Martin Järveoja

Martin Järveoja (Estonian pronunciation: [ˈmɑr.tin ˈjær.ʋeˈojɑ]; born 18 August 1987) is an Estonian rally co-driver. He is currently teamed with Ott Tänak and is set to compete for Hyundai Motorsport in the World Rally Championship.

Martin Järveoja

Järveoja at the 2017 Rallye Deutschland
Personal information
Nationality	Estonian
Born	(1987-08-18) 18 August 1987 (age 36) Elva, Estonia^[1]
World Rally Championship record
Active years	2010–present
Driver	Ott Tänak (2017–) Karl Kruuda (2010–2016)
Teams	M-Sport (2017, 2023) Hyundai (2020–2022) Toyota (2018–2019) Drive DMACK (2016) ME3 Rally Team (2011, 2015) Printsport (2014) MM Motorsport (2013) World Rally Team Estonia (2010)
Rallies	120
Championships	1 (2019)
Rally wins	19
Podiums	42
Stage wins	305
First rally	2010 Jordan Rally
First win	2017 Rally Italia Sardegna
Last win	2023 Rally Chile
Last rally	2023 Rally Japan
Last updated on: 21 January 2024.

Rally career

He is the son of Estonian politician Toomas Järveoja, and originally a Judo competitor (he was five-time champion in Estonia).^[2] Järveoja began his rally career in 2006, co-driving for several drivers, including his cousin Ken Järveoja and uncle Tarmo Järveoja, competing in the regional and national championships.^[2]

In 2010, Järveoja made his debut in the World Rally Championship, co-driving for Karl Kruuda in Jordan.^[3] The pair finished fifth in the 2014 World Rally Championship-2 after wins in Finland and Sweden.^[4]

In December 2016, Järveoja signed a contract with M-Sport World Rally Team and formed a partnership with Ott Tänak.^[5] He and Tänak claimed their first World Rally Championship victory in the 2017 Rally Italia Sardegna.^[6]

From 2018, Järveoja and Tänak compete for Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT.^[7] In 2019, they won in Sweden, Chile, Portugal, Finland, Germany and Wales. They were crowned the world champions in Catalunya, with one race to spare.^[8]

Victories

WRC victories

#	Event	Season	Driver	Car
1	2017 Rally Italia Sardegna	2017	Ott Tänak	Ford Fiesta WRC
2	2017 Rallye Deutschland	2017	Ott Tänak	Ford Fiesta WRC
3	2018 Rally Argentina	2018	Ott Tänak	Toyota Yaris WRC
4	2018 Rally Finland	2018	Ott Tänak	Toyota Yaris WRC
5	2018 Rallye Deutschland	2018	Ott Tänak	Toyota Yaris WRC
6	2018 Rally Turkey	2018	Ott Tänak	Toyota Yaris WRC
7	2019 Rally Sweden	2019	Ott Tänak	Toyota Yaris WRC
8	2019 Rally Chile	2019	Ott Tänak	Toyota Yaris WRC
9	2019 Rally de Portugal	2019	Ott Tänak	Toyota Yaris WRC
10	2019 Rally Finland	2019	Ott Tänak	Toyota Yaris WRC
11	2019 Rallye Deutschland	2019	Ott Tänak	Toyota Yaris WRC
12	2019 Wales Rally GB	2019	Ott Tänak	Toyota Yaris WRC
13	2020 Rally Estonia	2020	Ott Tänak	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC
14	2021 Arctic Rally	2021	Ott Tänak	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC
15	2022 Rally Italia Sardegna	2022	Ott Tänak	Hyundai i20 N Rally1
16	2022 Rally Finland	2022	Ott Tänak	Hyundai i20 N Rally1
17	2022 Ypres Rally	2022	Ott Tänak	Hyundai i20 N Rally1
18	2023 Rally Sweden	2023	Ott Tänak	Ford Puma Rally1
19	2023 Rally Chile	2023	Ott Tänak	Ford Puma Rally1

