Jan Kopecký Explained

Jan Kopecký
Birth Date:	28 January 1982
Birth Place:	Opočno, Czechoslovakia
Nationality:	Czech
Years:	2002–2008, 2015–2020
Codriver:	Filip Schovánek Petr Starý Pavel Dresler Jan Hloušek
Teams:	Škoda
Races:	58
Championships:	0
Wins:	0
Podiums:	0
Stagewins:	4
Points:	57
First Race:	2002 Rallye Deutschland
Last Race:	2020 Rally Monza

Jan Kopecký (born 28 January 1982) is a professional rally driver from Czech Republic who drives for Škoda Motorsport.^[1] He is the 2013 ERC champion, 2018 WRC-2 champion as well as a multiple champion of the Czech Rally Championship. He is also a four-time runner-up in the now-defunct IRC championship and a champion of the Asia-Pacific Rally Championship. In terms of total professional achievements, he is among the most successful drivers in rally history.

Career

After beginning his career as a circuit touring cars driver, Kopecký changed to rallysport in 2001, winning the national sprintrally championships at first. In 2004, he won the national classical rally championships and entered the world championships next year.

In the 2006 World Rally Championship season, Kopecký competed with co-driver Filip Schovánek driving a Škoda Fabia WRC. Kopecký won 3 Special Stages, SS18 at the 2006 Rally d'Italia Sardegna and SS9 and SS14 at the 2006 Rallye Deutschland. His best finish was 5th place at the 2006 Rally Catalunya, he scored 7 points and 15th position.

In 2007, Kopecký continued competing with the Fabia and placed 12th in the drivers' world championship. His best finish was 5th place at the 2007 Rallye Deutschland, he scored more points than in 2006, 10 points and 12th position.

In 2008, Kopecký entered Rally México with Fiat Grande Punto Abarth S2000 but retired at 2nd special stage. After that he switched to Peugeot 207 S2000 and Intercontinental Rally Challenge. His best result was 2nd place at the Rally Portugal and after Rally Russia he was hired by Škoda Motorsport and started testing Škoda Fabia S2000.

Kopecký competed in the Intercontinental Rally Challenge with a works Škoda Fabia Super 2000 finishing second in the championship and winning two events, the Rally Principe de Asturias and Barum Czech Rally Zlín, making him the first Czech driver to win the rally in a Czech car.^[2] Kris Meeke became champion with Peugeot 207 S2000 in 2009.

In 2010, Kopecký continued his relationship with Škoda and also with his good performance in IRC. He won Rally Islas Canarias and finished 2nd at Ypres Rally and at Rali Vinho da Madeira but he also twice retired from 1st position almost at the end of rally. It was at Rally Azores and at Barum Rally Zlín. Kopecký was again 2nd in drivers standings, this time Juho Hänninen, 2nd factory driver of Škoda Motorsport was champion.

In 2011, Kopecký was entered by Škoda Motorsport at the 2011 Monte Carlo Rally alongside of Freddy Loix, Juho Hänninen and Nicolas Vouilloz. In 2021, he entered to the Hungarian Rally Championship with a Skoda Fabia Rally2 Evo under the Topp Cars Rally Team alongside the Czech Championship .

