Tomáš Kostka
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First race: | Hockenheimring I 2009 | ||||||||
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2009 Futurecom BRT ( Audi ) | |||||||||
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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
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Le Mans results
year | team | vehicle | Teammate | Teammate | placement | Failure reason |
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Ferrari 550 GTS Maranello |
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Rank 14 |
Individual results in the DTM
season | team | Manufacturer | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 | 10 | Points | rank |
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2009 | Futurecom BRT |
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11 | 13 | DNF | DNF | 14th | 15th | 14th | 16 | 17th | 11 |
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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 |
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() | Streak results | |
underlined | Leader in the overall standings |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ formel3.de: Int. ADAC Westfalen Prize 2003
- ↑ “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)
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SURNAME | Kostka, Tomáš |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Czech racing driver |
DATE OF BIRTH | August 27, 1984 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Gottwaldov , Czechoslovakia |