Kajetan Kajetanowicz
Kajetan Kajetanowicz (born 5 March 1979) is a Polish rally driver.
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| Personal information | |
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| Nationality | Polish |
| Born | 5 March 1979 Cieszyn, Poland |
| World Rally Championship record | |
| Active years | 2016, 2018–present |
| Teams | Lotos Rally Team |
| Rallies | 17 |
| Championships | 0 |
| Rally wins | 0 |
| Podiums | 0 |
| Stage wins | 0 |
| Total points | 8 |
| First rally | 2016 Rally Poland |
Titles
He is a Four time Poland Rally Champion (2010 2011, 2012, 2013). In 2012 he became champion in the Central European Zone Rally Championship. He also became the ERC European Drivers Champion in the 2015, 2016 and 2017 seasons with co-driver Jarosław Baran in Ford Fiesta R5 driving for Lotos Rally Team[1]
Career Highlights
Since 2013, Kajetanowicz has won six ERC rallies. His first major victory was in 2013, when he won the Rally Poland in a brand-new Ford Fiesta R5 for the Lotos Rally Team. It was Kajetanowicz's third win of the Rally Poland. He would beat previous Polish Rally Champion Bryan Bouffier in a Peugeot 207 S2000 and eventual European champion that season, Jan Kopecký, in a Škoda Fabia S2000. In 2014, Kajetanowicz made the full-time step-up to the ERC, with his rallying team Lotos Rally Team signing a customer support deal with M-Sport Poland. This would supply Kajetanowicz and his team with a factory-prepared Ford Fiesta R5. For the 2014 season, Kajetanowicz ended 4th in the European Championship with two podiums, finishing in third place in the 2014 Acropolis Rally and second place in the Cyprus Rally. In 2015 he won the ERC Drivers title over his main rival for the season, Peugeot factory driver Craig Breen, winning the Jänner Rallye, Cyprus Rally and the Acropolis Rally in the process. In 2016 he successfully defended his ERC title with a win at the Rajd Rzeszowski, three second places (2016 Rally Islas Canarias, 2016 Circuit of Ireland and 2016 Rally Estonia) and a third place at the Rallye Açores. In 2017 he claimed a third consecutive ERC championship with a win at the Acropolis Rally, and taking three second-place finishes at the Canary Islands, Rzeszowski, and Rome.
After four years of success in the European Championship, Kajetanowicz began the 2018 season with an uncertain future over sponsorship. It wouldn't be until May that his rally team announced a schedule for the 2018 season, with Kajetanowicz set to participate in four rounds of the World Rally Championship in the WRC-2 class. As a result, he would not return to defend his streak of ERC titles.
Career results
WRC results
| Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | WDC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Lotos Rally Team | Ford Fiesta R5 | MON | SWE | MEX | ARG | POR | ITA | POL 16 |
FIN | GER | CHN C |
FRA | ESP | GBR | AUS | NC | 0 |
| 2018 | Lotos Rally Team | Ford Fiesta R5 | MON | SWE | MEX | FRA | ARG | POR | ITA 23 |
FIN | GER 13 |
TUR 11 |
GBR | ESP 15 |
AUS | NC | 0 | |
| 2019 | Lotos Dynamic Rally Team | Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 | MON | SWE | MEX | FRA 13 |
ARG Ret |
CHL WD |
POR | ITA 12 |
FIN | GER 14 |
GBR 42 |
ESP 14 |
AUS C |
NC | 0 | |
| Škoda Fabia R5 | TUR 12 |
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| 2020 | Kajetan Kajetanowicz | Škoda Fabia R5 Evo | MON | SWE | MEX 14 |
EST Ret |
TUR 7 |
ITA 9 |
MNZ 14 |
16th | 8 | |||||||
* Season still in progress.
WRC-2 Results
| Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | WDC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Lotos Rally Team | Ford Fiesta R5 | MON | SWE | MEX | ARG | POR | ITA | POL 4 |
FIN | GER | CHN C |
FRA | ESP | GBR | AUS | 28th | 12 |
| 2018 | Lotos Rally Team | Ford Fiesta R5 | MON | SWE | MEX | FRA | ARG | POR | ITA 7 |
FIN | GER 5 |
TUR 4 |
GBR | ESP 4 |
AUS | 10th | 40 | |
| 2019 | Lotos Dynamic Rally Team | Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 | MON | SWE | MEX | FRA 3 |
ARG Ret |
CHL WD |
POR | ITA 2 |
FIN | GER 3 |
GBR 12 |
ESP 3 |
AUS C |
2nd | 88 | |
| Škoda Fabia R5 | TUR 1 |
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WRC-3 results
| Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Pos. | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Kajetan Kajetanowicz | Škoda Fabia R5 Evo | MON | SWE | MEX 4 |
EST Ret |
TUR 1 |
ITA 2 |
MNZ 5 |
3rd | 65 |
* Season still in progress.
ERC results
| Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Pos. | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Lotos Rally Team | Subaru Impreza STi R4 | AUT | ITA | CRO | BUL | BEL | TUR | POR | CZE | ESP | POL 4 |
SUI | — | 13 | |
| 2013 | Lotos Rally Team | Subaru Impreza STi R4 | AUT 6 |
LVA | ESP | POR | FRA | BEL | ROM | CZE | 7th | 50 | ||||
| Ford Fiesta R5 | POL 1 |
CRO | ITA | SUI | ||||||||||||
| 2014 | Lotos Rally Team | Ford Fiesta R5 | AUT Ret |
LVA 4 |
GRE 3 |
IRL | POR Ret |
BEL | EST | CZE 6 |
CYP 2 |
SUI Ret |
FRA Ret |
4th | 100 | |
| 2015 | Lotos Rally Team | Ford Fiesta R5 | AUT 1 |
LVA Ret |
IRL 2 |
POR 2 |
BEL | EST 2 |
CZE 3 |
CYP 1 |
GRE 1 |
SUI | 1st | 230 | ||
| 2016 | Lotos Rally Team | Ford Fiesta R5 | ESP 2 |
IRL 2 |
GRE 8 |
POR 3 |
BEL | EST 2 |
POL 1 |
CZE 47 |
LVA 4 |
CYP | 1st | 181 | ||
| 2017 | Lotos Rally Team | Ford Fiesta R5 | POR 27 |
ESP 2 |
GRE 1 |
CPR 14 |
POL 2 |
CZE 5 |
ITA 2 |
LVA Ret |
1st | 145 |
External links
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| Sporting positions | ||
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| Preceded by Esapekka Lappi |
European Rally Champion 2015-2017 |
Succeeded by Aleksey Lukyanuk |
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