Jan Charouz

Jan Charouz (born 17 July 1987) is a Czech former auto 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.

Charouz is the son of Charouz Racing System founder and team principal .

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 participatesdin Renault F1 Team test sessions, and he would 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 four stints, he finished the day in 11th position with a time of 1’46.644. 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 . 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 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

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 Charouz. 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. Charouz, together with his teammates Tomáš Enge (CZE) and Stefan Mucke (GER) finished fourth in 24 hours of Le Mans, driving Aston Martin LMP1 No. 007 car. The trio 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 No. 007 LMP1 car of Charouz, Enge and Mucke 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 Formula BMW ADAC results (key)

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 ADR6 VAL6 CHE10 MON5 MUG9 MAG11 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 GBRSPR18 GBRFEARet GERSPR GERFEA PORSPR PORFEA AUSSPRPO AUSFEAPO MYSSPR MYSFEA UAESPR UAEFEA RSASPR RSAFEA IDNSPR IDNFEA MEXSPR MEXFEA USASPR USAFEA CHNSPR CHNFEA 12th 56 2006–07 NEDSPRPO NEDFEAPO CZESPR CZEFEA CHNSPR CHNFEA MYSSPR MYSFEA IDNSPR IDNFEA NZLSPR NZLFEA AUSSPR AUSFEA RSASPR RSAFEA MEXSPR MEXFEA CHNSPR CHNFEA GBRSPR13 GBRFEA15 12th 27

Complete F3000 International Masters results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

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 MNZ9 VAL2 NUR4 SPA7 SILNC MIL 10th 15 2008 Charouz Racing System LMP1 Lola B08/60 Aston Martin 6.0 L V12 CAT3 MNZ8 SPA10 NUR5 SIL2 9th 19 2009 AMR Eastern Europe LMP1 Lola-Aston Martin B09/60 Aston Martin 6.0 L V12 CAT1 SPA3 ALG2 NUR1 SIL3 1st 39 2014 Sébastien Loeb Racing LMP2 Sébastien Loeb Racing Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 SIL7 IMO2 RED PLR EST 11th 24

24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps 2007 Charouz Racing System Stefan Mücke Alex Yoong Lola B07/17-Judd LMP1 338 8th 5th 2008 Charouz Racing System Aston Martin Racing Tomáš Enge Stefan Mücke Lola B08/60-Aston Martin LMP1 354 9th 9th 2009 AMR Eastern Europe Tomáš Enge Stefan Mücke Lola-Aston Martin B09/60 LMP1 373 4th 4th 2010 OAK Racing Matthieu Lahaye Guillaume Moreau Pescarolo 01-Judd LMP2 361 7th 2nd 2011 OAK Racing Shinji Nakano Nicolas de Crem OAK Pescarolo 01 Evo-Judd LMP2 313 14th 5th 2012 ADR-Delta John Martin Tor Graves Oreca 03-Nissan LMP2 346 13th 6th 2013 Lotus Thomas Holzer Dominik Kraihamer Lotus T128-Praga LMP2 219 DNF DNF 2014 Sébastien Loeb Racing René Rast 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)

Complete Auto GP 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 Pos Points 2010 Charouz-Gravity Racing BRN1 BRN2 IMO1 IMO2 SPA1 SPA2 MAG1 MAG2 NAV1 NAV2 MNZ1 MNZ2 4th 36

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 YMCFEA YMCSPR 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 HRT Formula 1 TeamHispania F111Cosworth CA2011 2.4 V8 AUS MAL CHN TUR ESP MON CAN EUR GBR GER HUN BEL ITA SIN JPN KOR IND ABU BRA – –

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