Charouz Racing System Explained

Charouz Racing System (CHRS, also was known as Lotus in World Series Formula V8 3.5) is a racing team from Czech Republic, created in 1985 by .

History

In the 1980s, Charouz participated in the European Championship of Circuit Races' 1600 cc division in a Toyota Corolla. By 1992, they prepared cars for a special cup series for Ford Fiestas, Escort RS 2000s and Pumas.

Since 1998, Charouz has competed in the European Rally Championship, Slovak Championship and European Zone series.^[1]

When the A1 Grand Prix series debuted in 2005, Charouz managed the A1 Team Czech Republic.^[2] The team later took over management duties for A1 Team Brazil.^[3]

New for 2007 was the entrance into endurance racing with the Le Mans Series. Competing with a Lola-Judd prototype, the team finished the year fifth in their class championship, including a second-place finish at Valencia. For 2008 the team entered a cooperation with Aston Martin Racing and Prodrive, running a new Lola B08/60 coupe in the Le Mans Series and the 24 Hours of Le Mans. The B07/17 from 2007 was entered at Le Mans under the Charouz banner, but the car was run by Greg Pickett's Team Cytosport with help from Sam Hignett's Jota Sport, the same organization who prepared this car for Charouz in 2007.

In 2010 Charouz ran four cars in the Auto GP series.

In 2018, following the collapse of the World Series Formula V8 3.5, Charouz joined the FIA Formula 2 Championship, fielding Antonio Fuoco and Louis Delétraz, and collaborated with Ralf Schumacher's US Racing outfit in the ADAC Formula 4 championship.^{[4] [5]} This saw the team claim two wins from Fuoco in Formula 2, including a double podium at the sprint race in Monaco, to finish sixth in the constructors' standings while claiming both the ADAC Formula 4 drivers' and constructors' titles with Lirim Zendeli.^{[6] [7] [8]}

In November 2018, it was announced that Charouz would serve as a junior team to the Sauber Formula One team from 2019 onwards.^[8] For 2019, the team expanded into the newly created FIA Formula 3 Championship, while continuing its collaboration with US Racing in ADAC Formula 4.^{[9] [10] [11]}

In December 2019, after a season competing as the Sauber Junior Team, Charouz revealed that it would revert to its former name for 2020.Louis Delétraz and Pedro Piquet were the first drivers to be announced for the squad.^[12] Both drove for the Charouz Racing System in its third consecutive season in the FIA Formula 2 Championship.

For the 2021 season of the FIA Formula 2 Championship, Charouz initially ran with a lineup consisting of German David Beckmann and Brazilian Guilherme Samaia, with former Formula 3 driver Enzo Fittipaldi replacing David starting at the round in Monza.^[13] Logan Sargeant would take Charouz's lone victory in FIA Formula 3 that year, helping the team to 5th in the constructor's championship.

Fittipaldi would continue for 2022, partnering Cem Bölükbaşı at the start of the season. Their Formula 3 team ran 8 different drivers throughout the season, and finished 10th in the championship, with Francesco Pizzi scoring the team's solitary point.

In 2023, German team PHM Racing took over the assets of the Charouz F2 and F3 teams, racing under the moniker PHM Racing by Charouz.^[14]

From the 2024 season onwards, the F2 and F3 teams were fully rebranded to PHM AIX Racing, and then to AIX Racing, after an acquisition from the AIX Investment Group. ^[15]

