Prokop at the 2014 Rallye Deutschland.
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Personal information | |
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Nationality | Czech |
Born |
Jihlava, Czech Republic |
October 4, 1982
World Rally Championship record | |
Active years | 2005–present |
Teams | Czech Ford National Team, Jipocar Czech National Team |
Rallies | 118 |
Championships | 0 |
Rally wins | 0 |
Podiums | 0 |
Stage wins | 3 |
Total points | 214 |
First rally | 2005 Monte Carlo Rally |
Martin Prokop (born 4 October 1982 in Jihlava) is a Czech rally driver. He won the Junior World Rally Championship in the 2009 season.
After competing in the Czech Rally Championship for four years, Prokop debuted in the World Rally Championship at the 2005 Monte Carlo Rally, finishing ninth in the Junior World Rally Championship (JWRC) category. He ended his season with the same position in the overall junior standings. In the 2006 season, Prokop took his first JWRC win at the Rally Catalunya and finished tenth in the championship.
In 2007, Prokop continued in the junior class and won the Rallye Deutschland and the Tour de Corse. In the overall standings, he placed third behind the two Swifts of Per-Gunnar Andersson and Urmo Aava. In the 2008 season, Prokop contested both the JWRC and the Production World Rally Championship (PWRC), finishing third and fifth, respectively.
In 2009, Prokop continued competing in both WRC support championships. In August 2009, he secured the junior world title with a win at the Rally Finland, after earlier driving his Citroën C2 S1600 to victory in Cyprus and Italy. He finished 2nd in PWRC 2009 standings after Armindo Araujo.