Robert Szustkowski
- @Robert McClenon: The subject (Robert Szustkowski) has completed a number of races of worldwide interest, including among others Dakar and Silk Way Rally. He is therefore a person of growing international recognition in the world of motor sports. The list of rallies is included in the article, as well as the list of regattas.
Robert Szustkowski | |
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Nationality | Polish |
Born | Piaseczno, Poland | 1 July 1965
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Robert Szustkowski (born on July 1, 1965 in Piaseczno, Poland) is a Polish rally driver and sailor, founder and member of the R-Six Team sports crew.
Biography[edit]
Career[edit]
Szustkowski started his rally driver career in 2008, and since then he participated in numerous off-road rallies in Europe.[1], Asia[2][3], Africa[4] and South America[5], cooperating with another titled Polish racer - Jaroslaw Kazberuk. He represented Poland as a member of the Lotto Team[1]. He also founded his own team - R-Six Team - whose members in the first place were his son Robert Jan "Robin" Szustkowski and Jaroslaw Kazberuk.
In 2016, Szustkowski's R-Six Team team (in a larger lineup) started to take part in international sailing regattas, on their own HH66 catamaran. In 2016, the team won the Multihull Cup regatta[6], and in 2017 and 2018 they won the Cup of the Caribbean Antigua Sailing Week[7][8]. One of the biggest achievement of the R-Six Team is also winning the second place in the Rolex Fastnet Race in 2017, in the class of MOCRA multihulls[9]
The sailing crew of the R-Six Team, in addition to Robert Szustkowski, includes: Jarosław Kazberuk, Robert Janecki, Tomasz Januszewski, Jacek Wysocki, Albert Gryszczuk and Aleks Szustkowski[10]
The most important starts in rallies[edit]
- TransSyberia Rally (crew Robert Szustkowski, Jarosław Kazberuk - Porsche)
- Dakar Rally 2010 (crew Robert Szustkowski, Jarosław Kazberuk - Mitsubishi Pajero)
- Dakar Rally 2012 (crew Robert Szustkowski, Robin Szustkowski, Jarosław Kazberuk - Mercedes Unimog U400)
- Silk Way Rally 2013 (crew Robert Szustkowski, Robin Szustkowski, Jaroslaw Kazberuk - Tatra)
- Sealine Cross Country Rally 2015 (crew Robert Szustkowski, Jaroslaw Kazberuk - Ford Raptor)
- Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge 2016 (crew Robert Szustkowski, Robin Szustkowski, Jaroslaw Kazberuk - Ford Raptor)
- The OiLibya Rally of Marocco 2017 (crew Robert Szustkowski, Robin Szustkowski, Jaroslaw Kazberuk - Ford Raptor)
- Africa Eco Race 2018 - victory in the T2 class (crew Robert Szustkowski, Robin Szustkowski, Jaroslaw Kazberuk, Albert Gryszczuk - Ford Raptor)
- Silk Way Rally 2018 - third in class T3 (crew Robert Szustkowski, Jarosław Kazberuk - Polaris)
The most important starts in regattas[edit]
- Multihull Cup 2016 (1st place - catamaran HH66)
- Caribbean RORC 600 2017 (3rd place - catamaran HH66)
- Heineken Regatta 2017 (2nd place - catamaran HH66)
- Les Voiles De St.Barth 2017 (III place - catamaran HH66)
- Antigua Sailing Week 2017 (1st place - catamaran HH66)
- Fastnet Race 2017 (2nd place - HH66 catamaran)
- Les Voiles De Barth 2018 (2nd place - catamaran HH66)
- Antigua Sailing Week 2018 (1st place - catamaran HH66)
Personal life[edit]
The older son of Robert Szustkowski, Robert Jan ("Robin") is also a successful rally driver with starts in the Dakar, Silk Way and Africa Eco Race rallies.
His younger son, Aleks, in 2018 began racing in the regattas, as a member of the R-Six Team.
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Kazberuk and Szustkowski in LOTTO Baja Poland | Columna Medica Baja Poland - FIA CROSS COUNTRY RALLY WORLD CUP". www.bajapoland.eu. Retrieved 2018-12-21.
- ↑ "Team France wins the 2008 Transsyberia Rally". www.topspeed.com. Retrieved 2018-12-21.
- ↑ "#28 STT Racing / Porsche Poland Porsche Cayenne S Transsyberia: Robert Szustkowski and Jaroslaw Kazberuk at Transsyberia Rally". www.motorsport.com. Retrieved 2018-12-21.
- ↑ "Drupal". www.africarace.com. Retrieved 2018-12-21.
- ↑ "2010 Dakar final standings - Car". www.motorsport.com. Retrieved 2018-12-21.
- ↑ "Results & Press". multihullcup. Retrieved 2018-12-18.
- ↑ "HH66 "R-Six" Wins Antigua Race Week". Bluenose Yacht Sales. 2017-05-18. Retrieved 2018-12-18.
- ↑ "2018 Antigua Sailing Week on Yacht Scoring - A complete web based regatta administration and yacht scoring program". yachtscoring.com. Retrieved 2018-12-21.
- ↑ "France claims Fastnet Challenge Cup for third consecutive time". www.rolexfastnetrace.com. Retrieved 2018-12-18.
- ↑ "R-Six Team | Drużyna założona przez Roberta Szustkowskiego". RSixTeam (in polski). Retrieved 2018-12-21.
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