Jake Kostecki Explained

Jake Kostecki
Nationality: Australia
Birth Date:24 January 2000
Birth Place:Perth, Western Australia
Related To:Kurt Kostecki (brother)
Brodie Kostecki (cousin)
Current Series:Supercars
First Year:2019
Current Team:Blanchard Racing Team
Car Number:7
Former Teams:Tickford Racing
Starts:82
Wins:0
Poles:0
Podiums:0
Best Finish:19th
Year:2021

Jake Kostecki (born 24 January 2000) is an Australian professional racing driver of Ukrainian descent.[1] He formerly competed in the Supercars Championship.

Biography

Junior Series

Kostecki began his career in karts at the age of 8, in the 2008 Western Australian Karting Championship. By 2011, Kostecki was winning races and in 2013, he came third in the SKUSA SuperNats XVII - TaG Junior sponsored by Russell Karting Specialties.[2]

V8 Touring Car Series (2015)

Kostecki made headlines in 2015 with his announcement of joining the V8 Touring Car series, at the age of 15. Driving an ex-Craig Lowndes Ford Falcon, he finished ninth in the championship that year.

Super2 Series (2016–2019)

Kostecki made the move to the Super2 Series in 2016, where he finished 18th in the championship. His 2017 campaign suffered a major crash at the Sandown round.[3]

Supercars Championship (2019–)

2019

Kostecki along with his cousin, Brodie Kostecki, teamed up in a PIRTEK Enduro Cup wildcard program in 2019 for Kostecki Brothers Racing, entering the Sandown 500, Bathurst 1000 and Gold Coast 600 races. Kostecki Brothers Racing converted a Super2 Series Holden VF Commodore to an updated current spec Holden ZB Commodore. The team qualified 24th at Sandown for Race 28 of the championship, and Jake finished the race in 22nd. For Race 29, his cousin Brodie started in Jake's finishing position of 22nd, and stormed his way to an eighth place finish in a challenging race with mixed weather conditions. For a small team punching above their weight, Kostecki Brothers Racing were praised for their efforts. Jake and Brodie finished 16th in the 161 lap main endurance race.

At the Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Kostecki Brothers Racing qualified 23rd for the 1000 km race. Brodie nearly failed to make the start of the race driving to the grid, with a cool suit drama delay proceedings of the race. The team were not classified as finishers of the race, with a major crash taking them out of the proceedings. After the conclusion of the race, news reports stated that Kostecki Brothers Racing were in a race against time to get their car fixed for the next round at the Gold Coast 600 and ran the risk of not competing at the event.

The car was fixed and repaired in time for the Gold Coast 600. The team qualified 23rd for the first race of the weekend and finished in 18th. For the second race of the weekend, the team qualified 18th and finished in 16th position.

Overall, Kostecki Brothers Racing finished the 2019 PIRTEK Enduro Cup in 24th position with a total of 247 points, 631 points behind winners Jamie Whincup and Craig Lowndes of the Red Bull Holden Racing Team.

Career results

Karting career summary

SeasonSeriesPosition
2011SKUSA SuperNationals XV - TaG Cadet11th
2012SKUSA SuperNationals XVI - TaG Junior16th
Australian National Sprint Kart Championship - Junior National Light24th
2013SKUSA SuperNats XVII - TaG Juniorstyle=background:#ffdf9f3rd

Career summary

SeasonSeriesPositionCarTeam
2014Western Australian Formula Ford Championship17thVan Diemen RF92
Australian Suzuki Swift Series14thSuzuki Swift
2015Australian V8 Touring Car Series9thKostecki Brothers Racing
2016Supercars Dunlop Series18thHolden VF CommodoreKostecki Brothers Racing
2017Dunlop Super2 Series22ndHolden VF CommodoreKostecki Brothers Racing
Stadium Super Trucks32ndChevrolet LS V8 engineRobby Gordon Motorsports
2018Dunlop Super2 Series18thHolden VF CommodoreKostecki Brothers Racing
2019Dunlop Super2 Series16thHolden VF CommodoreKostecki Brothers Racing
Virgin Australia Supercars Championship50thHolden ZB Commodore
2020Virgin Australia Supercars Championship27thHolden ZB CommodoreMatt Stone Racing
2021Repco Supercars Championship19thHolden ZB CommodoreMatt Stone Racing
2022Repco Supercars Championship22ndFord Mustang GTTickford Racing

