Charouz Racing System

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Czech Republic Charouz Racing System
Charouz Racing System logo.png
Founded1985
BasePrague, Czech Republic
Team principal(s)
Current seriesFIA Formula 2 Championship
FIA Formula 3 Championship
Former seriesFormula 3000
World Series Formula V8 3.5
F3000 International Masters
A1 Grand Prix
Auto GP
FIA GT3 European Championship
Formula 4 UAE Championship
ADAC Formula 4
Current driversFormula 2:
Brazil 14. Enzo Fittipaldi
Brazil 15. Guilherme Samaia
Formula 3:
United States 29. Logan Sargeant[1]
United States 30. Hunter Yeany[2]
Portugal 31. [3]
Teams'
Championships
F3000 International Masters:
2006
Le Mans Series:
2009: LMP1
FIA GT3 European Championship:
2012
FIA GT Series:
2013:Pro-Am Cup
2013:Gentlemen's Trophy
World Series Formula V8 3.5:
2017
ADAC Formula 4
2018 2019
Drivers'
Championships
F3000 International Masters:
2006: Jan Charouz
Le Mans Series:
2009: Jan Charouz, Tomáš Enge, Stefan Mücke
FIA GT3 European Championship:
2012: Dominik Baumann, Maximilian Buhk
FIA GT Series:
2013 Pro-Am Cup: Sergey Afanasyev, Andreas Simonsen
2013 Gentlemen's Trophy: Petr Charouz, Jan Stoviček
World Series Formula V8 3.5:
2017: Pietro Fittipaldi
ADAC Formula 4:
2018 : Lirim Zendeli
2019 : Théo Pourchaire
Websitehttp://charouz-racing.com
Charouz's Lola B08/60-Aston Martin which the team campaigned in the Le Mans Series

Charouz Racing System (CHRS, also was known as Lotus in World Series Formula V8 3.5) is a racing team from Czech Republic, created in 1985 by .

History[]

In the 1980s, Charouz participated in the European Championship of Circuit Races' 1600 cc division in a Toyota Corolla. By 1992, they prepared cars for a special cup series for Ford Fiestas, Escort RS 2000s and Pumas.

Since 1998, Charouz has competed in the European Rally Championship, Slovak Championship and European Zone series.[4]

When the A1 Grand Prix series debuted in 2005, Charouz managed the A1 Team Czech Republic.[5] The team later took over management duties for A1 Team Brazil.[6]

New for 2007 was the entrance into endurance racing with the Le Mans Series. Competing with a Lola-Judd prototype, the team finished the year fifth in their class championship, including a second-place finish at Valencia. For 2008 the team entered a cooperation with Aston Martin Racing and Prodrive, running a new Lola B08/60 coupe in the Le Mans Series and the 24 Hours of Le Mans. The B07/17 from 2007 was entered at Le Mans under the Charouz banner, but the car was run by Greg Pickett's Team Cytosport with help from Sam Hignett's Jota Sport, the same organization who prepared this car for Charouz in 2007.

In 2010 Charouz ran four cars in the Auto GP series.

In 2018, following the collapse of the World Series Formula V8 3.5, Charouz joined the FIA Formula 2 Championship, fielding Antonio Fuoco and Louis Delétraz, and collaborated with Ralf Schumacher's US Racing outfit in the ADAC Formula 4 championship.[7][8] This saw the team claim two wins from Fuoco in Formula 2, including a double podium at the sprint race in Monaco, to finish sixth in the constructors' standings while claiming both the ADAC Formula 4 drivers' and constructors' titles with Lirim Zendeli.[9][10][11]

In November 2018, it was announced that Charouz would serve as a junior team to the Sauber Formula One team from 2019 onwards.[11] For 2019, the team expanded into the newly created FIA Formula 3 Championship, while continuing its collaboration with US Racing in ADAC Formula 4.[12][13][14]

In December 2019, after a season competing as the Sauber Junior Team, Charouz revealed that it would revert to its former name for 2020. Louis Delétraz and Pedro Piquet were the first drivers to be announced for the squad.[15] Both drove for the Charouz Racing System in its third consecutive season in the FIA Formula 2 Championship.

