Jaroslav Janiš
Jaroslav "Jarek" Janiš is a Czech auto racing driver. In 2006 he is racing in the FIA GT Championship. He has taken three pole positions Brno, Dijon and the Hungaroring turning two of them into victories, teamed with Sascha Bert and occasionally former Formula One driver Andrea Montermini. 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.
Janiš was born in Olomouc, Czechoslovakia, and has a record in single-seater competition. He finished 7th in the German Formula Ford series in 1999, and was 2nd in that 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 Monza. He finished 3rd overall in the European series in 2002, and raced the international series in 2003. He made his Champ Car debut for Dale Coyne Racing in the penultimate race of 2004. He did some Formula Nippon in Japan in 2005.
Janiš is a former race driver for A1 Team Czech Republic in the A1 Grand Prix series.
Janiš is the older brother of racing driver Erik Janiš.
Racing record
Complete Italian/Euro Formula 3000 results
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | DC | Points |
| 2002 [Euro Formula 3000 season|2002] | Charouz ISR Racing | VLL Ret | PER 2 | MOZ 6 | SPA Ret | DON 1 | BRN 5 | DIJ 4 | JER 3 | CAG 1 | 3rd | 36 |
| 2005 [Italian Formula 3000 season|2005] | Ma-Con Engineering | ADR | VAL 2 | CHE Ret | MON 3 | MUG 6 | MAG 3 | MOZ 2 | Misano [World Circuit Marco Simoncelli|MIS] 1 | 2nd | 43 |
Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters results
| Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Pos | Points |
| 2004 | Team Rosberg | AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2003 | HOC 13 | EST Ret | ADR Ret | LAU 15 | NOR 16† | SHA1 8 | NÜR Ret | OSC 20† | ZAN 16 | BRN Ret | HOC Ret | 21st | 0 |
† - 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 Formula Nippon results
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | DC | Points |
| 2005 | Kondo Racing | MOT 12 | SUZ 7 | SUG 7 | FUJ | SUZ | MIN | FUJ | MOT | SUZ | 14th | 0 |
Complete F3000 International Masters results
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | DC | Points |
| 2006 | Charouz Racing System | MNZ 1 1 | MNZ 2 1 | MAG 1 1 | MAG 2 2 | BRH 1 1 | BRH 2 3 | OSC 1 | OSC 2 | BRN 1 | BRN 2 | IST 1 | IST 2 | EST 1 | EST 2 | EST 3 | EST 4 | 3rd | 54 |
Complete A1 Grand Prix results
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | DC | Points |
| 2006–07 A1 [Grand Prix season|2006–07] | Czech Republic | 2006-07 A1 [Grand Prix of Nations, Netherlands|NED SPR] | NED FEA | CZE SPR PO | CZE FEA PO | CHN SPR PO | CHN FEA PO | MYS SPR PO | MYS FEA PO | IDN SPR 16 | IDN FEA 7 | NZL SPR | NZL FEA | AUS SPR | AUS FEA | RSA SPR | RSA FEA | MEX SPR 12 | MEX FEA 12 | CHN SPR | CHN FEA | GBR SPR | GBR SPR | 12th | 27 |
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