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Karel Staut (R)

#8 Jay Howard Driver Development

 

Birthdate:October 20, 2010
Hometown:  Genk, Belgium
Residence:Switzerland
Website:karelstaut.ch
Instagram:@k4relstaut
Facebook:K4rel Staut
  

 

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Nationality: Belgian

Languages spoken: Dutch, French, German, English

Height/weight: 5’10” / 160 lbs.

Education: Student at the Minerva Virtual Academy (online)

Hobbies: Sim racing, tennis, golf, skiing, American football/rugby

Charity support/work: Child Focus

Favorite sports to watch: INDYCAR (McLaren), NASCAR (Hendrick Motorsports), NFL (Houston Texans)

Favorite sports to play: Real and virtual racing, tennis, golf

Training preference: Weight training, working out in the gym

Favorite food: Wraps and spaghetti

Guilty food pleasure: French fries from Belgium

Talent I wish I had: Being patient

Person I would most like to meetTim Cindric – because he has won multiple Indy 500s and I want to know how it is from the strategy side

Bucket list item: Win the Daytona 24 Hours

Racing goal: Win the Indy 500 and NTT INDYCAR SERIES championship

Racing hero: Josef Newgarden

An interesting note about me: Although being a bit shy, I know exactly what I want and which direction I want to go.


Career results:

2025

  • Competed in the opening weekend only of the YACademy Winter Series for USF Juniors at Homestead-Miami Speedway

2024

  • F4 testing program in Spain
  • USF Juniors testing

2023

  • Represented Switzerland in the FIA Academy Trophy karting series in OK Junior
  • F4 testing in Spain

2022

  • Began F4 testing Spain

2021

  • Won the Swiss Rotax Mini karting championship
  • Finished second in Rotax Mini Northern Italy

2020

  • Won the Swiss Rotax Mini karting championship
  • Finished second in Rotax Mini Europe

2019

  • Competed in Rotax Micro karting in Belgium, Netherlands and Europe with multiple top-five finishes

2018

  • Began karting in Rotax Micro