Miro Konôpka

Miroslav Konôpka
Konôpka in 2023
Nationality	Slovak
Born	(1962-01-21) 21 January 1962 (age 62) Bratislava, Slovakia
FIA World Endurance Championship career
Debut season	2017
Current team	ARC Bratislava
Racing licence	FIA Bronze
Car number	44
Starts	13 (13 entries)
Wins	0
Podiums	0
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	23rd (LMP2) in 2022

Miroslav "Miro" Konôpka (born 21 January 1962) is a Slovak racing driver who most recently competed in the FIA World Endurance Championship with his own team, ARC Bratislava.^[1][2][3]

Racing record

Konôpka with Horst Felbermayr at the 2010 24 Hours of Le Mans drivers' parade. This was Konôpka second Le Mans appearance and the only one in Team Felbermayr-Proton colors.

Konôpka taking part in the 2022 Grand Prix of Slovakia at the Automotodróm Slovakia Ring with ARC Bratislava.

Konôpka competing in an ESET Cup Series / FIA CEZ endurance race at the 2023 Grand Prix of Slovakia, which he eventually won. Unlike the previous year (above), he used a Ligier JS P320 instead of the older JS P217.

Racing career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2003	Porsche Supercup	Team Slovakia	10	0	0	0	0	29	16th
2004	FIA GT Championship - N-GT	Vonka Racing	4	0	0	0	1	12	22nd
2005	FIA GT Championship - GT2	Autoracing Club Bratislava	5	0	0	0	0	19.5	13th
		Czech National Team	1	0	0	0	0
	Grand American Rolex Series - GT	Sigalsport	1	?	?	?	?	0	NC†
2006	FIA GT Championship - GT2	ARC Bratislava	8	0	0	0	0	3	39th
	Le Mans Series - LMGT2	T2M Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
	24 Hours of Le Mans - GT2		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
	Grand American Rolex Series - GT	Sigalsport	1	0	0	0	0	0	181st
2007	American Le Mans Series - GT2	ARC Bratislava	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	24 Hours of Barcelona	Red Camel Racing	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	24th
2008	FIA GT Championship - GT1	Autoracing Club Bratislava	2	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
	FIA GT Championship - GT2		1	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
	American Le Mans Series - GT2		1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	24H Series - A6		2	0	0	0	0	0	26th
	Malaysia Merdeka Endurance Race		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	6th
	Grand American Rolex Series - DP	Matt Connolly Motorsports	1	0	0	0	0	10	63rd
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP7	Rüdiger Klos	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	17th
2009	Le Mans Series - GT1	ARC Bratislava – Kaneko Racing	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	24H Series - A6	ARC Bratislava	1	0	0	0	1	0	NC
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9	N/A	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	9th
2010	24H Series - A6	ARC Bratislava	2	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	24 Hours of Le Mans - GT2	Team Felbermayr-Proton	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	8th
2010–11	Senegal Endurance Championship	ARC Bratislava	1	1	0	0	1	42	14th
2011	Bathurst 12 Hours - Class B	Motorsport Services	1	0	0	0	1	N/A	2nd
2012	Blancpain Endurance Series - GT3 Pro-Am	ARC Bratislava	4	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	24 Hours of Barcelona - Class 997		1	1	0	0	1	N/A	1st
	Dubai 24 Hours - A6-GT		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
	Grand American Rolex Series - GT	Orbit/GMG Racing	1	0	0	0	0	16	68th
2013	International GTSprint Series - Open	Racing Trevor	2	1	0	0	1	72	1st
		Machánek Racing	2	2	0	0	2
2014	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP7	Car Collection Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	9th
2015	Central European Zone Championship - D4	ARC Bratislava	?	?	?	?	?	72.5	3rd
	24H Series - SP2		1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	2 Hours of Fuji		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	6th
	3 Hours of Sepang		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	11th
	24H Series - 997	Förch Racing by Lukas Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
		Artthea Sport	1	0	0	0	0
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP7	raceunion Teichmann Racing	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
2015–16	Asian Le Mans Series - GT	ARC Bratislava	4	0	0	0	0	27	10th
2016	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup	ARC Bratislava	4	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup - Am		4	0	0	0	2	63	4th
	Touring Car Endurance Series - TCR	ARC Bratislava by Ferry Monster Autosport
2016–17	Asian Le Mans Series - LMP3	ARC Bratislava[4]	4	1	0	0	2	61	3rd
2017	Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe - Am	ARC Bratislava	12	0	0	1	2	46	8th
	Lamborghini Super Trofeo Middle East - Am		6	0	0	0	2	45	4th
	Lamborghini Super Trofeo World Final - Am		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	19th
2017–18	Asian Le Mans Series - LMP2	ARC Bratislava[5]	4	0	0	0	1	51	3rd
2018	International GT Open - Am	ARC Bratislava by VSR	12	1	0	0	8	61	2nd
	Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe - Am	ARC Bratislava	10	0	0	0	2	58	6th
	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup		1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup - Pro-Am		1	0	0	0	0	2	27th
2018–19	Asian Le Mans Series - LMP2	ARC Bratislava[6]	4	0	0	0	1	51	3rd
2019	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2	ARC Bratislava	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
	Ultimate Cup Series - Challenge Proto-LMP3	Nutrend PCCR Czech Team	1	0	0	0	0	8	47th
		Team Virage	1	0	0	0	0
2019–20	Asian Le Mans Series - LMP2 Am	ARC Bratislava	2	0	0	0	1	16	7th
2020	24H GT Series Europe - GTX	ARC Bratislava	2	1	0	0	2	18	1st
	International GT Open - Am	ARC Bratislava-SK	2	0	0	0	1	10	7th
2021	Asian Le Mans Series - LMP3	ARC Bratislava[7][8][9]	4	0	0	0	0	14	10th
	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2		6	0	0	0	0	8	25th
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	15th
	24H GT Series - GTX		1	0	0	0	1	0	NC†
	ESET V4 Cup - Endurance LMP		3	3	3	3	3	37.5	2nd
2022	Asian Le Mans Series - LMP2	ARC Bratislava[10][11]	4	0	0	0	4	63	3rd
	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2		5	0	0	0	0	0	21st
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	21st
	24H GT Series - GT3		2	0	0	0	0	7	NC
	Prototype Cup Germany		0	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	ESET V4 Cup - Endurance LMP		3	2	2	2	2	30	1st
	6 Hours of Abu Dhabi		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	6th
2022-23	Middle East Trophy - GT3	ARC Bratislava
2023	Asian Le Mans Series - LMP2	ARC Bratislava	4	0	0	0	0	18	11th
	ESET Cup Endurance - Proto		3	3	3	3	3	37.5	1st
2023–24	Asian Le Mans Series - LMP2	ARC Bratislava	5	0	0	0	0	7	14th
	Middle East Trophy - GT3
2024	24H Series - GT3	ARC Bratislava
	Ultimate Cup Series - Proto P3		1	0	0	0	0	0	NC*
	Ultimate Cup Series GT Endurance Cup - UCS1		1	0	0	0	1	18	9th

