Kresta at 2011 Rally Bohemia |
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Czech |
| Born | April 24, 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 |
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.
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 ot 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.
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| 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 |
| Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 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 | Roman Kresta | Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX | MON | BRA | ARG | CAN | ITA | BEL | AZO | MAD | CZE Ret |
ITA | SCO | CYP 6 |
29th | 3 |