Michał Kościuszko

Michał Kościuszko
	Kościuszko in 2010
Personal information
Nationality	Polish
Born	20 April 1985 (age 39)
World Rally Championship record
Active years	2006–2013
Co-driver	Jarosław Baran; Maciej Szczepaniak
Teams	Suzuki, Dynamic
Rallies	52
Championships	0
Rally wins	0
Podiums	0
Stage wins	0
Total points	13
First rally	2006 Swedish Rally
Last rally	2013 Rallye Deutschland

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.

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	GER 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	GER 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	GER	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
2010	Dynamic WRT	Škoda Fabia S2000						POR 13	BUL	FIN 16	GER 28	JPN	FRA 14	ESP	GBR 15				NC	0
2011	Lotos Dynamic Rally Team	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X	SWE	MEX	POR 24	JOR	ITA	ARG 20	GRE	FIN 25	GER	AUS 7	FRA	ESP 22	GBR 16				21st	6
2012	Lotos Dynamic Rally Team	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X	MON 30	SWE	MEX 14	POR	ARG Ret	GRE	NZL	FIN	GER 13	GBR	FRA	ITA 21	ESP 31				NC	0
2013	Lotos Team WRC	Mini John Cooper Works WRC	MON 10	SWE 14	MEX Ret	POR Ret	ARG Ret	GRE WD											19th	7
2013	Lotos Team WRC	Ford Fiesta RS WRC							ITA 7	FIN	GER Ret	AUS	FRA	ESP	GBR				19th	7

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	GER 11	FIN Ret	TUR 10	GBR	19th	5
2007	Michał Kościuszko	Renault Clio S1600	NOR	POR Ret	ITA 12	FIN 3	GER Ret	ESP Ret				11th	6
2007	Michał Kościuszko	Suzuki Swift S1600							FRA 9			11th	6
2008	Michał Kościuszko	Suzuki Swift S1600	MEX 3	JOR Ret	ITA 1	FIN 3	GER	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
2010	Dynamic WRT	Škoda Fabia S2000					POR 3	FIN 5	GER 6	JPN	FRA 3	GBR 5	5th	73

PWRC results

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	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
2012	Lotos Dynamic Rally Team	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X	MON 1	MEX 3	ARG Ret	GRE	NZL	GER 1	ITA 6	ESP 6	4th	81

References

^ "Profile". kosciuszko.com.pl. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 21 July 2011.
^ "Driver profile – Michal Kosciuszko". eWRC-results.com. eWRC.cz. Retrieved 21 July 2011.