Former series results

FIA Formula 2 Championship

Year	Chassis	Engine	Tyres	Drivers	Races	Wins	Poles		Podiums
	Dallara F2 2018	Mecachrome V634T V6 t		Antonio Fuoco	23	2	0	1	6	7th	141	6th	215
				Louis Delétraz	24	0	0	0	2	10th	74
	Dallara F2 2018	Mecachrome V634T V6 t		Callum Ilott	21	0	1	0	2	11th	74	6th	110
				Juan Manuel Correa	16	0	0	0	2	13th	36
				Matevos Isaakyan	4	0	0	0	0	25th	0
	Dallara F2 2018	Mecachrome V634T V6 t		Louis Delétraz	24	0	0	2	5	8th	134	7th	137
				Pedro Piquet	24	0	0	0	0	20th	3
	Dallara F2 2018	Mecachrome V634T V6 t		David Beckmann	12	0	0	0	2	15th	25	10th	28
				Enzo Fittipaldi	8	0	0	0	0	20th	2
				Richard Verschoor	3	0	0	0	0	11th	1
				Guilherme Samaia	23	0	0	0	0	24th	0
	Dallara F2 2018	Mecachrome V634T V6 t		Enzo Fittipaldi	28	0	0	0	6	8th	126	8th	130
				Cem Bölükbaşı	16	0	0	0	0	24th	0
				David Beckmann	2	0	0	0	0	18th	4
				Tatiana Calderón	7	0	0	0	0	28th	0

In detail

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

Year	Drivers	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28		Points
		BHR FEA	BHR SPR	BAK FEA	BAK SPR	CAT FEA	CAT SPR	MON FEA	MON SPR	LEC FEA	LEC SPR	RBR FEA	RBR SPR	SIL FEA	SIL SPR	HUN FEA	HUN SPR	SPA FEA	SPA SPR	MNZ FEA	MNZ SPR	SOC FEA	SOC SPR	YMC FEA	YMC SPR					6th	215
	Louis Delétraz	13	9	Ret	10	Ret	10	4	2	6	2	Ret	Ret	4	5	17	9	18	13	13	11	12	13	6	6
	Antonio Fuoco	17	12	3	DNS	10	7	8	1	4	4	3	4	3	Ret	3	17	17	19	DSQ	10	6	9	7	1
		BHR FEA	BHR SPR	BAK FEA	BAK SPR	CAT FEA	CAT SPR	MON FEA	MON SPR	LEC FEA	LEC SPR	RBR FEA	RBR SPR	SIL FEA	SIL SPR	HUN FEA	HUN SPR	SPA FEA	SPA SPR	MNZ FEA	MNZ SPR	SOC FEA	SOC SPR	YMC FEA	YMC SPR					6th	110
	Callum Ilott	14	16	Ret	9	8	3	DNS	14	Ret	8	14	9	8	4	10	10	C	C	4	12	9	3	5	4
	align=left nowrap	Juan Manuel Correa	16	18	7	2	Ret	15	16†	12	7	2	11	10	12	10	14	14	C	C
	Matevos Isaakyan																					18	13	15	Ret
		RBR FEA	RBR SPR	RBR FEA	RBR SPR	HUN FEA	HUN SPR	SIL FEA	SIL SPR	SIL FEA	SIL SPR	CAT FEA	CAT SPR	SPA FEA	SPA SPR	MNZ FEA	MNZ SPR	MUG FEA	MUG SPR	SOC FEA	SOC SPR	BHR FEA	BHR SPR	BHR FEA	BHR SPR					7th	137
	Louis Delétraz	7	2	19	12	7	6	6	3	5	4	10	9	4	6	8	4	3	2	18	17	16	3	12	13
	Pedro Piquet	13	13	18	14	14	15	11	17	21	16	14	7	12	12	12	17	13	12	17	9	11	19†	10	11
		BHR SP1	BHR SP2	BHR FEA	MON SP1	MON SP2	MON FEA	BAK SP1	BAK SP2	BAK FEA	SIL SP1	SIL SP2	SIL FEA	MNZ SP1	MNZ SP2	MNZ FEA	SOC SP1	SOC SP2	SOC FEA	JED SP1	JED SP2	JED FEA	YMC SP1	YMC SP2	YMC FEA					10th	28
	David Beckmann	3	7	11	12	Ret	13	9	2	12	13	8	15
	Enzo Fittipaldi													Ret	16	11	17	C	12	12	7	Ret
	Richard Verschoor																						Ret	11	10
	Guilherme Samaia	11	11	16	17	13	15	17	14	18	Ret	17	20	Ret	Ret	Ret	13	C	13	Ret	Ret	17	16	12	16
		BHR SPR	BHR FEA	JED SPR	JED FEA	IMO SPR	IMO FEA	CAT SPR	CAT FEA	MON SPR	MON FEA	BAK SPR	BAK FEA	SIL SPR	SIL FEA	RBR SPR	RBR FEA	LEC SPR	LEC FEA	HUN SPR	HUN FEA	SPA SPR	SPA FEA	ZAN SPR	ZAN FEA	MNZ SPR	MNZ FEA	YMC SPR	YMC FEA	8th	130
	align=left nowrap	Enzo Fittipaldi	11	13	10	11	12	2	8	6	4	5	Ret	6	3	11	8	2	Ret	10	3	2	13	10	13	5	12	3	Ret	14
	align=left nowrap	Cem Bölükbaşı	14	14	WD	WD			18	20	12	11	18†	Ret	19	18	NC	Ret	15	Ret	16	13
	align=left nowrap	David Beckmann					Ret	8
	align=left nowrap	Tatiana Calderón																					19	18	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNS	20	18

