Jan Charouz

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Jan Charouz
Jan Charouz 2011.JPG
Jan Charouz at the 2011 Nürburgring World series by Renault round
Nationality Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech
Born (1987-07-17) 17 July 1987 (age 36)
Prague, Czech Republic
Formula Renault 3.5 Series career
Debut season 2010
Racing licence FIA Gold Driver.png FIA Gold
Car number6
Former teams P1 Motorsport
Starts2
Wins0
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Previous series
200709
2007
2006
2006
2006
2005–06, 2006–07
2005
200304
Le Mans Series
American Le Mans Series
F3000 Int. Masters
Eurocup Mégane Trophy
FIA GT Championship
A1 Grand Prix
Italian Formula 3000
Formula BMW ADAC
Championship titles
2009
2006
Le Mans Series – LMP1
F3000 Int. Masters

Jan Charouz (born 17 July 1987) is a Czech motor racing driver. He won the 2009 Le Mans Series season and 2006 F3000 International Masters season, as well as taking fourth place in the 2009 24 Hours of Le Mans. In 2010 he was the Renault Formula One team reserve driver and has also competed in the World Series by Renault Formula Renault 3.5 Championship and Auto GP.

Contents

He is the son of Charouz Racing System founder and team principal Antonín Charouz  [ cs ]. [1]

Open-wheel career

Formula One

Renault Team reserve driver

For the 2010 season, Charouz became the Renault F1 Team reserve driver. As reserve driver he participates in Renault F1 Team test sessions, and he could be recruited for Grand Prix Friday free practices in official colours of Renault F1 Team. On March 18, 2010, Charouz drove the Renault R29 for the first time in his career during a shakedown at the Silverstone Circuit in Great Britain.

HRT Team reserve driver

On 16 November 2011, Charouz drove for the HRT F1 Team at the Yas Marina Circuit for the Abu Dhabi young drivers' test. After completing 56 laps (311 km), over 4 stints, he finished the day in 11th position with a time of 1’46.644. [2] It was later announced, on 24 November, that Charouz would replace Vitantonio Liuzzi for the first practice of the final round of the 2011 F1 season - the Brazilian Grand Prix. [3] The test in Abu Dhabi allowed Charouz to take part in Brazil because it secured him his FIA Super Licence - meaning he could take part in an F1 Grand Prix weekend.

World Series by Renault

Charouz participated in the 2010 World Series by Renault Formula Renault 3.5 as a member of the P1 Motorsport driver line-up.

AutoGP

Jan Charouz participated in the 2010 AutoGP championship as the member of Charouz Gravity Racing driver line-up.

Le Mans Series and 24 Hours of Le Mans

Jan Charouz
Nationality Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years 2007 -
Teams Charouz Racing System, Aston Martin Racing, OAK Racing
Best finish4th (2009)
Class wins0

2009

Successful cooperation with factory Aston Martin Racing team continued also in season 2009 and similar programme as in previous two seasons was prepared for Jan. He participated in complete 2009 Le Mans Series season and 2009 24 Hours of Le Mans however team presented itself with brand new built prototype Aston Martin LMP1. Jan Charouz together with his teammates Tomáš Enge (CZE) and Stefan Mucke (GER) finished fourth in 24 hours of Le Mans, driving Aston Martin LMP1 #007 car. Jan Charouz, Tomáš Enge and Stefan Mucke with Aston Martin Racing were crowned the 2009 Le Mans Series champions claiming the Team and Driver titles 50 years on from Aston Martin winning the World Sportscar Championship in 1959 with the DBR1. The 007 LMP1 car of Jan, Tomáš and Stefan recording five podium finishes (including two wins at Barcelona and Nürburgring) from five races.

Racing record

Career summary

SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPolesF/LapsPodiumsPointsPosition
2003 Formula BMW ADAC I.S.R. 160010030th
2004 Formula BMW ADAC Team Rosberg 200000321st
2005 Italian Formula 3000 Championship Ma-Con Engineering 600001011th
2005–06 A1 Grand Prix A1 Team Czech Republic 2000056‡12th‡
2006 F3000 International Masters Charouz Racing System 152008751st
Eurocup Mégane Trophy Racing for Belgium 20000325th
FIA GT Championship - GT1 Zakspeed Racing 10000822nd
2006–07 A1 Grand Prix A1 Team Czech Republic 2000027‡12th‡
2007 Le Mans Series Charouz Racing System 500 ?11510th
24 Hours of Le Mans 10000N/A8th
American Le Mans Series - LMP2 Zytek Motorsports 100011923rd
2008 Le Mans Series Charouz Racing System 50002199th
24 Hours of Le Mans 10000N/A9th
2009 Le Mans Series AMR Eastern Europe 52005391st
24h Le Mans AMR Eastern Europe 10000N/A4th
2010 Formula Renault 3.5 Series P1 Motorsport 1500001618th
Auto GP Charouz-Gravity Racing 120004364th
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 OAK Racing 10001N/A2nd
Formula One Renault F1 Team Test driver
2011 Formula Renault 3.5 Series Gravity-Charouz Racing 1700101025th
GP2 Final Carlin 20000025th
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 OAK Racing 10000N/A5th
Formula One Lotus Renault GP Test driver
HRT Formula 1 Team
2012 FIA World Endurance Championship ADR-Delta 300007.532nd
Lotus 10000
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 ADR-Delta 10010N/A6th
2013 FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2 Lotus 80001338th
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 10000N/ADNF
Supercar Challenge Superlights - PR1 Praga Racing Slovakia 21012395th
Rolex Sports Car Series - DP Starworks Motorsport 100001745th
2014 European Le Mans Series Sébastien Loeb Racing 200012411th
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 10000N/A4th

Includes points scored by other A1 Team Czech Republic drivers.

