Czechmate Motorsport
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| Full Name | Czechmate Motorsport |
| Base | Brno, Czech Republic |
| Founder(s) | Martin Moravec |
| Team Principal(s) | Martin Moravec |
| Technical Director | |
| Current Lineup | |
 Vaclav Malsyz Andrej Kremnicky
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AutoReject World Series |
Template:GBR Phil McCracken Jiri Komárek Wulfric Wombesi
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GT Super Series |
Czechmate Motorsport is a racing team based in Brno, Czech Republic. It was founded by former Formula One driver Martin Moravec in 2009 and currently competes in ARWS and the GT Super Series.
History
Martin Moravec is a racing driver who enjoyed success both in his home country and internationally. A deal with his personal sponsor Česká pojišťovna saw him become one of the test drivers of the Spyker Squadron team in 2007 - Moravec was the third Czech driver to be blessed with this honour, after Tomáš Enge in 1999 and Jarek Janiš in 2003 (coincidentally all drivers tested for Jordan and its successor teams).
However, Moravec took a sabbatical from racing in 2009 and turned to business instead. In that same year he founded Czechmate Motorsport with help from Česká pojišťovna, originally as a team to nurture future drivers from the Czech Republic, and also as a foundation to help Moravec's son Patrik with his own racing career. The team saw success in the Czech racing scene with Moravec returning into the cockpit in the Škoda Octavia Cup but it wasn't until 2019 when the team broke into the international level, competing in the GT Super Series for the first time. The team used a permanent cast of Phil McCracken, Jiri Komárek and Wulfric Wombesi rotating between each other to determine the best pairing of the lead #550 entry, alongside James Wilmington and Natalia Pavlovskaya making cameo appearances in the part-time #17 car.
At the conclusion of the 2019 season, Czechmate finished 11th in the Teams' Championship - and the 3rd best Independent team - tallying 7 points as McCracken and Komárek finished 7th at Monza and 8th at Indianapolis. Komárek was classified 20th overall, and McCracken 21st. In the Independents' Championship, the #550 car earned a total of three podiums and 49 points; the #17 entry scored one podium and 15 points. McCracken was the most successful driver of the team as despite missing the first two rounds, he scored all of the team's 64 points to finish in 3rd place in the Independents' Championship; Komárek was 12th with 37 points from 10 races, Pavlovskaya was in 20th place with 15 points from 5 races, and Wombesi was classified in 23rd position with 12 points from 9 outings.
In 2021, the team extended its reach towards the AutoReject series ladder for the first time, entering the newly-branded Auto2 Series. However, despite signing Vaclav Malsyz, all the effort went in vain as the series was cancelled due to issues in the managerial structure of the championship. Undeterred, Moravec entered the AutoReject World Series instead when it returned after its hiatus in 2023, becoming the first ever Czech ARWS team and signing the series' first ever Czech driver in Malsyz.
Czech Racing Academy
Beginning in 2020, Czechmate Motorsport and Charouz Racing System initiated a driver academy (also sponsored by the AČR, which aims to promote young Czech racing drivers through the feeder series ladder. In recent months, talks have been made with the SAMŠ about a possible expansion of this academy to Slovakia in the coming years. It was confirmed by both Antonín Charouz and Martin Moravec that CHRS will be representing the academy in the FIA ladder, while Czechmate will be part of the AutoReject ladder. This partnership, however, will permit their drivers moving between these two teams if eligible.
| Driver | Current Team | Series |
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| Roman Staněk
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Charouz Racing System | European Formula 3 |
| Patrik Moravec
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Charouz Racing System | European Formula 3 |
 Zdeněk Chovanec [?]
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TBA | European Formula 3 |
| Petr Ptáček
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ADAC Formula 4 (2022) |