Michał Kościuszko

Michał Jan 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. 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. 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 SWE37 MEX ESP24 FRA ARG ITA32 GRE28 GER46 FINRet JPN CYP TUR27 AUS NZL GBR NC 0 2007 Michał Kościuszko Renault Clio S1600 MON SWE NOR MEX PORRet ARG ITA44 GRE FIN22 GERRet NZL ESPRet NC 0 Suzuki Swift S1600 FRA28 JPN IRE Abarth Grande Punto S2000 GBR20 2008 Michał Kościuszko Suzuki Swift S1600 MON SWE MEX10 ARG JORRet ITA15 GRE TUR FIN22 GER NZL ESP30 FRARet JPN GBR NC 0 2009 Michał Kościuszko Suzuki Swift S1600 IRE NOR CYP17 POR13 ARG14 ITA13 GRE POLRet FIN18 AUS ESP GBR NC 0 2010 Dynamic WRT Ford Fiesta S2000 SWE MEX20 JORRet TUR NZL NC 0 Škoda Fabia S2000 POR13 BUL FIN16 GER28 JPN FRA14 ESP GBR15 2011 Lotos Dynamic Rally Team Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X SWE MEX POR24 JOR ITA ARG20 GRE FIN25 GER AUS7 FRA ESP22 GBR16 21st 6 2012 Lotos Dynamic Rally Team Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X MON30 SWE MEX14 POR ARGRet GRE NZL FIN GER13 GBR FRA ITA21 ESP31 NC 0 2013 Lotos Team WRC Mini John Cooper Works WRC MON10 SWE14 MEXRet PORRet ARGRet GREWD 19th 7 Ford Fiesta RS WRC ITA7 FIN GERRet AUS FRA ESP GBR

JWRC results

Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 JWRC Points 2006 Michał Kościuszko Suzuki Ignis S1600 SWE8 ESP5 FRA ARG ITA10 GER11 FINRet TUR10 GBR 19th 5 2007 Michał Kościuszko Renault Clio S1600 NOR PORRet ITA12 FIN3 GERRet ESPRet 11th 6 Suzuki Swift S1600 FRA9 2008 Michał Kościuszko Suzuki Swift S1600 MEX3 JORRet ITA1 FIN3 GER ESP9 FRARet 5th 22 2009 Michał Kościuszko Suzuki Swift S1600 IRE CYP2 POR1 ARG1 ITA2 POLRet FIN3 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 MEX3 JORRet NZL 5th 73 Škoda Fabia S2000 POR3 FIN5 GER6 JPN FRA3 GBR5

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 POR7 ARG10 FIN5 AUS2 ESP2 GBR3 3rd 68 2012 Lotos Dynamic Rally Team Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X MON1 MEX3 ARGRet GRE NZL GER1 ITA6 ESP6 4th 81