| Kacper Sztuka | |
| Nationality: |  Polish |
| Birth Date: | 28 January 2006 |
| Birth Place: | Bielsko-Biała, Poland |
| Current Series: | FIA Formula 3 Championship |
| First Year: | 2024 |
| Current Team: | MP Motorsport |
| Car Number: | 8 |
| Starts: | 20 (20 entries) |
| Wins: | 0 |
| Podiums: | 0 |
| Poles: | 0 |
| Fastest Laps: | 0 |
| Best Finish: | 27th |
| Year: | 2024 |
| Prev Series: | Formula Winter Series Euro 4 Championship ADAC Formula 4 Italian F4 Championship |
| Prev Series Years: | 2023 2023 2022 2021-2023 |
| Titles: | Formula Winter Series Italian F4 Championship |
| Title Years: | 2023 2023 |
Kacper Sztuka (Polish pronunciation: ; born 28 January 2006) is a Polish racing driver who most recently competed in the 2024 FIA Formula 3 Championship with MP Motorsport, having last competed in the Italian F4 Championship with US Racing,[1] having raced in the series with AS Motorsport in 2021.[2] He is the 2023 Italian F4 champion and the winner of the inaugural edition of the Formula Winter Series.[3]
He took his first win in car racing at the Imola Circuit in 2022.[4] Sztuka is a former member of the Red Bull Junior Team.
He began karting at the age of four in Tychy and subsequently in Wodzisław Śląski where he started practicing at an open-air karting circuit.[5] He made his racing debut in the Czech Republic and began regularly taking part in races in Italy at the age of nine.[6]
In 2019, he became a test driver in Formula 4 for the first time. In 2020, he took part in only four karting races as the rest of the season was cancelled due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, which prompted him to focus on preparations for his debut season in Formula 4.
On 16 May 2021, he made his debut in the Italian F4 Championship at the Circuit Paul Ricard becoming the youngest Polish racing driver in Formula 4 history. He ended the 2021 season claiming 8th place in the Rookie category.[7]
In 2022, Sztuka signed a contract with US Racing, owned by Ralf Schumacher and Gerhard Ungar.[8] He finished four races on the podium including two wins and collected 162 points, which allowed him to finish sixth in the general classification. He also made a guest appearance in the German Formula Four Championship finishing second two times in five races collecting 64 points and claiming 10th place overall.[9]
In 2023, he continued racing in the Italian F4 Championship winning his first race at the Imola Circuit.[10]
He also participated in the inaugural edition of the Formula Winter Series. He won five out of first six races winning four pole positions and four fastest laps, which allowed him to win the championship without having to take part in the last fourth round. It was the first title in his career.[11]
In April 2023, he received sponsorship support from PKN Orlen by joining the Akademia ORLEN Team.[12]
In November 2023, Sztuka drove for MP Motorsport during the FIA Formula 3 post-season test in Imola[13] In January 2024, Sztuka announced that he had signed with the Dutch-based team to compete in the 2024 FIA Formula 3 Championship.[14]
In November 2023, it was announced that Sztuka would join the Red Bull Junior Team.[15] However, just seven months later, it was announced that Sztuka would be leaving after his contract was terminated by Red Bull.[16]
He was born in Bielsko-Biała in 2006.[17] His father is a Polish rally driver Łukasz Sztuka. He attends the General Antoni Osuchowski High School No. 1 in Cieszyn.[18] He named Kimi Raikkonen and Robert Kubica as his childhood idols who inspire him.[19] He is the winner of Dziennik Zachodni's Greatest Sporting Talent of the Silesian Voivodeship Award.[20]
