{"id":97,"date":"2026-07-22T11:45:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T14:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/?p=97"},"modified":"2026-07-22T13:57:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T16:57:00","slug":"zdenek-chovanec-former-f3-driver-dies-aged-21-in-portugal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/f3\/zdenek-chovanec-former-f3-driver-dies-aged-21-in-portugal\/","title":{"rendered":"Zden\u011bk Chovanec, former F3 driver, dies aged 21 in Portugal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Zden\u011bk Chovanec, considered one of motorsport’s rising talents in Portugal, passed away last Sunday (18). Born in Venezuela with Czech heritage, the 21-year-old driver raced under the Portuguese flag and competed in three Formula 3 rounds in 2021. The cause of death has not been disclosed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chovanec spent a significant portion of his youth in Portugal and chose to race under a Portuguese racing license throughout much of his career. His journey in motorsport began in karting back in 2018. Two years later, he made the transition to single-seaters, competing in both the Italian F4 and F4 UAE Championships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The cause of death has not been disclosed <\/strong>(Photo: F3)<\/strong><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

In 2021, he also took part in the Euroformula Open Championship and, during the latter part of the season, drove for Charouz Racing System across the final three rounds of the FIA Formula 3 Championship in Belgium, the Netherlands, and Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2023, he pivoted his career toward endurance racing, competing in the Ultimate Cup Series and conducting testing sessions behind the wheel of a Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo in the GT World Challenge Europe. The driver’s family has not released details regarding the cause of death.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Having competed in Italian F4, Formula 3, and the Ultimate Cup Series, Zden\u011bk Chovanec was highly regarded within Portuguese motorsport.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1020310286,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"42wp_featured_image_caption":"Zden\u011bk Chovanec died at the age of 21","42wp_featured_image_credits":"F3","42wp_featured_video":"","42wp_featured_image_hidden":false,"42wp_authors_list":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[71],"tags":[70,69],"42wp_author":[31],"class_list":["post-97","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-f3","tag-death","tag-zdenek-chovanec","42wp_author-bernardo-castro"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=97"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":103,"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97\/revisions\/103"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1020310286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97"},{"taxonomy":"42wp_author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/42wp_author?post=97"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}