Petr Semerad

A 19-year-old Petr comes from a well-known racing family. His father Josef raced in rally competitions, while his older brother Martin even made his mark in the World Championship. “When I was 14 years old, I won the Junior Star competition against almost 30 other participants, and I was the youngest one. Originally, I was supposed to race in the Octavia Cup, but it wasn’t possible due to my age. The minimum was 15 years old, so I had to race with a Formula Gloria. In 2017, I switched to a Formula Tatuus Abart of an Italian team and together, we’ve won the Central European championship,” said Petr Semerad. One of the currently most talented Czech drivers has raced in several car competitions as well. From Peugeot 208 R2 and Opel Adam R2, which helped him to become the youngest driver ever to win the Rallysprint series in 2018, he has moved to Skoda Fabia R5. In 2020, Petr raced his car in the national Czech championship and also in the one-day Rallysprint series again, where he took another win in the Autoclub Cup P2+ category.

All series that are part of the FIA Central European Zone circuit racing have one common thing – there are always many nationalities represented on the grid. On one side, it is because the CEZ championship includes many different nations – like Albania, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Czech Republic, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Macedonia, Montenegro, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Serbia – but also by luring many drivers from all parts of Europe. This year, there were 16 countries represented on the grid. Thanks to that, it has become a tradition to award also a trophy for the Nations Cup. In 2020, the Czech Republic has managed to defend its championship title, especially thanks to great performances by Daniel Skalicky, Sergej Pavlovec, Tomas Miniberger, Jachym Galas and Tomas Pekar.