Jan Vonka

Last updated April 11, 2019

Jan Vonka (born May 17, 1963 in Slaný) is a Czech auto racing driver and team owner.

The Royal town of Slaný is a town in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic, located about 25 km northwest of Prague. The town is part of the Prague metropolitan area.

The Czech Republic, also known by its short-form name, Czechia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west, Austria to the south, Slovakia to the east and Poland to the northeast. The Czech Republic covers an area of 78,866 square kilometres (30,450 sq mi) with a mostly temperate continental climate and oceanic climate. It is a unitary parliamentary republic, with 10.6 million inhabitants; its capital and largest city is Prague, with 1.3 million residents. Other major cities are Brno, Ostrava, Olomouc and Pilsen. The Czech Republic is a member of the European Union (EU), NATO, the OECD, the United Nations, the OSCE, and the Council of Europe.

Auto racing is a motorsport involving the racing of automobiles for competition.

Career

Vonka originally competed in rallying in the early 1980s, before moving on to hillclimbing.^[1] In 1999 he won the Czech Circuit Racing Championship with his Vonka Racing team.^[2]

Rally is a form of motorsport that takes place on public or private roads with modified production or specially built road-legal cars. It is distinguished by running not on a circuit, but instead in a point-to-point format in which participants and their co-drivers drive between set control points, leaving at regular intervals from one or more start points. Rallies may be won by pure speed within the stages or alternatively by driving to a predetermined ideal journey time within the stages.

Hillclimbing is a branch of motorsport in which drivers compete against the clock to complete an uphill course.

Vonka began competing in the N-GT class of the FIA GT Championship in 2002.^[2] He began competing more regularly in FIA GT in 2004, when he finished ninth overall in class, improving to finish sixth overall in class in 2005.^[2] In 2006, Vonka competed at the 12 Hours of Sebring.^[2] He also raced for Wiechers-Sport at the FIA WTCC Race of the Czech Republic.^[2]

FIA GT Championship auto racing championship in Europe

The FIA GT Championship was a sports car racing series organized by the Stéphane Ratel Organisation (SRO) at the behest of the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). The championship was mostly concentrated in Europe, but throughout the years has visited other continents including Asia and South America. At the end of 2009, the championship was replaced by the FIA GT1 World Championship, which morphed into the FIA GT Series for 2013.

The 12 Hours of Sebring is an annual motorsport endurance race for sports cars held at Sebring International Raceway, on the site of the former Hendricks Army Airfield World War II air base in Sebring, Florida. The event is the second round of the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship and in the past has been a round of the now defunct World Sportscar Championship, IMSA GT Championship and American Le Mans Series. In 2012, the race was the opening event of the FIA World Endurance Championship.

Wiechers-Sport is a German auto racing team which is based in Nienburg. The team was first established in 1999, competing in German touring cars. The team currently competes in the World Touring Car Championship.

Complete WTCC results

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

Year	Team	Car	1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		Position	Points
2006	Wiechers-Sport	BMW 320si	MON		MGN		BRA		OSC		CUR		PUE		BRN		IST		VAL		MAC		NC	0
2006	Wiechers-Sport	BMW 320si													Ret	21							NC	0

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References

External links

Jan Vonka driver statistics at Racing-Reference
Jan Vonka at Driver Database

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