"completed 75% of the race distance. Season still in progress. Vitaly Petrov Vitaly Aleksandrovich Petrov (, born 8 September 1984) is a Russian racing driver who drove in Formula One for Renault F1 Team in 2010, Lotus Renault GP in 2011 and Caterham F1 Team in 2012. Born in Vyborg, he is known as the ""Vyborg Rocket"" () in Russia. He was the first Russian to compete in the Formula One World Championship. Unlike most top drivers, Petrov did not begin his career in karting, as there was very little motorsport where he lived. He began competing in motorsport in"
"Vitaly Petrov Vitaly Aleksandrovich Petrov (, born 8 September 1984) is a Russian racing driver who drove in Formula One for Renault F1 Team in 2010, Lotus Renault GP in 2011 and Caterham F1 Team in 2012. Born in Vyborg, he is known as the ""Vyborg Rocket"" () in Russia. He was the first Russian to compete in the Formula One World Championship. Unlike most top drivers, Petrov did not begin his career in karting, as there was very little motorsport where he lived. He began competing in motorsport in 1998, when he took part in rally sprints and ice"
"Formula One drivers from Russia There have been three Formula One drivers from Russia, all have raced in the 2010s and two have scored podium positions in Grands Prix. Sergey Sirotkin made his debut for Williams Martini Racing at the 2018 Australian Grand Prix. He would score a solitary point at the 2018 Italian Grand Prix in the uncompetitive Williams FW41. He was replaced with Robert Kubica for 2019. When Vitaly Petrov made his Grand Prix debut for Renault at the 2010 Bahrain Grand Prix he became the first driver from Russia or the former Soviet Union to compete in"
"Mikhail Aleshin Mikhail Petrovich Aleshin (, born 22 May 1987 in Moscow, Soviet Union) is a Russian professional racing driver and the 2010 champion of the Formula Renault 3.5 Series. Aleshin competed in karting from 1996 to 2000. Since 2001 he has taken part in various international open wheel series. On 14 April 2007 he became the first Russian driver to win a major international single-seater race when he won the opening round of the Formula Renault 3.5 Series season at Monza. He then deputised for the injured Michael Ammermüller in the ART Grand Prix team at the second round"
"penultimate, ahead of Stroll. But at the start he lost a position and then had overheating problems, finishing last in the race and in the drivers' championship overall with the only point scored at Monza. Did not finish, but was classified as he had completed more than 90% of the race distance. Sergey Sirotkin (racing driver) Sergey Olegovich Sirotkin (, born 27 August 1995) is a Russian professional racing driver who competed in Formula One in for the Williams team. Sergey Olegovich Sirotkin was born on 27 August 1995 in Moscow, Russia. His father, Oleg Sirotkin, is head of the"
"was won by British driver Lewis Hamilton, followed by German driver Nico Rosberg, both from the Mercedes-Benz team, and Valtteri Bottas, of Williams. ""Drivers in bold are competing in the Formula One championship in the current season."" ""Teams in bold are competing in the Formula One championship in the current season.""<br> ""A pink background indicates an event which was not part of the Formula One World Championship."" ""A pink background indicates an event which was not part of the Formula One World Championship."" Russian Grand Prix The Russian Grand Prix () is an annual auto race held at Sochi Autodrom"
"to call police. His son, Nikita, is also a racing driver. Sergey Zlobin Sergey Yuryevich Zlobin (, born 29 May 1970) is a Russian racing driver. In 2002, he was a test driver for the Minardi Formula One. Although he never competed at a Grand Prix, he is one of the few Russians to pilot a Formula One car. He later entered briefly in the FIA GT Championship in 2006, driving for BMS Scuderia Italia. On 24 September 2007, Zlobin survived a car bomb which had been planted in his Mercedes-Benz G500. The explosion caused minor injuries to Zlobin's legs,"
"both Formula One and Moto GP races. The plan to host a Grand Prix at the Moscow Raceway was never realised, but unlike the Pulkovskoe Ring and Nagatino Island projects, the circuit was completed, and in 2012, hosted rounds of the Formula Renault 3.5 and 2.0 Series – which became the first internationally accredited motorsport events to hold a round in Russia – as well as the FIA GT1 World Championship, and the Superbike World Championship. Vitaly Petrov became Russia's first Formula One World Championship driver in 2010, when he joined Renault, adding further momentum to the project. Bernie Ecclestone"
