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Kajetan Kajetanowicz
Personal information
Nationality	Polish
Born	5 March 1979 (age 45); Cieszyn, Poland
World Rally Championship record
Active years	2016, 2018–present
Teams	Lotos Rally Team
Rallies	41
Championships	0
Rally wins	0
Podiums	0
Stage wins	0
Total points	36
First rally	2016 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
2019	Lotos Dynamic Rally Team	Škoda Fabia R5											TUR 12				NC	0
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
2023	Kajetan Kajetanowicz	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2						ITA 7				GRE 13	CHL Ret	EUR 12	JPN 9		16th	13
2024	Kajetan Kajetanowicz	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	MON	SWE	KEN 10	CRO	POR	ITA 10	POL 35	LAT	FIN	GRE	CHL	EUR	JPN		22nd*	5*

* 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
2019	Lotos Dynamic Rally Team	Škoda Fabia R5											TUR 1				2nd	88
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
2023	Kajetan Kajetanowicz	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2						ITA 3				GRE 6	CHL Ret	EUR 3	JPN 3		5th	95
2024	Kajetan Kajetanowicz	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	MON	SWE	KEN 3	CRO	POR	ITA 5	POL 19	LAT	FIN	GRE	CHL	EUR	JPN		15th*	25*

* Season still in progress.

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

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
2013	Lotos Rally Team	Ford Fiesta R5									POL 1	CRO	ITA	SUI	7th	50
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

^ "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.

External links

Sporting positions
Preceded by Esapekka Lappi	European Rally Champion 2015-2017	Succeeded by Aleksey Lukyanuk

[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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