Kajetan Kajetanowicz

Polish rally driver (born 1979)
Kajetan Kajetanowicz
Personal information
NationalityPolish
Born (1979-03-05) 5 March 1979 (age 45)
Cieszyn, Poland
World Rally Championship record
Active years2016, 2018–present
TeamsLotos Rally Team
Rallies31
Championships0
Rally wins0
Podiums0
Stage wins0
Total points22
First rally2016 Rally Poland

Kajetan Kajetanowicz (Polish pronunciation: [kaˈjɛ.tan ka.jɛ.taˈnɔ.vit͡ʂ]; born 5 March 1979) is a Polish rally driver.

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
2020 Kajetan Kajetanowicz Škoda Fabia R5 Evo MON SWE MEX
14
EST
Ret
TUR
7
ITA
9
MNZ
14
16th 8
2021 Kajetan Kajetanowicz Škoda Fabia R5 Evo MON ARC CRO
11
POR
13
ITA
16
KEN EST
13
BEL GRE
11
FIN ESP
14
MNZ
12
NC 0
2022 Kajetan Kajetanowicz Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo MON SWE CRO
8
POR
11
ITA KEN
9
EST
12
FIN BEL GRE NZL
8
ESP
16
JPN
Ret
19th 10
2023 Kajetan Kajetanowicz Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo MON SWE MEX
10
CRO POR KEN
8
EST FIN 16th 13
Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 ITA
7
GRE
13
CHL
Ret
EUR
12
JPN
9

* 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
2022 Kajetan Kajetanowicz Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo MON SWE CRO
2
POR
2
ITA KEN
1
EST
5
FIN BEL GRE NZL
2
ESP
6
JPN
Ret
3rd 104
2023 Kajetan Kajetanowicz Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo MON SWE MEX
4
CRO POR KEN
1
EST FIN 5th 95
Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 ITA
3
GRE
6
CHL
Ret
EUR
3
JPN
3

WRC-3 results

Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pos. Points
2020 Kajetan Kajetanowicz Škoda Fabia R5 Evo MON SWE MEX
4
EST
Ret
TUR
1
ITA
2
MNZ
5
3rd 65
2021 Kajetan Kajetanowicz Škoda Fabia R5 Evo MON ARC CRO
1
POR
1
ITA
8
KEN EST
2
BEL GRE
1
FIN ESP
2
MNZ
3
2nd 127

* 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

References

  1. ^ "Historical success: European Rally Championship for the Polish crew – Kajetanowicz and Baran clinched the title for the second time in a row". 18 September 2016.

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