Michał Kościuszko

Michał Kościuszko

Kościuszko in 2010
Personal information
Nationality	Polish
Born	20 April 1985 (1985-04-20) (age 26)
World Rally Championship record
Active years	2006 – present
Co-driver	Maciej Szczepaniak
Teams	Suzuki, Dynamic
Rallies	39
Championships	0
Rally wins	0
Podiums	0
Stage wins	0
Total points	6
First rally	2006 Swedish Rally
Last updated on: 14 November 2011.

Michał Kościuszko (born 20 April 1985 in Kraków) is a Polish rally driver, who currently competes in the Production World Rally Championship (PWRC). He has previously won rounds of the Junior World Rally Championship (JWRC) and has competed in the Super 2000 World Rally Championship (SWRC).

Career

Kościuszko began his motorsport career as a 15-year-old in karting.^[1] At 17 he switched to rallying. In 2006 he began competing in the JWRC in a Suzuki Ignis S1600. In 2007 he switched to a Renault Clio S1600, finishing third in the category on Rally Finland.^[2] He returned to Suzuki for the final round of the season in a Swift S1600 and continued using the model in 2008. He finished third in the JWRC category and tenth overall on the 2008 Rally Mexico, before winning the next round in Sardinia. He finished the season in fifth in the standings. He continued with Suzuki in 2009, winning in Portugal and Argentina and finishing runner-up overall.

In 2010 Kościuszko made the move to the SWRC, starting the season in a Ford Fiesta S2000. After a podium on the opening round in Mexico he switched to a Skoda Fabia S2000 from his third round of the season in Portugal, where he finished third. He scored a further podium in France on his way to fifth in the final standings. For 2011 he switched to the PWRC, driving a Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X.

Kościuszko on Rally Finland in 2010.

WRC results

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	WDC	Points
2006	Michał Kościuszko	Suzuki Ignis S1600	MON	SWE 37	MEX	ESP 24	FRA	ARG	ITA 32	GRE 28	DEU 46	FIN Ret	JPN	CYP	TUR 27	AUS	NZL	GBR	NC	0
2007	Michał Kościuszko	Renault Clio S1600	MON	SWE	NOR	MEX	POR Ret	ARG	ITA 44	GRE	FIN 22	DEU Ret	NZL	ESP Ret					NC	0
		Suzuki Swift S1600													FRA 28	JPN	IRE
		Abarth Grande Punto S2000																GBR 20
2008	Michał Kościuszko	Suzuki Swift S1600	MON	SWE	MEX 10	ARG	JOR Ret	ITA 15	GRE	TUR	FIN 22	DEU	NZL	ESP 30	FRA Ret	JPN	GBR		NC	0
2009	Michał Kościuszko	Suzuki Swift S1600	IRE	NOR	CYP 17	POR 13	ARG 14	ITA 13	GRE	POL Ret	FIN 18	AUS	ESP	GBR					NC	0
2010	Dynamic WRT	Ford Fiesta S2000	SWE	MEX 20	JOR Ret	TUR	NZL												NC	0
		Škoda Fabia S2000						POR 13	BUL	FIN 16	DEU 28	JPN	FRA 14	ESP	GBR 15
2011	Lotos Dynamic Rally Team	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X	SWE	MEX	POR 24	JOR	ITA	ARG 20	GRE	FIN 25	DEU	AUS 7	FRA	ESP 22	GBR 16				21st	6

JWRC results

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	JWRC	Points
2006	Michał Kościuszko	Suzuki Ignis S1600	SWE 8	ESP 5	FRA	ARG	ITA 10	DEU 11	FIN Ret	TUR 10	GBR	19th	5
2007	Michał Kościuszko	Renault Clio S1600	NOR	POR Ret	ITA 12	FIN 3	DEU Ret	ESP Ret				11th	6
		Suzuki Swift S1600							FRA 9
2008	Michał Kościuszko	Suzuki Swift S1600	MEX 3	JOR Ret	ITA 1	FIN 3	DEU	ESP 9	FRA Ret			5th	22
2009	Michał Kościuszko	Suzuki Swift S1600	IRE	CYP 2	POR 1	ARG 1	ITA 2	POL Ret	FIN 3	ESP		2nd	42

SWRC results

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	SWRC	Points
2010	Dynamic WRT	Ford Fiesta S2000	SWE	MEX 3	JOR Ret	NZL							5th	73
		Škoda Fabia S2000					POR 3	FIN 5	DEU 6	JPN	FRA 3	GBR 5

PWRC results

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	PWRC	Points
2011	Lotos Dynamic Rally Team	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X	SWE	POR 7	ARG 10	FIN 5	AUS 2	ESP 2	GBR 3	3rd	68

References

1. ^ "Profile". kosciuszko.com.pl. http://www.kosciuszko.com.pl/english/michal_kosciuszko/index.html. Retrieved 21 July 2011. 
2. ^ "Driver profile - Michal Kosciuszko". eWRC-results.com. eWRC.cz. http://ewrc-results.com/profile.php?profile=211. Retrieved 21 July 2011. 

External links

• Lotos Dynamic Rally Team (Polish)