"after his home race he was demoted back to Toro Rosso and was subsequently replaced by Max Verstappen. After having scored only 5 points in the 2017 season by the 2017 United States Grand Prix, he was dropped from Toro Rosso and replaced with Pierre Gasly. Formula One drivers from Russia There have been three Formula One drivers from Russia, all have raced in the 2010s and two have scored podium positions in Grands Prix. Sergey Sirotkin made his debut for Williams Martini Racing at the 2018 Australian Grand Prix. He would score a solitary point at the 2018 Italian"
"2010 Formula Renault 3.5 Series The 2010 Formula Renault 3.5 Series was the sixth season of the single–seater category. It began at the Ciudad del Motor de Aragón in Spain on 17 April, and ended at Circuit de Catalunya, also in Spain, on 10 October. The Drivers' championship was won by Carlin's Mikhail Aleshin after a last–race title decider with Tech 1 Racing driver Daniel Ricciardo. The Russian claimed the title by just two points after both drivers entered the final race level on 128 points each. He received his prize Renault F1 drive on the first day of the"
"points. A second season followed in 2008, and was more successful for the Russian driver. Despite only taking part in half of the season's twenty races due to budget constraints, he secured a top ten championship finish. Lukashevich missed the entire 2009 season due to sponsorship problems. Lukashevich stepped up to the new-for-2010 GP3 Series with Status Grand Prix. As Lukashevich was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points. Ivan Lukashevich Ivan Andreyevich Lukashevich (, born 9 May 1991) is a Russian racing driver. He was part of the Marussia Motors driver development programme. Born in Moscow, Lukashevich competed"
"including driver. Formula Masters Russia Formula Masters Russia (formerly known as Formula Russia) - is a single-seater racing series based in Russia. The series was created in 2011 as an analogue of Formula Abarth. The primary goal of the project is to find most talented young pilots and to prepare them for their big future in Formula One. Each pilot (or team) is provided with engineers and mechanics. All teams use Tatuus FA010 chassis. All drivers were Russian-registered. 8 events per year with 3 races in each. Format of events The place on the starting grid in first race depends"
"became Russia's first Formula One driver in 2010. So far he has driven in F1 for three seasons with the Renault and Caterham F1 teams. He scored the best result of his career when he finished third at the 2011 Australian Grand Prix. Daniil Kvyat made his debut in F1 in 2014. He took his first podium finish with a second place at the 2015 Hungarian Grand Prix. A Russian Grand Prix joined the calendar for the 2014 Formula One season, held at the Sochi Autodrom. Sergey Sirotkin joined the F1 circuit in 2018. Timur Timerzyanov has enjoyed success in"
"Sergey Zlobin Sergey Yuryevich Zlobin (, born 29 May 1970) is a Russian racing driver. In 2002, he was a test driver for the Minardi Formula One. Although he never competed at a Grand Prix, he is one of the few Russians to pilot a Formula One car. He later entered briefly in the FIA GT Championship in 2006, driving for BMS Scuderia Italia. On 24 September 2007, Zlobin survived a car bomb which had been planted in his Mercedes-Benz G500. The explosion caused minor injuries to Zlobin's legs, but he was able to get out of the vehicle himself"
"2017 Russian Grand Prix The 2017 Russian Grand Prix (), officially known as the 2017 Formula 1 VTB Russian Grand Prix, was a Formula One motor race that took place on 30 April 2017 as the fourth round of the 2017 FIA Formula One World Championship. The fifty-two lap race was held at the Sochi Autodrom, marking the fourth running of the Russian Grand Prix as a round of the Formula One World Championship. Sebastian Vettel started the race from pole, with his teammate Kimi Räikkönen in second in Ferrari's first front-row lockout since the 2008 French Grand Prix. Valtteri"
"began at Spa-Francorchamps. The 2010 season began with a race of attrition at Motorland Aragón, with just nine of the 24 starters running at the race's conclusion. Russian driver Mikhail Aleshin, returning to the series from a year in the FIA Formula Two Championship took the spoils ahead of rookie Daniel Zampieri and pole-sitter Daniel Ricciardo. In race two, Sten Pentus took his first victory, ahead of Jan Charouz and Ricciardo. However, Charouz was disqualified after the race due to a technical irregularity, which promoted Ricciardo to second place and Nathanaël Berthon to third. Aleshin took a second win in"
"Abu Dhabi was sufficient to clinch the championship, despite his teammate (and eventual race winner) Lewis Hamilton backing the pair into the chasing pack in the closing stages of the race. Rosberg is, to date, the only driver other than Hamilton and Vettel to have won the Formula 1 title in the 2010s. He is the second second-generation Formula 1 champion, after Damon Hill, and the first to have achieved this feat during his father's lifetime. Additionally, Rosberg is the first driver representing Germany to have won the title for a German team using a German engine. Rosberg won the"