For the 2021 season of the FIA Formula 2 Championship, Charouz initially ran with a lineup consisting of German David Beckmann and Brazilian Guilherme Samaia, with former Formula 3 driver Enzo Fittipaldi replacing David starting at the round in Monza.[16]

Current series results[]

FIA Formula 2 Championship[]

Year Car Drivers Races Wins Poles FLaps Podiums T.C. Pts.
2018 Dallara F2 2018-Mecachrome Italy Antonio Fuoco 24 2 0 0 6 6th 215
Switzerland Louis Delétraz 24 0 0 0 2
2019 Dallara F2 2018-Mecachrome United Kingdom Callum Ilott 22 0 1 0 2 6th 110
United States Juan Manuel Correa 16 0 0 0 2
Russia Matevos Isaakyan 4 0 0 0 0
2020 Dallara F2 2018-Mecachrome Switzerland Louis Delétraz 24 0 0 2 5 7th 137
Brazil Pedro Piquet 24 0 0 0 0

In Detail[]

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

Year Chassis
Engine
Tyres
Drivers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 T.C. Points
2018 F2 2018
Mecachrome
P
BHR
FEA
BHR
SPR
BAK
FEA
BAK
SPR
CAT
FEA
CAT
SPR
MON
FEA
MON
SPR
LEC
FEA
LEC
SPR
RBR
FEA
RBR
SPR
SIL
FEA
SIL
SPR
HUN
FEA
HUN
SPR
SPA
FEA
SPA
SPR
MNZ
FEA
MNZ
SPR
SOC
FEA
SOC
SPR
YMC
FEA
YMC
SPR
6th 215
Switzerland Louis Delétraz 13 9 Ret 10 Ret 10 4 2 6 2 Ret Ret 4 5 17 9 18 13 13 11 12 13 6 6
Italy Antonio Fuoco 17 12 3 DNS 10 7 8 1 4 4 3 4 3 Ret 3 17 17 19 DSQ 10 6 9 7 1
2019 F2 2018
Mecachrome
P
BHR
FEA
BHR
SPR
BAK
FEA
BAK
SPR
CAT
FEA
CAT
SPR
MON
FEA
MON
SPR
LEC
FEA
LEC
SPR
RBR
FEA
RBR
SPR
SIL
FEA
SIL
SPR
HUN
FEA
HUN
SPR
SPA
FEA
SPA
SPR
MNZ
FEA
MNZ
SPR
SOC
FEA
SOC
SPR
YMC
FEA
YMC
SPR
6th 110
United Kingdom Callum Ilott 14 16 Ret 9 8 3 DNS 14 Ret 8 14 9 8 4 10 10 C C 4 12 9 3 5 4
United States Juan Manuel Correa 16 18 7 2 Ret 15 16† 12 7 2 11 10 12 10 14 14 C C
Russia Matevos Isaakyan 18 13 15 Ret
2020 F2 2018
Mecachrome
P
RBR
FEA
RBR
SPR
RBR
FEA
RBR
SPR
HUN
FEA
HUN
SPR
SIL
FEA
SIL
SPR
SIL
FEA
SIL
SPR
CAT
FEA
CAT
SPR
SPA
FEA
SPA
SPR
MNZ
FEA
MNZ
SPR
MUG
FEA
MUG
SPR
SOC
FEA
SOC
SPR
BHR
FEA
BHR
SPR
BHR
FEA
BHR
SPR
7th 137
Switzerland Louis Delétraz 7 2 19 12 7 6 6 3 5 4 10 9 4 6 8 4 3 2 18 17 16 3 12 13
Brazil Pedro Piquet 13 13 18 14 14 15 11 17 21 16 14 7 12 12 12 17 13 12 17 9 11 19† 10 11
2021 F2 2018
Mecachrome
P
BHR
SP1
BHR
SP2
BHR
FEA
MON
SP1
MON
SP2
MON
FEA
BAK
SP1
BAK
SP2
BAK
FEA
SIL
SP1
SIL
SP2
SIL
FEA
MNZ
SP1
MNZ
SP2
MNZ
FEA
9th* 25*
Germany David Beckmann 3 7 11 12 Ret 13 9 2 12 13 8 15
Brazil Enzo Fittipaldi Ret 16 11
Brazil Guilherme Samaia 11 11 16 17 13 15 17 14 18 Ret 17 20 Ret Ret Ret

FIA Formula 3 Championship[]

Year Car Drivers Races Wins Poles FLaps Podiums T.C. Points
2019 Dallara F3 2019-Mecachrome Switzerland Fabio Scherer 16 0 0 0 0 8th 15
Germany Lirim Zendeli 16 0 0 0 0
United Kingdom Raoul Hyman 16 0 0 0 0
2020 Dallara F3 2019-Mecachrome Czech Republic Roman Staněk 18 0 0 0 0 10th 5
Brazil Igor Fraga 16 0 0 0 0
Germany David Schumacher 12 0 0 0 0
Russia Michael Belov 6 0 0 0 0
2021 Dallara F3 2019-Mecachrome United States Logan Sargeant
Brazil Enzo Fittipaldi
France Reshad de Gerus
United States Hunter Yeany
Portugal Zdeněk Chovanec
United Kingdom Ayrton Simmons

