Josef Král

This article is about the automobile racing driver Josef Král. For other people see Josef Kral .

Josef Král (born June 15, 1990 in Dvůr Králové nad Labem ) is a Czech automobile racing driver . He started in the GP2 series from 2010 to 2012 .

Career

Král began his motorsport career in 1998 in karting , which he practiced until 2004. 2005 Král made in the Czech Formula 1400 in which he finished third overall, first experience in Formula racing . In 2006 he switched to the German Formula BMW and finished twelfth in the overall standings. In 2007 Král competed in the British Formula BMW for Raikkonen Robertson Racing , the team of Formula 1 World Champion Kimi Raikkonen . With six wins he was runner-up in the British Formula BMW behind Marcus Ericsson . He also took part in two German Formula BMW races. He also took part in the Formula BMW World Finals in 2006 and 2007. He crossed the finish line second in both years and was then disqualified.

After starting two races in the 2007/2008 A1GP season for the Czech team in winter, Král contested his first season in the international Formula Master in 2008 . Starting for the JVA team , he finished sixth in the overall standings with a win. In 2009 Král stayed in the international Formula Master and switched to the Italian team JD Motorsport . With two wins he came third in the overall standings behind his teammate Sergei Afanassjew , who won the runner-up title.

In autumn Král was signed by Super Nova Racing for the 2009/2010 season of the GP2 Asia series . With a third place in the second race, he started the season well. Since he then scored no further points, he finished the season in eleventh place overall. In 2010 , Král started as a team-mate of Marcus Ericsson in the GP2 series for Super Nova Racing. During the sprint race in Valencia , Král had to go to hospital for examinations after a serious accident. He collided with Rodolfo González and hit the barrier. After he was brought to a Czech hospital in Prague by plane, he was diagnosed with two vertebral fractures. Because of his injury, Král had to skip five race weekends. At the season finale, he returned to his cockpit and scored his first points in the GP2 series. At the end of the season he finished 24th overall. He then completed his first Formula 1 test drives for HRT .

In 2011, Král competed for Arden International in both the GP2 Asia and the GP2 series. In the GP2 Asia series he was tenth in the championship with a second place as the best result. In the GP2 series , he finished 15th overall with a second place as the best result. His teammate Jolyon Palmer remained without points in the season. After the season, Král took part in the GP2 Final 2011 and was 16. 2012 Král moved within the GP2 series to the Barwa Addax Team , the championship team of the previous season. After he remained without points at the first race weekend, he was replaced by Dani Clos for the second race weekend . For the fourth event he got the cockpit back. Král remained largely without points. Only in Spa-Francorchamps did he get the points. At this event he also won the sprint race. Then he lost his cockpit to Jake Rosenzweig . In the overall ranking, Král was 17th.

In 2013 , Král found no permanent commitment. He participated in an Auto GP World Series event that year only for Zele Racing .

statistics

Career stations

2005: Czech Formula 1400 (3rd place) 2006: German Formula BMW (12th place) 2007: British Formula BMW (2nd place) 2007: German Formula BMW (25th place) 2008 : A1GP

2008 : International Formula Master (6th place) 2009 : International Formula Master (3rd place) 2010 : GP2 Asia Series (11th place) 2010 : GP2 series (24th place) 2010 : Formula 1 (test driver)

2011 : GP2 Asia Series (10th place) 2011 : GP2 series (15th place) 2012 : GP2 series (17th place) 2013 : Auto GP (23rd place)

Individual results in the GP2 Asia series

year	team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	Points	rank
2009/2010	Super Nova Racing	UAE		UAE		BRN		BRN		8th	11.
		5	3	9	DNF	21st	11	16	10
2011	Arden International	UAE		ITA						8th	10.
		6th	2	12	9

Individual results in the GP2 series

year	team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st	22nd	23	24	Points	rank
2010	Super Nova Racing	ESP		MON		DOOR		ESP		GBR		GER		HUN		BEL		ITA		UAE						3	24.
		12	19th	13	8th	15th	14th	DNF	DNF	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	8th	5
2011	Arden International	DOOR		ESP		MON		ESP		GBR		GER		HUN		BEL		ITA								15th	15th
		13	6th	9	21 *	6th	2	8th	DNF	23	20th	18th	11	9	17th	8th	3	DNF	17th
2012	Barwa Addax team	MAS		BRN		BRN		ESP		MON		ESP		GBR		GER		HUN		BEL		ITA		SIN		27	17th
		14th	9					20th	16	DNF	10	DSQ	11	16	10	12	13	24 *	17th	4th	1

Web links

• Website of Josef Král
• Career statistics from Josef Král (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Further pilots confirmed for GP2 Asia" (Motorsport-Total.com on October 21, 2009)
2. ^ "Super Nova with Ericsson and Kral" (Motorsport-Total.com on January 15, 2010)
3. ^ "The sprint victory goes to Ericsson" (Motorsport-Total.com on June 27, 2010)
4. ↑ "Kral after crash: two fractures of the vertebrae" (Motorsport-Total.com on July 3, 2010)
5. ↑ "HRT: Valsecchi defeated Král in the debut duel" (Motorsport-Total.com on November 17, 2010)
6. ↑ “Arden International confirm Kral and Trummer for Abu Dhabi” (gp2series.com on November 8, 2011)
7. ↑ "GP2 - Kral signs with Barwa Addax" (Motorsport-Magazin.com on February 3, 2012)
8. ↑ "GP2 - Clos replaces Kral at Addax" (Motorsport-Magazin.com on April 18, 2012)