Jan Charouz

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Jan Charouz
Le Mans Series – LMP1
F3000 Int. Masters

Jan Charouz (born 17 July 1987) is a

Formula Renault 3.5 Championship and Auto GP
.

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

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
NationalityCzech Republic Czech
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years2007 -
TeamsCharouz Racing System, Aston Martin Racing, OAK Racing
Best finish4th (2009)
Class wins0

2009

Successful cooperation with factory

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

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2003 Formula BMW ADAC I.S.R. 16 0 0 1 0 0 30th
2004 Formula BMW ADAC Team Rosberg 20 0 0 0 0 3 21st
2005 Italian Formula 3000 Championship Ma-Con Engineering 6 0 0 0 0 10 11th
2005–06 A1 Grand Prix A1 Team Czech Republic 2 0 0 0 0 56‡ 12th‡
2006 F3000 International Masters Charouz Racing System 15 2 0 0 8 75 1st
Eurocup Mégane Trophy Racing for Belgium 2 0 0 0 0 3 25th
FIA GT Championship - GT1 Zakspeed Racing 1 0 0 0 0 8 22nd
2006–07 A1 Grand Prix A1 Team Czech Republic 2 0 0 0 0 27‡ 12th‡
2007 Le Mans Series Charouz Racing System 5 0 0 ? 1 15 10th
24 Hours of Le Mans 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 8th
American Le Mans Series - LMP2 Zytek Motorsports 1 0 0 0 1 19 23rd
2008 Le Mans Series Charouz Racing System 5 0 0 0 2 19 9th
24 Hours of Le Mans 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 9th
2009
Le Mans Series
 AMR Eastern Europe 5 2 0 0 5 39 1st
24h Le Mans AMR Eastern Europe 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 4th
2010 Formula Renault 3.5 Series P1 Motorsport 15 0 0 0 0 16 18th
Auto GP Charouz-Gravity Racing 12 0 0 0 4 36 4th
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 OAK Racing 1 0 0 0 1 N/A 2nd
Formula One
 Renault F1 Team Test driver
2011 Formula Renault 3.5 Series Gravity-Charouz Racing 17 0 0 1 0 10 25th
GP2 Final
Carlin
 2 0 0 0 0 0 25th
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 OAK Racing 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 5th
Formula One
 Lotus Renault GP Test driver
HRT Formula 1 Team
2012 FIA World Endurance Championship ADR-Delta 3 0 0 0 0 7.5 32nd
Lotus 1 0 0 0 0
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 ADR-Delta 1 0 0 1 0 N/A 6th
2013 FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2 Lotus 8 0 0 0 1 33 8th
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 1 0 0 0 0 N/A DNF
Supercar Challenge Superlights - PR1 Praga Racing Slovakia 2 1 0 1 2 39 5th
Rolex Sports Car Series - DP Starworks Motorsport 1 0 0 0 0 17 45th
2014 European Le Mans Series Sébastien Loeb Racing 2 0 0 0 1 24 11th
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 4th

‡ 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)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 DC Points
2005
 Ma-Con Engineering ADR
6
VAL

6
CHE

10
MON

5 		MUG
9 		MAG
11
MOZ
 MIS 11th 10

Complete A1 Grand Prix results

(key)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 DC Points
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 		12th 56
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 		12th 27

Complete F3000 International 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 DC Points
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 		1st 75

Complete European Le Mans Series results

Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 Rank Points
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 10th 15
2008 Charouz Racing System LMP1 Lola B08/60 Aston Martin 6.0 L V12 CAT
3 		MNZ
8 		SPA
10 		NUR
5 		SIL
2 		9th 19
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 		1st 39
2014 Sébastien Loeb Racing LMP2 Sébastien Loeb Racing Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 SIL
7 		IMO
2 		RED PLR EST 11th 24

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2007 Czech Republic Charouz Racing System Germany Stefan Mücke
Malaysia Alex Yoong 		Lola B07/17-Judd LMP1 338 8th 5th
2008 Czech Republic Charouz Racing System
United Kingdom Aston Martin Racing 		Czech Republic Tomáš Enge
Germany Stefan Mücke 		Lola B08/60-Aston Martin LMP1 354 9th 9th
2009 Czech Republic AMR Eastern Europe Czech Republic Tomáš Enge
Germany Stefan Mücke 		Lola-Aston Martin B09/60 LMP1 373 4th 4th
2010 France OAK Racing France Matthieu Lahaye
France Guillaume Moreau 		Pescarolo 01-Judd LMP2 361 7th 2nd
2011 France OAK Racing Japan Shinji Nakano
Belgium Nicolas de Crem 		OAK Pescarolo 01 Evo-Judd LMP2 313 14th 5th
2012 United Kingdom ADR-Delta Australia John Martin
Thailand Tor Graves 		Oreca 03-Nissan LMP2 346 13th 6th
2013 Czech Republic Lotus Germany Thomas Holzer
Austria Dominik Kraihamer 		Lotus T128-Praga LMP2 219 DNF DNF
2014 France Sébastien Loeb Racing Germany René Rast
France Vincent Capillaire 		Oreca 03R-Nissan LMP2 354 8th 4th

Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series 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 12 13 14 15 16 17 Pos Points
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 		18th 16
2011
 Gravity–Charouz 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 		25th 10

Complete GP2 Final results

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

Year Entrant 1 2 DC Points
2011
Carlin
 YMC
FEA
Ret 		YMC
SPR
17 		25th 0

Complete Formula One participations

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

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 WDC 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 		– –

Gallery

  • Charouz driving the Formula One Renault R29 during an exhibition at Masaryk Circuit in 2010.
    Charouz driving the
    Masaryk Circuit
    in 2010.
  • Charouz in the second race of the 2010 Formula Renault 3.5 Series season at Brno.
    Charouz in the second race of the
    2010 Formula Renault 3.5 Series season at Brno
    .
  • Charouz driving a Lola-Aston Martin DBR1-2 in the 2009 1000 km of Spa.
    Charouz driving a Lola-Aston Martin DBR1-2 in the 2009 1000 km of Spa.
  • Jan Charouz driving the Charouz Racing System Lola B08/60 Aston Martin V12 in the 2008 1000km of Silverstone
    Jan Charouz driving the
    2008 1000km of Silverstone
  • Jan Charouz at the 2011 Nürburgring World series by Renault round
    Jan Charouz at the 2011 Nürburgring World series by Renault round

References

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

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