Josef Král

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Josef Král
NationalityCzech Republic Czech
Born (1990-06-15) 15 June 1990 (age 31)
Dvůr Králové (Czech Rep.)
24H Series career
Debut season2016
Current teamScuderia Praha
Car number11
Starts3
Wins1
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finish17th in 2016
Previous series
2016
2010-2012
2009–11
2008–09
2007–08
2007
2006–07
2005		Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup
GP2 Series
GP2 Asia Series
International Formula Master
A1 Grand Prix
Formula BMW UK
Formula BMW ADAC
Czech Formula 1400

Josef Král (born 15 June 1990 in Dvůr Králové nad Labem) is a professional racing driver from the Czech Republic.

Career[]

Karting & early career[]

Král began his motorsport career in karting back in 1998, and during the following seven years he achieved notable success, winning the Czech Republic ICA Junior title in 2003 and the Czech ICA 100 Championship the following year, as well as numerous other titles.

In 2005, Král made his Formula Racing debut, finishing third in the Czech Formula 1400 series.

Formula BMW[]

In 2006, Král made the step up to Formula BMW, competing in the German ADAC series. Driving for Micánek Motorsport, he scored forty points during the year to be classified in twelfth place. At the end of the year, Král switched to Josef Kaufmann Racing to contest the Formula BMW World Final, held in Valencia. He originally finished as runner-up to team-mate Christian Vietoris, but was subsequently disqualified from the race.[1]

Král continued in Formula BMW for 2007, this time switching to the UK series with Räikkönen Robertson Racing. He scored a total of thirteen podium places in eighteen races, including six wins, to finish as runner-up to Swede Marcus Ericsson. He also took part in two Formula BMW ADAC races, taking a single podium position.

Král once again took part in the end-of-season Formula BMW World Final in Valencia, this time driving for Mücke Motorsport. Again, he finished second on the road behind team-mate Philipp Eng, but was disqualified for a technical infringement.[2]

A1 Grand Prix[]

In February 2008, Král made his debut for A1 Team Czech Republic in the South African round of the 2007–08 A1 Grand Prix season.[3] After qualifying towards the back of the grid for both races, he finished eighteenth in the sprint race before retiring from the feature event.

International Formula Master[]

In 2008, Král joined Team JVA to contest the International Formula Master series. He finished the season in sixth place, taking three podium places, including a debut win at Oschersleben.[4]

He remained in the championship for 2009, this time switching to Italian team JD Motorsport.[5] After taking podium places in Valencia, Brno and Brands Hatch, Král won his first race of the season at the Hungaroring, which acted as a support race for the 2009 Hungarian Grand Prix.[6] He added another win at Oschersleben en route to third in the championship.

GP2 Series[]

In October 2009, Král made his debut in a GP2 car, testing for both Ocean Racing Technology and Piquet GP at Jerez in Spain. Later the same month, he signed with British team Super Nova Racing to contest the 2009–10 GP2 Asia Series.[7] This relationship continued into the main series in 2010, when Král teamed up with his former Formula BMW rival Ericsson.[8] During the sprint race at Valencia, Král's car was launched into the air after he collided with Rodolfo González, before landing heavily and hitting the tyre barriers. Král sustained two fractured vertebrae as a result, and was replaced by Luca Filippi until he recovered. After missing ten races, Král returned to action at the final round of the championship, where he scored his first series points.

Král moved to the Arden International team for 2011, partnered by 2010 FIA Formula Two Championship runner-up Jolyon Palmer.[9] He finished tenth in the Asia series. In the main series, he scored his first podium in the Monaco sprint race. Another podium finish at Spa-Francorchamps saw him improve to 15th place in the championship. He moved to reigning teams' champion, Addax, for the 2012 season, alongside Johnny Cecotto, but was replaced by Dani Clos after the first round of the championship.[10] He then returned to the seat for the fourth round of the series.[11] After a run of pointless weekends, he took his first series victory in the sprint race at Spa-Francorchamps, only to be dropped for the following round of the championship in favour of Jake Rosenzweig.[12] He finished 17th in the championship.

Formula One[]

Král tested a Formula One car for the first time at the 2010 season-ending "young drivers" test in Abu Dhabi, with Hispania Racing.[13]

Král revealed in June 2013 that he had a contract in place to race in the 2013 Formula One season with HRT F1 before the team went into administration and eventually closed.[14]

Racing record[]

Career summary[]

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2005 Czech Formula 1400 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 3rd
2006 Formula BMW ADAC Micánek Motorsport 18 0 0 0 0 40 12th
2007 Formula BMW UK Räikkönen Robertson Racing 18 6 1 6 13 636 2nd
Formula BMW ADAC ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg 2 0 0 0 1 56 25th
2007–08 A1 Grand Prix A1 Team Czech Republic 2 0 0 0 0 10 19th
2008 International Formula Master Team JVA 16 1 0 0 3 29 6th
2009 International Formula Master JD Motorsport 16 2 1 3 6 62 3rd
2009–10 GP2 Asia Series Super Nova Racing 8 0 0 0 1 8 11th
2010 GP2 Series Super Nova Racing 10 0 0 0 0 3 24th
Formula One HRT F1 Team Test driver
2011 GP2 Series Arden International 18 0 0 0 2 15 15th
GP2 Asia Series 4 0 0 0 1 8 10th
GP2 Final 2 0 0 0 0 0 16th
2012 GP2 Series Barwa Addax Team 16 1 0 0 1 27 17th
2013 Auto GP Zele Racing 2 0 0 0 0 0 23rd
2016 Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup Scuderia Praha 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup - Pro-Am 1 0 0 0 0 13 30th
2019 Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup Bohemia Energy Racing with Scuderia Praha 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup - Pro-Am 1 0 0 0 0 7 23rd

