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.Rally racing.charouz.cz
When the A1 Grand Prix series debuted in 2005, Charouz managed the A1 Team Czech Republic. a1podium.com The team later took over management duties for A1 Team Brazil. a1podium.com
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. 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.
In November 2018, it was announced that Charouz would serve as a junior team to the Sauber Formula One team from 2019 onwards. For 2019, the team expanded into the newly created FIA Formula 3 Championship, while continuing its collaboration with US Racing in ADAC Formula 4.
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. 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. Logan Sargeant would take Charouz's lone victory in FIA Formula 3 that year, helping the team to 5th in the constructor's championship.
Fittipaldi would continue for 2022, partnering Cem Bölükbaşı at the start of the season. Their Formula 3 team ran 8 different drivers throughout the season, and finished 10th in the championship, with Francesco Pizzi scoring the team's solitary point.
In 2023, German team PHM Racing took over the assets of the Charouz F2 and F3 teams, racing under the moniker PHM Racing by Charouz.
From the 2024 season onwards, the F2 and F3 teams were fully rebranded to PHM AIX Racing, and then to AIX Racing, after an acquisition from the AIX Investment Group.
Former series results FIA Formula 2 Championship Year Chassis Engine Tyres Drivers Races Wins Poles Podiums DallaraF2 2018 MecachromeV634T V6 t Antonio Fuoco 23 2 0 1 6 7th 141 6th 215 Louis Delétraz 24 0 0 0 190 10th 74 DallaraF2 2018 MecachromeV634T V6 t Callum Ilott 21 0 1 0 2 1st 74 6th 110 Juan Manuel Correa 16 0 0 0 2 13th 36 Matevos Isaakyan 4 0 0 0 0 25th 0 DallaraF2 2018 MecachromeV634T V6 t Louis Delétraz 24 0 0 2 5 8th 134 7th 137 Pedro Piquet 24 0 0 0 0 20th 3 DallaraF2 2018 MecachromeV634T V6 t David Beckmann 12 0 0 0 2 15th 25 10th 28 Enzo Fittipaldi 8 0 0 0 0 20th 2 Richard Verschoor 3 0 0 0 0 11th 1 Guilherme Samaia 23 0 0 0 0 24th 0 DallaraF2 2018 MecachromeV634T V6 t Enzo Fittipaldi 28 0 0 0 6 8th 126 8th 130 Cem Bölükbaşı 16 0 0 0 0 24th 0 David Beckmann 2 0 485 0 0 18th 4 Tatiana Calderón 7 0 0 0 0 28th 0
In detail (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year 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 25 26 27 28 Points BHRFEA BHRSPR BAKFEA BAKSPR CATFEA CATSPR MONFEA MONSPR LECFEA LECSPR RBRFEA RBRSPR SILFEA SILSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR SPAFEA SPASPR MNZFEA MNZSPR SOCFEA SOCSPR YMCFEA YMCSPR 6th 215 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 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 BHRFEA BHRSPR BAKFEA BAKSPR CATFEA CATSPR MONFEA MONSPR LECFEA LECSPR RBRFEA RBRSPR SILFEA SILSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR SPAFEA SPASPR MNZFEA MNZSPR SOCFEA SOCSPR YMCFEA YMCSPR 6th 110 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 Juan Manuel Correa 16 18 7 2 Ret 15 16† 12 7 2 11 10 12 10 14 14 C C Matevos Isaakyan 18 13 15 Ret RBRFEA RBRSPR RBRFEA RBRSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR SILFEA SILSPR SILFEA SILSPR CATFEA CATSPR SPAFEA SPASPR MNZFEA MNZSPR MUGFEA MUGSPR SOCFEA SOCSPR BHRFEA BHRSPR BHRFEA BHRSPR 7th 137 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 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 BHRSP1 BHRSP2 BHRFEA MONSP1 MONSP2 MONFEA BAKSP1 BAKSP2 BAKFEA SILSP1 SILSP2 SILFEA MNZSP1 MNZSP2 MNZFEA SOCSP1 SOCSP2 SOCFEA JEDSP1 JEDSP2 JEDFEA YMCSP1 YMCSP2 YMCFEA10th28 David Beckmann 3 7 11 12 Ret 13 9 2 12 13 8 15 Enzo Fittipaldi Ret 16 11 17 C 12 12 7 Ret Richard Verschoor Ret 11 10 Guilherme Samaia 11 11 16 17 13 15 17 14 18 Ret 17 20 Ret Ret Ret 13 C 13 Ret Ret 17 16 12 16 BHRSPR BHRFEA JEDSPR JEDFEA IMOSPR IMOFEA CATSPR CATFEA MONSPR MONFEA BAKSPR BAKFEA SILSPR SILFEA RBRSPR RBRFEA LECSPR LECFEA HUNSPR HUNFEA SPASPR SPAFEA ZANSPR ZANFEA MNZSPR MNZFEA YMCSPR YMCFEA 8th 130 Enzo Fittipaldi 11 13 10 11 12 2 8 6 4 5 Ret 6 3 11 8 2 Ret 10 3 2 13 10 13 5 12 3 Ret 14 Cem Bölükbaşı 14 14 WD WD 18 20 12 11 18† Ret 19 18 NC Ret 15 Ret 16 13 David Beckmann Ret 8 Tatiana Calderón 19 18 Ret Ret Ret DNS 20 18