FIA Formula 3 Championship

Year	Chassis	Engine	Tyres	Drivers	Races	Wins	Poles		Podiums
2019	Dallara F3 2019	Mecachrome V634 V6		Lirim Zendeli	14	0	0	0	0	18th	6	8th	15
				Fabio Scherer	16	0	0	0	0	17th	7
				Raoul Hyman	16	0	0	0	0	22nd	2
2020	Dallara F3 2019	Mecachrome V634 V6		Roman Staněk	18	0	0	0	0	21st	3	10th	5
				Igor Fraga	16	0	0	0	0	24th	1
				David Schumacher	12	0	0	0	0	28th	0
				Michael Belov	6	0	0	0	0	23rd	1
2021	Dallara F3 2019	Mecachrome V634 V6		Logan Sargeant	20	1	0	0	4	7th	102	5th	127
				Enzo Fittipaldi	12	0	0	0	1	17th	25
				Hunter Yeany	6	0	0	0	0	33rd	0
				Ayrton Simmons	2	0	0	0	0	35th	0
				Reshad de Gerus	12	0	0	1	0	28th	0
				Zdeněk Chovanec	8	0	0	0	0	34th	0
2022	Dallara F3 2019	Mecachrome V634 V6		László Tóth	18	0	0	0	0	37th	0	10th	1
				Ayrton Simmons	2	0	0	0	0	35th	0
				David Schumacher	4	0	0	0	0	28th	0
				Lirim Zendeli	2	0	0	0	0	31st	0
				Zdeněk Chovanec	4	0	0	0	0	40th	0
				Christian Mansell	4	0	0	0	0	38th	0
				Alessandro Famularo	2	0	0	0	0	39th	0
				Francesco Pizzi	18	0	0	0	0	27th	1

