Jan Charouz

Jan Charouz
Jan Charouz at the 2011 Nürburgring World series by Renault round
Nationality	Czech
Born	(1987-07-17) July 17, 1987 Prague, Czech Republic
Formula Renault 3.5 Series career
Debut season	2010
Current team	P1 Motorsport
Car no.	6
Starts	2
Wins	0
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Previous series
2007–09 2007 2006 2006 2006 2005–06, 2006–07 2005 2003–04	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
Championship titles
2009 2006	Le Mans Series – LMP1 F3000 Int. Masters

Jan Charouz (born July 17, 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.

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.^[1] 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.^[2] 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

Nationality	Czech
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Participating years	2007 -
Teams	Charouz Racing System, Aston Martin Racing, OAK Racing
Best finish	4th (2009)
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 team mates 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.

Career summary

Complete Italian Formula 3000 results

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

Complete F3000 International Masters results

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

Complete A1 Grand Prix results

(key)

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
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 Formula One results

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

Gallery

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

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Jan Charouz.

• Official website (Czech)
• Jan Charouz on Facebook
• Jan Charouz career summary at DriverDB.com