Jaroslav Janiš

24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years	2007, 2009
Teams	Spyker Squadron
Best finish	25th (2009)
Class wins	0

Jaroslav "Jarek" Janiš (born 8 July 1983) is a Czech auto racing driver. In 2006 he is racing in the FIA GT Championship. He has taken three pole positions Brno, Dijon and the Hungaroring turning two of them into victories, teamed with Sascha Bert and occasionally former Formula One driver Andrea Montermini. Prior to 2006 he had done six GT Championship races, four of them in a Ferrari 360 Modena for the Menx team in 2003, taking a total of 17.5 points.

He was born in Olomouc, Czechoslovakia, and has a record in single-seater competition. Jarek finished 7th in the German Formula Ford series in 1999, and was 2nd in that series (and 4th in the European Formula Ford series) a year later. By the end of 2001 he had a chance to fill in for countryman Tomáš Enge in the final round of the International Formula 3000 series at Monza. He finished 3rd overall in the European series in 2002,^[1] and raced the international series in 2003. He made his Champ Car debut for Dale Coyne Racing in the penultimate race of 2004. He did some Formula Nippon in Japan in 2005.

He is a former race driver for A1 Team Czech Republic in the A1 Grand Prix series.

He is the older brother of racing driver Erik Janiš.^[2]

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F.Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
1999	Formula Ford 1800 Germany	Eiffelland Racing	8	0	1	0	2	80	7th
2000	Formula Ford 1800 Germany	Eiffelland Racing	8	0	1	2	6	120	2nd
	French Formula Ford Championship		?	1	?	?	3	80	5th
	European Formula Ford Championship		?	?	?	?	?	?	4th
	Formula Palmer Audi Winter Series		4	2	1	0	3	68	3rd
2001	FIA International Formula 3000	Coca-Cola Nordic Racing	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	German Formula Three Championship	Opel Team KMS	11	0	0	0	0	10	22nd
	Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup	Eiffelland Racing	4	0	0	0	0	8	25th
	Formula Renault 2.0 Germany	Eiffelland Racing	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	FIA GT Championship- N-GT	Coca-Cola Racing Team	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	European Le Mans Series - LMP900	Lanesra Racing	1	0	0	0	1	21	17th
2002	Euro Formula 3000	ISR Racing	9	2	3	3	4	36	3rd
2003	FIA International Formula 3000	ISR Racing	9	0	0	0	0	20	8th
	FIA GT Championship - N-GT	MenX	3	0	0	0	1	17.5	15th
	Formula One	Jordan Grand Prix	Test Driver
2004	Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters	Team Rosberg	11	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2004	Champ Car World Series	Dale Coyne Racing	1	0	0	0	0	3	24th
2005	Italian Formula 3000	ma-con	7	1	2	0	5	43	2nd
	Formula Nippon	Kondō Racing	3	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Le Mans Series - GT1	MenX	3	1	0	1	2	23	6th
2006	F3000 International Masters	Charouz Racing System	6	4	2	?	6	54	3rd
2006	FIA GT Championship - GT1	Zakspeed Racing	9	2	4	0	3	57.5	5th
2006–07	A1 Grand Prix	Charouz Racing System	4	0	0	0	0	27	12th
2007	FIA GT Championship - GT2	Scuderia Ecosse	3	0	0	0	1	7	20th
	American Le Mans Series - GT2	Spyker Squadron	2	0	0	0	0	17	30th
	24 Hours of Le Mans - GT2	Spyker Squadron	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2009	Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo - Pro	Lamborghini Racing Eastern Europe	18	0	0	0	5	110	3rd
	Le Mans Series - GT2	Spyker Squadron	3	0	0	0	2	10	12th
	24 Hours of Le Mans - GT2	Spyker Squadron	1	0	0	0	0	0	5th
2010	Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo - Pro	Gravity Charouz Racing	?	0	0	0	0	3	6th
2010	Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe - Pro	Gravity Charouz Racing	3	0	0	0	0	8	9th
2011	FIA GT3 European Championship	Gravity Charouz Racing	6	0	0	0	1	26	20th
2013	FIA GT Series - Pro-Am	Gravity Charouz Racing	2	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2014	Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe - Pro-Am		2	0	0	0	0	10	17th
2015	24H Series - A6-Pro	Gravity Charouz Racing	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2017	24H Series - A6	Gravity Charouz Racing	1	0	0	0	0	15	NC
2023	24H GT Series - GT4	Buggyra ZM Racing
2024	24H Series - GT4	Buggyra ZM Racing