In detail

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

Year	Drivers	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21		Points
2019		CAT FEA	CAT SPR	LEC FEA	LEC SPR	RBR FEA	RBR SPR	SIL FEA	SIL SPR	HUN FEA	HUN SPR	SPA FEA	SPA SPR	MNZ FEA	MNZ SPR	SOC FEA	SOC SPR						8th	15
	Lirim Zendeli	14	11	Ret	16	8	7	15	9	Ret	20	22	22†	Ret	18	WD	WD
	Fabio Scherer	27	Ret	15	Ret	Ret	23	16	8	15	13	27	18	8	7	Ret	Ret
	Raoul Hyman	21	Ret	17	13	19	16	Ret	18	22	25	26	Ret	15	17	9	13
2020		RBR FEA	RBR SPR	RBR FEA	RBR SPR	HUN FEA	HUN SPR	SIL FEA	SIL SPR	SIL FEA	SIL SPR	CAT FEA	CAT SPR	SPA FEA	SPA SPR	MNZ FEA	MNZ SPR	MUG FEA	MUG SPR				10th	5
	Roman Staněk	17	23	17	24	23	20	17	18	22	15	22	19	24	18	11	8	26†	18
	Igor Fraga	16	25	26	14	15	Ret	15	Ret	18	10	24	18	19	27	24	17
	David Schumacher	25	15	12	17	16	13	25	15	15	Ret	23	25
	Michael Belov													20	Ret	10	13	27	23
2021		CAT SP1	CAT SP2	CAT FEA	LEC SP1	LEC SP2	LEC FEA	RBR SP1	RBR SP2	RBR FEA	HUN SP1	HUN SP2	HUN FEA	SPA SP1	SPA SP2	SPA FEA	ZAN SP1	ZAN SP2	ZAN FEA	SOC SP1	SOC SP2	SOC FEA	5th	127
	Logan Sargeant	4	Ret	9	4	12	Ret	15	Ret	8	3	9	10	8	3	7	2	10	6	1	C	4
	Enzo Fittipaldi	12	Ret	19	21	17	11	4	8	15	12	2	9
	Hunter Yeany													18	26	NC	Ret	23	22
	Ayrton Simmons																			24	C	21
	Reshad de Gerus	20	13	23	19	25	21	20	23	17	24	18	20
	Zdeněk Chovanec													26	23	24	26	20	23	26	C	20
2022		BHR SPR	BHR FEA	IMO SPR	IMO FEA	CAT SPR	CAT FEA	SIL SPR	SIL FEA	RBR SPR	RBR FEA	HUN SPR	HUN FEA	SPA SPR	SPA FEA	ZAN SPR	ZAN FEA	MNZ SPR	MNZ FEA				10th	1
	László Tóth	22	24	19	25	26	23	Ret	21	23	19	26	Ret	22	25	27	22	22	19
	Ayrton Simmons	18	19
	David Schumacher			18	12											20	15
	Lirim Zendeli					20	15
	Zdeněk Chovanec							Ret	24	26	Ret
	Christian Mansell											22	23	Ret	23
	Alessandro Famularo																	23	23
	Francesco Pizzi	19	Ret	10	Ret	24	18	24	14	15	24	21	27	19	21	16	18	17	16

Formula 3000

International Formula 3000 results^[16]
Year	Car	Drivers	Races	Wins	Poles		Points
2003	Lola B02/50-Zytek Judd	Jaroslav Janiš	9	0	0	0	20	7th	6th
		Yannick Schroeder	8	0	0	0	13	12th

A1 Grand Prix

A1 Grand Prix results^[17]
Year	Car	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	Fast laps	Points	T.C.
2005–06	Lola A1GP-Zytek	A1 Team Czech Republic	22	1	0	0	56	12th
2006–07	Lola A1GP-Zytek	A1 Team Czech Republic	22	0	0	0	27	12th
		A1 Team Brazil	22	0	0	0	9	18th
2007–08	Lola A1GP-Zytek	A1 Team Czech Republic	20	0	0	0	10	19th

F3000 International Masters

F3000 International Masters results
Year	Car	Drivers	Races	Wins	Poles	Fast laps	Points
2006	Lola B02/50-Zytek	Jan Charouz	15	2	0	0	75	1st	1st
		Jaroslav Janiš	6	4	2	4	54	3rd
		Luiz Razia	3	3	0	2	30	8th
		Filip Salaquarda	2	0	0	1	16	12th
		Tomáš Kostka	2	1	1	1	11	16th
		Vitaly Petrov	2	0	1	1	0	NC

