Krzysztof Wiesław Hołowczyc (; 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, Hołowczyc won the Baja Poland in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014 and 2015, and the Silk Way Rally in 2011.

Racing record

Complete WRC results

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! Year

! Entrant

! Car

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! 9

! 10

! 11

! 12

! 13

! 14

!

! Pts

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| 1996

! nowrap| Stomil Olsztyn Mobil 1 Rally Team

! nowrap| Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SWE<br /><small>20</small>

| KEN

| IDN

| GRE

| ARG

| FIN

| AUS

| ITA

| ESP

|colspan=5|

! NC

! 0

|-

| 1997

! nowrap| Mobil 1 Stomil Olsztyn

! nowrap| Subaru Impreza 555

| MON

| SWE

| KEN

| POR

| ESP

| FRA

| ARG

| GRE

| NZL

| FIN

| IDN

| ITA

| AUS

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| GBR<br /><small>Ret</small>

! NC

! 0

|-

| 1998

! nowrap| Mobil 1 Stomil Olsztyn

! nowrap| Subaru Impreza S3 WRC 97

| MON

| SWE

| KEN

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| POR<br /><small>10</small>

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ESP<br /><small>13</small>

| FRA

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ARG<br /><small>7</small>

| GRE

| NZL

| FIN

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ITA<br /><small>Ret</small>

| AUS

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| GBR<br /><small>8</small>

|

! NC

! 0

|-

| 1999

! nowrap| Turning Point Rally Team

! nowrap| Subaru Impreza S4 WRC 98

| MON

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SWE<br /><small>15</small>

| KEN

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| POR<br /><small>Ret</small>

| ESP

| FRA

| ARG

| GRE

| NZL

| FIN

| CHN

| ITA

| AUS

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| GBR<br /><small>13</small>

! NC

! 0

|-

| 2000

! nowrap| Wizja TV Turning Point

! nowrap| Subaru Impreza S5 WRC 99

| MON

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SWE<br /><small>16</small>

| KEN

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| POR<br /><small>Ret</small>

| ESP

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ARG<br /><small>Ret</small>

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| GRE<br /><small>Ret</small>

| NZL

| FIN

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CYP<br /><small>Ret</small>

| FRA

| ITA

| GBR

| AUS

! NC

! 0

|-

| 2003

! nowrap| Krzysztof Hołowczyc

! nowrap| Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII

| MON

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SWE<br /><small>33</small>

| TUR

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NZL<br /><small>Ret</small>

| ARG

| GRE

| CYP

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| GER<br /><small>Ret</small>

| FIN

| AUS

| ITA

| FRA

| ESP

| GBR

! NC

! 0

|-

| 2009

! nowrap| Stobart VK M-Sport Ford Rally Team

! nowrap| Ford Focus RS WRC 08

| IRE

| NOR

| CYP

| POR

| ARG

| ITA

| GRE

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| POL<br /><small>6</small>

| FIN

| AUS

| ESP

| GBR

|colspan=2|

! 16th

! 3

|-

| 2014

! nowrap| Lotto Team

! nowrap| Ford Fiesta RS WRC

| MON

| SWE

| MEX

| POR

| ARG

| ITA

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| POL<br /><small>Ret</small>

| FIN

| GER

| AUS

| FRA

| ESP

| GBR

|

! NC

! 0

|-

| 2015

! nowrap| Lotto Team

! nowrap| Ford Fiesta R5

| MON

| SWE

| MEX

| ARG

| POR

| ITA

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| POL<br /><small>24</small>

| FIN

| GER

| AUS

| FRA

| ESP

| GBR

|

! NC

! 0

|}

Complete PWRC results

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! Year

! Entrant

! Car

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! PWRC

! Points

|-

| 2003

! nowrap| Krzysztof Hołowczyc

! nowrap| Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SWE<br /><small>5</small>

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NZL<br /><small>Ret</small>

| ARG

| CYP

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| GER<br /><small>Ret</small>

| AUS

| FRA

! 16th

! 4

|-

|}

Complete Dakar Rally results

{| class="wikitable"

|-

!Year

!Class

!Vehicle

!Position

!Stages won

|-

!2005

|rowspan=3|Cars

| Mitsubishi

|align="center" style="background:#CFCFFF;"|60th

|align="center"|0

|-

!2006

|rowspan=2| Nissan

|align="center" style="background:#EFCFFF;"|DNF

|align="center"|0

|-

!2007

|align="center" style="background:#EFCFFF;"|DNF

|align="center"|0

|-

!2008

|colspan=4 align=center style="background:lightgrey;"|Event cancelled – replaced by the 2008 Central Europe Rally

|-

!2009

|rowspan=7|Cars

|rowspan=2| Nissan

|align="center" style="background:#DFFFDF;"|5th

|align="center"|0

|-

!2010

|align="center" style="background:#EFCFFF;"|DNF

|align="center"|0

|-

!2011

| BMW

|align="center" style="background:#DFFFDF;"|5th

|align="center"|0

|-

!2012

|rowspan=4| Mini

|align="center" style="background:#DFFFDF;"|9th

|align="center"|1

|-

!2013

|align="center" style="background:#EFCFFF;"|DNF

|align="center"|0

|-

!2014

|align="center" style="background:#DFFFDF;"|6th

|align="center"|0

|-

!2015

|align="center" style="background:#FFDF9F;"|3rd

|align="center"|0

|}

Complete FIA European Rallycross Championship results

Supercar

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|- valign="top"

! Year

! Entrant

! Car

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! ERX

! Points

|-

| 2016

! nowrap| Lotto Team

! nowrap| Ford Fiesta

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| BEL<br><small>10</small>

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| NOR<br><small>11</small>

| SWE<br>

| BAR<br>

| LAT<br>

! 17th

! 16

|-

|}

Awards

For his sport achievements, he has received:

  • 65px|Silver Cross of Merit Silver Cross of Merit in 2000;
  • 65px|Golden Cross of Merit Golden Cross of Merit in 2005.

References

  • http://www.holowczyc.pl
  • http://www.kimrally.pl/kierowcy/holowczyc.php
  • https://www.ewrc-results.com/profile/1212-krzysztof-holowczyc/1