Charouz Racing System

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 Antonín Charouz.

Charouz Racing System
Founded1985
BasePrague, Czech Republic
Team principal(s)Antonín Charouz
Current seriesFIA Formula 2 Championship
FIA Formula 3 Championship
ADAC Formula 4
Italian F4 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
Current drivers Louis Delétraz[1]
Pedro Piquet[1]
Igor Fraga[2]
Niko Kari[2]
David Schumacher[2]
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 campaigns in the Le Mans Series

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.[3]

When the A1 Grand Prix series debuted in 2005, Charouz managed the A1 Team Czech Republic.[4] The team later took over management duties for A1 Team Brazil.[5]

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.[6][7] 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.[8][9][10]

In November 2018, it was announced that Charouz would serve as a junior team to the Sauber Formula One team from 2019 onwards.[10]. For 2019, the team expanded into Italian F4 and the newly created FIA Formula 3 Championship, while continuing its collaboration with US Racing in ADAC Formula 4.[11][12][13]

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.[14] Both will drive for the Charouz Racing System in its third consecutive season in the FIA Formula 2 Championship.

Current series results

FIA Formula 2 Championship
Year Car Drivers Races Wins Poles FLaps D.C. T.C. Points
2018 Dallara F2 2018-Mecachrome Louis Delétraz 24 0 0 0 10th 6th 215
Antonio Fuoco 24 2 0 1 7th
2019 Dallara F2 2018-Mecachrome Callum Ilott 20 0 1 0 11th* 7th* 92*
Juan Manuel Correa 16 0 0 0 13th*
Matevos Isaakyan 2 0 0 0 24th*

FIA Formula 3 Championship
Year Car Drivers Races Wins Poles FLaps Points D.C. T.C.
2019 Dallara-Mecachrome Fabio Scherer 16 0 0 0 7 17th 8th
Lirim Zendeli 16 0 0 0 6 18th
Raoul Hyman 16 0 0 0 2 22nd

ADAC Formula 4
Year Car Drivers Races Wins Poles Fast laps Points D.C. T.C.
2018 Tatuus F4-T014 Petr Ptáček 3 0 0 0 0 NC† 1st
David Schumacher 21 0 0 0 103 9th
Mick Wishofer 21 1 0 3 160 6th
Lirim Zendeli 21 10 8 8 348 1st
Tom Beckhäuser 21 0 0 0 4 21st
2019 Tatuus F4-T014 Roman Staněk 20 2 0 1 165 4th 1st
Arthur Leclerc 20 1 1 2 202 3rd
Théo Pourchaire 20 4 6 2 258 1st
Alessandro Ghiretti 20 0 0 0 136 6th

Italian F4 Championship
Year Car Drivers Races Wins Poles Fast laps D.C. T.C. Points
2019 Tatuus F4-T014 Roman Staněk 18 1 5 1 5th 5th 144
  • Charouz Racing System competed under the name US Racing - CHRS.

† Ineligible for the position in the championship

Former series results

Formula 3000
International Formula 3000 results[15]
Year Car Drivers Races Wins Poles F.L. Points D.C. T.C.
2003 Lola B02/50-Zytek Judd Jaroslav Janiš 9 0 0 0 20 7th 6th
Yannick Schroeder 8 0 0 0 13 12th

