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

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. 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 Skoda 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

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

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and

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. 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

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. 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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