🇨🇿 Josef Král

Josef Král is a professional endurance racing driver from the Czech Republic, rated 4,341 and graded FIA Silver. He races primarily in the 24H Series, a multiclass endurance championship where GT3 cars shared among multiple drivers compete alongside eight other classes across thirteen countries. Král drives for Scuderia Praha and has also contested the Ferrari Challenge, a solo multiclass series, and earlier in his career raced single-seaters in the GP2 Series.[1]

Král won the 24H Series in consecutive years, 2018 and 2019, both with Scuderia Praha. His endurance record across the championship stands at 24 starts, 7 wins and 14 podiums since 2017. His earlier single-seater career in GP2 saw him make 38 starts for Barwa Addax Team between 2010 and 2012, taking one win and three podiums; he finished 15th in the 2012 championship. He added four Ferrari Challenge starts in 2022 and 2023, collecting two podiums.[2]

In GP2, Král raced regularly against Giedo Van Der Garde and Davide Valsecchi, both Platinum-graded established professionals who were the class of most grids; he typically finished behind them. He did finish ahead of Jolyon Palmer, the 2014 GP2 champion and a Formula 1 driver with 37 starts, in 15 meetings, and ahead of Marcus Ericsson, who raced 97 Formula 1 rounds and competed in IndyCar, in nine. His main single-seater team was Arden International, which fielded him in 16 races and has counted Mitch Evans, an elite professional, among its strongest drivers across its history.