Igor Waliłko

Igor Waliłko
Waliłko in 2016
NationalityPoland Polish
Born (1997-09-12) 12 September 1997
Zielona Góra, Poland
Categorisation FIA Silver

Igor Jakub Waliłko (born 12 September 1997) is a Polish racing driver who last competed for FK Performance Motorsport in ADAC GT Masters. He won two races for Zakspeed in his rookie season in 2021, sharing a Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo with Jules Gounon, and previously raced in Porsche Supercup. In single-seater racing, Waliłko reached the Euroformula Open Championship, where he scored two podiums for RP Motorsport in 2015.

Personal life

Waliłko is the son of Rafał Mariusz Waliłko, who was the president and co-owner of the WallraV GoKart Race Center until his death in 2023.[1]

Career

Waliłko began his karting career at the age of eight.[2] Starting out in mini karts, Waliłko most notably finished third in the 2009 Belgian Karting Championship's KF5 standings, before moving up to KF3 in 2010 and winning the Polish title.[3] In March 2011, Waliłko was given a two-year suspension from karting after testing positive for nikethamide during the Deutsche Kart-Meisterschaft the previous year,[4][5] but was later reduced to 18 months after appeal.[6] Returning to karts in 2012, Waliłko won the Trofeo delle Industrie in KF,[7] as well as driving for CRG–run LH Racing Team the following year.[8]

In 2014, Waliłko made his single-seater debut in ADAC Formel Masters for JBR Motorsport & Engineering.[9] In his only season in the series, Waliłko scored a pair of podiums at the Sachsenring to end the year tenth in points.[10] Towards the end of the year, Waliłko made his Euroformula Open debut for Team West-Tec F3 at the finale in Barcelona.[11] Remaining in Euroformula Open for 2015 but switching to RP Motorsport,[12] Waliłko took a pair of third-place finishes at Spa and Monza en route to tenth overall, as teammate Vitor Baptista won the title.[13][14] Waliłko then re-signed for RP Motorsport in 2016,[15] but after the winter series he switched to Fortec Motorsports for the main season.[16] He lasted four rounds, taking a best result of fifth at Le Castellet before leaving the series mid-season.[17]

Waliłko racing in Porsche Supercup at the Red Bull Ring in 2019.

Waliłko switched to sportscars in 2017, making select starts in the 24H Series for Förch Racing powered by Olimp starting at the Dubai 24 Hour.[18][19] For the rest of the year, Waliłko joined Olimp Racing by Lukas Motorsport for his rookie season in Porsche Supercup, where he placed 17th.[20][21] A season in Porsche Carrera Cup Germany for Raceunion then followed,[22] in which Waliłko finished seventh overall and runner-up in the rookie standings with a best result of fifth,[23] before he made sporadic appearances in Porsche Supercup in 2019 for Huber Racing.[24]

Waliłko's Zakspeed Mercedes, which won twice in ADAC GT Masters in 2021.

Waliłko graduated to GT3 competition in 2020, joining Audi-fielding BWT Mücke Motorsport to compete in ADAC GT Masters.[25] After finishing no higher than 18th in the first four rounds, Waliłko sat out the rest of the season with an undisclosed injury.[26][27] Returning to ADAC GT Masters in 2021, Waliłko drove a Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo for Zakspeed alongside Jules Gounon.[28] In his first full season in the series, Waliłko took wins at the Lausitzring and Sachsenring en route to a sixth-place points finish.[29][30] Remaining with Mercedes machinery for 2022, Waliłko moved to AKKodis ASP Team in the GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup,[31] where he finished tenth in the Silver Cup standings with Răzvan Umbrărescu.[32]

In 2023, Waliłko entered the opening round of the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup for Audi-aligned CSA Racing, before returning to ADAC GT Masters in a BMW M4 GT3 run by FK Performance Motorsport.[33] Partnering Kim-Luis Schramm,[34] Waliłko scored a best result of fourth at the Hockenheimring,[35] before leaving the sport on personal grounds following his father's passing during the summer.[36]

