On March 18, 2010, Charouz drove the Renault R29 for the first time in his career during a shakedown at the Silverstone Circuit in Great Britain.

On 16 November 2011, Charouz drove for the HRT F1 Team at the Yas Marina Circuit for the Abu Dhabi young drivers' test.

[2] It was later announced, on 24 November, that Charouz would replace Vitantonio Liuzzi for the first practice of the final round of the 2011 F1 season - the Brazilian Grand Prix.

Jan Charouz together with his teammates Tomáš Enge (CZE) and Stefan Mucke (GER) finished fourth in 24 hours of Le Mans, driving Aston Martin LMP1 #007 car.

The 007 LMP1 car of Jan, Tomáš and Stefan recording five podium finishes (including two wins at Barcelona and Nürburgring) from five races.