Roman Kresta (born 24 April 1976 in the

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), is a Czech professional

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driver. In

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, he drove for

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in the

World Rally Championship The World Rally Championship (abbreviated as WRC) is the highest level of global competition in the motorsport discipline of rallying, owned and governed by the FIA. There are separate championships for drivers, co-drivers, manufacturers and t ...

. His co-driver was Jan Tománek. The pair won the Czech national rally championship in 2000, prior to their début in the WRC. Roman Kresta - 2005 Cyprus Rally 2

Kresta's first World Rally was the

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, driving a

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. He has also driven for the works

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team, and as a privateer with

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and

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. His performances in his sole season with the works

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were not enough to prevent him from losing his seat to

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at the end of the season. However, he scored points in 11 of the 16 rallies held that season, achieving two fifth places in Corsica and Spain. He finished a career-best 8th overall in 2005 and scored 29 points, half the tally of teammate

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's total of 58. After the 2005 season, Kresta worked for Ford as a test driver. 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 The Peugeot 207 S2000 is a Super 2000 rally car developed by Peugeot Sport. It is based upon the Peugeot 207 road car. Drivers Enrique García Ojeda, Nicolas Vouilloz and Kris Meeke won the Intercontinental Rally Challenge The Intercontinental ...

WRC 2010 saw Kresta's return to WRC. He participated with N4

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and

Rally Finland Rally Finland (formerly known as the Neste Rally Finland, Neste Oil Rally Finland, 1000 Lakes Rally and Rally of the Thousand Lakes; fi, Suomen ralli, sv, Finska rallyt) is a rally competition in the Finnish Lakeland in Central Finland. The ra ...

. 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 The Škoda Fabia S2000 is a Super 2000 rally car built by Škoda Motorsport. It is based upon the Škoda Fabia road car. History It made its début at Rallye Monte Carlo 2009, with factory team Škoda Motorsport and drivers Jan Kopecký and ...

. Kresta retired at SS5 because of crash, currently holding 5th position overally. He is going to race in last round of IRC 2010,

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. He finished 6th there, as best driver of not S2000 car. He also participated at Golden Stage Rally at Cyprus.

Results

Complete WRC results

IRC results

Czech Rally Championship results

Gallery

File:Roman Kresta - 2005 Rally Argentina.jpg File:RB 2010 5.jpg File:Roman Kresta - 2005 Cyprus Rally 3.jpg

External links

Official Site (in Czech)
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