Robert Virves

Robert Virves (born 8 July 2000) is an Estonian rally driver.^[1] He won the 2022 Junior World Rally Championship.^[2] Virves will compete in 2024 WRC-2 with Škoda Fabia RS Rally2.^[3]

Robert Virves

Personal information
Nationality	Estonian
Born	(2000-07-08) 8 July 2000 (age 23) Estonia
World Rally Championship record
Active years	2020–present
Co-driver	Sander Pruul Aleks Lesk Julia Thulin Hugo Magalhães Craig Drew
Rallies	17
Championships	0
Rally wins	0
Podiums	0
Stage wins	0
Total points	0
First rally	2020 Rally Estonia

Career

2022

At the Rally Estonia, 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 at the 2008 Jordan Rally.^[4]

After winning the Acropolis Rally Greece, he become the 2022 FIA Junior WRC Champion.^[5]

Rally victories

JWRC victories

#	Event	Season	Co-driver	Car
1	2022 Acropolis Rally	2022	Julia Thulin	Ford Fiesta Rally3

Results

WRC summary

Season	Team	Starts	Victories	Podiums	Stage wins	DNF	Points	Final result
2020	Private	1	0	0	0	0	0	-
2021	Private	5	0	0	0	0	0	-
2022	Private	5	0	0	0	0	0	-
2023	M-Sport	6	0	0	0	3	0	NC
Total		17	0	0	0	3	0

WRC results

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Pos.	Points
2020	Robert Virves	Ford Fiesta Rally4	MON	SWE	MEX	EST 30	TUR	ITA	MNZ							NC	0
2021	Autosport Team Estonia	Ford Fiesta Rally4	MON	FIN	CRO 51	POR 33	ITA	KEN	EST 34	BEL 22	GRE	FIN	ESP 30	MNZ		NC	0
2022	Starter Energy Racing	Ford Fiesta Rally3	MON	SWE 34	CRO 21	POR 27	ITA	KEN	EST 17	FIN	BEL	GRE 19	NZL	ESP	JPN	NC	0
2023	M-Sport Ford WRT	Ford Fiesta Rally2	MON	SWE 18	MEX	CRO	POR Ret	ITA 17	KEN	EST 14	FIN Ret	GRE Ret	CHL	EUR	JPN	NC	0
2024	Robert Virves	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	MON	SWE	KEN	CRO	POR	ITA	POL	LAT	FIN	GRE	CHI	EUR	JPN	*	0*

* Season still in progress.

WRC-2

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Pos.	Points
2023	M-Sport Ford WRT	Ford Fiesta Rally2	MON	SWE 9	MEX	CRO	POR Ret	ITA 12	KEN	EST 6	FIN Ret	GRE Ret	CHL	EUR	JPN	27th	10
2024	Robert Virves	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	MON	SWE	KEN	CRO	POR	ITA	POL	LAT	FIN	GRE	CHI	EUR	JPN	*	0*

* Season still in progress

WRC-2 Challenger

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Pos.	Points
2023	M-Sport Ford WRT	Ford Fiesta Rally2	MON	SWE 5	MEX	CRO	POR Ret	ITA 9	KEN	EST 4	FIN Ret	GRE Ret	CHL	EUR	JPN	15th	24

* Season still in progress

ERC results

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Pos.	Points
2022	M-Sport Poland	Ford Fiesta Rally3	PRT1	PRT2	ESP1	POL 13	LAT	ITA 15	CZE	ESP2	50th	4
2023	RedGrey Team	Ford Fiesta Rally2	PRT 16	CAN	POL	LAT 5	SWE	ITA	CZE	HUN	26th	19

* Season still in progress

JWRC results/WRC-3 Junior

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	WDC	Points
2020	Robert Virves	Ford Fiesta Rally4	SWE	EST 3	ITA	MNZ		9th	17
2021	Autosport Team Estonia	Ford Fiesta Rally4	CRO 7	POR 3	EST 7	BEL 3	ESP 3	5th	78
2022	Starter Energy Racing	Ford Fiesta Rally3	SWE 6	CRO 2	POR 3	EST 2	GRE 1	1st	130

References

1. "Robert Virves". wrc.com. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
2. "Virves crowned FIA Junior WRC champion". wrc.com. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
3. "Robert Virves naaseb Sardiinia MM-rallil Škodaga võistlusrajale". 7 May 2024. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
4. Lindsay, Alasdair (21 July 2022). "The Ogier record that was broken on Rally Estonia". DirtFish.
5. "WRC - Virves becomes first Estonian Junior WRC Champion". Federation Internationale de l'Automobile. 12 September 2022.

External links

 

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