Results

WRC results

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	WDC	Points
2010	World Rally Team Estonia	Suzuki Swift S1600	SWE	MEX	JOR 22	TUR 31	NZL	POR 27	BUL 18	FIN	GER 30	JPN	FRA				NC	0
		Honda Civic Type-R R3												ESP 28
	Karl Kruuda	Suzuki Swift S1600													GBR Ret
2011	ME3 Rally Team	Škoda Fabia S2000	SWE	MEX 15	POR 13	JOR 11	ITA 21	ARG	GRE 23	FIN 27	GER 22	AUS	FRA	ESP 28			NC	0
	Karl Kruuda	Ford Fiesta S2000													GBR 28
2012	Karl Kruuda	Ford Fiesta S2000	MON	SWE	MEX	POR	ARG	GRE	NZL	FIN 12		GBR 21	FRA	ITA Ret	ESP 23		NC	0
		Škoda Fabia S2000									GER Ret
2013	MM Motorsport	Ford Fiesta R5	MON	SWE	MEX	POR	ARG	GRE	ITA	FIN Ret	GER 18	AUS	FRA	ESP	GBR		NC	0
2014	Printsport	Ford Fiesta S2000	MON	SWE 11	MEX	POR 12	ARG			FIN 10	GER	AUS	FRA	ESP 24	GBR 16		28th	1
	Tagai Racing Technology	Peugeot 208 T16						ITA 15	POL Ret
2015	ME3 Rally Team	Citroën DS3 R5	MON	SWE	MEX	ARG	POR 26	ITA Ret	POL 14	FIN	GER	AUS	FRA	ESP	GBR		NC	0
2016	Drive DMACK Trophy Team	Ford Fiesta R5	MON	SWE	MEX	ARG	POR Ret	ITA 11	POL 23	FIN Ret	GER	CHN C	FRA	ESP	GBR	AUS	NC	0
2017	M-Sport WRT	Ford Fiesta WRC	MON 3	SWE 2	MEX 4	FRA 11	ARG 3	POR 4	ITA 1	POL Ret	FIN 7	GER 1	ESP 3	GBR 6	AUS 2		3rd	191
2018	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT	Toyota Yaris WRC	MON 2	SWE 9	MEX 14	FRA 2	ARG 1	POR Ret	ITA 9	FIN 1	GER 1	TUR 1	GBR 19	ESP 6	AUS Ret		3rd	181
2019	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT	Toyota Yaris WRC	MON 3	SWE 1	MEX 2	FRA 6	ARG 8	CHL 1	POR 1	ITA 5	FIN 1	GER 1	TUR 16	GBR 1	ESP 2	AUS C	1st	263
2020	Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	MON Ret	SWE 2	MEX 2	EST 1	TUR 17	ITA 6	MNZ 2								3rd	105
2021	Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	MON Ret	ARC 1	CRO 4	POR 21	ITA 24	KEN 3	EST 31	BEL 6	GRE 2	FIN 2	ESP Ret	MNZ			5th	128
2022	Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT	Hyundai i20 N Rally1	MON Ret	SWE 20	CRO 2	POR 6	ITA 1	KEN Ret	EST 3	FIN 1	BEL 1	GRE 2	NZL 3	ESP 4	JPN 2		2nd	205
2023	M-Sport Ford WRT	Ford Puma Rally1	MON 5	SWE 1	MEX 9	CRO 2	POR 4	ITA 35	KEN 6	EST 9	FIN Ret	GRE 4	CHL 1	EUR 3	JPN 6		4th	174
2024	Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT	Hyundai i20 N Rally1	MON 4	SWE	KEN	CRO	POR	ITA	POL	LAT	FIN	GRE	CHL	EUR	JPN		4th*	15*

* Season still in progress.

WRC-2 results

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	WDC	Points
2013	MM Motorsport	Ford Fiesta R5	MON	SWE	MEX	POR	ARG	GRE	ITA	FIN Ret	GER 5	AUS	FRA	ESP	GBR		29th	10
2014	Printsport	Ford Fiesta S2000	MON	SWE 1	MEX	POR 4	ARG			FIN 1	GER	AUS	FRA	ESP 7	GBR 5		5th	90
	Tagai Racing Technology	Peugeot 208 T16						ITA 4	POL Ret
2015	ME3 Rally Team	Citroën DS3 R5	MON	SWE	MEX	ARG	POR 11	ITA Ret	POL 3	FIN	GER	AUS	FRA	ESP	GBR		25th	15
2016	Drive DMACK Trophy Team	Ford Fiesta R5	MON	SWE	MEX	ARG	POR Ret	ITA 3	POL 10	FIN Ret	GER	CHN C	FRA	ESP	GBR	AUS	18th	16

JWRC results

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	WDC	Points
2010	World Rally Team Estonia	Suzuki Swift S1600	TUR 6	POR 2	BUL 5	GER 3	FRA		4th	59
		Honda Civic Type-R R3						ESP 6

SWRC results

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	WDC	Points
2011	ME3 Rally Team	Škoda Fabia S2000	MEX 4	JOR 2	ITA 6	GRE 8	FIN 7	GER 5	FRA	ESP 7	6th	64

References

1. "Judo tatamilt maailma autoralli kaardilugejate tippu". Delfi (in Estonian). 10 May 2018.
2. Paltser, Rauno (2015). "Kaardilugejate lood - Martin Järveoja" (in Estonian). Retrieved 23 September 2018.
3. "Martin Järveoja WRC profile". ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
4. "2014 WRC-2 season". ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
5. "Ott Tänak vahetab kaardilugejat" (in Estonian). Õhtuleht. 12 December 2016.
6. "Ott Tänak võitis Sardiinias karjääri esimese MM-ralli" (in Estonian). Postimees. 11 June 2017.
7. "Tänak joins Toyota - wrc.com". www.wrc.com.
8. Lindsay, Alasdair (6 October 2019). "Rally GB: Ott Tanak closes on 2019 WRC title with victory". autosport.com.

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Awards
Preceded by Kelly Sildaru (female) Magnus Kirt (male)	Estonian Athlete of the Year (with Ott Tänak) 2020	Succeeded by Incumbent