Results

WRC results

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Pos	Points
2002	nowrap	Matador Czech Nation Team	nowrap	Toyota Corolla WRC	MON	SWE	FRA	ESP	CYP	ARG	GRE	KEN	FIN	GER Ret	ITA	NZL	AUS	GBR			-	0
2003	nowrap	Škoda Matador Czech National Team	nowrap	Škoda Octavia WRC	MON	SWE	TUR	NZL	ARG	GRE	CYP	GER 20		AUS	ITA	FRA	ESP	GBR Ret			-	0
2003	nowrap	Jan Kopecký	nowrap	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 7									FIN 32								-	0
2004	nowrap	Škoda Motorsport	nowrap	Škoda Fabia WRC	MON	SWE	MEX	NZL	CYP	GRE	TUR	ARG	FIN	GER	JPN	GBR	ITA	FRA	ESP Ret	AUS	-	0
2005	nowrap	Jan Kopecký	nowrap	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 7	MON	SWE 37															26th	1
2005	nowrap	Škoda Motorsport	nowrap	Škoda Fabia WRC			MEX	NZL	ITA	CYP	TUR	GRE	ARG	FIN	GER Ret	GBR	JPN	FRA 12	ESP 8	AUS	26th	1
2006	nowrap	Czech Rally Team Škoda	nowrap	Škoda Fabia WRC	MON 11	SWE 13	MEX	ESP 5	FRA 10	ARG	ITA 17	GRE 16	GER 7	FIN 8	JPN	CYP	TUR Ret	AUS	NZL	GBR 10	15th	7
2007	nowrap	Czech Rally Team Kopecký	nowrap	Škoda Fabia WRC	MON 8	SWE 10	NOR 8	MEX	POR 20	ARG	ITA Ret	GRE 7	FIN Ret	GER 5	NZL	ESP Ret	FRA 7	JPN	IRE	GBR 12	12th	10
2008	nowrap	Jan Kopecký	nowrap	Fiat Grande Punto Abarth S2000	MON	SWE	MEX Ret	ARG	JOR	ITA	GRE	TUR	FIN	GER	NZL	ESP	FRA	JPN	GBR		-	0
2015	nowrap	Škoda Motorsport	Škoda Fabia R5	MON	SWE	MEX	ARG	POR	ITA 9	POL	FIN	GER 13	AUS	FRA		GBR WD				25th	3
2015	nowrap	Škoda Motorsport II	Škoda Fabia R5												ESP 10					25th	3
2016	nowrap	Škoda Motorsport	nowrap	Škoda Fabia R5	MON	SWE	MEX	ARG	POR 19	ITA 10	POL	FIN	GER 9	CHN C	FRA 12	ESP 8	GBR 16	AUS WD			19th	7
2017	nowrap	Škoda Motorsport	Škoda Fabia R5	MON 8	SWE	MEX	FRA 16	ARG	POR		POL	FIN	GER 11		GBR	AUS				16th	7
2017	nowrap	Škoda Motorsport II	Škoda Fabia R5							ITA 10				ESP 9						16th	7
2018	nowrap	Škoda Motorsport II	Škoda Fabia R5	MON 10	SWE	MEX	FRA 8	ARG	POR	ITA 8	FIN	GER 9	TUR 7	GBR						15th	17
2018	nowrap	Škoda Motorsport	Škoda Fabia R5												ESP 13	AUS				15th	17
2019	nowrap	Škoda Motorsport	nowrap	Škoda Fabia R5 Evo	MON	SWE	MEX	FRA	ARG	CHL	POR 8	ITA 10	FIN	GER 11	TUR 11	GBR 18	ESP 11	AUS C			19th	5
2020	nowrap	Toksport WRT	nowrap	Škoda Fabia R5 Evo	MON	SWE	MEX	EST	TUR	ITA	MNZ 13										NC	0

WRC-2 results

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Pos	Points
2015	nowrap	Škoda Motorsport	Škoda Fabia R5	MON	SWE	MEX	ARG	POR	ITA 3	POL	FIN	GER 1	AUS	FRA		GBR WD		8th	58
2015	nowrap	Škoda Motorsport II	Škoda Fabia R5												ESP 2			8th	58
2016	nowrap	Škoda Motorsport	nowrap	Škoda Fabia R5	MON	SWE	MEX	ARG	POR 10	ITA 2	POL	FIN	GER 2	CHN C	FRA 2	ESP 1	GBR 4	AUS WD	4th	92
2017	nowrap	Škoda Motorsport	Škoda Fabia R5	MON 2	SWE	MEX	FRA 7	ARG	POR		POL	FIN	GER 2		GBR	AUS		4th	85
2017	nowrap	Škoda Motorsport II	Škoda Fabia R5							ITA 1				ESP 2				4th	85
2018	nowrap	Škoda Motorsport II	Škoda Fabia R5	MON 1	SWE	MEX	FRA 1	ARG	POR	ITA 1	FIN	GER 1	TUR 1	GBR				1st	143
2018	nowrap	Škoda Motorsport	Škoda Fabia R5												ESP 2	AUS		1st	143
2020	nowrap	Toksport WRT	nowrap	Škoda Fabia R5 Evo	MON	SWE	MEX	EST	TUR	ITA	MNZ 3								8th	15

