Jake Kostecki

Jake Kostecki (born 24 January 2000) is an Australian professional racing driver of Ukrainian descent. He formerly competed in the Supercars Championship.

Biography Junior Series Kostecki began his career in karts at the age of eight, in the 2008 Western Australian Karting Championship. By 2011, Kostecki was winning races and in 2013, he came third in the SKUSA SuperNats XVII - TaG Junior sponsored by Russell Karting Specialties.

V8 Touring Car Series (2015) Kostecki made headlines in 2015 with his announcement of joining the V8 Touring Car series, at the age of 15. Driving an ex-Craig Lowndes Ford Falcon, he finished ninth in the championship that year.

Super2 Series (2016–2019) Kostecki made the move to the Super2 Series in 2016, where he finished 18th in the championship. His 2017 campaign suffered a major crash at the Sandown round.

Supercars Championship (2019–) 2019 Kostecki along with his cousin, Brodie Kostecki, teamed up in a PIRTEK Enduro Cup wildcard program in 2019 for Kostecki Brothers Racing, entering the Sandown 500, Bathurst 1000 and Gold Coast 600 races. Kostecki Brothers Racing converted a Super2 Series Holden VF Commodore to an updated current spec Holden ZB Commodore. The team qualified 24th at Sandown for Race 28 of the championship, and Jake finished the race in 22nd. For Race 29, his cousin Brodie started in Jake's finishing position of 22nd, and stormed his way to an eighth place finish in a challenging race with mixed weather conditions. For a small team punching above their weight, Kostecki Brothers Racing were praised for their efforts. Jake and Brodie finished 16th in the 161 lap main endurance race.

At the Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Kostecki Brothers Racing qualified 23rd for the 1000 km race. Brodie nearly failed to make the start of the race driving to the grid, with a cool suit drama delay proceedings of the race. The team were not classified as finishers of the race, with a major crash taking them out of the proceedings. After the conclusion of the race, news reports stated that Kostecki Brothers Racing were in a race against time to get their car fixed for the next round at the Gold Coast 600 and ran the risk of not competing at the event.

The car was fixed and repaired in time for the Gold Coast 600. The team qualified 23rd for the first race of the weekend and finished in 18th. For the second race of the weekend, the team qualified 18th and finished in 16th position.

Overall, Kostecki Brothers Racing finished the 2019 PIRTEK Enduro Cup in 24th position with a total of 247 points, 631 points behind winners Jamie Whincup and Craig Lowndes of the Red Bull Holden Racing Team.

Career results Karting career summary

Career summary

Super3 Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Super2 Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team No. Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Position Points 2016 Kostecki Brothers Racing 56 Holden VF Commodore ADER1 ADER2 PHIR3 PHIR4 PHIR5 BARR6 BARR7 BARR8 TOWR9 TOWR10 SANR11 SANR12 SANR13 BATR14 HOMR15 HOMR16 18th 683 2017 ADER1 ADER2 ADER3 SYMR4 SYMR5 SYMR6 SYMR7 PHIR8 PHIR9 PHIR10 PHIR11 TOWR12 TOWR13 SYDR14 SYDR15 SYDR16 SYDR17 SANR18 SANR19 NEWR20 NEWR21 22nd 564 2018 ADER1 ADER2 ADER3 SYMR4 SYMR5 SYMR6 BARR7 BARR8 BARR9 TOWR10 TOWR11 SANR12 SANR13 BATR14 NEWR15 NEWR16 18th 670 2019 ADER1 ADER2 ADER3 BARR4 BARR5 TOWR6 TOWR7 QLDR8 QLDR9 BATR10 SANR11 SANR12 NEWR13 NEWR14 16th 722

Supercars Championship results

Complete Bathurst 1000 results Year Team Car Co-driver Position Laps 2019 Kostecki Brothers Racing Holden Commodore ZB Brodie Kostecki DNF 111 2020 Matt Stone Racing Holden Commodore ZB Zane Goddard DNF 155 2021 Matt Stone Racing Holden Commodore ZB Kurt Kostecki 13th 161 2022 Tickford Racing Ford Mustang S550 Kurt Kostecki 17th 161 2023 Blanchard Racing Team Ford Mustang S650 Aaron Love 19th 160

Stadium Super Trucks (key) (Bold – Pole position. Italics – Fastest qualifier. * – Most laps led.) Stadium Super Trucks results Year 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Pts Ref 2017 ADE ADE ADE STP STP LBH LBH PER PER PER DET DET TEX TEX HID HID HID BEI GLN GLN ELS ELS 32nd 9