Karting record

Karting career summary

Season Series Team Position
2008 Euro Trophy – 60 Mini IKR KC Llissa De Vall 15th
ROK Cup International Final – Mini Rok 23rd
2009 Championnat de Belgique – KF5 3rd
2010 South Garda Winter Cup – KF3 30th
WSK Euro Series – KF3 KSB Racing Team
Morsicani Racing[a]		 80th
Andrea Margutti Trophy – KF3 KSB Racing Team 7th
Deutsche Kart-Meisterschaft – KF3 13th
Karting European Championship – KF3 Morsicani Racing
Birel ART Racing[b]
Karting World Cup – KF3 KSB Racing Team 32nd
2012 South Garda Winter Cup – KF2 32nd
WSK Master Series – KF RK Racing Team 62nd
WSK Euro Series – KF Morsicani Racing
Ricky Flynn Motorsport[c]		 67th
Karting European Championship – KF2 Morsicani Racing 84th
Karting World Cup – KF2 33rd
WSK Final Cup – KF 26th
Trofeo Delle Industrie – KF2 1st
2013 WSK Master Series – KF LH Racing Team 23rd
South Garda Winter Cup – KF 27th
WSK Euro Series – KF LH Racing Team
Forza Racing[d]		 31st
Karting European Championship – KF Forza Racing 47th
Karting World Championship – KF Kosmic Racing Department 32nd
Sources:[37][38]

Racing record

Racing career summary

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2014 ADAC Formel Masters JBR Motorsport & Engineering 24 0 0 0 2 89 10th
Euroformula Open Championship Team West-Tec F3 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
Spanish Formula Three Championship 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
2015 Euroformula Open Winter Series RP Motorsport 2 0 0 0 0
Euroformula Open Championship 16 0 0 0 2 62 10th
Spanish Formula Three Championship 6 0 0 0 0 10 13th
2016 Euroformula Open Winter Series RP Motorsport 2 0 0 0 0
Euroformula Open Championship Fortec Motorsports 8 0 0 0 0 50 10th
Spanish Formula Three Championship 2 0 0 0 0 14 12th
2017 24H Series – 991 Förch Racing powered by Olimp 3 0 0 0 0 0 NC
Porsche Supercup Olimp Racing by Lukas Motorsport 11 0 0 0 0 24 17th
Porsche Carrera Cup Germany Förch Racing by Lukas Motorsport 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
2018 Porsche Carrera Cup Germany Raceunion 14 0 0 0 0 94 7th
Porsche Supercup MSG Huber Racing 2 0 0 0 0 2 27th
Lechner Racing Middle East 1 0 0 0 0
2019 Porsche Supercup Huber Racing 3 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
2020 ADAC GT Masters BWT Mücke Motorsport 8 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2021 ADAC GT Masters Team Zakspeed Mobil Krankenkasse Racing 14 2 0 0 2 136 6th
2022 GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup AKKodis ASP Team 10 0 0 0 0 0 NC
GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup – Silver 0 0 0 0 30.5 10th
2023 GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup CSA Racing 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup – Bronze 0 0 0 0 0 NC
ADAC GT Masters FK Performance Motorsport 4 0 0 0 0 37 15th
Sources:[39][37]

* Season still in progress.

† As Waliłko was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.

Complete ADAC Formel Masters results

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

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 DC Points
2014 JBR Motorsport & Engineering OSC
1
8		 OSC
2
Ret		 OSC
3
Ret		 ZAN
1
8		 ZAN
2
10		 ZAN
3
Ret		 LAU
1
Ret		 LAU
2
14		 LAU
3
12		 RBR
1
10		 RBR
2
11		 RBR
3
9		 SVK
1
5		 SVK
2
5		 SVK
3
Ret		 NÜR
1
9		 NÜR
2
8		 NÜR
3
12		 SAC
1
4		 SAC
2
2		 SAC
3
3		 HOC
1
7		 HOC
2
9		 HOC
3
6		 10th 89

