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Personal information | |
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Nationality | ![]() |
Born | Puhja, Estonia[1] | 20 June 1979
World Rally Championship record | |
Active years | 2003–present |
Driver | ![]() |
Teams | OT Racing |
Rallies | 103 |
Championships | 0 |
Rally wins | 0 |
Podiums | 1 |
Stage wins | 15 |
First rally | 2003 Monte Carlo Rally |
Last rally | 2020 Rally Estonia |
Kuldar Sikk (born 20 June 1979) is an Estonian rally co-driver. From 2022 he is the co-driver of Benediktas Vanagas from Lithuania.[2] Sikk holds the record for the best overall result in a car class in the Baltics as well as for an Estonian co-driver.
Dakar results
[edit]Year | Class | Starting number | Driver | Vehicle | Position |
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2023 | Car | 214 | ![]() |
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DNF (4/14) |
2024 | Car | 223 | ![]() |
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Rally career
[edit]Kuldar Sikk began his co-driver in 1998, co-driving for several drivers. In the 2003 Monte Carlo Rally, he made his WRC debut in a Suzuki Ignis S1600. The rally also marks the beginning of the partnership with Urmo Aava.[3]
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From 2010, Sikk became the co-driver of the rising star Ott Tänak.[4] Two years later, in the 2012 Rally Sweden, the Estonian crew took their first stage win on SS14.[5] Another five rounds later, Sikk achieved his first and only WRC podium finish.[6]
After a short partnership with the Ukrainian rally driver Yuriy Protasov, he was co-driving for three more drivers in 2016 and 2017.[7]
Starting from 2018 Rally Sweden, Sikk became the co-driver of Ken Torn in the Junior World Rally Championship.[8]
Rally results
[edit]WRC results
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Rallisõitja Kuldar Sikk naudib visaduse vilju". Postimees (in Estonian). 8 June 2007. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
- ^ Kuldar Sikk
- ^ "Kuldar Sikk". e-wrc.com. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
- ^ "FIA Production Car World Rally Championship: Final List of Entrants". fia.com. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 14 April 2010. Archived from the original on 17 April 2010. Retrieved 20 April 2010.
- ^ "Tanak takes first stage win". World Rally Championship. International Sportsworld Communicators. 11 February 2012. Archived from the original on 18 December 2018. Retrieved 11 February 2012.
- ^ "Sebastien Ogier defeats Andreas Mikkelsen to win". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. 5 July 2015. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
- ^ Юрий Протасов меняет штурмана [Yuriy Protasov changes co-driver]. Rally.ua (in Russian). 9 January 2013. Archived from the original on 12 January 2013. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
- ^ "Rally Sweden Entry List". rallysweden.com. Rally Sweden. 20 January 2018. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
External links
[edit]- Kuldar Sikk's e-wrc profile