Kuldar Sikk

Kuldar Sikk (born 20 June 1979) is an Estonian rally co-driver. He is now the co-driver of Ken Torn.[2]

Kuldar Sikk

Personal information
Nationality	Estonia
Born	20 June 1979 Puhja, Estonia[1]
World Rally Championship record
Active years	2003–present
Driver	Ken Torn
Teams	OT Racing
Rallies	102
Championships	0
Rally wins	0
Podiums	1
Stage wins	15
First rally	2003 Monte Carlo Rally
Last rally	2019 Rally Sweden

Rally career

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.[2]

Ott Tänak and Kuldar Sikk in a Ford Fiesta RS WRC during 2012 Rallye Deutschland.

From 2010, Sikk became the co-driver of the rising star Ott Tänak.[3] Two years later, in the 2012 Rally Sweden, the Estonian crew took their first stage win on SS14.[4] Another five rounds later, Sikk achieved his first and only WRC podium finish.[5]

After a short partnership with the Ukrainian rally driver Yuriy Protasov, he was co-driving for three more drivers in 2016 and 2017.[6]

Starting from 2018 Rally Sweden, Sikk became the co-driver of Ken Torn in the Junior World Rally Championship.[7]

Rally results

WRC results

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	WDC	Points
2002	Urmo Aava	Ford Focus RS WRC	MON	SWE	FRA	ESP	CYP	ARG	GRE	KEN	FIN Ret	GER	ITA	NZL	AUS	GBR			–	0
2003	Urmo Aava	Suzuki Ignis S1600	MON 20	SWE	TUR Ret	NZL	ARG	GRE 19	CYP	GER	FIN 25	AUS	ITA Ret	FRA	ESP 24	GBR Ret			–	0
2004	Urmo Aava	Suzuki Ignis S1600	MON 12	SWE	MEX	NZL	CYP	GRE Ret	TUR 16	ARG	FIN 23	GER	JPN	GBR Ret	ITA Ret	FRA	ESP Ret	AUS	–	0
2005	Urmo Aava	Suzuki Ignis S1600	MON Ret	SWE	MEX	NZL	ITA 19	CYP	TUR	GRE 19	ARG	FIN 16	GER Ret	GBR	JPN	FRA 19	ESP 21	AUS	–	0
2006	Urmo Aava	Suzuki Swift S1600	MON	SWE 22	MEX	ESP	FRA 17	ARG	ITA 18	GRE	GER	FIN DSQ	JPN	CYP	TUR 16	AUS	NZL	GBR 42	–	0
2007	Urmo Aava	Suzuki Swift S1600	MON	SWE	NOR 28	MEX	POR 15	ARG	ITA 13			GER 12		ESP 18	FRA Ret	JPN 15	IRE	GBR	19th	3
		Mitsubishi Lancer WRC05								GRE 14	FIN 7		NZL 8
2008	World Rally Team Estonia	Citroën C4 WRC	MON	SWE 18	MEX	ARG	JOR Ret	ITA 8	GRE 4	TUR Ret	FIN 15	GER 8	NZL 5	ESP Ret	FRA 7	JPN	GBR		11th	13
2009	Stobart VK M-Sport Ford Rally Team	Ford Focus RS WRC 08	IRE 10	NOR 8	CYP	POR	ARG	ITA	GRE	POL									19th	1
	Urmo Aava	Honda Civic Type-R R3									FIN 29	AUS	ESP	GBR
2010	Ott Tänak	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	SWE Ret	MEX	JOR														NC	0
	Pirelli Star Driver	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X				TUR Ret	NZL	POR Ret	BUL	FIN 18	GER 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	GER 12	AUS	FRA 11	ESP 27					15th	15
	M-Sport Stobart Ford World Rally Team	Ford Fiesta RS WRC													GBR 6
2012	M-Sport Ford World Rally Team	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	MON 8	SWE Ret	MEX 5	POR 14	ARG 10	GRE 9	NZL Ret	FIN 6	GER Ret	GBR Ret	FRA 6	ITA 3	ESP Ret				8th	52
2013	Symtech Racing	Subaru Impreza STi R4	MON 12	SWE 15	MEX 18	POR 21	ARG 18												NC	0
	MM Motorsport	Ford Fiesta RRC						GRE 12	ITA Ret	FIN 15
		Ford Fiesta R5									GER 12	AUS 11	FRA	ESP Ret	GBR Ret
2014	Oleksiy Kikireshko	Mini Cooper S2000	MON	SWE	MEX	POR Ret	ARG	ITA											NC	0
		Ford Fiesta R5								FIN Ret	GER	AUS	FRA	ESP
	AT Rally Team	Ford Fiesta S2000							POL Ret						GBR Ret
2015	EM Eurolamp WRT	Mini Cooper S2000	MON	SWE 24	MEX	ARG	POR	ITA	POL	FIN	GER	AUS	FRA	ESP	GBR				NC	0
2017	Tehase Auto	Škoda Fabia R5	MON	SWE	MEX	FRA	ARG	POR	ITA	POL Ret				GBR 28	AUS				NC	0
	Raul Jeets										FIN 22	GER	ESP
2018	OT Racing	Ford Fiesta R2T	MON	SWE 54	MEX	FRA	ARG	POR Ret	ITA	FIN 19	GER	TUR Ret	GBR	ESP	AUS				NC	0
2019	OT Racing	Ford Fiesta R2T	MON	SWE 42	MEX	FRA	ARG	CHL	POR	ITA	FIN	GER	TUR	GBR	ESP	AUS C			NC	0

References

1. "Rallisõitja Kuldar Sikk naudib visaduse vilju". Postimees (in Estonian). 8 June 2007. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
2. "Kuldar Sikk". e-wrc.com. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
3. "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.
4. "Tanak takes first stage win". World Rally Championship. International Sportsworld Communicators. 11 February 2012. Retrieved 11 February 2012.
5. "Sebastien Ogier defeats Andreas Mikkelsen to win". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. 5 July 2015. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
6. 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.
7. "Rally Sweden Entry List". rallysweden.com. Rally Sweden. 20 January 2018. Retrieved 20 January 2018.

External links

• Kuldar Sikk's e-wrc profile