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

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driver. In 2006 he is racing in the FIA GT Championship. He has taken three pole positions

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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 Ferrari 360 Modena for the Menx team in 2003, taking a total of 17.5 points. He was born in

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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 Tomáš Enge in the final round of the International Formula 3000 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 Formula Nippon in Japan in 2005. He is a former race driver for A1 Team Czech Republic in the A1 Grand Prix series. He is the older brother of racing driver Erik Janiš.

Racing record

Career summary

Complete International Formula 3000 results

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

Complete Italian/Euro Formula 3000 results

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

Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters results

( key) (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 Formula Nippon results

( key)

Complete F3000 International Masters results

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

Complete A1 Grand Prix results

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

24 Hours of Le Mans results

FIA GT Championship results

References

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* {{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 Lamborghini Super Trofeo drivers