24 Hours of Le Mans

24 Hours of Le Mans results^[18]
Year	Class	Tyres	Car	Drivers	Pole	Fast lap	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2007	LMP1		Lola B07/17-Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5L V10	Jan Charouz Stefan Mücke Alex Yoong	no	no	338	8th	5th
2008	LMP1		Lola B08/60-Aston Martin 6.0L V12	Jan Charouz Tomáš Enge Stefan Mücke	no	no	354	9th	9th
	LMP1		Lola B07/17-Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5L V10	Greg Pickett Klaus Graf Jan Lammers	no	no	146	DNF	DNF
2009	LMP1		Lola-Aston Martin B09/60-Aston Martin 6.0L V12	Jan Charouz Tomáš Enge Stefan Mücke	no	no	373	4th	4th

Le Mans Series

Le Mans Series results^[19]
Year	Class	Car	Drivers	Races	Wins	Poles	Fast laps	Points	T.C.
2007	LMP1	Lola B07/17-Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5L V10	Jan Charouz Stefan Mücke Alex Yoong	6	0	0	0	15	5th
2008	LMP1	Lola B08/60-Aston Martin 6.0L V12	Jan Charouz Stefan Mücke	5	0	0	0	19	5th
2009	LMP1	Lola B09/60-Aston Martin 6.0L V12	Tomáš Enge Jan Charouz Stefan Mücke	5	2	1	?	39	1st

Formula Renault 3.5 Series

Formula Renault 3.5 Results
Year	Car	Drivers	Races	Wins	Poles		Points
2011	Dallara T08-Renault	Brendon Hartley	17	0	0	2	95	7th	7th
		Jan Charouz	17	0	0	1	10	25th
2012	Dallara T12-Renault	Marco Sørensen	17	1	0	0	122	6th	6th
		Kevin Korjus	17	0	0	0	69	10th
		Nigel Melker	2	0	0	0	15	19th
		Richie Stanaway	5	0	0	0	8	22nd
		César Ramos	4	0	0	0	0	30th
2013	Dallara T12-Renault	Marco Sørensen	17	2	2	1	113	7th	7th
		Marlon Stöckinger	17	0	0	0	23	18th
2014	Dallara T12-Renault	Matthieu Vaxivière	13	0	0	0	83	8th	5th
		Marlon Stöckinger	17	0	0	0	73	9th
		Richie Stanaway	4	0	0	0	21	18th
2015	Dallara T12-Renault	Matthieu Vaxivière	18	3	5	5	234	2nd	2nd
		Meindert van Buuren	9	0	0	1	20	15th
		Marlon Stöckinger	8	0	0	0	14	17th
		Nick Yelloly	2	0	0	0	6	20th

World Series Formula V8 3.5

World Series Formula V8 3.5 Results
Year	Car	Drivers	Races	Wins	Poles		Points
2016	Dallara T12-Zytek	René Binder	18	0	0	0	161	7th	2nd
		Roy Nissany	18	3	3	5	189	4th
2017	Dallara T12-Zytek	René Binder	18	4	2	3	201	4th	1st
		Pietro Fittipaldi	18	6	10	2	259	1st

Auto GP

Auto GP Results
Year	Car	Drivers	Races	Wins	Poles		Points
2010	Dallara T12-Zytek	Tomáš Kostka	2	0	0	0	0	27th	2nd
		Stefano Coletti	2	0	0	0	2	20th
		Natacha Gachnang	6	0	0	0	1	21st
		Esteban Guerrieri	2	0	0	0	5	18th
		Walter Grubmüller	6	0	0	0	2	19th
		Alexander Sims	4	0	0	0	0	25th
		Jan Charouz	12	0	0	0	36	4th
		Adrien Tambay	12	1	0	1	29	6th

