Tomáš Kostka

Tomáš Kostka
Nationality Czech Republic Czech
Born (1984-08-27) 27 August 1984
EuroV8 Series career
Debut season 2014
Current team Audi Sport Italia
Starts 10
Wins 3
Poles 4
Fastest laps 4
Best finish 2nd in 2014
Previous series
2009
2007–08
200506
2004
2003
2002
2001
Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters
Czech Touring Cars
Formula Renault 3.5 Series
World Series by Nissan
Recaro F3 Cup
Formula BMW ADAC
Formula Ford

Tomáš Kostka (born 27 August 1984) is a Czech racing driver, who lives in Beausoleil, Alpes-Maritimes. He currently competes in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters for Futurecom-BRT.

Racing career

Kostka competing at the opening round of the 2009 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters season at Hockenheim.

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.[1]

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.

His 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

Complete Formula Renault 3.5 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 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 DC Points
2005 Victory Engineering ZOL
1

14
ZOL
2

Ret
MON
1

18
VAL
1

Ret
VAL
2

5
LMS
1

11
LMS
2

DNS
BIL
1

Ret
BIL
2

DNS
OSC
1

12
OSC
2

Ret
DON
1

22†
DON
2

13
EST
1
EST
2
MNZ
1
MNZ
2
23rd 6
2006 Draco Multiracing USA ZOL
1

14
ZOL
2

14
MON
1

8
IST
1

Ret
IST
2

15
MIS
1

20
MIS
2

Ret
SPA
1

20†
SPA
2

9
NÜR
1

Ret
NÜR
2

17
DON
1
DON
2
LMS
1
LMS
2
CAT
1
CAT
2
30th 5

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)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 DC Points
2006 Charouz Racing System MOZ1 MOZ2 MAG1 MAG2 BRH1 BRH2 OSC1 OSC2 BRN1 BRN2 IST1
1
IST2
8
EST1 EST2 EST3 16th 11

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2007 Czech Republic Convers MenX Racing Russia Alexey Vasilyev
Czech Republic 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
11
LAU
13
NOR
Ret
ZAN
Ret
OSC
14
NÜR
15
BRH
14
CAT
16
DIJ
17
HOC
11
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
Ret
SWE MEX POR ARG GRE ITA FIN GER AUS NC 0
Citroën DS3 WRC FRA
Ret
ESP GBR

IRC results

Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 WDC Points
2007 Czech Republic Tomáš Kostka Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX KEN TUR BEL RUS POR CZE
Ret
ITA SWI CHI - 0
2008 Czech Republic Tomáš Kostka Fiat Abarth Grande Punto S2000 TUR POR BEL RUS POR CZE
11
ESP ITA SWI CHI   0
2010 Slovakia Rufa Sport Škoda Fabia S2000 MON BRA ARG CAN ITA BEL AZO MAD CZE
9
ITA SCO CYP - 0
2011 Slovakia Rufa Sport Škoda Fabia S2000 MON CAN FRA UKR BEL AZO MAD CZE
Ret
HUN ITA SCO CYP - 0
2012 Slovakia Rufa Sport Škoda Fabia S2000 AZO CAN IRL COR ITA YPR SMR ROM ZLI
3
YAL SLI SAN CYP 26th 15

ERC results

Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 WDC Points
2013 Slovakia Rufa Sport Ford Fiesta R5 JÄN LIE CAN AZO COR YPR ROM CZE
Ret
POL CRO SAN VAL - 0

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 MNZ
R1

4
MNZ
R2

4
VAL
R1

10
VAL
R2

1
MUG
R1

6
MUG
R2

8
BRN
R1

1
BRN
R2

Ret
SAC
1

1
HOC
1

4
2nd 168

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