| Josef Král | |
|---|---|
| Nationality |  Czech |
| Born | (1990-06-15)15 June 1990 (age 35) |
| 24H Series career | |
| Debut season | 2016 |
| Current team | Scuderia Praha |
| Racing licence |  FIA Silver |
| Car number | 11 |
| Starts | 3 |
| Wins | 1 |
| Poles | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
| Best finish | 17th in2016 |
| Previous series | |
| 2016 2010–12 2009–11 2008–09 2007–08 2007 2006–07 2005 | Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup GP2 Series GP2 Asia Series International Formula Master A1 Grand Prix Formula BMW UK Formula BMWADAC Czech Formula 1400 |
Josef Král (born 15 June 1990 inDvůr Králové nad Labem) is a professionalracing driver from theCzech Republic and current Formula 1 commentator on Czech TV station Nova Sport 5.
Král began his motorsport career inkarting back in 1998, and during the following seven years he achieved notable success, winning the Czech RepublicICA Junior title in 2003 and the Czech ICA 100 Championship the following year, as well as numerous other titles.
In 2005, Král made hisFormula Racing debut, finishing third in the Czech Formula 1400 series.
In 2006, Král made the step up toFormula BMW, competing in theGermanADAC series. Driving for Micánek Motorsport, he scored forty points during the year to be classified in twelfth place. At the end of the year, Král switched to Josef Kaufmann Racing to contest the Formula BMW World Final, held inValencia. He originally finished as runner-up to team-mateChristian Vietoris, but was subsequently disqualified from the race.[1]
Král continued in Formula BMW for 2007, this time switching to theUK series withRäikkönen Robertson Racing. He scored a total of thirteen podium places in eighteen races, including six wins, to finish as runner-up toSwedeMarcus Ericsson. He also took part in two Formula BMW ADAC races, taking a single podium position.
Král once again took part in the end-of-season Formula BMW World Final in Valencia, this time driving for Mücke Motorsport. Again, he finished second on the road behind team-matePhilipp Eng, but was disqualified for a technical infringement.[2]
In February 2008, Král made his debut forA1 Team Czech Republic in theSouth African round of the2007–08 A1 Grand Prix season.[3] After qualifying towards the back of the grid for both races, he finished eighteenth in the sprint race before retiring from the feature event.
In2008, Král joinedTeam JVA to contest theInternational Formula Master series. He finished the season in sixth place, taking three podium places, including a debut win atOschersleben.[4]
He remained in the championship for2009, this time switching toItalian team JD Motorsport.[5] After taking podium places in Valencia,Brno andBrands Hatch, Král won his first race of the season at theHungaroring, which acted as a support race for the2009 Hungarian Grand Prix.[6] He added another win atOschersleben en route to third in the championship.
In October 2009, Král made his debut in aGP2 car, testing for bothOcean Racing Technology andPiquet GP atJerez inSpain. Later the same month, he signed withBritish teamSuper Nova Racing to contest the2009–10 GP2 Asia Series.[7] This relationship continued into the main series in2010, when Král teamed up with his former Formula BMW rival Ericsson.[8] During the sprint race atValencia, Král's car was launched into the air after he collided withRodolfo González, before landing heavily and hitting the tyre barriers. Král sustained two fractured vertebrae as a result, and was replaced byLuca Filippi until he recovered. After missing ten races, Král returned to action at the final round of the championship, where he scored his first series points.
Král moved to theArden International team for 2011, partnered by2010 FIA Formula Two Championship runner-upJolyon Palmer.[9] He finished tenth in theAsia series. In themain series, he scored his first podium in theMonaco sprint race. Another podium finish atSpa-Francorchamps saw him improve to 15th place in the championship. He moved to reigning teams' champion,Addax, for the2012 season, alongsideJohnny Cecotto, but was replaced byDani Clos after the first round of the championship.[10] He then returned to the seat for the fourth round of the series.[11] After a run of pointless weekends, he took his first series victory in the sprint race atSpa-Francorchamps, only to be dropped for the following round of the championship in favour ofJake Rosenzweig.[12] He finished 17th in the championship.