Complete GP2 Series 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 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 DC Points
2010 Super Nova Racing CAT
FEA
12 		CAT
SPR
19 		MON
FEA
13 		MON
SPR
8 		IST
FEA
15 		IST
SPR
14 		VAL
FEA
Ret 		VAL
SPR
Ret 		SIL
FEA 		SIL
SPR 		HOC
FEA 		HOC
SPR 		HUN
FEA 		HUN
SPR 		SPA
FEA 		SPA
SPR 		MNZ
FEA 		MNZ
SPR 		YMC
FEA
8 		YMC
SPR
5 		24th 3
2011 Arden International IST
FEA
13 		IST
SPR
6 		CAT
FEA
9 		CAT
SPR
21 		MON
FEA
6 		MON
SPR
2 		VAL
FEA
8 		VAL
SPR
Ret 		SIL
FEA
23 		SIL
SPR
20 		NÜR
FEA
18 		NÜR
SPR
11 		HUN
FEA
9 		HUN
SPR
17 		SPA
FEA
8 		SPA
SPR
3 		MNZ
FEA
Ret 		MNZ
SPR
17 		15th 15
2012 Barwa Addax Team SEP
FEA
14 		SEP
SPR
9 		BHR1
FEA 		BHR1
SPR 		BHR2
FEA 		BHR2
SPR 		CAT
FEA
20 		CAT
SPR
16 		MON
FEA
Ret 		MON
SPR
10 		VAL
FEA
DSQ 		VAL
SPR
11 		SIL
FEA
16 		SIL
SPR
10 		HOC
FEA
12 		HOC
SPR
13 		HUN
FEA
24 		HUN
SPR
17 		SPA
FEA
4 		SPA
SPR
1 		MNZ
FEA 		MNZ
SPR 		MRN
FEA 		MRN
SPR 		17th 27

Complete GP2 Asia Series 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
2009–10 Super Nova Racing YMC1
FEA
5 		YMC1
SPR
3 		YMC2
FEA
9 		YMC2
SPR
Ret 		BHR1
FEA
21 		BHR1
SPR
11 		BHR2
FEA
16 		BHR2
SPR
10 		11th 8
2011 Arden International YMC
FEA
6 		YMC
SPR
2 		IMO
FEA
13 		IMO
SPR
9 		10th 8

Complete GP2 Final results[]

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

Year Entrant 1 2 DC Points
2011 Arden International YMC
FEA
20 		YMC
SPR
12 		16th 0

References[]

  1. ^ "DELL Formula BMW World Final 2006 – Race". press.bmw-motorsport.com. 2006-11-26. Retrieved 2009-08-10.
  2. ^ "Formula BMW World Final 2007 – Eng wins Formula BMW World Final and a Formula 1 drive". press.bmw-motorsport.com. 2007-11-25. Retrieved 2009-08-10.
  3. ^ "Youngster in for Czech Republic". a1gp.com. 2008-02-19. Retrieved 2009-08-10.
  4. ^ "International Formula Master 2008". driverdb.com. Retrieved 2009-08-10.
  5. ^ "Kral joins JD Motorsport for 2009 season". f1sa.com. 2009-02-06. Archived from the original on 2012-09-29. Retrieved 2014-11-29.
  6. ^ "IFM: Series Hungaroring race one report". motorsport.com. 2009-10-02. Retrieved 2014-11-29.
  7. ^ "Super Nova signs Kral for GP2 Asia". crash.net. Crash Media Group. 2009-10-23. Retrieved 2009-10-23.
  8. ^ English, Steven (2010-01-14). "Super Nova signs Ericsson, Kral". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 2010-01-14.
  9. ^ "Kral and Palmer join Arden for 2011 GP2 season". gp2series.com. GP2 Series. 2011-01-26. Archived from the original on 2012-07-11. Retrieved 2011-01-26.
  10. ^ "Clos to replace Kral at Addax for GP2 Series's race in Bahrain". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. 2012-04-18. Retrieved 2012-04-23.
  11. ^ Mallett, Thomas (2012-05-10). "Guerin replaces Hartley at Ocean Racing for Barcelona's GP2 race". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 2012-05-15.
  12. ^ Freeman, Glenn (2012-09-06). "Jake Rosenzweig replaces Josef Kral at Addax for Monza". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 2012-09-10.
  13. ^ English, Steven (15 November 2010). "Valsecchi, Kral to test for Hispania". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 15 November 2010.
  14. ^ "Josef Kral tenía un contrato con HRT sobre la mesa para esta temporada". motorpasionf1.com (in Spanish). Motor Pasion F1. 30 June 2013. Retrieved 22 December 2013.

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