Complete Super2 Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

YearTeamCar12345678PositionPoints
2016Kostecki Brothers RacingHolden VF Commodorestyle=background:#dfffdfADE
style=background:#dfffdfPHI
style=background:#dfffdfBAR
style=background:#dfffdfTOW
style=background:#dfffdfSAN
style=background:#dfffdfBAT
style=background:#dfffdfHOM
18th683
2017Kostecki Brothers RacingHolden VF Commodorestyle=background:#dfffdfADE
style=background:#dfffdfSYM
style=background:#dfffdfPHI
style=background:#dfffdfTOW
style=background:#dfffdfSYD
style=background:#dfffdfSAN
style=background:#cfcfffBAT
NEW22nd564
2018Kostecki Brothers RacingHolden VF Commodorestyle=background:#dfffdfADE
style=background:#dfffdfSYM
style=background:#dfffdfBAR
style=background:#dfffdfTOW
style=background:#dfffdfSAN
style=background:#efcfffBAT
style=background:#dfffdfNEW
18th670
2019Kostecki Brothers RacingHolden VF Commodorestyle=background:#dfffdfADE
style=background:#dfffdfBAR
style=background:#dfffdfTOW
style=background:#dfffdfQLD
BATSANNEW16th722

Stadium Super Trucks

(key) (

Bold – Pole position. Italics – Fastest qualifier. * – Most laps led.)

Supercars Championship results

Supercars results
YearTeamCar12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334PositionPoints
2019Kostecki Brothers RacingHolden ZB CommodoreADE
R1
ADE
R2
MEL
R3
MEL
R4
MEL
R5
MEL
R6
SYM
R7
SYM
R8
PHI
R9
PHI
R10
BAR
R11
BAR
R12
WIN
R13
WIN
R14
HID
R15
HID
R16
TOW
R17
TOW
R18
QLD
R19
QLD
R20
BEN
R21
BEN
R22
PUK
R23
PUK
R24
style=background:#efcfffBAT
R25

style=background:#dfffdfSUR
R26

style=background:#dfffdfSUR
R27

style=background:#dfffdfSAN
QR

style=background:#dfffdfSAN
R28

NEW
R29
NEW
R30
50th217
2020Matt Stone RacingHolden ZB CommodoreADE
R1
ADE
R2
style=background:#ffffffMEL
R3
style=background:#ffffffMEL
R4
style=background:#ffffffMEL
R5
style=background:#ffffffMEL
R6
style=background:#dfffdfSMP1
R7

style=background:#dfffdfSMP1
R8

style=background:#dfffdfSMP1
R9

SMP2
R10
SMP2
R11
SMP2
R12
style=background:#efcfffHID1
R13
style=background:#dfffdfHID1
R14
style=background:#dfffdfHID1
R15
HID1
R16
HID1
R17
HID1
R18
TOW1
R19
TOW1
R20
TOW1
R21
style=background:#dfffdfTOW2
R22
style=background:#dfffdfTOW2
R23
style=background:#dfffdfTOW2
R24
BEN1
R25
BEN1
R26
BEN1
R27
style=background:#efcfffBEN2
R28

style=background:#dfffdfBEN2
R29

style=background:#dfffdfBEN2
R30

style=background:#efcfffBAT
R31

27th290
2021Matt Stone RacingHolden ZB Commodorestyle=background:#dfffdfBAT1
R1

style=background:#dfffdfBAT1
R2

style=background:#dfffdfSAN
R3
style=background:#dfffdfSAN
R4
style=background:#dfffdfSAN
R5
style=background:#dfffdfSYM
R6
style=background:#dfffdfSYM
R7
style=background:#dfffdfSYM
R8
style=background:#dfffdfBEN
R9
style=background:#dfffdfBEN
R10
style=background:#dfffdfBEN
R11
style=background:#dfffdfHID
R12