Král tested a Formula One car for the first time at the2010 season-ending "young drivers" test inAbu Dhabi, withHispania Racing.[13]
Král revealed in June 2013 that he had a contract in place to race in the2013 Formula One season withHRT F1 before the team went into administration and eventually closed.[14]
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| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Micánek Motorsport | HOC 1 8 | HOC 2 11 | LAU 1 11 | LAU 2 13 | NÜR 1 9 | NÜR 2 20 | OSC 1 13 | OSC 2 4 | OSC 1 10 | OSC 2 9 | NOR 1 9 | NOR 2 10 | NÜR 1 11 | NÜR 2 11 | ZAN 1 9 | ZAN 2 5 | HOC 1 5 | HOC 2 10 | 12th | 40 |
| 2007 | ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg | OSC1 1 | OSC1 2 | LAU 1 | LAU 2 | NOR 1 | NOR 2 | NÜR1 1 | NÜR1 2 | ZAN 1 | ZAN 2 | OSC2 1 | OSC2 2 | NÜR2 1 | NÜR2 2 | CAT 1 | CAT 2 | HOC 1 13 | HOC 2 2 | 25th | 56 |
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | DC | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Räikkönen Robertson Racing | BRH 1 Ret | BRH 2 18 | ROC 1 1 | ROC 2 1 | THR 1 3 | THR 2 1 | CRO 1 3 | CRO 2 1 | OUL 1 1 | OUL 2 2 | DON 1 5 | DON 2 2 | SNE 1 2 | SNE 2 1 | BRH 1 10 | BRH 2 2 | KNO 1 4 | KNO 2 3 | 2nd | 636 |
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics 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 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007–08 | Czech Republic | NED SPR | NED FEA | CZE SPR | CZE FEA | MYS SPR | MYS FEA | ZHU SPR | ZHU FEA | NZL SPR | NZL FEA | AUS SPR | AUS FEA | RSA SPR 18 | RSA FEA Ret | MEX SPR | MEX FEA | SHA SPR | SHA FEA | GBR SPR | GBR SPR | 19th | 10 |
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Team JVA | VAL 1 17 | VAL 2 9 | PAU 1 16 | PAU 2 10 | BRN 1 12 | BRN 2 12 | EST 1 13 | EST 2 14 | BRH 1 Ret | BRH 2 Ret | OSC 1 7 | OSC 2 1 | IMO 1 8 | IMO 2 2 | MNZ 1 7 | MNZ 2 3 | 6th | 29 |
| 2009 | JD Motorsport | PAU 1 Ret | PAU 2 13 | VAL 1 2 | VAL 2 4 | BRN 1 3 | BRN 2 DSQ | BRH 1 2 | BRH 2 5 | HUN 1 1 | HUN 2 Ret | SPA 1 7 | SPA 2 Ret | OSC 1 6 | OSC 2 1 | IMO 1 4 | IMO 2 2 | 3rd | 62 |
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics 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 | 23 | 24 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Super Nova Racing | CAT FEA 12 | CAT SPR 19 | MON FEA 13 | MON SPR 8 | IST FEA 15 | IST SPR 14 | VAL FEA Ret | VAL SPR Ret | SIL FEA | SIL SPR | HOC FEA | HOC SPR | HUN FEA | HUN SPR | SPA FEA | SPA SPR | MNZ FEA | MNZ SPR | YMC FEA 8 | YMC SPR 5 | 24th | 3 | ||||
| 2011 | Arden International | IST FEA 13 | IST SPR 6 | CAT FEA 9 | CAT SPR 21 | MON FEA 6 | MON SPR 2 | VAL FEA 8 | VAL SPR Ret | SIL FEA 23 | SIL SPR 20 | NÜR FEA 18 | NÜR SPR 11 | HUN FEA 9 | HUN SPR 17 | SPA FEA 8 | SPA SPR 3 | MNZ FEA Ret | MNZ SPR 17 | 15th | 15 | ||||||
| 2012 | Barwa Addax Team | SEP FEA 14 | SEP SPR 9 | BHR1 FEA | BHR1 SPR | BHR2 FEA | BHR2 SPR | CAT FEA 20 | CAT SPR 16 | MON FEA Ret | MON SPR 10 | VAL FEA DSQ | VAL SPR 11 | SIL FEA 16 | SIL SPR 10 | HOC FEA 12 | HOC SPR 13 | HUN FEA 24 | HUN SPR 17 | SPA FEA 4 | SPA SPR 1 | MNZ FEA | MNZ SPR | MRN FEA | MRN SPR | 17th | 27 |
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| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009–10 | Super Nova Racing | YMC1 FEA 5 | YMC1 SPR 3 | YMC2 FEA 9 | YMC2 SPR Ret | BHR1 FEA 21 | BHR1 SPR 11 | BHR2 FEA 16 | BHR2 SPR 10 | 11th | 8 |
| 2011 | Arden International | YMC FEA 6 | YMC SPR 2 | IMO FEA 13 | IMO SPR 9 | 10th | 8 |
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Arden International | YMC FEA 20 | YMC SPR 12 | 16th | 0 |