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Biography
Michał Kościuszko (born 20 April 1985 in Kraków) is a Polish rally driver, who currently competes in the Production World Rally Championship (PWRC). He has previously won rounds of the Junior World Rally Championship (JWRC) and has competed in the Super 2000 World Rally Championship (SWRC).
Career
Kościuszko began his motorsport career as a 15-year-old in karting. At 17 he switched to rallying. In 2006 he began competing in the JWRC in a Suzuki Ignis S1600. In 2007 he switched to a Renault Clio S1600, finishing third in the category on Rally Finland. He returned to Suzuki for the final round of the season in a Swift S1600 and continued using the model in 2008. He finished third in the JWRC category and tenth overall on the 2008 Rally Mexico, before winning the next round in Sardinia. He finished the season in fifth in the standings. He continued with Suzuki in 2009, winning in Portugal and Argentina and finishing runner-up overall.
In 2010 Kościuszko made the move to the SWRC, starting the season in a Ford Fiesta S2000. After a podium on the opening round in Mexico he switched to a Skoda Fabia S2000 from his third round of the season in Portugal, where he finished third. He scored a further podium in France on his way to fifth in the final standings. For 2011 he switched to the PWRC, driving a Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X.
WRC results
| Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | WDC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Michał Kościuszko | Suzuki Ignis S1600 | MON | SWE 37 | MEX | ESP 24 | FRA | ARG | ITA 32 | GRE 28 | GER 46 | FIN Ret | JPN | CYP | TUR 27 | AUS | NZL | GBR | NC | 0 |
| 2007 | Michał Kościuszko | Renault Clio S1600 | MON | SWE | NOR | MEX | POR Ret | ARG | ITA 44 | GRE | FIN 22 | GER Ret | NZL | ESP Ret | NC | 0 | ||||
| Suzuki Swift S1600 | FRA 28 | JPN | IRE | |||||||||||||||||
| Abarth Grande Punto S2000 | GBR 20 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2008 | Michał Kościuszko | Suzuki Swift S1600 | MON | SWE | MEX 10 | ARG | JOR Ret | ITA 15 | GRE | TUR | FIN 22 | GER | NZL | ESP 30 | FRA Ret | JPN | GBR | NC | 0 | |
| 2009 | Michał Kościuszko | Suzuki Swift S1600 | IRE | NOR | CYP 17 | POR 13 | ARG 14 | ITA 13 | GRE | POL Ret | FIN 18 | AUS | ESP | GBR | NC | 0 | ||||
| 2010 | Dynamic WRT | Ford Fiesta S2000 | SWE | MEX 20 | JOR Ret | TUR | NZL | NC | 0 | |||||||||||
| Škoda Fabia S2000 | POR 13 | BUL | FIN 16 | GER 28 | JPN | FRA 14 | ESP | GBR 15 | ||||||||||||
| 2011 | Lotos Dynamic Rally Team | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X | SWE | MEX | POR 24 | JOR | ITA | ARG 20 | GRE | FIN 25 | GER | AUS 7 | FRA | ESP 22 | GBR 16 | 21st | 6 | |||
| 2012 | Lotos Dynamic Rally Team | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X | MON 30 | SWE | MEX 14 | POR | ARG Ret | GRE | NZL | FIN | GER 13 | GBR | FRA | ITA 21 | ESP 31 | NC | 0 | |||
| 2013 | Lotos Team WRC | Mini John Cooper Works WRC | MON 10 | SWE 14 | MEX Ret | POR Ret | ARG Ret | GRE WD | 19th | 7 | ||||||||||
| Ford Fiesta RS WRC | ITA 7 | FIN | GER Ret | AUS | FRA | ESP | GBR |
JWRC results
| Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | JWRC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Michał Kościuszko | Suzuki Ignis S1600 | SWE 8 | ESP 5 | FRA | ARG | ITA 10 | GER 11 | FIN Ret | TUR 10 | GBR | 19th | 5 |
| 2007 | Michał Kościuszko | Renault Clio S1600 | NOR | POR Ret | ITA 12 | FIN 3 | GER Ret | ESP Ret | 11th | 6 | |||
| Suzuki Swift S1600 | FRA 9 | ||||||||||||
| 2008 | Michał Kościuszko | Suzuki Swift S1600 | MEX 3 | JOR Ret | ITA 1 | FIN 3 | GER | ESP 9 | FRA Ret | 5th | 22 | ||
| 2009 | Michał Kościuszko | Suzuki Swift S1600 | IRE | CYP 2 | POR 1 | ARG 1 | ITA 2 | POL Ret | FIN 3 | ESP | 2nd | 42 |
SWRC results
| Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | SWRC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Dynamic WRT | Ford Fiesta S2000 | SWE | MEX 3 | JOR Ret | NZL | 5th | 73 | ||||||
| Škoda Fabia S2000 | POR 3 | FIN 5 | GER 6 | JPN | FRA 3 | GBR 5 |
PWRC results
| Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | PWRC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Lotos Dynamic Rally Team | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X | SWE | POR 7 | ARG 10 | FIN 5 | AUS 2 | ESP 2 | GBR 3 | 3rd | 68 | |
| 2012 | Lotos Dynamic Rally Team | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X | MON 1 | MEX 3 | ARG Ret | GRE | NZL | GER 1 | ITA 6 | ESP 6 | 4th | 81 |