style=background:#dfffdfHID
R13

style=background:#dfffdfHID
R14

style=background:#dfffdfTOW1
R15

TOW1
R16

style=background:#dfffdfTOW2
R17
style=background:#dfffdfTOW2
R18
style=background:#dfffdfTOW2
R19
style=background:#dfffdfSMP1
R20

style=background:#dfffdfSMP1
R21

style=background:#dfffdfSMP1
R22

style=background:#dfffdfSMP2
R23
style=background:#dfffdfSMP2
R24
style=background:#efcfffSMP2
R25
style=background:#dfffdfSMP3
R26
style=background:#dfffdfSMP3
R27
style=background:#dfffdfSMP3
R28
style=background:#dfffdfSMP4
R29
style=background:#ffffffSMP4
R30
style=background:#dfffdfBAT2
R31

19th1157
2022Tickford RacingFord Mustang GTstyle=background:#dfffdfSMP
R1

style=background:#dfffdfSMP
R2

style=background:#dfffdfSYM
R3

style=background:#efcfffSYM
R4

style=background:#dfffdfSYM
R5

style=background:#dfffdfMEL
R6

style=background:#dfffdfMEL
R7

style=background:#dfffdfMEL
R8

style=background:#dfffdfMEL
R9

style=background:#dfffdfBAR
R10

style=background:#dfffdfBAR
R11

style=background:#dfffdfBAR
R12

style=background:#dfffdfWIN
R13

style=background:#dfffdfWIN
R14

style=background:#dfffdfWIN
R15

style=background:#dfffdfHID
R16

style=background:#dfffdfHID
R17

style=background:#dfffdfHID
R18

style=background:#dfffdfTOW
R19
style=background:#dfffdfTOW
R20
style=background:#dfffdfBEN
R21
style=background:#dfffdfBEN
R22
style=background:#efcfffBEN
R23
style=background:#dfffdfSAN
R24
style=background:#dfffdfSAN
R25
style=background:#dfffdfSAN
R26
style=background:#dfffdfPUK
R27
style=background:#dfffdfPUK
R28
style=background:#dfffdfPUK
R29
style=background:#dfffdfBAT
R30

style=background:#dfffdfSUR
R31
style=background:#dfffdfSUR
R32
style=background:#dfffdfADE
R33

style=background:#efcfffADE
R34

22nd1192
2023Blanchard Racing TeamFord Mustang GTNEW
R1
NEW
R2
MEL
R3
MEL
R4
MEL
R5
MEL
R6
BAR
R7
BAR
R8
BAR
R9
SYM
R10
SYM
R11
SYM
R12
HID
R13
HID
R14
HID
R15
TOW
R16
TOW
R17
SMP
R19
BEN
R20
BEN
R21
BEN
R22
style=background:#dfffdfSAN
R23

style=background:#dfffdfBAT
R24

SUR
R25
SUR
R26
ADE
R27
ADE
R28
50th162

Complete Bathurst 1000 results

YearTeamCarCo-driverPositionLaps
2019Kostecki Brothers RacingHolden Commodore ZB Brodie KosteckiDNF111
2020Matt Stone RacingHolden Commodore ZB Zane GoddardDNF155
2021Matt Stone RacingHolden Commodore ZB Kurt Kostecki13th161
2022Tickford RacingFord Mustang S550 Kurt Kostecki17th161
2023Blanchard Racing TeamFord Mustang S650 Aaron Love19th160

References

  1. News: Supercars team shows support for Ukraine. Seven Network. 3 March 2022.
  2. Web site: Jake Kostecki | Racing career profile | Driver Database.
  3. Web site: Jake Kostecki.
  4. Web site: 2017 Overall Point Standings. Stadium Super Trucks. 29 January 2019.

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