Complete Euroformula Open Championship results

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

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Pos Points
2014 Team West-Tec F3 NÜR
1
 NÜR
2
 ALG
1
 ALG
2
 JER
1
 JER
2
 HUN
1
 HUN
2
 SIL
1
 SIL
2
 SPA
1
 SPA
2
 MNZ
1
 MNZ
2
 CAT
1
14		 CAT
2
14		 NC† 0†
2015 RP Motorsport JER
1
Ret		 JER
2
11		 LEC
1
7		 LEC
2
Ret		 EST
1
7		 EST
2
9		 SIL
1
14		 SIL
2
17		 RBR
1
6		 RBR
2
9		 SPA
1
18		 SPA
2
3		 MNZ
1
7		 MNZ
2
3		 CAT
1
11		 CAT
2
Ret		 10th 62
2016 Fortec Motorsports EST
1
6		 EST
2
7		 SPA
1
7		 SPA
2
9		 LEC
1
5		 LEC
2
6		 SIL
1
8		 SIL
2
7		 RBR
1
 RBR
2
 MNZ
1
 MNZ
2
 JER
1
 JER
2
 CAT
1
 CAT
2
 10th 50

Complete Porsche Supercup results

(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 Pos. Pts
2017 Olimp Racing by Lukas Motorsport CAT
12		 CAT
DSQ		 MON
Ret		 RBR
14		 SIL
14		 HUN
11		 SPA
11		 SPA
24		 MNZ
28†		 MEX
13		 MEX
28†		 17th 24
2018 MSG Huber Racing CAT
 MON
 RBR
12		 SIL
 HOC
10		 HUN
 SPA
 27th 9
Lechner Racing Middle East MNZ
14		 MEX
 MEX
2019 Huber Racing CAT MON RBR
27		 SIL HOC
11		 HUN SPA MNZ
15		 MEX MEX NC† 0†

Complete ADAC GT Masters results

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

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 DC Points
2020 BWT Mücke Motorsport Audi R8 LMS Evo LAU1
1
28		 LAU1
2
28		 NÜR
1
22		 NÜR
2
28		 HOC
1
28		 HOC
2
24		 SAC
1
19		 SAC
2
18		 RBR
1
 RBR
2
 LAU2
1
 LAU2
2
 OSC
1
 OSC
2
 NC 0
2021 Team Zakspeed Mobil Krankenkasse Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo OSC
1
15		 OSC
2
4		 RBR
1
13		 RBR
2
8		 ZAN
1
8		 ZAN
2
5		 LAU
1
Ret		 LAU
2
1		 SAC
1
9		 SAC
2
1		 HOC
1
10		 HOC
2
5		 NÜR
1
19		 NÜR
2
6		 6th 136
2023 FK Performance Motorsport BMW M4 GT3 HOC
1
4		 HOC
2
8		 NOR
1
8		 NOR
2
8		 NÜR
1
 NÜR
2
 SAC
1		 SAC
2		 RBR
1		 RBR
2		 HOC
1		 HOC
2		 15th 37

Complete GT World Challenge Europe results

GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup

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

Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pos. Points
2022 AKKodis ASP Team Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Silver BRH
1
20		 BRH
2
15		 MAG
1
17		 MAG
2
19		 ZAN
1
21		 ZAN
2
12		 MIS
1
15		 MIS
2
22		 VAL
1
Ret		 VAL
2
18		 10th 30.5

GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup

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

Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Pos. Points
2023 CSA Racing Audi R8 LMS Evo II Bronze MNZ
37		 LEC
 SPA
6H
 SPA
12H
 SPA
24H
 NÜR
 CAT
 NC 0

Notes

  1. ↑ Waliłko competed for KSB Racing Team in round 2 and for Morsicani Racing in rounds 3, 5.
  2. ↑ Waliłko competed for Morsicani Racing in round 3 and for Birel ART Racing in round 4.
  3. ↑ Waliłko competed for Morsicani Racing in rounds 2–3 and for Ricky Flynn Motorsport in round 4.
  4. ↑ Waliłko competed for LH Racing Team in rounds 1–2 and for Forza Racing in round 3–4.

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