^† As Konôpka was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.^* Season still in progress.

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2006	T2M Motorsport	Yutaka Yamagishi Jean-René de Fournoux	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	GT2	196	DNF	DNF
2010	Team Felbermayr-Proton	Horst Felbermayr Horst Felbermayr Jr.	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	GT2	304	24th	8th
2017	ARC Bratislava	Konstantīns Calko Rik Breukers	Ligier JS P217-Gibson	LMP2	314	45th	19th
2019	ARC Bratislava	Konstantin Tereshchenko Henning Enqvist	Ligier JS P217-Gibson	LMP2	160	DNF	DNF
2021	ARC Bratislava	Oliver Webb Matej Konôpka	Oreca 07-Gibson	LMP2	342	24th	15th
				LMP2 Pro-Am			6th
2022	ARC Bratislava	Bent Viscaal Tristan Vautier	Oreca 07-Gibson	LMP2	360	26th	21st
				LMP2 Pro-Am			6th

Complete Asian Le Mans Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Class	Car	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	Pos.	Points
2015–16	ARC Bratislava	GT	Audi R8 LMS Ultra	Audi 5.2 L V10	FUJ 4	SEP1 8	BUR 6	SEP2 8		10th	28
2016–17	ARC Bratislava	LMP3	Ginetta-Juno LMP3	Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8	ZHU 4	FUJ 2	BUR 1	SEP 7		3rd	61
2017–18	ARC Bratislava	LMP2	Ligier JS P2	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8	ZHU 3	FUJ 4	BUR 4	SEP 4		3rd	51
2018–19	ARC Bratislava	LMP2	Ligier JS P2	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8	SHA 4	FUJ 3	BUR 4	SEP 4		3rd	51
2019–20	ARC Bratislava	LMP2 Am	Ligier JS P2	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8	SHA Ret	BEN 3	SEP	BUR		7th	16
2021	ARC Bratislava	LMP3	Ginetta G61-LT-P3	Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8	DUB 1 Ret	DUB 2 8	ABU 1 6	ABU 2 9		10th	14
2022	ARC Bratislava	LMP2	Ligier JS P217	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	DUB 1 4	DUB 2 4	ABU 1 5	ABU 2 4		4th	51
2023	ARC Bratislava	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	DUB 1 7	DUB 2 9	ABU 1 8	ABU 2 7		9th	18
2023–24	ARC Bratislava	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	SEP 1 10	SEP 2 10	DUB 10	ABU 1 11	ABU 2 8	11th	7

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	Rank	Points
2021	ARC Bratislava	LMP2	Ligier JS P217	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	SPA Ret	ALG 11	MNZ 10				25th	8
			Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8				LMS 9	BHR 10	BHR 11
2022	ARC Bratislava	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	SEB 13	SPA Ret	LMS 12	MNZ 11	FUJ	BHR 13	23rd	0

References

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2. "Slovenský tím útočil na víťazstvo v Le Mans, šancu mu zmaril kameň". Sportnet (in Slovak). 12 June 2022. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
3. "Automobilový pretekár Miro Konôpka ukázal bývanie: Môj život v susedstve Slavína". Nový čas (in Slovak). 16 February 2020. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
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5. "4 Hours of Zhuhai – Asian Le Mans Series 2017–2018 – Final results Qualifying" (PDF). Automobile Club de l'Ouest. 28 October 2017. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
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8. Lloyd, Daniel (3 February 2021). "Full Entry List Released; Almost All Driving Crews Finalized". sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
9. Šlégl, Jiří (1 May 2021). "Bohužel máme jen "Williams", říká Miro Konopka před startem WEC". F1sport.auto.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 14 January 2023.
10. Lloyd, Daniel (12 January 2022). "Record 39-Car Grid for WEC Season". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
11. "ARC Bratislava Returns To The Asian Le Mans Series". www.asianlemansseries.com. Asian Le Mans Series. Retrieved 10 November 2021.

External links

• Miro Konôpka career summary at DriverDB.com