Marin Čolak

Marin Čolak
Nationality	Croatian
Born	March 4, 1984 (1984-03-04) (age 27) Zagreb (Croatia)
2011 World Touring Car Championship
Debut season	2008
Current team	Čolak Racing Team
Car no.	23
Former teams	SUNRED Engineering
Starts	14
Wins	0
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	25th in 2009
Previous series
2008–09 2008 2008 2005–08 2004 2003 2001–02 2001	Dutch Winter Endurance Series SEAT Leon Supercopa Spain SEAT León Eurocup SEAT Leon Supercopa Germany Volkswagen Polo Cup German Formula Three Championship Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Germany

Marin Čolak (born 4 March 1984 in Zagreb) is a Croatian auto racing driver. After starting his racing with karting, much of his young career has been spent in Germany, including German Formula Renault and the German SEAT Leon Cupra Cup. He has also competed in some races of the Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup in 2001 and 2002.^[1] In 2008 he competed in the new SEAT León Eurocup, where he ended the year as runner-up. As a reward for winning a race at Brands Hatch, he was entered in two rounds of the FIA World Touring Car Championship with the SEAT backed SUNRED Engineering Team.

For 2009, he enters the WTCC for a full season with an independent petrol powered SEAT Leon, under the Croatia Čolak Ingra Seat tim banner.^[2]

In November 2010, according to Croatian reports, Čolak was involved in a road accident in Croatia in which he crashed his Ferrari. The reports say that his female passenger, Ivana Obad, was killed in the crash, while Čolak escaped with minor injuries.^[3]

Racing Record

Complete WTCC results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Car	1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		11		12		Position	Points
2008	SUNRED Racing Development	SEAT León TFSI	CUR		PUE		VAL		PAU		BRN		EST		BRA		OSC		IMO		MON		OKA		MAC		-	0
																	13	17
2009	Čolak Racing Team Ingra	SEAT León 2.0 TFSI	CUR		PUE		MAR		PAU		VAL		BRN		POR		BRA		OSC		IMO		OKA		MAC		25th	0
			19	DNS	Ret	22	15	12	19	16	18	18	Ret	DNS					11	21

• * Season in progress.

References

1. ^ http://www.speedsport-magazine.com/race-driver-database/biography/Marin-Colak-,1491.html Career at Speedsport magazine.
2. ^ http://www.touringcartimes.com/news.php?id=3122 Marin Čolak to drive petrol SEAT Léon
3. ^ "Dubrovnik tuguje za ljepoticom koja je poginula u Čolakovom Ferrariju" (in Croatian). http://www.index.hr/vijesti/clanak/automobilisticki-as-colak-ferrarijem-sletio-s-ceste-i-ubio-suvozacicu-jer-se-utrkivao/521888.aspx. Retrieved 2010-11-06. 

Persondata
Name	Colak, Marin
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	4 March 1984
Place of birth	Zagreb (Croatia)
Date of death
Place of death

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