Roman Kresta

Roman Kresta

Kresta at 2011 Rally Bohemia
Personal information
Nationality	Czech
Born	(1976-04-24) 24 April 1976
World Rally Championship record
Active years	2001–2005
Teams	Peugeot, Skoda, Ford, Hyundai
Rallies	35
Championships	0
Rally wins	0
Podiums	0
Stage wins	4
Total points	30
First rally	2001 Acropolis Rally

Kresta at the 2005 Cyprus Rally.

Kresta at the 2005 Cyprus Rally.

Roman Kresta (born 24 April 1976 in the Czech Republic), is a professional rally driver. In 2005, he drove for Ford in the World Rally Championship. His co-driver was Jan Tomanek. The pair won the Czech national rally championship in 2000, prior to their début in the WRC.

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 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 in 11 of 16 Rallies of the 2005 season points and his best results were a 5th Place in Corsica and Spain. He finished a career-best 8th in the 2005 Season and scored 29 Points (The half of Toni Gardemeister's Points (58)). After the 2005 season, Kresta worked for Ford as a test driver. His last rally as works driver was 2005 Rally Australia. He changed co-driver after 2005 season, his current co-driver is Petr Gross.

Roman Kresta returned to Czech national rally championship and became champion in 2008 and 2009. Since season 2009 Kresta was racing with Peugeot 207 S2000.

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.

Complete WRC results

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	WDC	Points
2001	Škoda Motorsport	Škoda Octavia WRC	MON	SWE	POR	ESP	ARG	CYP	GRC	KEN Ret	FIN	NZL	ITA Ret	FRA	AUS	GBR Ret			–	0
2002	Škoda Motorsport	Škoda Octavia WRC	MON Ret	SWE	FRA 14	ESP	CYP Ret	ARG	GRC	KEN 7	FIN	GER	ITA 12	NZL	AUS	GBR 15			–	0
2003	Bozian Racing	Peugeot 206 WRC	MON 10	SWE 14	TUR	NZL	ARG	GRC Ret	CYP	GER Ret	FIN	AUS	ITA 11	FRA	ESP 13	GBR 8			21st	1
2004	Roman Kresta	Hyundai Accent WRC	MON Ret	SWE	MEX	NZL	CYP												–	0
	Roman Kresta	Ford Focus RS WRC 02						GRC Ret	TUR	ARG	FIN
	Škoda Motorsport	Škoda Fabia WRC										GER Ret	JPN	GBR	ITA	FRA	ESP	AUS
2005	BP Ford World Rally Team	Ford Focus RS WRC 04	MON 8	SWE 8	MEX Ret	NZL DNS	ITA 6	CYP 6	TUR 7	GRC Ret	ARG 11	FIN 23	GER 6	GBR 6	JPN 7	FRA 5	ESP 5	AUS 6	8th	29
2010	Roman Kresta	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX	SWE Ret	MEX	JOR	TUR	NZL	POR	BUL	FIN 23	DEU	JPN	FRA	ESP	GBR				–	0

IRC results

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

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External links

• Official Site (in Czech)
• Profile at Rally Paradise