"expressed a desire to see Formula One travel to Russia at a circuit in or near Moscow or at the resort city of Sochi. After several decades of attempting to re-establish the race, the new Russian Grand Prix was officially announced on 14 October 2010 for a debut in 2014, running through 2020. The race is held in the resort city of Sochi, the host city of the 2014 Winter Olympics, at the Sochi Autodrom – a 5.9 km street circuit which passes around the venues of Sochi's Olympic Park. The inaugural event was held on 12 October 2014, and"
"Sergey Sirotkin (racing driver) Sergey Olegovich Sirotkin (, born 27 August 1995) is a Russian professional racing driver who competed in Formula One in for the Williams team. Sergey Olegovich Sirotkin was born on 27 August 1995 in Moscow, Russia. His father, Oleg Sirotkin, is head of the National Institute of Aviation Technologies, Russia. He graduated from Moscow Automobile and Road Construction University in 2017 with a degree in race car engineering. Sirotkin began karting in 2008 and raced in various international series, working his way up from the junior ranks to progress through to the KF3 and KF2 category"
"by fellow Russian driver Sergey Krylov. Timur Sadredinov Timur Irfanovich Sadredinov (, born 10 May 1989 in Moscow) is a Russian auto racing driver. In 2007 he became the youngest ever driver to compete in the FIA World Touring Car Championship. He competed in two rounds at Oschersleben for GR Asia in a SEAT León, after impressing in the German SEAT Leon Supercopa. An encouraging debut saw him finish thirteenth in race one, and nineteenth in the second race. For the next event at Brands Hatch, Sadredinov was also due to race. Problems with his passport for getting into the"
"Formula Masters Russia Formula Masters Russia (formerly known as Formula Russia) - is a single-seater racing series based in Russia. The series was created in 2011 as an analogue of Formula Abarth. The primary goal of the project is to find most talented young pilots and to prepare them for their big future in Formula One. Each pilot (or team) is provided with engineers and mechanics. All teams use Tatuus FA010 chassis. All drivers were Russian-registered. 8 events per year with 3 races in each. Format of events The place on the starting grid in first race depends on results"
"technical and sporting regulations applicable for the season were the subject of much debate. Before the start of the season, 2009 Drivers' Champion Jenson Button joined McLaren, while the 2009 Constructors' Champion, Brawn GP, was bought by German motor vehicle manufacturer Mercedes-Benz and was renamed as Mercedes GP. The 2010 season saw the return of the most successful driver in Formula One history, with seven-time World Champion Michael Schumacher coming out of retirement after a three-year absence since 2007. The season's first race was held on 14 March in Bahrain and the season concluded on 14 November in the United"
"G-Drive Racing), 4 class victories 2009 Le Mans Series LMGT1 (Lamborghini, IPB Spartak Racing), vict. Catalunya 2008 Le Mans Series (GT) 2006 Formula One (MF1 Racing) test driver 2005 FIA GT (Maserati MC12) 2004 Le Mans Series (N-GT) 2003 “Le Mans 1000 km” (LMP2) 2002 Formula Palmer Audi 2001 French Formula Renault (Graff racing) 2000 French Formula Renault (Graff racing) 1999 Formula Campus Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed. Roman Rusinov Roman Aleksandrovich Rusinov (, born 21 October 1981 in Moscow) is a Russian auto racing driver. Rusinov was the first Russian driver to"
"2010 Formula One World Championship The 2010 FIA Formula One World Championship was the 64th season of FIA Formula One motor racing. Red Bull Racing won its maiden Constructors' Championship with a one-two finish in Brazil, while Red Bull Racing's Sebastian Vettel won the Drivers' Championship after winning the final race of the season. In doing so, Vettel became the youngest World Drivers' Champion in the sport's sixty-year history. Vettel's victory in the championship came after a dramatic season finale at Abu Dhabi where three other drivers could also have won the championship – Vettel's Red Bull Racing teammate Mark"
"marked the first time that the Russian Grand Prix had been held in a century, and was also the first time the Russian Grand Prix was run as a round of the Formula One World Championship since the championship was formed in . Lewis Hamilton in a Mercedes won the race after starting from pole position and leading every lap. His teammate Nico Rosberg finished second, after working his way up from the back of field after having to make an unscheduled pit stop on the first lap. Williams's Valtteri Bottas completed the podium, having set the fastest lap—and a"
