Roman Kresta

Roman Kresta (born 24 April 1976 in the Czech Republic), is a Czech professional rally driver. In 2005, he drove for Ford in the World Rally Championship. His co-driver was Jan Tománek. The pair won the Czech national rally championship in 2000, prior to their début in the WRC.thumb Kresta's first World Rally was the 2001 Acropolis Rally, driving a Ford Focus WRC. He has also driven for the works Skoda team, and as a privateer with Hyundai and Peugeot. His performances in his sole season with the works Ford World Rally Team in 2005 were not enough to prevent him from losing his seat to Mikko Hirvonen at the end of the season. However, he scored points in 11 of the 16 rallies held that season, achieving two fifth places in Corsica and Spain. He finished a career-best 8th overall in 2005 and scored 29 points, half the tally of teammate Toni Gardemeister's total of 58.

After the 2005 season, Kresta worked for Ford as a test driver.

Kresta returned to Czech national rally championship and became champion in 2008 and 2009. Since season 2009, Kresta was racing with Peugeot 207 S2000.thumb Kresta at the 2005 Cyprus Rally.WRC 2010 saw Kresta's return to WRC. He participated with N4 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX at Rally Sweden and Rally Finland. At Rally Sweden Kresta retired after 12 special stages because of problems with fuel tank. And Kresta finished 23rd at Rally Finland. He also raced in IRC 2010, round 9, Barum Rally Zlín 2010 with Škoda Fabia S2000. Kresta retired at SS5 because of crash, currently holding 5th position overally. He is going to race in last round of IRC 2010, 2010 Cyprus Rally. He finished 6th there, as best driver of not S2000 car. He also participated at Golden Stage Rally at Cyprus.

Results Complete WRC results Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Pos Points 2001 Jolly Club Ford Focus RS WRC 99 MON SWE POR ESP ARG CYP GRCRet – 0 Škoda Motorsport Škoda Octavia WRC KENRet FIN NZL ITARetFRA AUS GBRRet 2002 Škoda Motorsport Škoda Octavia WRC MONRet SWE FRA14 ESP CYPRet ARG GRC KEN7 FIN GER ITA12 NZL AUS GBR15 – 0 2003 Bozian Racing Peugeot 206 WRC MON10 SWE14 TUR NZL ARG GRCRet CYP GERRet FIN AUS ITA11 FRA ESP13 GBR8 22nd 1 2004 Roman Kresta Hyundai Accent WRC MONRet SWE MEX NZL CYP – 0 Roman Kresta Ford Focus RS WRC 02 GRCRet TUR ARG FIN Škoda Motorsport Škoda Fabia WRC GERRet JPN GBR ITA FRA ESP AUS 2005 BP Ford World Rally Team Ford Focus RS WRC 04 MON8 SWE8 MEXRet NZLDNS ITA6 CYP6 TUR7 GRCRet ARG11 FIN23 GER6 GBR6 JPN7 FRA5 ESP5 AUS6 8th 29 2010 Roman Kresta Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX SWERet MEX JOR TUR NZL POR BUL FIN23 GER JPN FRA ESP GBR – 0

IRC results

Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Pos Points 2007 Tescoma Rally Team Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX KEN TUR BEL RUS PORCZE4 ITA SWI CHI 17th 4 2008 Tescoma Rally Team Peugeot 207 S2000 TUR POR BEL RUS PORCZERet ESP ITA SWI CHI – 0 2009 Tescoma Rally Team Peugeot 207 S2000 MON BRA KEN POR BEL RUS POR CZE4 ESP ITA SCO 19th 5 2010 Mogul Racing Team Škoda Fabia S2000 MON BRA ARG CAN ITA BEL AZO MAD CZERet ITA SCO 29th 3 Roman Kresta Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX CYP6 2011 Adell Mogul Racing Team Škoda Fabia S2000 MON CAN FRA UKR BEL AZO MAD CZE8 HUN ITA SCO CYP 32nd 4 2012 Adell Mogul Racing Team Škoda Fabia S2000 AZO CAN IRL COR ITA YPR SMR ROM ZLI2 YAL SLI SAN CYP 20th 8

Czech Rally Championship results

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