Karl Kruuda (born 31 December 1992) is an Estonian

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driver.

Rally career

Kruuda debuted in the World Rally Championship at the

2010 Jordan Rally The 2010 Jordan Rally was the third round of the 2010 World Rally Championship season. The rally took place over April 1–3, and was based beside the Dead Sea, some from the Jordan's capital, Amman. The rally was also the third round of both t ...

, finishing in 22nd place. In the

2010 World Rally Championship season The 2010 World Rally Championship was the 38th season of the FIA World Rally Championship. The season consisted of 13 rallies, beginning with Rally Sweden on 11 February and ended with Wales Rally GB on 14 November. France's Sébastien Loeb wo ...

, he drove

Suzuki Swift S1600 The is a supermini car (B-segment) produced by Suzuki. The vehicle is classified as a B-segment marque in the European single market, a segment referred to as a supermini in the British Isles. Prior to this, the "Swift" nameplate had been ap ...

. His best result of the year was 2nd place in Junior World Rally Championship at the

2010 Rally de Portugal The 2010 Rally de Portugal was the 44th Rally de Portugal and the sixth round of the 2010 World Rally Championship season. The rally took place over May 27–30, and was based in Faro, the capital city of the Algarve region. The rally was also t ...

. Kruuda drove

Škoda Fabia S2000 The Škoda Fabia S2000 is a Super 2000 rally car built by Škoda Motorsport. It is based upon the Škoda Fabia road car. History It made its début at Rallye Monte Carlo 2009, with factory team Škoda Motorsport and drivers Jan Kopecký and ...

and

Ford Fiesta S2000 The Ford Fiesta S2000 is a Super 2000 rally car built by M-Sport. It is based upon the Ford Fiesta road car. It made its racing debut at the 78th Rallye Monte Carlo in 2010, with factory team M-Sport and drivers Mikko Hirvonen and Julien Maur ...

in the

2011 World Rally Championship The 2011 World Rally Championship was the 39th season of the FIA World Rally Championship in automobile racing. The season consisted of 13 rallies, beginning with Rally Sweden on 10 February and ended with Wales Rally GB on 13 November. Sébast ...

season. He took his first WRC point in the

2014 Rally Finland The 2014 Neste Oil Rally Finland was the eighth round of the 2014 World Rally Championship season. The event was based in Jyväskylä, Finland, and started on 31 July and finished on 3 August after 26 special stages, totaling 360.9 competitive ki ...

, finishing in 10th place. The same year Kruuda also won

Finnish Rally Championship The Finnish Rally Championship is the national rally championship in Finland. The series currently has four classes; Super4 (including R5, S2000 and old WRC cars), Production4 (including Group N cars), R2 (including R2 and R1 cars) and Super2 (in ...

. In 2016, Kruuda signed for

DMACK World Rally Team DMACK World Rally Team was a team that competed in the World Rally Championship since 2012 until 2017. History Beginning with the 2011 season, DMACK began supplying tyres for the Scottish Rally Championship and the Production World Rally Champi ...

Personal life

His father is businessman

Oliver Kruuda Oliver Kruuda (born 27 February 1967 in Põlva) is an Estonian entrepreneur and sport figure. Since 1998 he is the president of the Estonian Handball Association. He has been the major shareholder of the company Kalev. In 2005, he was awarded ...

Racing record

WRC results

JWRC results

SWRC results

WRC 2 results

WRC-3 results

IRC results

ERC results

References

External links

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Karl Kruuda
career summary at eWRC-results.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Kruuda, Karl 1992 births Living people Estonian rally drivers World Rally Championship drivers Sportspeople from Tallinn