Points
2007 Jarkko Nikara Honda Civic Type R NOR POR ITA FIN
10		 GER ESP FRA NC 0

PWRC results

Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 PWRC Points
2011 Bilbutikken AS WRT Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX SWE POR ARG FIN
2		 AUS ESP GBR
Ret		 12th 18

References

  1. ↑ Jarkkonikara.com driver profile
  2. ↑ Rallybrc.co.uk drivers registered for the championship
  3. ↑ Press release

External links


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