Tomáš Kostka

Tomáš Kostka

Nation:	Czech Republic
DTM
First race:	Hockenheimring I 2009
Teams (manufacturers)
2009 Futurecom BRT ( Audi )
statistics
Starts Victories Poles SR 10 - - -
Podiums:	-
Overall wins:	-
Points:	-

Tomáš Kostka (born August 27, 1984 in Gottwaldov , Czechoslovakia ) is a Czech automobile racing driver .

Career

In 2001 Kostka's motorsport career began in the Czech Formula Ford and in the Czech Ford Puma Cup . In 2002 he moved to Team ISR in the German Formula BMW , in which he remained without points. He also competed in two Austrian Formula 3 races . In 2003 he moved to the German Formula 3 Cup and finished eighth in the championship standings with a third place.

In 2004 Kostkas initially competed in the season opener of the Euro Formula 3000 . However, it was replaced after one race. He then took part in five racing weekends in the World Series by Nissan for RC Motorsport . He finished the season in 23rd place overall. He also returned to the German Formula 3 Cup for two races and finished both on the podium, placing him twelfth in the overall standings. In 2005 he moved to Victory Engineering and played his second season in the championship, now renamed World Series by Renault . After seven race weekends, he left his team and at the end of the season was again 23rd overall. In 2006 he moved to Draco Racing and became a teammate of Pastor Maldonado . While his team-mate drove for the championship, Kostka only achieved a few points. He was replaced by Miloš Pavlović after six race weekends . In the overall standings he was 30. He then joined Charouz Racing System at a race weekend of the F3000 International Masters . Kostka won his first race and was 16th in the drivers' championship. He then took part for the Czech team on the first race weekend of the 2006/2007 A1GP season .

In 2007 he became a test driver in the DTM for Colin Kolles' Futurecom team . He started in only one race this year, the Le Mans 24-hour race . In 2008 he drove parallel to his test driver engagement in the Czech international championship and became runner-up in Division 4 . In 2009 he got a regular cockpit in the DTM at Kolles Futurecom and started in a two-year-old Audi A4 DTM . With two eleventh places as the best results, he remained without points for the entire season. However, he was the best-placed driver with a 2007 DTM car.

In 2010 Kostka took part for Charouz-Gravity Racing in the first race weekend of the Auto GP , a follow-up series to the Euro Formula 3000. He couldn't start in either race. In 2011 Kostka competed for Gravity Charouz Racing in the FIA GT3 European Championship .

Personal

Kostka lives in Beausoleil , Monaco

statistics

Career stations

2001: Czech Formula Ford 2001: Czech Ford Puma Cup 2002: German Formula BMW 2003: German Formula 3 (8th place) 2004: World Series by Nissan (23rd place) 2004: German Formula 3 (12th place)

2004: Euro Formula 3000 (21st place) 2005: World Series by Renault (23rd place) 2006: World Series by Renault (30th place) 2006: F3000 International Master (16th place) 2007 : A1 Grand Prix 2007 DTM (test driver)

2008 : DTM (test driver) 2008: Czech International Championship, Division 4 (2nd place) 2009 : DTM 2010 : Auto GP 2011 : FIA GT3 European Championship

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
2007	Convers MenX Racing	Ferrari 550 GTS Maranello	Alexey Vasilyev	Robert Pergl	Rank 14

Individual results in the DTM

season	team	Manufacturer	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	Points	rank
2009	Futurecom BRT	Audi	HO1	LAU	NOR	ZAN	OSC	ONLY	BRH	BAR	DIJ	HO2	-	-
			11	13	DNF	DNF	14th	15th	14th	16	17th	11

Legend
colour	abbreviation	meaning
gold	-	victory
silver	-	2nd place
bronze	-	3rd place
green	-	Placement in the points
blue	-	Classified outside the point ranks
violet	DNF	Race not finished (did not finish)
	NC	not classified
red	DNQ	did not qualify
	DNPQ	failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify)
black	DSQ	disqualified
White	DNS	not at the start (did not start)
	WD	withdrawn
Light Blue	PO	only participated in the training (practiced only)
	TD	Friday test driver
without	DNP	did not participate in the training (did not practice)
	INJ	injured or sick
	EX	excluded
	DNA	did not arrive
	C.	Race canceled
		no participation in the World Cup
other	P / bold	Pole position
	SR / italic	Fastest race lap
	*	not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered
	()	Streak results
	underlined	Leader in the overall standings

Web links

Commons : Tomáš Kostka  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Official website of Tomáš Kostka (Czech and English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ formel3.de: Int. ADAC Westfalen Prize 2003
2. ↑ “Brno: Charouz-Gravity Racing Friday report” ( Memento of the original from November 27, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (motorsport.com on April 23, 2010)