Roman Staněk
Staněk in 2021
Born	Roman Staněk Jr. (2004-02-25)25 February 2004 (age 21) Valašské Meziříčí, Czech Republic
Nationality	Czech
FIA Formula 2 Championship career
Debut season	2023
Current team	Invicta Racing
Car number	2
Former teams	Trident
Starts	68
Wins	2
Podiums	5
Poles	1
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	18th in2023
Previous series
2020–2022 2021 2021 2019 2019 2019	FIA Formula 3 Euroformula Open F3 Asian ADAC F4 Italian F4 F4 UAE

Roman Staněk Jr. (Czech pronunciation:[ˈromanˈstaɲɛk]; born 25 February 2004) is a Czechracing driver who competes in theFIA Formula 2 Championship forInvicta Racing.

He previously competed inFIA Formula 3 for three seasons, where he placed fifth in 2022, and is also the2019 ADAC Formula 4 rookies' champion. In2023, he debuted inFIA Formula 2 withTrident before leaving the team mid-2024.

Staněk began karting internationally in 2014, competing in the 60 MINI category until 2016. The following year he moved up to OK Junior, and in 2018 he took part in theKarting World Championship in the OK category.^[1]

Staněk made his single-seater debut in early 2019 at the last round of theFormula 4 UAE Championship, as a guest driver for Dragon Racing.^[2]He was named as a development driver for theSauber Junior Team in 2019.^[3]

For the main season, Stanĕk combined theADAC Formula 4 andItalian F4 championships, driving for theSauber-backedUS Racing-CHRS team in both. Eventually racking up three race wins and nine podiums across the two series, he was especially successful in the former, where he finished 4th in the standings and won the rookies' championship ahead ofMercedes juniorPaul Aron. He starred at the opening round inOschersleben, getting a 2nd place and a commanding race 3 win which saw him take the lead of the championship.^[4][5] His other two victories of the season came in the ADAC F4Nürburgring and Italian F4Imola rounds.^[6][7]

Staněk was originally due to drive for thePrema Powerteam in the2020 Formula Regional European Championship, but later during theCOVID-19 lockdown, switched toCharouz Racing System for what he thought was aFormula 2 drive.^[8][9][10] He was instead placed in one of the team'sFIA Formula 3 seats on the Thursday prior to the season opener, replacing the outgoingNiko Kari and becoming the youngest driver in the championship.^[11] With no previous testing, he struggled throughout the season, his sole points-scoring finish coming at the penultimate round inMonza.^[12] Staněk later described the move as "a mistake I really regret, because it could have ruined my career".^[10]

For the 2021 season, Staněk joinedHitech Grand Prix to race in theF3 Asian Championship andFIA Formula 3.^[13][14] He finished 10th in the former and 16th in the latter, with two podium finishes.^[15] He also made a one-off appearance in theEuroformula Open forTeam Motopark atImola and managed to take a win and a second place.^[16]

In 2022, upon testing for them in post-season, Staněk moved to reigning teams' championsTrident for his third season inFIA Formula 3.^[17] Following a bad start to the season atBahrain, where he suffered punctures in both races that sent him down the order, the Czech driver achieved his first-ever F3 victory inImola, putting himself third in the championship after two rounds.^[18][19] Staněk would continue this form into the next weekend atBarcelona, where he took pole position.^[20] During the feature race, he lost the lead toVictor Martins, but still finished in second place.^[21] Misfortune caught Staněk inSilverstone, where a collision withGrégoire Saucy forced him out of the race.^[22] The Czech driver wouldn't score a better finish than fifth in the following two rounds, before bouncing back into title contention with two second places atSpa-Francorchamps.^[23][24] Having scored more points atZandvoort, Staněk arrived at the season finale inMonza sitting third in the drivers' standings.^[25] Despite a positive qualifying session, Staněk was unable to take advantage in the races, which meant that he finished fifth in the championship.^[26][27]

Stanĕk partook in the 2022 F2 post-season test withTrident.^[28] On 11 January 2023, it was announced that he would be promoted to Formula 2 on a full-time basis with the Italian outfit, partnering FrenchmanClément Novalak.^[29] The season proved challenging, and despite flashes of speed that included a run from 22nd to seventh atMonaco and qualifying third atMonza, the Czech driver finished 18th in the standings.^[30][31]

Staněk took part in the2023 Macau Grand Prix forTrident, a race where he finished 12th.^[32]

After a period of financial uncertainty,^[33] Staněk eventually found new sponsorship from theCzechoslovak Group (CSG) and was retained byTrident to partnerRichard Verschoor in2024.^[34][35] He achieved his first Formula 2 win in the third round atMelbourne, after a fruitful defensive display and a penalty to on-track winnerIsack Hadjar.^[36]

Following theMonza round, Staněk parted ways with Trident owing to unsatisfactory equipment and lack of budget,^[37] and was replaced byFormula 3 graduateChristian Mansell.^[38] He finished the season in 22nd overall with fourteen points.^[39]

Despite missing the final three rounds in2024, Staněk would continue inFormula 2 for 2025 withInvicta Racing, partnering2024 FIA Formula 3 championLeonardo Fornaroli.^[40] He took his firstFormula 2 Feature Race win atSpa-Francorchamps.

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^† As Staněk was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.

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^† As Staněk was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.

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^† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as they completed more than 90% of the race distance.

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Year	Team	Car	Qualifying	Quali Race	Main race
2023	Trident Motorsport	Dallara F3 2019	20th	19th	12th

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