Krzysztof Hołowczyc

Krzysztof Hołowczyc

File:Krzysztof Hołowczyc.jpg Hołowczyc in 2007.
Personal information
Nationality	Polish
Born	(1962-06-04) 4 June 1962 Olsztyn, Poland
World Rally Championship record
Active years	1996–2000, 2003, 2009
Teams	Stomil Olsztyn Mobil 1, Turning Point, Stobart Ford
Rallies	19
Championships	0
Rally wins	0
Podiums	0
Stage wins	0
Total points	3
First rally	1996 Swedish Rally

Krzysztof Hołowczyc (pronounced [ˈkʂɨʂtɔf xɔˈwɔft͡ʂɨt͡s]; born 4 June 1962 in Olsztyn, Poland) is a Polish rally driver. He won the Polish Rally Championship in 1995, 1996 and 1999 and the European Rally Championship in 1997. He was also member of European Parliament (2007–2009) from Civic Platform list.

Biography

Hołowczyc won the Polish Rally Championship in 1995, 1996, 1999. Also he won the Rally Poland in 1996, 1998 and 2005.

In the World Rally Championship, Hołowczyc was active in the late 1990s, usually competing in a Subaru Impreza WRC. His seventh place at the 1998 Rally Argentina marked the best-ever result for a Polish driver in the series.

After the Rally Poland returned to the WRC calendar for the 2009 season, Hołowczyc signed to make a one-off return in a Ford Focus WRC run by Stobart M-Sport Ford. He finished sixth in the 2009 Rally Poland and scored Poland's second WRC points ever.

Hołowczyc took part in the Dakar Rally and finished 60th (2005), 6th (2009), 5th (2011), 10th (2012), 6th (2014) and 3rd (2015). He also took part but did not finish the Rally due to car failure in 2006, 2010 and due to crash in 2007 and 2013.

Also, he won the Baja Poland in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014 and 2015, and the Silk Way Rally in 2011.

WRC results

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	WDC	Points
1996	Stomil Olsztyn Mobil1 Rally Team	Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD	SWE 20	KEN	IDN	GRE	ARG	FIN	AUS	ITA	ESP						NC	0
1997	Mobil1 Stomil Olsztyn	Subaru Impreza 555	MON	SWE	KEN	POR	ESP	FRA	ARG	GRE	NZL	FIN	IDN	ITA	AUS	GBR Ret	NC	0
1998	Mobil1 Stomil Olsztyn	Subaru Impreza S3 WRC 97	MON	SWE	KEN	POR 10	ESP 13	FRA	ARG 7	GRE	NZL	FIN	ITA Ret	AUS	GBR 8		NC	0
1999	Turning Point Rally Team	Subaru Impreza S4 WRC 98	MON	SWE 15	KEN	POR Ret	ESP	FRA	ARG	GRE	NZL	FIN	CHN	ITA	AUS	GBR 13	NC	0
2000	Wizja TV Turning Point	Subaru Impreza S5 WRC 99	MON	SWE 16	KEN	POR Ret	ESP	ARG Ret	GRE Ret	NZL	FIN	CYP Ret	FRA	ITA	GBR	AUS	NC	0
2003	Krzysztof Hołowczyc	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	MON	SWE 33	TUR	NZL Ret	ARG	GRE	CYP	GER Ret	FIN	AUS	ITA	FRA	ESP	GBR	NC	0
2009	Stobart VK M-Sport Ford Rally Team	Ford Focus RS WRC 08	IRE	NOR	CYP	POR	ARG	ITA	GRE	POL 6	FIN	AUS	ESP	GBR			16th	3

PWRC results

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	PWRC	Points
2003	Krzysztof Hołowczyc	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	SWE 5	NZL Ret	ARG	CYP	GER Ret	AUS	FRA	16th	4

Dakar Rally results

Year	Class	Vehicle	Position	Stages won
2005	Cars	Mitsubishi	60th	0
2006		Nissan	DNF	0
2007			DNF	0
2008	Event cancelled – replaced by Central Europe Rally
2009	Car	Nissan	5th	0
2010			DNF	0
2011		BMW	5th	0
2012		Mini	9th	1
2013			DNF	0
2014			6th	0
2015			3rd	0

• In progress

Awards

For his sport achievements, he has received:

• Silver Cross of Merit in 2000;
• Golden Cross of Merit in 2005.

Sporting positions
Preceded by Armin Schwarz	European Rally Champion 1997	Succeeded by Andrea Navarra

External links

• http://www.holowczyc.pl
• http://www.kimrally.pl/kierowcy/holowczyc.php