Tomáš Kostka

Tomáš Kostka (born 27 August 1984) is a Czech former racing driver, who lives in Beausoleil, Alpes-Maritimes.

Racing career Kostka raced in Formula Ford and the Ford Puma Cup in 2001. He raced in Formula BMW ADAC and Austrian F3 the following year. He moved onto the more competitive Recaro F3 Cup in 2003. He combined another year there in 2004 with races in the World Series by Nissan and Euro Formula 3000 championship. He carried on in Formula Renault 3.5 Series for another two seasons, amassing a total of 12 points. He moved into touring cars in the Czech series, racing an Audi A4 DTM, in which he won the 2008 Sprint championship.

Kostka raced for A1 Team Czech Republic at the first round of the 2006–07 A1 Grand Prix season at Circuit Park Zandvoort. He also competed in the 2007 24 Hours of Le Mans in a Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello for Convers MenX Racing, finishing 14th overall.

Kostka's performances in his national series were enough to be signed by Colin Kolles to drive a two-year-old Audi A4 for his DTM team for 2009.

Racing record

Career summary Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F.Laps Podiums Points Position 2002 Formula BMW ADAC Igor Salaquarda Racing 12 0 0 0 0 0 NC Austria Formula 3 Cup KFR Team F3 2 0 0 0 0 0 19th 2003 German Formula Three Championship KFR Team F3 16 0 0 0 1 64 8th 2004 German Formula Three Championship KFR Team F3 2 0 2 0 2 36 12th World Series by Nissan RC Motorsport 10 0 0 0 0 1 23rd Euro Formula 3000 John Village Automotive 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC 2005 Formula Renault 3.5 Series Victory Engineering 12 0 0 0 0 6 23rd 2006 Formula Renault 3.5 Series Draco Racing 11 0 0 0 0 5 30th F3000 International Masters Charouz Racing System 2 1 1 1 1 11 16th 2006–07 A1 Grand Prix A1 Team Czech Republic 2 0 0 0 0 27 12th 2007 24 Hours of Le Mans - GT1 Convers Menx Team 1 0 0 0 0 0 8th 2008 Czech International Championship - Division 4 > 2000 ? ? ? ? ? ? 94 2nd 2009 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Kolles Futurecom 10 0 0 0 0 0 NC 2011 FIA GT3 European Championship Gravity Charouz Racing 4 0 0 0 0 0 NC 2012 Intercontinental Rally Challenge Rufa Sport 1 0 0 0 1 15 25th 2014 EuroV8 Series Audi Sport Italia 10 3 4 4 3 168 2nd

Complete Formula BMW ADAC results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

ATS Formel 3 Cup results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Complete Euro Formula 3000 Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 DC Points 2004 John Village Automotive BRN EST JER MNZ SPA DON DIJ ZOL NÜR1 NÜR2 21st 0

Complete World Series by Nissan/Formula Renault 3.5 Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) † Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed more than 90% of the race distance.

Complete F3000 International Masters results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Complete A1 Grand Prix results (key) Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 DC Points 2006–07 Czech Republic NEDSPR NEDFEA CZESPR CZEFEA CHNSPR CHNFEA MYSSPR MYSFEA IDNSPR IDNFEA NZLSPR NZLFEA AUSSPR AUSFEA RSASPR RSAFEA MEXSPR MEXFEA CHNSPR CHNFEA GBRSPR GBRFEA 12th 27

24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. ClassPos. 2007 Convers MenX Racing Alexey Vasilyev Robert Pergl Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello GT1 322 14th 8th

Complete DTM results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pos Points 2009 Kolles Futurecom Audi A4 DTM 2007 HOC LAU NOR ZAN OSC NÜR BRH CAT DIJ HOC 17th 0

WRC results Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 WDC Points 2013 Tomáš Kostka Škoda Fabia S2000 MON SWE MEX POR ARG GRE ITA FIN GER AUS NC 0 Citroën DS3 WRC FRA ESP GBR

Complete EuroV8 Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 DC Points 2014 Audi Sport Italia Audi RS5 MNZR1 MNZR2 VALR1 VALR2 MUGR1 MUGR2 BRNR1 BRNR2 SAC1 HOC1 2nd 168