IRC results

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Pos	Points
2008	nowrap	Champion Racing	nowrap		TUR 5	POR 2	BEL Ret	RUS 6	POR	CZE	ESP	ITA	SWI	CHI				7th	15
2009	nowrap	Škoda Motorsport	nowrap	Škoda Fabia S2000	MON 4	BRA	KEN	POR 2	BEL 2	RUS 2	POR	CZE 1	ESP 1	ITA Ret	SCO			2nd	49
2010	nowrap	Škoda Motorsport	nowrap	Škoda Fabia S2000	MON 5	CUR 4	ARG 3	CAN 1	SAR 3	YPR 2	AZO Ret	MAD 2	ZLI Ret	SAN 6	SCO	CYP		2nd	47
2011	nowrap	Škoda Motorsport	nowrap	Škoda Fabia S2000	MON 8	CAN 2	COR 2	YAL 3	YPR DNS	AZO 3	ZLI 1	MEC 1	SAN 4	SCO 5	CYP 2			2nd	183
2012	nowrap	Škoda Motorsport	nowrap	Škoda Fabia S2000	AZO	CAN 1	IRL 3	COR 2	ITA 1	YPR	SMR	ROM	ZLI Ret	YAL	SLI	SAN 2	CYP	2nd	101

ERC results

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Pos	Points
2013	nowrap	Škoda Motorsport	nowrap	Škoda Fabia S2000	JÄN 1	LIE	CAN 1	AZO 1	COR 2	YPR	ROM 1	CZE 1	POL 3	CRO 1	SAN	VAL	1st	287
2015	nowrap	Škoda Motorsport	nowrap	Škoda Fabia R5	JÄN	LIE	IRE	AZO	YPR	EST	CZE 1	CYP	GRE	VAL			9th	36
2016	nowrap	Škoda Motorsport	nowrap	Škoda Fabia R5	CAN	IRE	GRE	AZO	YPR	EST	POL	CZE 1	LIE	CYP			6th	39
2017	nowrap	Škoda Motorsport	nowrap	Škoda Fabia R5	AZO	CAN	ACR	CYP	POL	CZE 1	RMC	LIE					9th	39
2018	nowrap	Škoda Motorsport	nowrap	Škoda Fabia R5	AZO	CAN	ACR	CYP	RMC	CZE	POL	LIE					10th	38
2019	nowrap	Škoda Motorsport	nowrap	Škoda Fabia R5 Evo	AZO	CAN	LIE	POL	RMC	CZE	CYP	HUN					7th	39
2021	nowrap	Agrotec Škoda Rally Team	nowrap	Škoda Fabia R5 Evo	POL	LAT	ITA	CZE	PRT1	PRT2	HUN	ESP					14th	39
2022	Agrotec Skoda Rally Team	Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo	PRT1	PRT2	ESP1	POL	LAT	ITA	CZE	ESP2					15th	32
2023	Agrotec Škoda Rally Team	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	PRT	CAN	POL	LAT	SWE	ITA	CZE	HUN					16th	32
2024	Agrotec Škoda Rally Team	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	HUN	CAN	SWE	EST	ITA	CZE	GBR	POL					39th	9
2025	Agrotec Škoda Rally Team	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	ESP	HUN	SWE	POL	ITA	CZE	GBR	CRO					12th	31

