Jaroslav "Jarek" Janiš (born 8 July 1983) is a Czech

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driver. In 2006 he is racing in the

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. He has taken three pole positions

Brno Brno ( , ; german: Brünn ) is a city in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. Located at the confluence of the Svitava and Svratka rivers, Brno has about 380,000 inhabitants, making it the second-largest city in the Czech Republic ...

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and the

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turning two of them into victories, teamed with Sascha Bert and occasionally former

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driver

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. Prior to 2006 he had done six GT Championship races, four of them in a

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for the Menx team in 2003, taking a total of 17.5 points. He was born in

Olomouc Olomouc (, , ; german: Olmütz; pl, Ołomuniec ; la, Olomucium or ''Iuliomontium'') is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 99,000 inhabitants, and its larger urban zone has a population of about 384,000 inhabitants (2019). Located on th ...

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, and has a record in single-seater competition. Jarek finished 7th in the German

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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

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in the final round of the

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series at

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. He finished 3rd overall in the European series in 2002, and raced the international series in 2003. He made his

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debut for

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in the penultimate race of 2004. He did some

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in Japan in 2005. He is a race driver for

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in the

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series.

Motorsports career results

Career summary

Complete International Formula 3000 results

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) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap.)

Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters results

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) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) ^† - 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

Complete Italian/Euro Formula 3000 results

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) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)

Complete F3000 International Masters results

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) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)

Complete Formula Nippon results

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Complete A1 Grand Prix results

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

24 Hours of Le Mans results

FIA GT Championship results

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Janis, Jaroslav 1983 births Living people Czech racing drivers German Formula Renault 2.0 drivers Formula Renault Eurocup drivers FIA GT Championship drivers Champ Car drivers Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters drivers Formula Nippon drivers Auto GP drivers A1 Team Czech Republic drivers German Formula Three Championship drivers Sportspeople from Olomouc International Formula 3000 drivers Formula Palmer Audi drivers 24 Hours of Le Mans drivers American Le Mans Series drivers European Le Mans Series drivers 24 Hours of Spa drivers 24H Series drivers Mercedes-AMG Motorsport drivers A1 Grand Prix drivers Kondō Racing drivers Charouz Racing System drivers ISR Racing drivers Nordic Racing drivers Dale Coyne Racing drivers Team Rosberg drivers Ma-con Motorsport drivers