In detail[]

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

Year Chassis
Engine
Tyres
Drivers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 T.C. Points
2019 F3 2019
Mecachrome
P
CAT
FEA
CAT
SPR
LEC
FEA
LEC
SPR
RBR
FEA
RBR
SPR
SIL
FEA
SIL
SPR
HUN
FEA
HUN
SPR
SPA
FEA
SPA
SPR
MNZ
FEA
MNZ
SPR
SOC
FEA
SOC
SPR
8th 15
Germany Lirim Zendeli 14 11 Ret 16 8 7 15 9 Ret 20 22 22† Ret 18 WD WD
Switzerland Fabio Scherer 27 Ret 15 Ret Ret 23 16 8 15 13 27 18 8 7 Ret Ret
United Kingdom Raoul Hyman 21 Ret 17 13 19 16 Ret 18 22 25 26 Ret 15 17 9 13
2020 F3 2019
Mecachrome
P
RBR
FEA
RBR
SPR
RBR
FEA
RBR
SPR
HUN
FEA
HUN
SPR
SIL
FEA
SIL
SPR
SIL
FEA
SIL
SPR
CAT
FEA
CAT
SPR
SPA
FEA
SPA
SPR
MNZ
FEA
MNZ
SPR
MUG
FEA
MUG
SPR
10th 5
Czech Republic Roman Staněk 17 23 17 24 23 20 17 18 22 15 22 19 24 18 11 8 26† 18
Brazil Igor Fraga 16 25 26 14 15 Ret 15 Ret 18 10 24 18 19 27 24 17
Germany David Schumacher 25 15 12 17 16 13 25 15 15 Ret 23 25
Russia Michael Belov 20 Ret 10 13 27 23
2021 F3 2019
Mecachrome
P
CAT
1
CAT
2
CAT
3
LEC
1
LEC
2
LEC
3
RBR
1
RBR
2
RBR
3
HUN
1
HUN
2
HUN
3
SPA
1
SPA
2
SPA
3
ZAN
1
ZAN
2
ZAN
3
6th* 100*
United States Logan Sargeant 4 Ret 9 4 12 Ret 15 Ret 8 3 9 10 8 3 7 2 10 6
Brazil Enzo Fittipaldi 12 Ret 19 21 17 11 4 8 15 12 2 9
United States Hunter Yeany 18 26 NC Ret 23 22
United Kingdom Ayrton Simmons
France Reshad de Gerus 20 13 23 19 25 21 20 23 17 24 18 20
Portugal Zdeněk Chovanec 26 23 24 26 20 23

* Season still in progress.

Former series results[]

Formula 3000[]

International Formula 3000 results[17]
Year Car Drivers Races Wins Poles F.L. Points D.C. T.C.
2003 Lola B02/50-Zytek Judd Czech Republic Jaroslav Janiš 9 0 0 0 20 7th 6th
France Yannick Schroeder 8 0 0 0 13 12th

A1 Grand Prix[]

A1 Grand Prix results[18]
Year Car Team Races Wins Poles Fast laps Points T.C.
2005–06 Lola-Zytek Czech Republic A1 Team Czech Republic 22 1 0 0 56 12th
2006–07 Lola-Zytek Czech Republic A1 Team Czech Republic 22 0 0 0 27 12th
Brazil A1 Team Brazil 22 0 0 0 9 18th
2007–08 Lola-Zytek Czech Republic A1 Team Czech Republic 20 0 0 0 10 19th

F3000 International Masters[]

F3000 International Masters results
Year Car Drivers Races Wins Poles Fast laps Points D.C. T.C.
2006 Lola B02/50-Zytek Czech Republic Jan Charouz 15 2 0 0 75 1st 1st
Czech Republic Jaroslav Janiš 6 4 2 4 54 3rd
Brazil Luiz Razia 3 3 0 2 30 8th
Czech Republic Filip Salaquarda 2 0 0 1 16 12th
Czech Republic Tomáš Kostka 2 1 1 1 11 16th
Russia Vitaly Petrov 2 0 1 1 0 NC

  • D.C. = Drivers' Championship position, T.C. = Teams' Championship position.