A1 Grand Prix
A1 Grand Prix results[16]
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
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 0 75 1st 1st
Jaroslav Janiš 6 4 2 4 54 3rd
Luiz Razia 3 3 0 2 30 8th
Filip Salaquarda 2 0 0 1 16 12th
Tomáš Kostka 2 1 1 1 11 16th
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[17]
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 Jan Charouz
Stefan Mücke
Alex Yoong		 no no 338 8th 5th
2008 LMP1 M Lola B08/60-Aston Martin 6.0L V12 Jan Charouz
Tomáš Enge
Stefan Mücke		 no no 354 9th 9th
LMP1 M Lola B07/17-Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5L V10 Greg Pickett
Klaus Graf
Jan Lammers		 no no 146 DNF DNF
2009 LMP1 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
Le Mans Series results[18]
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
2009 LMP1 Lola B09/60-Aston Martin 6.0L V12 Tomáš Enge
Jan Charouz
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 Brendon Hartley 17 0 0 2 95 7th 7th
Jan Charouz 17 0 0 1 10 25th
2012 Dallara FR35/12-Renault Marco Sørensen 17 1 0 0 122 6th 6th
Kevin Korjus[N 1] 17 0 0 0 69 10th
Nigel Melker 2 0 0 0 15 19th
Richie Stanaway 5 0 0 0 8 22nd
César Ramos 4 0 0 0 0 30th
2013 Dallara FR35/12-Renault Marco Sørensen 17 2 2 1 113 7th 7th
Marlon Stöckinger 17 0 0 0 23 18th
2014 Dallara FR35/12-Renault Matthieu Vaxivière 13 0 0 0 83 8th 5th
Marlon Stöckinger 17 0 0 0 73 9th
Richie Stanaway 4 0 0 0 21 18th
2015 Dallara FR35/12-Renault Matthieu Vaxivière 18 3 5 5 234 2nd 2nd
Meindert van Buuren 9 0 0 1 20 15th
Marlon Stöckinger 8 0 0 0 14 17th
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 René Binder 18 0 0 0 161 7th 2nd
Roy Nissany 18 3 3 5 189 4th
2017 Dallara T12-Zytek René Binder 18 4 2 3 201 4th 1st
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 Tomáš Kostka 2 0 0 0 0 27th 2nd
Stefano Coletti 2 0 0 0 2 20th
Natacha Gachnang 6 0 0 0 1 21st
Esteban Guerrieri 2 0 0 0 5 18th
Walter Grubmüller 6 0 0 0 2 19th
Alexander Sims 4 0 0 0 0 25th
Jan Charouz 12 0 0 0 36 4th
Adrien Tambay 12 1 0 1 29 6th
  • The team competed as Gravity–Charouz Racing.

Timeline
Current series
FIA Formula 2 Championship 2018-2019
ADAC Formula 4 2018-2019
Italian F4 Championship 2019
FIA Formula 3 Championship 2019
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

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. "Delétraz and Piquet sign with Charouz Racing System". December 18, 2019. Retrieved December 31, 2019.
  2. "Charouz sign Kari, Schumacher and Fraga for 2020". February 5, 2020. Retrieved February 16, 2020.
  3. Rally Archived 2009-02-28 at the Wayback Machine racing.charouz.cz
  4. A1 Team Czech Republic informations a1podium.com
  5. A1 Team Brazil informations a1podium.com
  6. Allen, Peter (December 14, 2017). "Fuoco and Deletraz to drive for new F2 team Charouz in 2018". FormulaScout. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. Gillard, Aaron (November 25, 2018). "FUOCO ROUNDS OFF F2 SEASON WITH SPRINT RACE VICTORY IN YAS MARINA". The Checkered Flag. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  10. "Sauber establish junior team with Charouz Racing System". November 15, 2018. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  11. "CHAROUZ RACING SYSTEM ESTABLISH UNIQUE JUNIOR TEAM PARTNERSHIP WITH SAUBER MOTORSPORT". November 14, 2018. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  12. Simmons, Marcus (October 12, 2018). "FIA Formula 3 2019 team list revealed, including Mercedes ally HWA". Autosport. Motorsport Network. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  13. "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.
  14. "Deletraz and Piquet sign for Charouz in F2". December 18, 2019.
  15. GP2 and Formula 3000 entrylist and complete results speedsportmag.com
  16. A1GP complete Archived December 26, 2007, at the Wayback Machine resultsresults.a1gp.com
  17. 24h of Le Mans complete results Archived 2011-02-22 at the Wayback Machine wsrp.ic.cz
  18. LMS complete results Archived 2008-09-19 at the Wayback Machine wsrp.ic.cz
Achievements
Preceded by
Arden International
 World Series Formula V8 3.5 Teams' Champion
2017
 Succeeded by
None
(Series ended)
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