Robert Virves (born 8 July 2000) is an Estonian
rally
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driver. He won the
2022 Junior World Rally Championship
The 2022 FIA World Rally Championship-3 is the ninth season of the World Rally Championship-3, an auto racing championship for rally cars that is recognised by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile as the third-highest tier of internati ...
. Virves will compete in 2023
WRC-2
The FIA WRC2 (previously also known as World Rally Championship 2 and WRC 2), is a support championship of the World Rally Championship. The calendar consists of the same rallies and stages as the main class and crews usually compete immediately ...
with
Ford Fiesta Rally2
The Ford Fiesta Rally2 (formerly known as Ford Fiesta R5 Mk. II) is a rally car developed and built by M-Sport World Rally Team, M-Sport to comply with Group Rally2 regulations. It is based upon the Ford Fiesta road car and made its debut in 2020. ...
.
Career
2022
At the
Rally Estonia
Rally Estonia is a rallying event organised each year in Estonia. It is the largest and most high-profile motorsport event in the country and runs on smooth gravel roads in the south of the country, some of which are purpose-built for the rally. ...
, Virves set a new record with most stage wins in the Junior WRC class in a single rally event. He won 17 stages, one more than
Sébastien Ogier
Sébastien Ogier (born 17 December 1983) is a French rally driver, competing for the Toyota Gazoo Racing Team in the World Rally Championship (WRC), who is teamed with the co-driver Julien Ingrassia. He has won the World Rally Drivers' Champion ...
at the
2008 Jordan Rally
The 2008 Jordan Rally was the fifth round of 2008 World Rally Championship season and the third gravel round of the championship and also the second round of the Junior World Rally Championship. The event began with a ceremonial start on Thursday, ...
.
After winning the
Acropolis Rally Greece
The Acropolis Rally of Greece ( el, Ράλλυ Ακρόπολις) is a rally competition that is part of the World Rally Championship (WRC). The rally is held on very dusty, rough, rocky and fast mountain roads in mainland Greece, usually duri ...
, he become the 2022 FIA Junior WRC Champion.
Rally victories
JWRC victories
Results
WRC summary
WRC results
* Season still in progress.
WRC-2
* Season still in progress
WRC-2 Challenger
* Season still in progress
ERC results
* Season still in progress
JWRC results
WRC-3 Junior
References
External links
ewrc-results profilesport.postimees.ee
*https://sport.err.ee/1608712312/robert-virves-tuli-kreekas-juunioride-maailmameistriks
2000 births
Living people
Estonian rally drivers
World Rally Championship drivers
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European Rally Championship drivers