Prokop at the2014 Rallye Deutschland. | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | |
| Born | (1982-10-04)4 October 1982 (age 43) Jihlava,Czechoslovakia |
| World Rally Championship record | |
| Active years | 2005–present |
| Teams | Czech Ford National Team,Jipocar Czech National Team |
| Rallies | 134 |
| Championships | 0 |
| Rally wins | 0 |
| Podiums | 0 |
| Stage wins | 3 |
| Total points | 214 |
| First rally | 2005Monte Carlo Rally |





Martin Prokop (Czech pronunciation:[ˈmar.tɪnˈpro.kop], born 4 October 1982) is aCzechrally driver. He won theJunior World Rally Championship in the2009 season.
After competing in the Czech Rally Championship for four years, Prokop debuted in theWorld Rally Championship at the 2005Monte Carlo Rally, finishing ninth in theJunior World Rally Championship (JWRC) category. He ended his season with the same position in the overall junior standings. In the2006 season, Prokop took his first JWRC win at theRally Catalunya and finished tenth in the championship.[1]
In2007, Prokop continued in the junior class and won theRallye Deutschland and theTour de Corse. In the overall standings, he placed third behind the two Swifts ofPer-Gunnar Andersson andUrmo Aava. In the2008 season, Prokop contested both the JWRC and theProduction World Rally Championship (PWRC), finishing third and fifth, respectively.
In2009, Prokop continued competing in both WRC support championships. In August 2009, he secured the junior world title with a win at theRally Finland, after earlier driving hisCitroën C2 S1600 to victory inCyprus andItaly.[2] He finished 2nd in PWRC 2009 standings after Armindo Araujo.
In2010, Prokop switched to SWRC withFord Fiesta S2000. He is first driver who won special stage of WRC rally withs2000 car, it was SS16 at2010 Rally Sweden. Prokop had strong results during the season 3rd atRally Sweden, 2nd atRally Mexico,Rallye Deutschland andRally Japan. Prokop had chances to become SWRC champion atRallye de France, but because of his problems with power steering he was losing time every stage and finished 6th.
In 2016, Martin Prokop started atDakar Rally, competing fellow debuting world rally driversMikko Hirvonen andSébastien Loeb. He missed first two rallies of the season but joined at2016 Rally Mexico and finished 7th.
* Season still in progress
| Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | JWRC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Martin Prokop | Suzuki Ignis S1600 | MON 9 | MEX | ITA 7 | GRE 7 | FIN 6 | GER Ret | FRA 7 | ESP 5 | 9th | 13 | |
| 2006 | Martin Prokop | Citroën C2 S1600 | SWE 11 | ESP 1 | FRA | ARG | ITA 11 | GER 5 | FIN 8 | TUR 6 | GBR | 10th | 18 |
| 2007 | Martin Prokop | Citroën C2 S1600 | NOR | POR Ret | ITA 3 | FIN Ret | GER 1 | ESP 2 | FRA 1 | 3rd | 34 | ||
| 2008 | Martin Prokop | Citroën C2 S1600 | MEX 7 | JOR | ITA 10 | FIN 1 | GER Ret | ESP 1 | FRA 1 | 3rd | 32 | ||
| 2009 | Martin Prokop | Citroën C2 S1600 | IRE 2 | CYP 1 | POR | ARG | ITA 1 | POL 2 | FIN 1 | ESP Ret | 1st | 42 | |
| Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | PWRC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Martin Prokop | Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX | SWE Ret | MEX | ARG | GRE | NZL | JPN | IRE | GBR | NC | 0 |
| 2008 | Martin Prokop | Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX | SWE 4 | ARG 7 | GRE 14 | TUR DSQ | FIN | NZL 1 | JAP | GBR Ret | 5th | 17 |
| 2009 | Martin Prokop | Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX | NOR 3 | CYP | POR 2 | ARG DSQ | ITA | GRE 4 | AUS 1 | GBR 1 | 2nd | 39 |
| Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | SWRC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Czech Ford National Team | Ford Fiesta S2000 | SWE 3 | MEX 2 | JOR | NZL 3 | POR | FIN 4 | GER 2 | FRA 6 | GBR | 3rd | 104 | |
| Barwa Rally Team | JPN 2 | |||||||||||||
| 2011 | Czech Ford National Team | Ford Fiesta S2000 | MEX 1 | JOR | ITA 3 | GRE 5 | FIN 2 | GER 6 | FRA 3 | ESP 3 | 3rd | 106 | ||
| Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | Pos. | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | OneBet Jipocar Czech National Team | Ford Fiesta RS WRC | MON | SWE | MEX | FRA | ARG | POR 1 | ITA 3 | POL | FIN | GER | ESP | GBR | AUS | 4th | 40 |
| Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | Pos. | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | M-Sport Ford WRT | Ford Fiesta R5 Mk. II | MON | ARC 6 | CRO | POR 7 | ITA 4 | KEN Ret | EST | BEL | GRE 5 | FIN 4 | ESP | MNZ | 9th | 51 | |
| 2022 | Martin Prokop | Ford Fiesta Rally2 | MON | SWE | CRO | POR 7 | ITA 9 | KEN Ret | EST | FIN 8 | BEL | GRE 8 | NZL | ESP | JPN | 22nd | 16 |
* Season still in progress.
| Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | WDC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Martin Prokop | Citroën C2 S1600 | RSA | YPR 11 | MAD | ITA | - | 0 | ||||||||
| 2009 | BF Goodrich Drivers Team | Peugeot 207 S2000 | MON | BRA | KEN | POR | BEL | RUS | POR | CZE 5 | ESP | ITA | SCO | 27th | 4 | |
| 2010 | Czech Ford Rally Team | Ford Fiesta S2000 | MON | BRA | ARG | CAN | ITA | BEL | AZO | MAD | CZE | ITA | SCO | CYP 3 | 13th | 6 |
| Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | MMČR | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Elsev Racing Team | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI | ŠUM | VAL | KRU | BOH | BAR | PŘÍ | TŘE 15 | - | 0 | ||
| 2002 | Elsev Racing Team | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI | ŠUM Ret | VAL | KRU | BOH | 23rd | 24 | |||||
| Jipocar Racing | PŘÍ 15 | ||||||||||||
| Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII | BAR Ret | TŘE 8 | |||||||||||
| 2003 | Jipocar Racing | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII | ŠUM 25 | VAL 10 | KRU 11 | BOH 27 | BAR Ret | PŘÍ 16 | TŘE 9 | 14th | 18 | ||
| 2004 | Jipocar Racing | Škoda Octavia WRC | JÄN 11 | ŠUM 1 | TAT 4 | KRU 6 | BOH Ret | BAR Ret | PŘÍ | TŘE | 5th | 60 | |
| 2005 | Martin Prokop | Suzuki Ignis S1600 | JÄN 22 | ŠUM 21 | VAL 4 | TAT | KRU 6 | BOH 23 | BAR Ret | PŘÍ | TŘE | 14th | 25 |
| 2006 | Jipocar Racing | Citroën C2 S1600 | JÄN | ŠUM | TAT | KRU | BOH 3 | BAR 5 | TŘE | PŘÍ | 12th | 31 | |
| 2007 | Jipocar Czech National Team | Citroën C2 S1600 | JÄN | ŠUM | KRU | BOH 3 | HOR | BAR | PŘÍ | - | 0 | ||
| 2009 | BF Goodrich Drivers Team | Peugeot 207 S2000 | VAL | ŠUM | KRU | HUS | BAR 4 | PŘÍ | BOH | - | 0 | ||
| 2010 | Czech Ford National Team | Ford Fiesta S2000 | VAL | ŠUM | KRU | HUS | BOH 1 | BAR | PŘÍ | - | 0 | ||
| Year | Class | Vehicle | Position | Stages won |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Cars | 14th | ||
| 2017 | 11th | |||
| 2018 | 7th | |||
| 2019 | 6th | |||
| 2020 | 12th | |||
| 2021 | 9th | |||
| 2022 | 26th | |||
| 2023 | 6th | |||
| 2024 | 5th |
| Sporting positions | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by | Junior World Rally Champion 2009 | Succeeded by |