Czech Rally Championship results

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	MMČR	Points
2001	nowrap	Pennzoil Racing	nowrap	Škoda Octavia	ŠUM 21	VAL 19	KRU	BOH	BAR Ret	PŘÍ Ret	TŘE 11			-	0
2002	nowrap	Matador Pneusport	nowrap	Toyota Corolla WRC	ŠUM Ret	VAL 4	KRU 3	BOH	BAR Ret	PŘÍ 3	TŘE 1			4th	249
2003	nowrap	Škoda Matador Team	nowrap	Škoda Octavia WRC	ŠUM Ret	VAL Ret	KRU	BOH 25	BAR 3	PŘÍ 1	TŘE 1			3rd	79
2004	nowrap	Škoda Matador Team	Škoda Fabia WRC	JÄN 2	ŠUM 18	TAT 3	KRU 3		BAR 1	PŘÍ 1	TŘE 1		1st	182
2004	nowrap	Škoda Motorsport	Škoda Fabia WRC					BOH 1					1st	182
2005	Matador Pneusport	nowrap	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	JÄN 7	ŠUM 3	VAL		KRU Ret		BAR 3	PŘÍ 9	TŘE	3rd	108
	Matador Pneusport	Škoda Fabia WRC				TAT 2
	nowrap	Škoda Fabia WRC	Škoda Motorsport						BOH 1
2006	nowrap	Matador Motorsport	nowrap	Citroën C2 S1600	JÄN	ŠUM	TAT Ret	KRU	BOH	BAR	TŘE	PŘÍ		-	0
2008	nowrap	Champion Racing	nowrap	Peugeot 207 S2000	JÄN	VAL	ŠUM	KRU	HUS Ret	TŘE	BOH	BAR	PŘÍ	-	0
2009	nowrap	Škoda Motorsport	nowrap	Škoda Fabia S2000	VAL 2	ŠUM	KRU	HUS	BAR 1	PŘÍ	BOH 2			3rd	117
2010	nowrap	Škoda Motorsport	nowrap	Škoda Fabia S2000	VAL	ŠUM	KRU	HUS	BOH	BAR Ret	PŘÍ			-	0
2011	nowrap	Škoda Motorsport	nowrap	Škoda Fabia S2000	VAL 1	ŠUM	KRU	HUS 1	BOH	BAR 1	PŘÍ			2nd	150
2012	nowrap	Škoda Motorsport	nowrap	Škoda Fabia S2000	JÄN 1	VAL 1	ŠUM 1	KRU 1	HUS 1	BOH -	BAR Ret	PŘÍ		1st	260
2013	nowrap	Škoda Motorsport	nowrap	Škoda Fabia S2000	JÄN 1	ŠUM	KRU	HUS 1	BOH 1	BAR 1	PŘÍ -			2nd	306
2014	nowrap	Škoda Motorsport	nowrap	Škoda Fabia S2000	JÄN	KRU Ret	ŠUM	HUS	BOH 1	BAR	PŘÍ			7th	98
2015	nowrap	Škoda Motorsport	nowrap	Škoda Fabia R5	ŠUM 1	KRU 1	HUS 1	BOH 1	BAR 1	KLA				1st	412,5
2016	nowrap	Škoda Motorsport	nowrap	Škoda Fabia R5	ŠUM 1	KRU 1	HUS 1	BOH 1	BAR 1	PŘÍ				1st	324
2017	nowrap	Škoda Motorsport	nowrap	Škoda Fabia R5	VAL 1	ŠUM 1	KRU 1	HUS 1	BOH 1	BAR 1	PŘÍ			1st	297
2018	nowrap	Škoda Motorsport	nowrap	Škoda Fabia R5	VAL 1	ŠUM 1	KRU 1	HUS 1	BOH 1	BAR 1	PŘÍ			1st	326
2019	Škoda Motorsport	nowrap	Škoda Fabia R5	VAL 1	ŠUM 2								1st	311
2019	Škoda Motorsport	nowrap	Škoda Fabia R5 Evo			KRU 1	HUS	BOH 1	BAR 1	PŘÍ C			1st	311
2020	nowrap	Škoda Motorsport	nowrap	Škoda Fabia R5 Evo	BOH 2	VAL 2	PAČ 1							2nd	156
2021	nowrap	Agrotec Škoda Rally Team	Škoda Fabia R5 Evo	VAL 1	ŠUM 1	HUS 2		BAR 1	PAČ 1	KRU 2			1st	316
2021	nowrap	Škoda Motorsport	Škoda Fabia R5 Evo				BOH 1						1st	316
2022	nowrap	Agrotec Škoda Rally Team	nowrap	Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo	VAL 3	ŠUM 1	KRU 1	HUS 1	BOH 1	BAR 1	PAČ 1	3ST		1st	322.5
2023	nowrap	Agrotec Škoda Rally Team	nowrap	Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo	VAL 3	ŠUM 2	KRU 1	HUS 2	BOH 2	BAR 2	PAČ 2			1st	325.5
2024*	nowrap	Agrotec Škoda Rally Team	nowrap	Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo	ŠUM C	KRU 2	HUS 2	BOH 3	BAR 5	PAČ				2nd*	138*

* Season still in progress.

External links

Notes and References

News: IRC: Skoda registers for manufacturers' crown. Crash.net. 2009-01-20. 2010-04-03.
News: After SS15: Kopecky takes emotional home victory . 2009-08-23 . IRC Website . 2010-04-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090827105132/http://www.ircseries.com/html/readnews.asp?id=1298 . 2009-08-27 . dead.