ADAC Formula 4

Year	Car	Drivers	Races	Wins	Poles	Fast laps	Points	D.C.	T.C.
2018	Tatuus F4-T014	Petr Ptáček	3	0	0	0	0	NC†	1st
		David Schumacher	21	0	0	0	103	9th
		Mick Wishofer	21	1	0	3	160	6th
		Lirim Zendeli	21	10	8	8	348	1st
		Tom Beckhäuser	21	0	0	0	4	21st
2019	Tatuus F4-T014	Roman Staněk	20	2	0	1	165	4th	1st
		Arthur Leclerc	20	1	1	2	202	3rd
		Théo Pourchaire	20	4	6	2	258	1st
		Alessandro Ghiretti	20	0	0	0	136	6th

Formula 4 UAE Championship

Timeline

Former series
	2003
	2005–2008
	2006
Le Mans Series	2007–2009
	2010
	2011–2012
	2011–2017
	2012
Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe	2012
	2013
Eurocup Mégane Trophy	2013
	2017–2018
ADAC Formula 4	2018–2019
FIA Formula 2 Championship	2018–2023
FIA Formula 3 Championship	2019–2023

Notes and References

1. http://racing.charouz.cz/EN/rally_en.html Rally
2. http://a1podium.com/teamCZE.php A1 Team Czech Republic informations
3. http://a1podium.com/teamBRA.php A1 Team Brazil informations
4. Web site: Fuoco and Deletraz to drive for new F2 team Charouz in 2018. Allen. Peter. FormulaScout. December 14, 2017. January 19, 2019.
5. Web site: Schumacher a Charouz: Spojení těchto dvou má logiku (Schumacher and Charouz: The combination of these two has logic). Chalupa. Martin. Motorsport Monday CZ. May 8, 2018. January 19, 2019.
6. Web site: Antonio Fuoco wins F2 Sprint Race in Monaco to give Charouz first win. Esler. William. Sky Sports F1. December 11, 2018. January 19, 2019.
7. Web site: FUOCO ROUNDS OFF F2 SEASON WITH SPRINT RACE VICTORY IN YAS MARINA. Gillard. Aaron. The Checkered Flag. November 25, 2018. January 19, 2019. January 19, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190119230800/https://www.thecheckeredflag.co.uk/2018/11/fuoco-rounds-off-f2-season-with-sprint-race-victory-in-yas-marina/. dead.
8. Web site: Sauber establish junior team with Charouz Racing System. November 15, 2018. January 19, 2019.
9. Web site: CHAROUZ RACING SYSTEM ESTABLISH UNIQUE JUNIOR TEAM PARTNERSHIP WITH SAUBER MOTORSPORT. November 14, 2018. January 19, 2019.
10. Web site: FIA Formula 3 2019 team list revealed, including Mercedes ally HWA. Simmons. Marcus. Autosport. Motorsport Network. October 12, 2018. January 19, 2019.
11. Web site: Charouz Racing System představil plány na rok 2019. Nechyběl u toho ani Ralf Schumacher (The Charouz Racing System introduced plans for 2019. Ralf Schumacher was also there). December 18, 2018. January 19, 2019.
12. Web site: Deletraz and Piquet sign for Charouz in F2. December 18, 2019.
13. Web site: Enzo Fittipaldi secures Formula 2 graduation with Charouz. 2021-09-11. www.motorsport.com. September 2021 . en.
14. Web site: PHM Racing to enter F2 and F3 in 2023 with Charouz deal. 2023-05-29. Formula Scout. 28 November 2022 . en.
15. Web site: AIX Investment Group completes acquisition of F2 team PHM Racing. 2024-07-13. Formula Scout. 13 May 2024 . en.
16. http://www.speedsportmag.com/en/gp2_series_fia_formula_3000/gp2_series_fia_formula_3000.php GP2 and Formula 3000 entrylist and complete results
17. http://results.a1gp.com/cp.php?l=0&d=201&r=2012005&c=0 A1GP complete
18. http://wsrp.ic.cz/nonchamp.html 24h of Le Mans complete results
19. http://wsrp.ic.cz/alms.html LMS complete results