Charouz Racing System

Charouz Racing System
Motor racing team
Founded	1985
Country	Czech Republic
Team Principal(s)	Antonín Charouz
Current series	Formula Renault 3.5 Series Eurocup Mégane Trophy Czech Touring Car Championship Czech Rally Championship Czech Sprintrally Championship
Former series	F3000 International Masters A1 Grand Prix Auto GP FIA GT3 European Championship
Drivers
Drivers' titles	2006 F3000 International Masters season (J. Charouz) 2009 Le Mans Series season (J. Charouz), (T. Enge), (S. Mücke) 2012 FIA GT3 European Championship season(D. Baumann), (M. Buhk)
Teams' titles	2006 F3000 International Masters season 2012 FIA GT3 European Championship season

Charouz's Lola B08/60-Aston Martin which the team campaigns in the Le Mans Series

Charouz Racing System (CHRS) is a racing team from Czech Republic, created in 1985 by Antonín Charouz. Currently the team is competing in Auto GP and the Le Mans Series.^{[citation needed]}

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.^[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.^{[citation needed]}

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 Team Jota, the same organization who prepared this car for Charouz in 2007.

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

Results

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	20	0	0	0	10	19th

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.

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
2008	LMP1	10	M	Lola B08/60-Aston Martin 6.0L V12	Jan Charouz Tomáš Enge Stefan Mücke	no	no	354	9th	9th
	LMP1	12	M	Lola B07/17-Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5L V10	Greg Pickett Klaus Graf Jan Lammers	no	no	146	DNF	DNF
2009	LMP1	007	M	Lola-Aston Martin B09/60-Aston Martin 6.0L V12	Jan Charouz Tomáš Enge Stefan Mücke	no	no	373	4th	4th

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	0	0	15	5th
2008	LMP1	Lola B08/60-Aston Martin 6.0L V12	Jan Charouz Stefan Mücke	5	0	0	0	19	5th

References

External links

• Official website
• Antonin Charouz official website