Estonian · Põlva, Estonia · Born 15 November 1988Estonian rally driver and 2019 WRC World Drivers' Champion, becoming the first Estonian to win a motorsport world championship title.
Ott Tänak is an Estonian rally driver and 2019 World Rally Champion, the first Estonian to win a major world motorsport championship. His exceptional aggressive driving style, superb car control on all surfaces, and ability to make cars work at the absolute limit of their capabilities produced a dominant season that ended Sébastien Ogier's long run of championship success. Tänak added further rally victories across multiple manufacturer teams in the years following his 2019 title, continuing to be one of the WRC's most aggressive and fastest drivers on gravel and asphalt alike into the mid-2020s.
2019 WRC World Champion, first Estonian to win major motorsport championship
How They Played
Aggressive and precise driving style, exceptional car control on all surfaces
Lasting Impact
Estonia's greatest rally driver and most successful motorsport athlete
Career Honours
- WRC World Rally Champion 2019
- WRC Rally winner - Rally Estonia 2020
- WRC Rally winner - Rally Estonia 2021
- WRC Rally winner - Rally Italia Sardegna 2019
- WRC Rally winner - Rally Finland 2018
- WRC Rally winner - Rally Germany 2019
- WRC Rally winner - Rally Turkey 2019
- WRC Rally winner - Rally Australia 2019
- WRC Rally winner - Rally Catalunya 2019
- WRC Rally winner - Rally Argentina 2019
- WRC Driver of the Year 2019
- Estonian Sportsman of the Year 2019
Estonian Athletes