FIA Formula 3 Championship Year Chassis Engine Tyres Drivers Races Wins Poles Podiums 2019 DallaraF3 2019 MecachromeV634 V6 Lirim Zendeli 14 0 0 0 0 18th 6 8th 15 Fabio Scherer 16 0 0 0 0 17th 7 Raoul Hyman 16 0 0 0 0 22nd 2 2020 DallaraF3 2019 MecachromeV634 V6 Roman Staněk 18 0 0 0 0 21st 310th5 Igor Fraga 16 0 0 0 0 24th 1 David Schumacher 12 0 0 0 0 28th 0 Michael Belov 6 0 0 0 0 23rd 12021 DallaraF3 2019 MecachromeV634 V6 Logan Sargeant2010047th1025th127 Enzo Fittipaldi12000117th25 Hunter Yeany6000033rd0 Ayrton Simmons2000035th0 Reshad de Gerus12001028th0 Zdeněk Chovanec8000034th0 2022 DallaraF3 2019 MecachromeV634 V6 László Tóth 18 0 0 0 0 37th 0 10th 1 Ayrton Simmons 2 0 0 0 0 35th 0 David Schumacher 4 0 0 0 0 28th 0 Lirim Zendeli 2 0 0 0 0 31st 0 Zdeněk Chovanec 4 0 0 0 0 40th 0 Christian Mansell 4 0 0 0 0 38th 0 Alessandro Famularo 2 0 0 0 0 39th 0 Francesco Pizzi 18 0 0 0 0 27th 1
In detail (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Drivers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Points 2019 CATFEA CATSPR LECFEA LECSPR RBRFEA RBRSPR SILFEA SILSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR SPAFEA SPASPR MNZFEA MNZSPR SOCFEA SOCSPR 8th 15 Lirim Zendeli 14 11 Ret 16 8 7 15 9 Ret 20 22 22† Ret 18 WD WD Fabio Scherer 27 Ret 15 Ret Ret 23 16 8 15 13 27 18 8 7 Ret Ret Raoul Hyman 21 Ret 17 13 19 16 Ret 18 22 25 26 Ret 15 17 9 13 2020 RBRFEA RBRSPR RBRFEA RBRSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR SILFEA SILSPR SILFEA SILSPR CATFEA CATSPR SPAFEA SPASPR MNZFEA MNZSPR MUGFEA MUGSPR 10th 5 Roman Staněk 17 23 17 24 23 20 17 18 22 15 22 19 24 18 11 8 26† 18 Igor Fraga 16 25 26 14 15 Ret 15 Ret 18 10 24 18 19 27 24 17 David Schumacher 25 15 12 17 16 13 25 15 15 Ret 23 25 Michael Belov 20 Ret 10 13 27 232021CATSP1CATSP2CATFEALECSP1LECSP2LECFEARBRSP1RBRSP2RBRFEAHUNSP1HUNSP2HUNFEASPASP1SPASP2SPAFEAZANSP1ZANSP2ZANFEASOCSP1SOCSP2SOCFEA5th127 Logan Sargeant 4 Ret 9 4 12 Ret 15 Ret 8 3 9 10 8 3 7 2 10 6 1 C 4 Enzo Fittipaldi 12 Ret 19 21 17 11 4 8 15 12 2 9 Hunter Yeany 18 26 NC Ret 23 22 Ayrton Simmons 24 C 21 Reshad de Gerus 20 13 23 19 25 21 20 23 17 24 18 20 Zdeněk Chovanec 26 23 24 26 20 23 26 C 20 2022 BHRSPR BHRFEA IMOSPR IMOFEA CATSPR CATFEA SILSPR SILFEA RBRSPR RBRFEA HUNSPR HUNFEA SPASPR SPAFEA ZANSPR ZANFEA MNZSPR MNZFEA 10th 1 László Tóth 22 24 19 25 26 23 Ret 21 23 19 26 Ret 22 25 27 22 22 19 Ayrton Simmons 18 19 David Schumacher 18 12 20 15 Lirim Zendeli 20 15 Zdeněk Chovanec Ret 24 26 Ret Christian Mansell 22 23 Ret 23 Alessandro Famularo 23 23 Francesco Pizzi 19 Ret 10 Ret 24 18 24 14 15 24 21 27 19 21 16 18 17 16
Formula 3000 International Formula 3000 resultsGP2 and Formula 3000 entrylist and complete results speedsportmag.com Year Car Drivers Races Wins Poles Points 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 resultsA1GP complete resultsresults.a1gp.com Year Car Team Races Wins Poles Fast laps Points T.C. 2005–06 Lola A1GP-Zytek A1 Team Czech Republic 22 1 0 0 56 12th 2006–07 Lola A1GP-Zytek A1 Team Czech Republic 22 0 0 0 27 12th A1 Team Brazil 22 0 0 0 9 18th 2007–08 Lola A1GP-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 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
24 Hours of Le Mans 24 Hours of Le Mans results24h of Le Mans complete results wsrp.ic.cz Year Class Tyres Car Drivers Pole Fastlap Laps Pos. ClassPos. 2007 LMP1 Lola B07/17-Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5L V10 Jan Charouz Stefan Mücke Alex Yoong no no 338 8th 5th 2008 LMP1 Lola B08/60-Aston Martin 6.0L V12 Jan Charouz Tomáš Enge Stefan Mücke no no 354 9th 9th LMP1 Lola B07/17-Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5L V10 Greg Pickett Klaus Graf Jan Lammers no no 146 DNF DNF 2009 LMP1 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 resultsLMS complete results wsrp.ic.cz 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 Points 2011 Dallara T08-Renault Brendon Hartley 17 0 0 2 95 7th 7th Jan Charouz 17 0 0 1 10 25th 2012 Dallara T12-Renault Marco Sørensen 17 1 0 0 122 6th 6th Kevin Korjus 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 T12-Renault Marco Sørensen 17 2 2 1 113 7th 7th Marlon Stöckinger 17 0 0 0 23 18th 2014 Dallara T12-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 T12-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
World Series Formula V8 3.5 World Series Formula V8 3.5 Results Year Car Drivers Races Wins Poles Points 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
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