"Prix in Sochi when Kvyat collided with Sebastian Vettel's car, team management decided to demote Kvyat back to Toro Rosso. On 5 May 2016, Red Bull announced that Toro Rosso driver Max Verstappen would be replacing Kvyat beginning from the , with Kvyat returning to Toro Rosso alongside Carlos Sainz Jr. According to Red Bull's team principal Christian Horner, ""Dany will be able to continue his development at Toro Rosso, in a team that he is familiar with, giving him the chance to regain his form and show his potential."" Kvyat spent some time adapting to the team and the"
"GP3 championships. Marussia driver Jules Bianchi suffered serious head injuries at the Japanese Grand Prix when he crashed into a tractor trying to recover Adrian Sutil's Sauber under yellow-flag conditions, ruling him out of the Russian Grand Prix. Per FIA regulations, the team entered two cars, with Alexander Rossi, their testing and reserve driver, being named as Bianchi's replacement for the event. However, before Friday's practice sessions and with FIA approval, the team opted not to run the second Marussia MR03 car and Max Chilton was their sole representative, leaving the grid with twenty-one cars. As a sign of respect"
"injury and was replaced by Matevos Isaakyan. Vladimir Atoev Vladimir Atoev (born 22 January 1999) is a Russian racing driver. Prior to his single-seater career, Atoev enjoyed a successful period in karting, winning the Russian Karting Championship Supermini class in 2009 and finishing second in the KF3 class two years later. Outside of his native Russia, he finished sixth in the KF3 WSK Final Cup in 2012. Atoev made his single-seater debut in 2014, racing in the French F4 Championship. He finished the season in eleventh place, with a best race result of fourth achieved at both Nogaro and Paul"
"2010, he gained public attention for poor attendance, having attended only 11 of 123 parliamentary sessions since his election. In December 2011, he announced he was leaving politics to train for the 2014 Olympics. He quit A Just Russia and said he had no plans to join another political party. ""GP: Champions Series / Grand Prix"" Small medals for short program and free skating awarded only at ISU Championships. At team events, medals awarded for team results only. ! colspan=""3"" style=""border-top: 5px solid #78FF78"" | World Records Holder Evgeni Plushenko Evgeni Viktorovich Plushenko (, born 3 November 1982) is a"
"that Petrov will continue his collaboration with Van Amersfoort Racing into the FIA Formula 3 European Championship campaign. As Petrov was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.<br> Artem Petrov Artem Petrov (, born 14 January 2000) is a Russian racing driver. Born in Saint Petersburg, Petrov began his karting career since the early ages before entering Russian and Finnish championships in 2008. He became Russian champion in KF-Junior category in 2014 as well as won the Russian Cup. Petrov took part in CIK-FIA World Karting Championship in KF-Junior category where he became 6th in 2015. He also"
"2018 Russian Grand Prix The 2018 Russian Grand Prix (officially the Formula 1 2018 VTB Russian Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held on 30 September 2018 at the Sochi Autodrom in Sochi, Russia. The race was the sixteenth round of the 2018 Formula One World Championship and marked the seventh running of the Russian Grand Prix and the fifth time the race was held in Sochi. Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton entered the round with a 40-point lead over Sebastian Vettel in the Drivers' Championship. In the World Constructors' Championship, Mercedes led Ferrari by 37 points. The race"
"Kimi Räikkönen Kimi-Matias Räikkönen (; born 17 October 1979), nicknamed ""Iceman"", is a Finnish racing driver currently driving in Formula One for Sauber. He won the 2007 FIA Formula One World Championship, in his first season at Scuderia Ferrari. After nine seasons racing in Formula One, he competed in the World Rally Championship in 2010 and 2011, then returning to Formula One from 2012. Besides his title, Räikkönen also finished second overall in and and third in , and . Prior to the 2019 season, Räikkönen has won 21 Grands Prix, making him the Finnish Formula One driver with the"
"championship standings in 2010 and 2013. In June 2015, it was announced that Rakhmatullin would make his TCR International Series debut with WestCoast Racing driving a Honda Civic TCR. Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 75% of the race distance. Ildar Rakhmatullin (racing driver) Ildar Ilhamovich Rakhmatullin (born 6 March 1986) is a Russian racing driver currently competing in the Russian Circuit Racing Series. He previously competed in the TCR International Series and FIA European Rallycross Championship. Rakhmatullin began his career in 1996 in karting. In 2007 he switched to the Russian Ice"