Complete Italian Formula 3000 Championship results

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

YearEntrant12345678DCPoints
2005 Ma-Con Engineering ADR
6
VAL
6
CHE
10
MON
5
MUG
9
MAG
11
MOZ MIS 11th10

Complete A1 Grand Prix results

(key)

YearEntrant12345678910111213141516171819202122DCPoints
2005–06 Czech Republic GBR
SPR

18
GBR
FEA

Ret
GER
SPR
GER
FEA
POR
SPR
POR
FEA
AUS
SPR

PO
AUS
FEA

PO
MYS
SPR
MYS
FEA
UAE
SPR
UAE
FEA
RSA
SPR
RSA
FEA
IDN
SPR
IDN
FEA
MEX
SPR
MEX
FEA
USA
SPR
USA
FEA
CHN
SPR
CHN
FEA
12th56
2006–07 NED
SPR

PO
NED
FEA

PO
CZE
SPR
CZE
FEA
CHN
SPR
CHN
FEA
MYS
SPR
MYS
FEA
IDN
SPR
IDN
FEA
NZL
SPR
NZL
FEA
AUS
SPR
AUS
FEA
RSA
SPR
RSA
FEA
MEX
SPR
MEX
FEA
CHN
SPR
CHN
FEA
GBR
SPR

13
GBR
FEA

15
12th27

Complete F3000 International Masters results

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

YearEntrant123456789101112131415DCPoints
2006 Charouz Racing System MOZ1
2
MOZ2
3
MAG1
7
MAG2
9
BRH1
3
BRH2
2
OSC1
5
OSC2
4
BRN1
2
BRN2
1
IST1
7
IST2
1
EST1
Ret
EST2
Ret
EST3
3
1st75

Complete European Le Mans Series results

YearEntrantClassChassisEngine123456RankPoints
2007 Charouz Racing System LMP1 Lola B07/17 Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10 MNZ
9
VAL
2
NUR
4
SPA
7
SIL
NC
MIL 10th15
2008 Charouz Racing System LMP1 Lola B08/60 Aston Martin 6.0 L V12 CAT
3
MNZ
8
SPA
10
NUR
5
SIL
2
9th19
2009 AMR Eastern Europe LMP1 Lola-Aston Martin B09/60 Aston Martin 6.0 L V12 CAT
1
SPA
3
ALG
2
NUR
1
SIL
3
1st39
2014 Sébastien Loeb Racing LMP2 Sébastien Loeb Racing Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 SIL
7
IMO
2
RED PLR EST 11th24

24 Hours of Le Mans results

YearTeamCo-DriversCarClassLapsPos.Class
Pos.
2007 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Charouz Racing System Flag of Germany.svg Stefan Mücke
Flag of Malaysia.svg Alex Yoong
Lola B07/17-Judd LMP13388th5th
2008 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Charouz Racing System
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Aston Martin Racing
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Tomáš Enge
Flag of Germany.svg Stefan Mücke
Lola B08/60-Aston Martin LMP13549th9th
2009 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg AMR Eastern Europe Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Tomáš Enge
Flag of Germany.svg Stefan Mücke
Lola-Aston Martin B09/60 LMP13734th4th
2010 Flag of France.svg OAK Racing Flag of France.svg Matthieu Lahaye
Flag of France.svg Guillaume Moreau
Pescarolo 01-Judd LMP23617th2nd
2011 Flag of France.svg OAK Racing Flag of Japan.svg Shinji Nakano
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Nicolas de Crem
OAK Pescarolo 01 Evo-Judd LMP231314th5th
2012 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg ADR-Delta Flag of Australia (converted).svg John Martin
Flag of Thailand.svg Tor Graves
Oreca 03-Nissan LMP234613th6th
2013 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Lotus Flag of Germany.svg Thomas Holzer
Flag of Austria.svg Dominik Kraihamer
Lotus T128-Praga LMP2219DNFDNF
2014 Flag of France.svg Sébastien Loeb Racing Flag of Germany.svg René Rast
Flag of France.svg Vincent Capillaire
Oreca 03R-Nissan LMP23548th4th

Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results

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

YearTeam1234567891011121314151617PosPoints
2010 P1 Motorsport ALC
1

Ret
ALC
2

DSQ
SPA
1

8
SPA
2

9
MON
1

14
BRN
1

7
BRN
2

11
MAG
1

20
MAG
2

17
HUN
1

7
HUN
2

21
HOC
1

Ret
HOC
2

15
SIL
1

SIL
2

CAT
1

Ret
CAT
2

8
18th16
2011 GravityCharouz Racing ALC
1

17
ALC
2

22
SPA
1

8
SPA
2

20
MNZ
1

12
MNZ
2

12
MON
1

Ret
NÜR
1

21
NÜR
2

17
HUN
1

Ret
HUN
2

21
SIL
1

14
SIL
2

9
LEC
1

Ret
LEC
2

Ret
CAT
1

8
CAT
2

Ret
25th10

Complete GP2 Final results

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

YearEntrant12DCPoints
2011 Carlin YMC
FEA

Ret
YMC
SPR

17
25th0

Complete Formula One participations

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

YearEntrantChassisEngine12345678910111213141516171819WDC Points
2011 HRT Formula 1 Team Hispania F111 Cosworth CA2011 2.4 V8 AUS MAL CHN TUR ESP MON CAN EUR GBR GER HUN BEL ITA SIN JPN KOR IND ABU BRA
TD

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Sporting positions
Preceded by F3000 International Masters champion
2006
Succeeded by
Preceded by Le Mans Series Champion
2009 with:
Tomáš Enge
Stefan Mücke
Succeeded by