Ott Tänak

Ott Tänak

Tänak on the 2011 Wales Rally GB.
Personal information
Nationality	Estonian
Born	October 15, 1987 (1987-10-15) (age 24) Saaremaa, Estonia
World Rally Championship record
Active years	2009 – present
Co-driver	Kuldar Sikk
Teams	Pirelli Star Driver, MM Motorsport
Rallies	17
Championships	0
Rally wins	0
Podiums	0
Stage wins	0
Total points	15
First rally	2009 Rally de Portugal
Last updated on: 13 November 2011.

Ott Tänak (born 15 October 1987 in Saaremaa) is an Estonian rally driver.

Career

Tänak won the Estonian Rally Championship in 2008 and 2009, driving for the team run by former world rally winner Markko Märtin.^[1] Tänak made his World Rally Championship debut on the 2009 Rally de Portugal, finishing 20th overall.^[2] In September 2009 Tänak won the European Pirelli Star Driver shootout held in Austria.^[3] This gave him the opportunity to compete on six rounds of the 2010 World Rally Championship season. He won the PWRC category on the 2010 Rally Finland and 2010 Rally GB.

2011

In 2011, Tänak drives in 7 rallies with Ford Fiesta S2000 in MM-Motosport team under Markko Märtin's instructions. He made a five-year contract with Ford.^[4]

Tänak scored his first WRC points in the 2011 Rally Mexico. He made his debut in a WRC-spec Ford Fiesta prepared by M-Sport Stobart at the 2011 Wales Rally GB, testing Chinese tyre supplier DMACK's tyre compounds in preparation for their entry into the championship in 2012.^[5]

WRC results

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	WDC	Points
2009	Ott Tänak	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	IRE	NOR	CYP	POR 20	ARG	ITA	GRE	POL	FIN Ret	AUS	ESP	GBR		-	0
2010	Ott Tänak	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	SWE Ret	MEX	JOR											-	0
	Pirelli Star Driver	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X				TUR Ret	NZL	POR Ret	BUL	FIN 18	DEU 31	JPN	FRA 19	ESP	GBR 17
2011	MM Motorsport	Ford Fiesta S2000	SWE	MEX 10	POR	JOR	ITA 7	ARG	GRE Ret	FIN 13	DEU 12	AUS	FRA 11	ESP 27		15th	15
	M-Sport Stobart Ford World Rally Team	Ford Fiesta RS WRC													GBR 6

PWRC results

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	PWRC	Points
2010	Pirelli Star Driver	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X	SWE	MEX	JOR	NZL	FIN 1	DEU 5	JPN	FRA 2	GBR 1	4th	78

SWRC results

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	SWRC	Points
2011	MM Motorsport	Ford Fiesta S2000	MEX 3	JOR	ITA 1	GRE Ret	FIN 3	DEU 1	FRA 1	ESP 6	2nd	113

References

1. ^ http://www.rallybuzz.com/ott-tanak-wins-estonian-championship/
2. ^ http://www.rallybuzz.com/ott-tanak-rally-portugal/
3. ^ http://www.rallybuzz.com/tanak-raschi-psd-winners/
4. ^ Ott Tänak sõlmis Fordiga viieaastase kontrahti (Estonian)
5. ^ Evans, David (3 November 2011). "Ott Tanak to give DMACK tyres their World Rally Car debut in Britain". Autosport (Haymarket Publications). http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/95876. Retrieved 4 November 2011. 

External links

• Profile at eWRC-results.com
• Ott Tänak Fanpage

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Name	Tanak, Ott
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Date of birth	15 October 1987
Place of birth	Saaremaa, Estonia
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