Jan Charouz Explained

Jan Charouz
Nationality: Czech
Birth Date:17 July 1987
Birth Place:Prague, Czech Republic
Racing Licence: FIA Gold
Current Series:Formula Renault 3.5 Series
First Year:2010
Car Number:6
Former Teams:P1 Motorsport
Starts:2
Wins:0
Poles:0
Fastest Laps:0
Prev Series: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
Prev Series Years:200709
2007
2006
2006
2006
2005–06, 2006–07
2005
200304
Titles:Le Mans Series – LMP1
F3000 Int. Masters
Title Years:2009
2006

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.

He is the son of Charouz Racing System founder and team principal .[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 .[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
Years: -
Teams:Charouz Racing System, Aston Martin Racing, OAK Racing
Best Finish:4th
Class Wins:0

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
2003Formula BMW ADACI.S.R.160010030th
2004Formula BMW ADACTeam Rosberg200000321st
2005Italian Formula 3000 ChampionshipMa-Con Engineering600001011th
2005–06A1 Grand PrixA1 Team Czech Republic2000056‡12th‡
2006F3000 International MastersCharouz Racing System152008751st
Eurocup Mégane TrophyRacing for Belgium20000325th
FIA GT Championship - GT1Zakspeed Racing10000822nd
2006–07A1 Grand PrixA1 Team Czech Republic2000027‡12th‡
2007Le Mans Seriesalign=left rowspan=2Charouz Racing System500?11510th
24 Hours of Le Mans10000N/A8th
American Le Mans Series - LMP2Zytek Motorsports100011923rd
2008Le Mans Seriesalign=left rowspan=2Charouz Racing System50002199th
24 Hours of Le Mans10000N/A9th
2009Le Mans SeriesAMR Eastern Europe52005391st
24h Le MansAMR Eastern Europe10000N/A4th
2010Formula Renault 3.5 SeriesP1 Motorsport1500001618th
Auto GPCharouz-Gravity Racing120004364th
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2OAK Racing10001N/A2nd
Formula OneRenault F1 TeamTest driver
2011Formula Renault 3.5 SeriesGravity-Charouz Racing1700101025th
GP2 FinalCarlin20000025th
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2OAK Racing10000N/A5th
align=left rowspan=2Formula OneLotus Renault GPTest driver
HRT Formula 1 Team
2012FIA World Endurance ChampionshipADR-Delta300007.532nd
Lotus10000
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2ADR-Delta10010N/A6th
2013FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2Lotus80001338th
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP210000N/ADNF
Supercar Challenge Superlights - PR1Praga Racing Slovakia21012395th
Rolex Sports Car Series - DPStarworks Motorsport100001745th
2014European Le Mans SeriesSébastien Loeb Racing200012411th
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP210000N/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)

Complete A1 Grand Prix results

(key)

YearEntrant12345678910111213141516171819202122DCPoints
2005–06Czech RepublicGBR
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
2006–07NED
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)

Complete European Le Mans Series results

YearEntrantClassChassisEngine123456RankPoints
2007Charouz Racing SystemLMP1Lola B07/17Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10MNZ
9
VAL
2
NUR
4
SPA
7
SIL
NC
MIL10th15
2008Charouz Racing SystemLMP1Lola B08/60Aston Martin 6.0 L V12CAT
3
MNZ
8
SPA
10
NUR
5
SIL
2
9th19
2009AMR Eastern EuropeLMP1Lola-Aston Martin B09/60Aston Martin 6.0 L V12CAT
1
SPA
3
ALG
2
NUR
1
SIL
3
1st39
2014Sébastien Loeb RacingLMP2Sébastien Loeb RacingNissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8SIL
7
IMO
2
REDPLREST11th24

24 Hours of Le Mans results

YearTeamCo-DriversCarClassLaps
2007 Charouz Racing System Stefan Mücke
Alex Yoong
Lola B07/17-JuddLMP13388th5th
2008 Charouz Racing System
Aston Martin Racing
Tomáš Enge
Stefan Mücke
Lola B08/60-Aston MartinLMP13549th9th
2009 AMR Eastern Europe Tomáš Enge
Stefan Mücke
Lola-Aston Martin B09/60LMP13734th4th
2010 OAK Racing Matthieu Lahaye
Guillaume Moreau
Pescarolo 01-JuddLMP23617th2nd
2011 OAK Racing Shinji Nakano
Nicolas de Crem
OAK Pescarolo 01 Evo-JuddLMP231314th5th
2012 ADR-Delta John Martin
Tor Graves
Oreca 03-NissanLMP234613th6th
2013 Lotus Thomas Holzer
Dominik Kraihamer
Lotus T128-PragaLMP2219DNFDNF
2014 Sébastien Loeb Racing René Rast
Vincent Capillaire
Oreca 03R-NissanLMP23548th4th

Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results

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

YearTeam1234567891011121314151617PosPoints
2010P1 MotorsportALC
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
2011GravityCharouz RacingALC
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)

Complete Formula One participations

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

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Charouz: the independent Czech team with big ambitions in F2 and F3. Formula Scout. Gascoigne. Roger. 15 March 2022. 24 February 2023.
  2. Web site: Abu Dhabi Young Driver Test - Day 2. hispaniaracing.com. 24 November 2011.
  3. Web site: Elizalde. Pablo. Jan Charouz to drive for HRT during first practice for the Brazilian Grand Prix. AUTOSPORT. 24 November 2011. 24 November 2011.