Complete International Formula 3000 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	DC	Points
2001	Coca-Cola Nordic Racing	INT	IMO	CAT	A1R	MON	NUR	MAG	SIL	HOC	HUN	SPA	MNZ 16	NC	0
2003	Superfund ISR - Charouz	IMO DNS	CAT 4	A1R 9	MON 4	NUR 6	MAG Ret	SIL 10	HOC 8	HUN 5	MNZ 6			8th	20

Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters results

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

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Pos	Points
2004	Team Rosberg	AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2003	HOC 13	EST Ret	ADR Ret	LAU 15	NOR 16†	SHA¹ 8	NÜR Ret	OSC 20†	ZAN 16	BRN Ret	HOC Ret	21st	0

^† - Driver did not finish, but completed 90% of the race distance.
¹ - A non-championship one-off race was held in 2004 at the streets of Shanghai, China.

Complete Champ Car World Series results

Year	Team	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Rank	Points	Ref
2004	Dale Coyne Racing	Lola B02/00	Ford XFE V8 t	LBH	MTY	MIL	POR	CLE	TOR	VAN	ROA	DEN	MTL	LS	LVS	SRF 16	MXC	24th	3	^[3]

Complete Italian/Euro Formula 3000 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	DC	Points
2002	Charouz ISR Racing	VLL Ret	PER 2	MOZ 6	SPA Ret	DON 1	BRN 5	DIJ 4	JER 3	CAG 1	3rd	36
2005	Ma-Con Engineering	ADR	VAL 2	CHE Ret	MON 3	MUG 6	MAG 3	MOZ 2	MIS 1		2nd	43

Complete F3000 International Masters 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	DC	Points
2006	Charouz Racing System	MOZ1 1	MOZ2 1	MAG1 1	MAG2 2	BRH1 1	BRH2 3	OSC1	OSC2	BRN1	BRN2	IST1	IST2	EST1	EST2	EST3	3rd	54

Complete Formula Nippon results

(key)

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	DC	Points
2005	Kondo Racing	MOT 12	SUZ 7	SUG 7	FUJ	SUZ	MIN	FUJ	MOT	SUZ	14th	0

Complete A1 Grand Prix 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	DC	Points
2006–07	Czech Republic	NED SPR	NED FEA	CZE SPR PO	CZE FEA PO	CHN SPR PO	CHN FEA PO	MYS SPR PO	MYS FEA PO	IDN SPR 16	IDN FEA 7	NZL SPR	NZL FEA	AUS SPR	AUS FEA	RSA SPR	RSA FEA	MEX SPR 12	MEX FEA 12	CHN SPR	CHN FEA	GBR SPR	GBR SPR	12th	27

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2007	Spyker Squadron	Mike Hezemans Jonny Kane	Spyker C8 Spyder GT2-R	GT2	70	DNF	DNF
2009	Snoras Spyker Squadron	Tom Coronel Jeroen Bleekemolen	Spyker C8 Laviolette GT2-R	GT2	320	25th	5th

FIA GT Championship results

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pos	Points
2006	Zakspeed Racing	Saleen S7-R	SIL 2	BRN 1	OSC 4	SPA 8	RIC 8	DIJ 4	MUG 4	HUN 1	ADR 11		3rd	58
2006	Race Alliance	Aston Martin DBR9										DUB 5	3rd	58

References

^ "Jaroslav Janiš" (in Czech). sportovci.cz. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 14 June 2010.
^ https://www.auto123.com/en/racing-news/jaroslav-janis-interview-by-helena-b?artid=19275 ^{[bare URL]}
^ "Jarek Janiš – 2004 Champ Car World Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 15, 2023.

External links

Official website

[1] "Jaroslav Janiš" (in Czech). sportovci.cz. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 14 June 2010.

[2] ttps://www.auto123.com/en/racing-news/jaroslav-janis-interview-by-helena-b?artid=19275 ^{[bare URL]}

[3] "Jarek Janiš – 2004 Champ Car World Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 15, 2023.

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