Josef Knopp

Josef "Pepino" Knopp is a Czech racing driver who most recently competed for Oregon Team in Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe.

Career

Knopp began karting at the age of ten, competing until 2019. During his karting career, Knopp most notably finished third in the 2016 Easykart International Grand Final in the 60cc class.
Following a testing programme in Formula 4 machinery with Mücke Motorsport in 2019, Knopp remained with the team to make his single-seater debut in the third round of the 2020 [Formula 4 UAE Championship]. Racing in the last three rounds of the winter series, Knopp scored a best result of fourth in race two of the final round of the season at Dubai. For the rest of 2020, Knopp raced with the team in the 2020 [ADAC Formula 4 Championship|ADAC Formula 4 Championship], scoring a best result of eighth five times as he ended the year 12th in points. Despite testing FIA [Formula 3 Championship|FIA Formula 3] machinery towards the end of the year for Charouz Racing System, Knopp elected to go back to karting for 2021, signing with Tony Kart Racing Team to race in the KZ2 class in mainly WSK-organized races.
Returning to cars in 2022, Knopp joined RTR Projects to make his 2022 [ADAC GT4 Germany|ADAC GT4 Germany] debut alongside Matěj Pavlíček. Racing with the team for all but one rounds of the season, Knopp scored a best result of 13th twice, before parting ways with the team and racing for CV Performance Group in the finale. During the year, Knopp also made one-off appearances in ESET Cup Series and DTM Trophy for RTR Projects. The following year, Knopp returned with BWT Mücke Motorsport to race in his sophomore season in ADAC GT4 Germany alongside Rodrigo Almeida. In their only season together, Knopp scored points all but three times and scored a best result of seventh at Lausitzring to end the year 16th in points.
Joining W&S Motorsport for his third season in GT4 competition, Knopp began the year in the GT4 Winter Series, scoring one overall win and four more Pro-Am wins to end the winter third in the class standings. For the rest of the year, Knopp returned to ADAC GT4 Germany alongside Finn Zulauf, scoring wins at Norisring and Red Bull Ring as they clinched their maiden series title at the finale at Hockenheimring.
The following year, Knopp joined Oregon Team to race in Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe alongside Enzo Geraci. The pair won at Le Castellet and Monza to take an early lead in the Pro standings, but after scoring only two podiums in the following four rounds, the pair finished runner-up to Adam Putera by five points.

Karting record

Karting career summary

Racing record

Racing career summary

Complete Formula 4 UAE Championship results

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	DC	Points
2020	BWT Mücke Motorsport	DUB1 1	DUB1 2	DUB1 3	DUB1 4	YMC1 1	YMC1 2	YMC1 3	YMC1 4	YMC2 1 10	YMC2 2 Ret	YMC2 3 9	YMC2 4 6	DUB2 1 6	DUB2 2 Ret	DUB2 3 5	DUB2 4 8	DUB3 1 6	DUB3 2 4	DUB3 3 9	DUB3 4 5	9th	65

Complete ADAC Formula 4 Championship results

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	Pos	Points
2020	ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg	LAU1 1 8	LAU1 2 10	LAU1 3 8	NÜR1 1 11	NÜR1 2 10	NÜR1 3 13	HOC 1 14	HOC 2 15	HOC 3 10	NÜR2 1 9	NÜR2 2 13	NÜR2 3 8	RBR 1 8	RBR 2 Ret	RBR 3 9	LAU2 1 11	LAU2 2 10	LAU2 3 9	OSC 1 8	OSC 2 9	OSC 3 12	12th	32

Complete Italian F4 Championship results

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	Pos	Points
2020	BWT Mücke Motorsport	Misano [World Circuit Marco Simoncelli\|MIS 1]	MIS 2	MIS 3	IMO1 1	IMO1 2	IMO1 3	RBR 1 15	RBR 2 14	RBR 3 12	MUG 1	MUG 2	MUG 3	MNZ 1	MNZ 2	MNZ 3	IMO2 1	IMO2 2	IMO2 3	VLL 1	VLL 2	VLL 3	32nd	0