Michal Matějovský (born 20 October 1985 in
Hradec Králové
Hradec Králové (; german: Königgrätz) is a city of the Czech Republic. It has about 91,000 inhabitants. It is the capital of the Hradec Králové Region. The historic centre of Hradec Králové is well preserved and is protected by law as a ...
) is a
Czech auto racing
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driver.
Career
Early racing included the Czech Å koda Matador Pick-up Championship, the Czech
Å koda Octavia Cup, and the Czech BMW 1 Challenge. In 2008 he competed in the
SEAT León Eurocup, finishing the season sixteenth on points. As a reward for his performance in the Eurocup, he entered one round of the
FIA
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World Touring Car Championship
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at
Brno in 2008. He drove a
SEAT León
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The fi ...
for the
SUNRED Racing Development Team, with a best placed finish of twenty-second in race one. He went on to compete in the European Touring Car Cup for O2 Motorsport CSMS in an
Alfa Romeo 156
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.
Racing record
Complete World Touring Car Championship results
(
key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
References
1985 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Hradec Králové
Czech racing drivers
World Touring Car Championship drivers
SEAT León Eurocup drivers
European Touring Car Cup drivers
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