24 Hours of Le Mans[]

24 Hours of Le Mans results[19]
Year Class Tyres Car Drivers Pole Fast
lap
Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2007 LMP1 M Lola B07/17-Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5L V10 Czech Republic Jan Charouz
Germany Stefan Mücke
Malaysia Alex Yoong
no no 338 8th 5th
2008 LMP1 M Lola B08/60-Aston Martin 6.0L V12 Czech Republic Jan Charouz
Czech Republic Tomáš Enge
Germany Stefan Mücke
no no 354 9th 9th
LMP1 M Lola B07/17-Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5L V10 United States Greg Pickett
Germany Klaus Graf
Netherlands Jan Lammers
no no 146 DNF DNF
2009 LMP1 M Lola-Aston Martin B09/60-Aston Martin 6.0L V12 Czech Republic Jan Charouz
Czech Republic Tomáš Enge
Germany Stefan Mücke
no no 373 4th 4th

Le Mans Series[]

Le Mans Series results[20]
Year Class Car Drivers Races Wins Poles Fast laps Points T.C.
2007 LMP1 Lola B07/17-Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5L V10 Czech Republic Jan Charouz
Germany Stefan Mücke
Malaysia Alex Yoong
6 0 0 0 15 5th
2008 LMP1 Lola B08/60-Aston Martin 6.0L V12 Czech Republic Jan Charouz
Germany Stefan Mücke
5 0 0 0 19 5th
2009 LMP1 Lola B09/60-Aston Martin 6.0L V12 Czech Republic Tomáš Enge
Czech Republic Jan Charouz
Germany Stefan Mücke
5 2 1 ? 39 1st

Formula Renault 3.5 Series[]

Formula Renault 3.5 Results
Year Car Drivers Races Wins Poles F.L. Points D.C. T.C.
2011 Dallara T08-Renault New Zealand Brendon Hartley 17 0 0 2 95 7th 7th
Czech Republic Jan Charouz 17 0 0 1 10 25th
2012 Dallara FR35/12-Renault Denmark Marco Sørensen 17 1 0 0 122 6th 6th
Estonia Kevin Korjus[N 1] 17 0 0 0 69 10th
Netherlands Nigel Melker 2 0 0 0 15 19th
New Zealand Richie Stanaway 5 0 0 0 8 22nd
Brazil César Ramos 4 0 0 0 0 30th
2013 Dallara FR35/12-Renault Denmark Marco Sørensen 17 2 2 1 113 7th 7th
Philippines Marlon Stöckinger 17 0 0 0 23 18th
2014 Dallara FR35/12-Renault France Matthieu Vaxivière 13 0 0 0 83 8th 5th
Philippines Marlon Stöckinger 17 0 0 0 73 9th
New Zealand Richie Stanaway 4 0 0 0 21 18th
2015 Dallara FR35/12-Renault France Matthieu Vaxivière 18 3 5 5 234 2nd 2nd
Netherlands Meindert van Buuren 9 0 0 1 20 15th
Philippines Marlon Stöckinger 8 0 0 0 14 17th
United Kingdom Nick Yelloly 2 0 0 0 6 20th
  • The team competed as Gravity–Charouz Racing in 2011 and as Lotus in 2012-2015.

World Series Formula V8 3.5[]

World Series Formula V8 3.5 Results
Year Car Drivers Races Wins Poles F.L. Points D.C. T.C.
2016 Dallara T12-Zytek Austria René Binder 18 0 0 0 161 7th 2nd
Israel Roy Nissany 18 3 3 5 189 4th
2017 Dallara T12-Zytek Austria René Binder 18 4 2 3 201 4th 1st
Brazil Pietro Fittipaldi 18 6 10 2 259 1st
  • The team competed as Lotus.

Auto GP[]

Auto GP Results
Year Car Drivers Races Wins Poles F.L. Points D.C. T.C.
2010 Dallara T12-Zytek Czech Republic Tomáš Kostka 2 0 0 0 0 27th 2nd
Monaco Stefano Coletti 2 0 0 0 2 20th
Switzerland Natacha Gachnang 6 0 0 0 1 21st
Argentina Esteban Guerrieri 2 0 0 0 5 18th
Austria Walter Grubmüller 6 0 0 0 2 19th
United Kingdom Alexander Sims 4 0 0 0 0 25th
Czech RepublicJan Charouz 12 0 0 0 36 4th
FranceAdrien Tambay 12 1 0 1 29 6th
  • The team competed as Gravity–Charouz Racing.

