Sean Johnston (rally driver)

For the Canadian actor, see Shaun Johnston. For other people with similar names, see Sean Johnson (disambiguation).

Sean Johnston (born 17 November 1990) is an American rally driver currently competing in World Rally Championship-2.^[1] He began his racing career in 2011 in the North American Nissan GT Academy, a televised competition that took the fastest sim racers in Gran Turismo to compete in real cars to win a professional racing contract with Nissan. After finishing second in the competition, Johnston competed in the IMSA GT3 Cup Challenge the following year, claiming 14 podiums from 15 races and winning the championship.^[2] In 2013, Johnston moved to Europe to compete in the Porsche Carrera Cup Germany and Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup.^[3] In 2018, Johnston switched to rallying, competing alongside co-driver Alex Kihurani.^[4] Johnston's first rallying win came at the 2020 Rallye Automobile Monte Carlo, where he won the RC4 class,^[5] becoming the first American with a class win at the event.^[6] Johnston and Kihurani drive the Citroën C3 Rally2 for Saintéloc Junior Team.

Sean Johnston

Personal information
Nationality	American
Born	(1990-11-17) 17 November 1990 (age 34)
World Rally Championship record
Active years	2019–present
Co-driver	Alex Kihurani
Rallies	21
Championships	0
Rally wins	0
Podiums	0
Stage wins	0
Total points	0
First rally	2019 Rally Sweden

Career results

WRC results

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	WDC	Points
2019	Sean Johnston	Ford Fiesta R2	MON	SWE 35	MEX	FRA Ret	ARG	CHL	POR	ITA Ret	FIN 27	GER	TUR	GBR 26	ESP	AUS C	NC	0
2020	Sean Johnston	Peugeot 208 R2	MON 27	SWE	MEX												NC	0
	Saintéloc Junior Team	Citroën C3 R5				EST 21	TUR Ret	ITA Ret	MNZ
2021	Saintéloc Junior Team	Citroën C3 Rally2	MON 17	ARC 30	CRO	POR	ITA Ret	KEN	EST Ret	BEL	GRE 17	FIN	ESP 19	MNZ			NC	0
2022	Saintéloc Junior Team	Citroën C3 Rally2	MON 11	SWE	CRO 19	POR Ret	ITA	KEN 11	EST 22	FIN	BEL	GRE	NZL	ESP	JPN 13		NC	0

* Season still in progress.

WRC-2 results

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	WDC	Points
2021	Saintéloc Junior Team	Citroën C3 Rally2	MON 5	ARC 7	CRO	POR	ITA Ret	KEN	EST Ret	BEL	GRE 6	FIN	ESP 5	MNZ		13th	35
2022	Saintéloc Junior Team	Citroën C3 Rally2	MON 4	SWE	CRO 11	POR Ret	ITA	KEN 2	EST 10	FIN	BEL	GRE	NZL	ESP	JPN 6	11th	41

* Season still in progress.

WRC-3 results

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	WDC	Points
2020	Saintéloc Junior Team	Citroën C3 R5	MON	SWE	MEX	EST 8	TUR Ret	ITA Ret	MNZ	34th	4

J-WRC results

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	WDC	Points
2019	Sean Johnston	Ford Fiesta R2	SWE 5	FRA Ret	ITA Ret	FIN 5	GBR 3	4th	50

Sports Car Racing

American Le Mans Series

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Rank	Points
2012	JDX Racing	GTC	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	SEB	LBH	LGA	LIM	MOS	MOH	ROA	BAL	VIR	ATL ovr:28 cls:4	24th	17

IMSA SportsCar Championship

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Rank	Points
2015	Performance Tech Motorsports	PC	Oreca FLM09	Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8	DAY 7	SEB	LGA	BEL	WGL	MOS	LIM	ROA	COTA	ATL		39th	1
2016	Starworks Motorsport	PC	Oreca FLM09	Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8	DAY 7	SEB 7	LBH	LGA	BEL	WGL	MOS	LIM	ROA	COTA	ATL	27th	26