Date of Birth: 1.7.1954
Nationality: Czech
Place of Residence: Prague
Profession: Racecar driver, businessman
Status: married, wife Markéta
Children: 2 sons - Honza and Petr

• 36 champion titles (after 2007 season)
• European champion racecar driver uphill group. B (1985)
• European champion racecar driver uphill group. N (1992)
• FIA champion – Central Europe Zone in track automobile racing (2005)
• 8x Czechoslovak champion in uphill racing
• 7x Czechoslovak champion in track automobile racing
• 16x Czech Republic champion in track automobile racing
• Winner of Pikes Peak race (1994)
• World champion of the touring car track racing (1987)
• Champion in Austrian uphill racing (1992)
• Czechoslovak champion in automobile competitions (1976)
• Founder of the BPA sport marketing agency
• Manager of racecar drivers Tomáš Enge, Jarek Janiš, Erik Janiš, Jan Charouz, Adam Lacko & Roman Kresta
• Founder of the Ford Fiesta Cup race in the Czech Republic
• Organizer of the Euro F3000, DTM and A1GP races in the Czech Republic
• 5x recipient of the Golden Steering Wheel
• Recipient of the Fair Play award from the International Olympic Committee

Basic Information

Racecar driver Antonín Charouz can be proud of a wide range of victories. In the 2007 season, he broadened his extraordinary collection to 36 champion titles! Among the most significant milestones of his career are the two European championships in uphill racing in the years 1985 (group B) and 1992 (group N). On three occasions, he participated in the American uphill race Pikes Peak, which is considered the unofficial world championship in uphill racecar driving. In the year 1995, he won this race in his category and set a new track record. Antonin Charouz is the only Czech racer who managed to win the world championship in touring car track racing. Other distinctions belonging to Antonin Charouz on foreign tracks include the Austrian uphill championship (1992) and the FIA championship – Central European Zone (2005). On the home front of automobile sports, he has won 32 championship titles, both on tracks, in uphill races, and other automobile competitions. He expands upon his victories to this day, as he regularly competes with his Mercedes-Benz AMG C- Klasse DTM in the international championship of the Czech Republic and the Division 4 races, and continues to be set the standard for his competitors. Antonin Charouz is the five-time winner of the prestigious Golden Steering Wheel award (1985, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992) and the holder of many other trophies, including the Fair Play award given by the International Olympics Committee. Meanwhile, he has been able to demonstrate his organizational and managerial abilities in the motorsports world. He understands that one needs to do much more than steer a car in order to race. He was the first driver to start in the red and white colors of the Marlboro Company. In 1993, he formed the Bohemian Promotion Agency (later BPA sport marketing a.s.), initially for the purpose of organizing and financially supporting Czech racecar drivers. Progressively, its activities have grown into various motorsports events that support the development of motorsports in the Czech Republic.

The BPA agency has not only taken part in local automobile championships that raised the stakes of European racing, but also brought a host of interesting races to the Czech tracks. First the Fiesta Cup, which during its time became a hit on the local motor scene, and later others like Formula Ford, Formula BMW, a series of races called Euro F3000, in 2004 and 2005 the prestigious championship DTM, and in October of 2006 the first A1GP series World Championship of Motorsports.

Of course, BPA has supported and continues to support a number of Czech drivers beginning to prove themselves on foreign tracks. Probably the most well-known is Tomas Enge, who in 2001 became the first Czech to race in the Formula 1, and later regularly appeared in the elite American series IRL, in the 24-Hour Le Mans and is currently one of the world’s best drivers of Grand Turismo racecars. Born in Liberec, he’s not the only driver that Charouz’s company supports. In 2005, he brought Roman Krest into the World Rally Championship, Jarek Janis started in the F3000 Championship, DTM, FIA GT and Le Mans Series, and his younger brother Erik won the European Championship of Motorcars class ICC125, as well as the Skoda Octavia Cup and in 2007/2008 was the ace of the Czech national team in the A1GP World Championship of Motorsports. Another from this group of drivers is the young Jan Charouz, who in the 2007 season amazed with his achievement in the Le Mans Series in the prestigious category LMP1, where he became the absolutely fastest pilot of a vehicle with a gas motor. Also racing with the support of the BPA agency is the very talented Adam Lacko.

The Charouz Racing System placed its own team into some prestigious series, for example the European Championship Formule 3000, and Antonín Charouz also stands at the forefront of the entire Czech A1GP team, Škoda Charouz Racing System - Lola/Judd had much success in the 2007 season of the Le Mans Series, and also shined in the legendary 24-Hour Le Mans, where he battled for a fantastic 8th in his debut.

The managerial abilities of Antonín Charouz haven’t wavered during any of these achievements. Therefore, there’s no doubt that without the name Charouz and his BPA agency, our motorsports scene would look very different today. At the very least, it would be incomplete.