ADAC Formula 4[]

Year Car Drivers Races Wins Poles Fast laps Points D.C. T.C.
2018 Tatuus F4-T014 Czech Republic Petr Ptáček 3 0 0 0 0 NC† 1st
Germany David Schumacher 21 0 0 0 103 9th
Austria Mick Wishofer 21 1 0 3 160 6th
Germany Lirim Zendeli 21 10 8 8 348 1st
Czech Republic Tom Beckhäuser 21 0 0 0 4 21st
2019 Tatuus F4-T014 Czech Republic Roman Staněk 20 2 0 1 165 4th 1st
Monaco Arthur Leclerc 20 1 1 2 202 3rd
France Théo Pourchaire 20 4 6 2 258 1st
France Alessandro Ghiretti 20 0 0 0 136 6th
  • Charouz Racing System competed under the name US Racing - CHRS.

Timeline[]

Current series
FIA Formula 2 Championship 2018-2020
FIA Formula 3 Championship 2019-2020
Former series
International Formula 3000 2003
A1 Grand Prix 2005-2008
F3000 International Masters 2006
Le Mans Series 2007-2009
Auto GP 2010
FIA GT3 European Championship 2011-2012
Formula Renault 3.5 Series 2011-2017
ADAC GT Masters 2012
FIA GT Series 2013
Formula 4 UAE Championship 2017-2018
ADAC Formula 4 2018-2019

Notes[]

  1. ^ Kevin Korjus joined Charouz for the last three rounds of 2012 season. At that point he had collected 49 points with Tech 1 Racing.

References[]

  1. ^ "Sargeant and Fittipaldi join Charouz to complete F3 grid". May 4, 2020. Retrieved May 6, 2020.
  2. ^ "Yeany and Chovanec join Charouz FIA F3 line-up for Spa". August 25, 2021. Retrieved September 11, 2021.
  3. ^ "Yeany and Chovanec join Charouz FIA F3 line-up for Spa". August 25, 2021. Retrieved September 11, 2021.
  4. ^ Rally Archived 2009-02-28 at the Wayback Machine racing.charouz.cz
  5. ^ A1 Team Czech Republic informations Archived 2007-12-30 at the Wayback Machine a1podium.com
  6. ^ A1 Team Brazil informations Archived 2007-12-30 at the Wayback Machine a1podium.com
  7. ^ Allen, Peter (December 14, 2017). "Fuoco and Deletraz to drive for new F2 team Charouz in 2018". FormulaScout. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  8. ^ Chalupa, Martin (May 8, 2018). "Schumacher a Charouz: Spojení těchto dvou má logiku (Schumacher and Charouz: The combination of these two has logic)". Motorsport Monday CZ. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  9. ^ Esler, William (December 11, 2018). "Antonio Fuoco wins F2 Sprint Race in Monaco to give Charouz first win". Sky Sports F1. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  10. ^ Gillard, Aaron (November 25, 2018). "FUOCO ROUNDS OFF F2 SEASON WITH SPRINT RACE VICTORY IN YAS MARINA". The Checkered Flag. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  11. ^ Jump up to: a b "Sauber establish junior team with Charouz Racing System". November 15, 2018. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  12. ^ "CHAROUZ RACING SYSTEM ESTABLISH UNIQUE JUNIOR TEAM PARTNERSHIP WITH SAUBER MOTORSPORT". November 14, 2018. Retrieved January 19, 2019.[permanent dead link]
  13. ^ Simmons, Marcus (October 12, 2018). "FIA Formula 3 2019 team list revealed, including Mercedes ally HWA". Autosport. Motorsport Network. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  14. ^ "Charouz Racing System představil plány na rok 2019. Nechyběl u toho ani Ralf Schumacher (The Charouz Racing System introduced plans for 2019. Ralf Schumacher was also there)". December 18, 2018. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  15. ^ "Deletraz and Piquet sign for Charouz in F2". December 18, 2019.
  16. ^ "Enzo Fittipaldi secures Formula 2 graduation with Charouz". www.motorsport.com. Retrieved 2021-09-11.
  17. ^ GP2 and Formula 3000 entrylist and complete results Archived 2008-01-19 at the Wayback Machine speedsportmag.com
  18. ^ A1GP complete Archived December 26, 2007, at the Wayback Machine resultsresults.a1gp.com
  19. ^ 24h of Le Mans complete results Archived 2011-02-22 at the Wayback Machine wsrp.ic.cz
  20. ^ LMS complete results Archived 2008-09-19 at the Wayback Machine wsrp.ic.cz

External links[]

Achievements
Preceded by
Arden International
World Series Formula V8 3.5 Teams' Champion
2017
Succeeded by
None
(Series ended)
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