| Season | Series | Team | Position | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Czech Championship — Easy 50 | Hawi Racing Team | NC | |
| 2012 | Moravsky Pohar — Mladi 50 | |||
| Czech Championship — Easy 50 | Hawi Racing Team | 8th | ||
| 2013 | Karting Cup — 60 Baby | 1st | ||
| 2014 | Moravsky Pohar — 60 Baby | 1st | ||
| Karting Cup — 60 Baby | 1st | |||
| Pohar Autoklubu Ceske Republiky — 60 Baby | Feber Racing | 3rd | ||
| 2015 | South Garda Winter Cup — Mini ROK | 21st | ||
| WSK Gold Cup — 60 Mini | 22nd | |||
| WSK Super Master Series — 60 Mini | RB Racing | NC | ||
| WSK Final Cup — 60 Mini | Sztuka, Lukasz | NC | ||
| 2016 | WSK Champions Cup — 60 Mini | RB Racing | NC | |
| ROK Cup Italy Area Nord — Mini ROK | 77th | |||
| 2017 | WSK Champions Cup — 60 Mini | TBKart Srl | NC | |
| WSK Super Master Series — 60 Mini | NC | |||
| Italian Championship — 60 Mini | 34th | |||
| WSK Final Cup — 60 Mini | Parolin Racing Team | 27th | ||
| 2018 | WSK Super Master Series — 60 Mini | AV Racing | NC | |
| Italian Championship — ROK Junior | 16th | |||
| WSK Final Cup — OKJ | Speedkart | NC | ||
| 2019 | WSK Super Master Series — OKJ | Speedkart | NC | |
| WSK Euro Series — OKJ | NC | |||
| CIK-FIA European Championship — OKJ | NC | |||
| WSK Open Cup — OKJ | 22nd | |||
| WSK Final Cup — OKJ | 11th | |||
| German Championship — Junior | Ward Racing | NC | ||
| Copa Campeones — OKJ | 2nd | |||
| 2020 | WSK Champions Cup — OKJ | Ward Racing | 26th | |
| WSK Super Master Series — OKJ | 35th | |||
| Sources:[21] [22] | ||||
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Italian F4 Championship | AS Motorsport[23] | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36th | |
| Iron Lynx | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| FIA Central European Zone Formula 4 | AS Motorsport | 2 | 0 | ? | ? | 0 | 4 | 14th | ||
| 2022 | Italian F4 Championship | US Racing | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 162 | 6th | |
| ADAC Formula 4 Championship | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 64 | 10th | |||
| 2023 | Formula Winter Series | US Racing | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 151 | 1st | |
| Italian F4 Championship | 21 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 315 | 1st | |||
| Euro 4 Championship | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 74.5 | 8th | |||
| 2024 | FIA Formula 3 Championship | MP Motorsport | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 27th |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | DC | Points | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | nowrap | AS Motorsport | LEC 1 | LEC 2 | LEC 3 | MIS 1 | MIS 2 | MIS 3 | VLL 1 | VLL 2 | VLL 3 | IMO 1 | IMO 2 | IMO 3 | RBR 1 | RBR 2 | RBR 3 | MNZ 1 | MNZ 2 | MNZ 3 | 36th | 0 | |||||
| nowrap | Iron Lynx | MUG 1 | MUG 2 | MUG 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022 | nowrap | US Racing | IMO 1 | IMO 2 | IMO 3 | MIS 1 | MIS 2 | MIS 3 | SPA 1 | SPA 2 | SPA 3 | VLL 1 | VLL 2 | VLL 3 | RBR 1 | RBR 2 | RBR 3 | RBR 4 | MNZ 1 | MNZ 2 | MNZ 3 | MUG 1 | MUG 2 | MUG 3 | 6th | 162 | |
| 2023 | nowrap | US Racing | IMO 1 | IMO 2 | IMO 3 | IMO 4 | MIS 1 | MIS 2 | MIS 3 | SPA 1 | SPA 2 | SPA 3 | MNZ 1 | MNZ 2 | MNZ 3 | LEC 1 | LEC 2 | LEC 3 | MUG 1 | MUG 2 | MUG 3 | VLL 1 | VLL 2 | VLL 3 | 1st | 315 |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)