Jake Kostecki (born 24 January 2000) is an Australian professional racing driver of Ukrainian descent. He formerly competed in the Supercars Championship.
Biography Junior Series Kostecki began his career in karts at the age of eight, 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.
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.
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 Cadet 11th2012SKUSA SuperNationals XVI - TaG Junior 16th Australian National Sprint Kart Championship - Junior National Light 24th 2013SKUSA SuperNats XVII - TaG Junior 3rd
Career summary Season Series Position Car Team 2014 Western Australian Formula Ford Championship 17th Van Diemen RF92 Australian Suzuki Swift Series 14th Suzuki Swift 2015 Australian V8 Touring Car Series 9th Ford BF Falcon Kostecki Brothers Racing 2016 Supercars Dunlop Series 18th Holden VF Commodore Kostecki Brothers Racing 2017 Dunlop Super2 Series 22nd Holden VF Commodore Kostecki Brothers Racing Stadium Super Trucks 32nd Chevrolet LS V8 engine Robby Gordon Motorsports 2018 Dunlop Super2 Series 18th Holden VF Commodore Kostecki Brothers Racing 2019 Dunlop Super2 Series 16th Holden VF Commodore Kostecki Brothers Racing Virgin Australia Supercars Championship 50th Holden ZB Commodore 2020 Virgin Australia Supercars Championship 27th Holden ZB Commodore Matt Stone Racing 2021 Repco Supercars Championship 19th Holden ZB Commodore Matt Stone Racing 2022 Repco Supercars Championship 22nd Ford Mustang GT Tickford Racing
Super3 Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team No. Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Position Points 2015 Kostecki Brothers Racing 56 Ford BF FalconSANR1SANR2SANR3WINR4WINR5WINR6QLDR7QLDR8QLDR9PHIR10PHIR11PHIR12SMPR13SMPR14SMPR15 9th 210
Super2 Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team No. Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Position Points 2016 Kostecki Brothers Racing 56 Holden VF Commodore ADER1 ADER2 PHIR3 PHIR4 PHIR5 BARR6 BARR7 BARR8 TOWR9 TOWR10 SANR11 SANR12 SANR13 BATR14 HOMR15 HOMR16 18th 683 2017 ADER1 ADER2 ADER3 SYMR4 SYMR5 SYMR6 SYMR7 PHIR8 PHIR9 PHIR10 PHIR11 TOWR12 TOWR13 SYDR14 SYDR15 SYDR16 SYDR17 SANR18 SANR19 NEWR20 NEWR21 22nd 564 2018 ADER1 ADER2 ADER3 SYMR4 SYMR5 SYMR6 BARR7 BARR8 BARR9 TOWR10 TOWR11 SANR12 SANR13 BATR14 NEWR15 NEWR16 18th 670 2019 ADER1 ADER2 ADER3 BARR4 BARR5 TOWR6 TOWR7 QLDR8 QLDR9 BATR10 SANR11 SANR12 NEWR13 NEWR14 16th 722
Supercars Championship results Supercars results Year Team No. Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 Position Points 2019 Kostecki Brothers Racing 56 Holden ZB Commodore ADER1 ADER2 MELR3 MELR4 MELR5 MELR6 SYMR7 SYMR8 PHIR9 PHIR10 BARR11 BARR12 WINR13 WINR14 HIDR15 HIDR16 TOWR17 TOWR18 QLDR19 QLDR20 BENR21 BENR22 PUKR23 PUKR24 BATR25 SURR26 SURR27 SANQR SANR28 NEWR29 NEWR30 50th 217 2020 Matt Stone Racing 34 Holden ZB Commodore ADER1 ADER2 MELR3 MELR4 MELR5 MELR6 SMP1R7 SMP1R8 SMP1R9 SMP2R10 SMP2R11 SMP2R12 HID1R13 HID1R14 HID1R15 HID1R16 HID1R17 HID1R18 TOW1R19 TOW1R20 TOW1R21 TOW2R22 TOW2R23 TOW2R24 BEN1R25 BEN1R26 BEN1R27 BEN2R28 BEN2R29 BEN2R30 BATR31 27th 290 2021 BAT1R1 BAT1R2 SANR3 SANR4 SANR5 SYMR6 SYMR7 SYMR8 BENR9 BENR10 BENR11 HIDR12 HIDR13 HIDR14 TOW1R15 TOW1R16 TOW2R17 TOW2R18 TOW2R19 SMP1R20 SMP1R21 SMP1R22 SMP2R23 SMP2R24 SMP2R25 SMP3R26 SMP3R27 SMP3R28 SMP4R29 SMP4R30 BAT2R31 19th 1157 2022 Tickford Racing 56 Ford Mustang S550 SMPR1 SMPR2 SYMR3 SYMR4 SYMR5 MELR6 MELR7 MELR8 MELR9 BARR10 BARR11 BARR12 WINR13 WINR14 WINR15 HIDR16 HIDR17 HIDR18 TOWR19 TOWR20 BENR21 BENR22 BENR23 SANR24 SANR25 SANR26 PUKR27 PUKR28 PUKR29 BATR30 SURR31 SURR32 ADER33 ADER34 22nd 1192 2023 Blanchard Racing Team 7 Ford Mustang S650 NEWR1 NEWR2 MELR3 MELR4 MELR5 MELR6 BARR7 BARR8 BARR9 SYMR10 SYMR11 SYMR12 HIDR13 HIDR14 HIDR15 TOWR16 TOWR17 SMPR18 SMPR19 BENR20 BENR21 BENR22 SANR23 BATR24 SURR25 SURR26 ADER27 ADER28 50th 162
Complete Bathurst 1000 results Year Team Car Co-driver Position Laps 2019 Kostecki Brothers Racing Holden Commodore ZB Brodie Kostecki DNF 111 2020 Matt Stone Racing Holden Commodore ZB Zane Goddard DNF 155 2021 Matt Stone Racing Holden Commodore ZB Kurt Kostecki 13th 161 2022 Tickford Racing Ford Mustang S550 Kurt Kostecki 17th 161 2023 Blanchard Racing Team Ford Mustang S650 Aaron Love 19th 160
Stadium Super Trucks (key) (Bold – Pole position. Italics – Fastest qualifier. * – Most laps led.) Stadium Super Trucks results Year 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Pts Ref 2017 ADE ADE ADE STP STP LBH LBH PER PER PER DET DET TEX TEX HID HID HID BEI GLN GLN ELS ELS 32nd 9
References
External links Jake Kostecki website