Josef Knopp

Josef "Pepino" Knopp (born 26 April 2004) is a Czech racing driver who competes for Oregon Team in Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe.

Career Knopp began karting at the age of ten, competing until 2019. During his karting career, he most notably finished third in the 2016 Easykart International Grand Final in the 60cc class.

Following a testing programme in Formula 4 machinery with Mücke Motorsport in 2019, Knopp remained with the team to make his single-seater debut in the third round of the 2020 Formula 4 UAE Championship. Racing in the last three rounds of the winter series, Knopp scored a best result of fourth in race two of the final round of the season at Dubai. For the rest of 2020, Knopp raced with the team in the ADAC Formula 4 Championship, scoring a best result of eighth five times as he ended the year 12th in points. Despite testing FIA Formula 3 machinery towards the end of the year for Charouz Racing System, Knopp elected to go back to karting for 2021, signing with Tony Kart Racing Team to race in the KZ2 class in mainly WSK-organized races.

Returning to cars in 2022, Knopp joined RTR Projects to make his ADAC GT4 Germany debut alongside Matěj Pavlíček. Racing with the team for all but one rounds of the season, Knopp scored a best result of 13th twice, before parting ways with the team and racing for CV Performance Group in the finale. During the year, Knopp also made one-off appearances in ESET Cup Series and DTM Trophy for RTR Projects. The following year, Knopp returned with BWT Mücke Motorsport to race in his sophomore season in ADAC GT4 Germany alongside Rodrigo Almeida. In their only season together, Knopp scored points all but three times and scored a best result of seventh at Lausitzring to end the year 16th in points.

Joining W&S Motorsport for his third season in GT4 competition, Knopp began the year in the GT4 Winter Series, scoring one overall win and four more Pro-Am wins to end the winter third in the class standings. For the rest of the year, Knopp returned to ADAC GT4 Germany alongside Finn Zulauf, scoring wins at Norisring and Red Bull Ring as they clinched their maiden series title at the finale at Hockenheimring.

The following year, Knopp joined Oregon Team to race in Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe alongside Enzo Geraci. The pair won at Le Castellet and Monza to take an early lead in the Pro standings, but after scoring only two podiums in the following four rounds, the pair finished runner-up to Adam Putera by five points.

Karting record Karting career summary SeasonSeriesTeamPosition 2015 Easykart International Grand Final - Easykart 60 Knopp Josef 21st 2016 Trofeo Italiano Easykart - Easykart 60 6th Easykart International Grand Final - Easykart 60 3rd2017 Trofeo Italiano Easykart - Easykart 100cc 8th WSK Final Cup - OK-J CRG Racing Team 66th 2018 WSK Champions Cup - OK-J TB Racing Team NC WSK Super Master Series - OK-J 64th South Garda Winter Cup - OK-J NC Andrea Margutti Trophy - OK-J NC Deutsche Kart-Meisterschaft - OK-J 22nd Karting European Championship - OK-J 65th WSK Final Cup - OK 47th 2019 South Garda Winter Cup - OK TB Racing Team 17th WSK Super Master Series - OK 49th Karting European Championship - OK 68th Deutsche Kart-Meisterschaft - OK NC WSK Euro Series - OK 48th Karting World Championship - OK NC2021 WSK Champions Cup - KZ2 Tony Kart Racing Team NC WSK Super Master Series - KZ2 57th WSK Euro Series - KZ2 25th Karting European Championship - KZ2 62nd International Super Cup - KZ2 NC WSK Open Cup - KZ2 37thSources:

Racing record Racing career summary SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPolesF/LapsPodiumsPointsPosition2020 Formula 4 UAE Championship BWT Mücke Motorsport 12 0 0 1 0 65 9th Italian F4 Championship 3 0 0 0 0 0 32nd ADAC Formula 4 Championship ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg 21 0 0 0 0 32 12th2022 ESET Cup – GT4 RTR Projects 1 1 1 1 1 12.5 6th DTM Trophy 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC† ADAC GT4 Germany 10 0 0 0 0739th CV Performance Group 2 0 0 0 02023 GT Winter Series BWT Mücke Motorsport ? ? ? ? ? 39.41 18th ADAC GT4 Germany 12 0 0 0 0 47 16th GT4 European Series – Silver 2 0 0 0 0 2 37th2024 GT4 Winter Series – Pro-Am W&S Motorsport 6 5 1 3 6 42.493rd ADAC GT4 Germany 12 4 4 1 7 1781st2025 Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe – Pro Oregon Team 12 2 2 2 5 1092nd Lamborghini World Finals – Pro 2 0 0 0 1 10 6th 2026 Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe – Pro-Am Oregon Team * *Sources:

Complete Formula 4 UAE Championship 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 18 19 20 DC Points 2020 BWT Mücke Motorsport DUB11 DUB12 DUB13 DUB14 YMC11 YMC12 YMC13 YMC14 YMC21 YMC22 YMC23 YMC24DUB21 DUB22 DUB23 DUB24 DUB31 DUB32 DUB33 DUB34 9th 65

Complete ADAC Formula 4 Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Complete Italian F4 Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Complete ADAC GT4 Germany results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Complete GT4 European Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pos Points 2023 BWT Mücke Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT4 Silver MNZ1 MNZ2 LEC1 LEC2 SPA1 SPA2 MIS1 MIS2 HOC1 HOC2 CAT1 CAT2 37th 2