Charouz Racing System
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Charouz Racing System | |
|---|---|
| Motor racing team | |
| Founded | 1985 |
| Country |  Czech Republic |
| Team Principal(s) | Antonin Charouz |
| Current series | A1 Grand Prix LMS ICCR ICCR 24 Hours of Le Mans |
| Former series | F3000 International Masters |
| Drivers' titles | 2006 F3000 International Masters (J.Charouz) |
| Teams' titles | 2006 F3000 International Masters |
Charouz Racing System (CHRS) is a racing team from Czech Republic, created in 1985 by Antonin Charouz. The team is mainly currently competing in A1 Grand Prix, Deutsche Touregenwagen Masters and Le Mans Series.
Contents |
[edit] History
In the 1980's, Charouz participated in the European Championship of Circuit Races' 1600 cc division with Toyota Corolla. By 1992, they prepared cars for a special cup series comprised of Ford Fiestas, Escort RS 2000s and Pumas.
Since 1998, Charouz has competed in the European Rally Championship, Slovak Championship and Europan Zone series[1].
When the A1 Grand Prix series debuted in 2005, Charouz managed the A1 Team Czech Republic.[2] The team later took over management duties for A1 Team Brazil.[3] Charouz continues to run these teams.
New for 2007 was 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 enters 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 will be entered at Le Mans under the Charouz banner, but the car will be run by Greg Pickett's Team Cytosport with help from Sam Hignett's Team Jota, the same organization who prepared this car for Charouz last year.
[edit] Results
[edit] Formulas
| A1 Grand Prix results[4] | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Car | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | Fast laps | Points | T.C. |
| 2005-06 | Lola-Zytek | A1 Team Czech Republic |
22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 12th |
| 2006-07 | Lola-Zytek | A1 Team Czech Republic |
22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 12th |
 A1 Team Brazil |
22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 18th | ||
| 2007-08 | Lola-Zytek | A1 Team Czech Republic |
||||||
| A1 Team Brazil |
||||||||
- 2007-08 is the current season.
| F3000 International Masters results | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Car | Drivers | Races | Wins | Poles | Fast laps | Points | D.C. | T.C. |
| 2006 | Lola B02/50-Zytek | Jan Charouz |
15 | 2 | 0 | 75 | 1st | 1st | |
| Jaroslav Janiš |
6 | 4 | 2 | 54 | 3rd | ||||
| Luiz Razia |
3 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 8th | ||||
| Filip Salaquarda |
2 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 12th | ||||
| Tomáš Kostka |
2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 16th | ||||
 Vitaly Petrov |
2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | NC | ||||
- D.C. = Drivers' Championship position, T.C. = Teams' Championship position.
[edit] Sports car
| 24 Hours of Le Mans results[5] | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Class | No | Tyres | Car | Drivers | Pole | Fast lap |
Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
| 2007 | LMP1 | 15 | M | Lola B07/17-Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5L V10 | Jan Charouz Stefan Mücke Alex Yoong |
no | no | 338 | 8th | 5th |
| Le Mans Series results[6] | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Class | Car | Drivers | Races | Wins | Poles | Fast laps | Points | T.C. |
| 2007 | LMP1 | Lola B07/17-Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5L V10 | Jan Charouz Stefan Mücke Alex Yoong |
6 | 0 | 15 | 5th | ||
[edit] References
- ^ Rally racing.charouz.cz
- ^ A1 Team Czech Republic informations a1podium.com
- ^ A1 Team Brazil informations a1podium.com
- ^ A1GP complete resultsresults.a1gp.com
- ^ 24h of Le Mans complete results wsrp.ic.cz
- ^ LMS complete results wsrp.ic.cz
[edit] External links
- racing.charouz.cz, official team website.
- Antonin Charouz, official website.
 This motorsport-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
