Roman Staněk Jr. (born 25 February 2004) is a Czech racing driver who is scheduled to compete in the 2023 FIA Formula 2 Championship with

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. He previously competed in

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for three seasons, where he placed fifth in 2022, and is also the 2019 ADAC Formula 4 rookies' champion.

Career

Karting

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 the

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in the OK category.

Lower formula championships

Staněk made his single-seater debut in early 2019 at the last round of the

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, as a guest driver for Dragon Racing. For the main season he combined the

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and Italian F4 championships, driving for the

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-backed

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- 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 of Mercedes junior Paul Aron. He starred at the opening round in

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, getting a 2nd place and a commanding race 3 win which saw him take the lead of the championship. His other two victories of the season came in the ADAC F4

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and Italian F4

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rounds.

FIA Formula 3

2020

Staněk was originally due to drive for the

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in the

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, but later during the

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, switched to

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for what he thought was a

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drive. He was instead placed in one of the team's

seats on the Thursday prior to the season opener, replacing the outgoing

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and becoming the youngest driver in the championship. With no previous testing, he struggled throughout the season, his sole points-scoring finish coming at the penultimate round in

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. Staněk later described the move as "a mistake I really regret, because it could have ruined my career".

2021

For the 2021 season, Staněk joined

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to race in the

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and

. He finished 10th in the former and 16th in the latter, with two podium finishes. He also made a one-off appearance in the Euroformula Open for

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and managed to take a win and a second place.

2022

In 2022, upon testing for them in post-season, Staněk moved to reigning teams' champions

for his third season in

. Following a bad start to the season at

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, where he suffered punctures in both races that sent him down the order, the Czech driver achieved his first-ever F3 victory in

, putting himself third in the championship after two rounds. Staněk would continue this form into the next weekend at

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, where he took pole position. During the feature race, he lost the lead to

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, but still finished in second place. Misfortune caught Staněk in

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, where a collision with

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forced him out of the race. 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 at

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. Having scored more points at

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, Staněk arrived at the season finale in

sitting third in the drivers' standings. Despite a positive qualifying session, Staněk was unable to take advantage in the races, which meant that he finished fifth in the championship.

FIA Formula 2 Championship

Stanĕk partook in the 2022 F2 post-season test with

. 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 Frenchman

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Formula One

Staněk was a member of the

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in 2019.

Karting record

Karting career summary

Racing record

Racing career summary

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

Complete Italian F4 Championship results

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

Complete ADAC Formula 4 Championship results

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

Complete FIA Formula 3 Championship results

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) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in ''italics'' indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers) ^† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as they completed more than 90% of the race distance.

Complete F3 Asian Championship results

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) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate the fastest lap of top ten finishers)

Complete Euroformula Open Championship results

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) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in ''italics'' indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)

Complete FIA Formula 2 Championship results

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) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers) * Season still in progress.

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Staněk, Roman 2004 births Living people People from Valašské Meziříčí Czech racing drivers Italian F4 Championship drivers ADAC Formula 4 drivers FIA Formula 3 Championship drivers F3 Asian Championship drivers Charouz Racing System drivers US Racing drivers MP Motorsport drivers Hitech Grand Prix drivers Motopark Academy drivers Trident Racing drivers Sportspeople from the Zlín Region Euroformula Open Championship drivers Formula Renault Eurocup drivers Karting World Championship drivers UAE F4 Championship drivers FIA Formula 2 Championship drivers Sauber Motorsport drivers