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Biography
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 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 | Pos | 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 | Pos | 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 |
Czech Rally Championship results
| Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | MMČR | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Roman Kresta | Škoda Favorit 136L | ŠUM | ÚSL | KRU | MAG | VYS | JEŠ | BOH | AGR | BAR | OTA | VAL | PŘÍ | HOR 13 | - | 0 |
| 1995 | Donner Team | Škoda Favorit 136L | ŠUM | MAG Ret | ÚSL | KRU Ret | VAL 12 | BOH | AGR | BAR Ret | PŘÍ Ret | HOR 7 | 33rd | 32 | |||
| 1996 | AK Barum | Škoda Favorit 136L | ŠUM | SEV | ÚSL | KRU | VAL Ret | BOH | VYŠ | AGR | BAR 11 | PŘÍ | HOR | 3ST | 39th | 40 | |
| 1997 | Czech National Team | Škoda Felicia | ŠUM | SEV | ÚSL | KRU | VYŠ | BOH | BAR 15 | AGR | VAL | PŘÍ 15 | HOR | 3ST | 41st | 42 | |
| 1998 | AK KTS Racing | Škoda Felicia | ŠUM Ret | SEV 9 | ÚSL 11 | KRU 15 | BOH | BAR 22 | AGR | VAL 14 | HOR | PŘÍ | 3ST | 26th | 110 | ||
| Czech National Team | MAG 13 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1999 | Ládík Sport Team | Škoda Felicia Kit Car | ŠUM 9 | LIB Ret | ÚSL Ret | KRU 8 | VYŠ Ret | BOH 6 | BAR 9 | AGR 7 | VAL 6 | HOR | PŘÍ | 8th | 272 | ||
| 2000 | Škoda Motorsport | Škoda Octavia WRC | ŠUM Ret | LIB Ret | KRU 1 | BOH 1 | BAR 1 | PŘÍ 3 | 1st | 282 | |||||||
| 2001 | Škoda Motorsport | Škoda Octavia WRC | ŠUM 1 | VAL 1 | KRU Ret | BOH 1 | BAR 1 | PŘÍ | TŘE | 1st | 220 | ||||||
| 2002 | Škoda Motorsport | Škoda Octavia WRC | ŠUM | VAL | KRU | BOH 1 | BAR Ret | PŘÍ | TŘE | 11th | 120 | ||||||
| 2003 | Team Síť Peugeot | Peugeot 206 WRC | ŠUM 1 | VAL Ret | KRU Ret | BOH 1 | BAR Ret | PŘÍ | TŘE | 7th | 60 | ||||||
| 2004 | Styllex Tuning Prosport | Subaru Impreza WRC 2003 | JÄN | ŠUM Ret | TAT 1 | KRU 1 | 3rd | 103 | |||||||||
| Ford Focus RS WRC 02 | BOH 2 | BAR 3 | PŘÍ | TŘE | |||||||||||||
| 2006 | Tescoma Rally Team | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX | JÄN | ŠUM | TAT | KRU | BOH | BAR 1 | TŘE | PŘÍ | - | (30) | |||||
| 2007 | Mogul Rally Team | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX | JÄN | ŠUM Ret | KRU 1 | BOH 1 | HOR | 3rd | 103 | ||||||||
| Tescoma Rally Team | BAR 4 | PŘÍ | |||||||||||||||
| 2008 | Mogul Racing Team | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX | JÄN | VAL 1 | ŠUM 1 | KRU 1 | HUS 2 | TŘE 2 | BOH 1 | 1st | 270 | ||||||
| Tescoma Rally Team | Peugeot 207 S2000 | BAR Ret | PŘÍ | ||||||||||||||
| 2009 | Mogul Racing Team | Peugeot 207 S2000 | VAL 1 | ŠUM 2 | KRU 1 | HUS 1 | PŘÍ Ret | BOH 9 | 1st | 209 | |||||||
| Tescoma Rally Team | BAR 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2010 | Mogul Rally Team | Peugeot 207 S2000 | VAL Ret | ŠUM 2 | KRU 1 | HUS 3 | BOH 2 | 4th | 142 | ||||||||
| Škoda Fabia S2000 | BAR Ret | ||||||||||||||||
| Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX | PŘÍ Ret | ||||||||||||||||
| 2011 | Adell Mogul Racing Team | Škoda Fabia S2000 | VAL 2 | ŠUM - | KRU 1 | HUS 2 | BOH Ret | BAR 2 | PŘÍ 1 | 1st | 217 | ||||||
| 2012 | Adell Mogul Racing Team | Škoda Fabia S2000 | JÄN | VAL 2 | ŠUM 2 | KRU 2 | HUS 2 | BOH Ret | BAR 1 | PŘÍ Ret | 2nd | 194 | |||||
| 2013 | Adell Mogul Racing Team | Škoda Fabia S2000 | JÄN | ŠUM | KRU 2 | HUS | BOH 3 | BAR 4 | PŘÍ | 4th | 143 | ||||||
| 2014 | Adell Mogul Racing Team | Škoda Fabia S2000 | JÄN | KRU | ŠUM | HUS | BOH | BAR Ret | PŘÍ | - | 0 |
