Mikhail_Aleshin
Mikhail Aleshin
Russian racing driver
Mikhail Petrovich Aleshin (Russian: Михаи́л Петро́вич Алёшин, IPA: [mʲɪxɐˈil pʲɪˈtrovʲɪtɕ ɐˈlʲɵʂɨn], born 22 May 1987) is a Russian professional racing driver and the 2010 champion of the Formula Renault 3.5 Series.
| Mikhail Aleshin | |||||||
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Aleshin in 2017 | |||||||
| Nationality |  Russian | ||||||
| Born | Mikhail Petrovich Aleshin (1987-05-22) 22 May 1987 (age 36) Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | ||||||
| Racing licence |  FIA Platinum
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| IndyCar Series career | |||||||
| 38 races run over 4 years | |||||||
| Team(s) | No. 7 (Schmidt Peterson Motorsports) | ||||||
| 2017 position | 19th | ||||||
| Best finish | 15th (2016) | ||||||
| First race | 2014 Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg (St. Petersburg) | ||||||
| Last race | 2017 Honda Indy 200 (Mid-Ohio) | ||||||
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| Previous series | |||||||
| 2015 2010–13 2011 2009 2007, 11 2006–08 2005–06 2004 2003–05 2003–05 2002 | European Le Mans Series Formula Renault 3.5 Series GP2 Asia Series FIA Formula Two GP2 Series Formula Renault 3.5 Series A1 Grand Prix FR 2.0 Italy Winter series Formula Renault 2.0 Germany Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Russian Formula Three | ||||||
| Championship titles | |||||||
| 2010 2004 | Formula Renault 3.5 Series FR 2.0 Italy Winter series | ||||||
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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.[1] He then deputised for the injured Michael Ammermüller in the ART Grand Prix team at the second round of the 2007 GP2 Series season, becoming the second Russian after Vitaly Petrov to race in the series. He remained in FR3.5 for 2008, taking his best finish in the championship so far despite not winning a race.
He joined the relaunched FIA Formula Two Championship for 2009, driving car number 15.[2] He finished third in the championship, with a single win coming at Oschersleben.
Aleshin returned to Formula Renault 3.5 for the 2010 season, partnering Jake Rosenzweig at Carlin.[3] Scoring three victories, he became the champion of the series. He tested for Renault F1 in the young drivers' test in Abu Dhabi and stated that he was confident for a Formula One drive in 2011, but did not obtain one.[4]
Aleshin remained with Carlin to drive in 2011 GP2 Series and 2011 GP2 Asia Series, the team's first season in the category and Aleshin's first attempt at the series since 2007. He was partnered by Max Chilton, another driver who had previously been employed by Carlin in lower formulae.[5] He endured a frustrating Asia series, afflicted by technical problems which left him last in the drivers' championship, before announcing that he did not have a budget to compete in the main series, and would henceforth be stepping back to the ATS Formel 3 Cup. He then, however, secured a last-minute temporary GP2 deal with Carlin, only to crash in qualifying for the first round of the season in Turkey, injuring metacarpals in both hands which prevented him from racing.[6] He returned to action for the following round of the championship at Catalunya, but was then replaced by Oliver Turvey as his money ran out.[7] After eight races on the sidelines, he returned to racing action with Carlin at the Hungaroring.[8] He was replaced again by Parente for the season finale at Monza, and finished 32nd and last in the overall standings.[9]
In 2014 Aleshin began racing in the IndyCar Series with Schmidt Peterson Motorsports.[10]
Fontana crash
At Fontana in the final race of the 2014 IndyCar season, Aleshin was practicing his race-car before the race. The first driver from Russia to race in the Verizon IndyCar Series, Aleshin was in Turn 4 of the two-mile Fontana track—a track where the cars travel at more than 200 mph—when the accident occurred.[11][12]
Aleshin's No. 7 car was driving low on the track before clipping the apron at the bottom, this unsettled the car and subsequently sent it into a spin. Charlie Kimball, who was running the high line, had no time to react to Aleshin's car that was sliding up the track before him and he slammed into Aleshin at almost full speed. The impact sent both cars into the outside retaining wall where the upwards momentum of Aleshin's out of control car caused it to vault up and over Kimball and the nose speared through the catch fencing, causing it to pirouette against the fence. Aleshin's car then fell back onto the track as pieces of the car were scattered for yards and a large section of the catch fencing was ripped down. Kimball was able to get out of his car on his own, however, Aleshin was rushed to the hospital in critical condition.[11][12]
"The 7 car spun from the bottom and I really had nowhere to go," said Kimball, who was not hurt. Aleshin, meanwhile, was diagnosed with a concussion, fractured ribs, a broken right clavicle and chest injuries.[11][12]
Career summary
† As Aleshin was a guest driver, he was ineligible for championship points.
Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Complete GP2 Series results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| GP2 Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | DC | Points | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007 | ART Grand Prix | BHR FEA |
BHR SPR |
CAT FEA 6 |
CAT SPR Ret |
MON FEA |
MAG FEA |
MAG SPR |
SIL FEA |
SIL SPR |
NÜR FEA |
NÜR SPR |
HUN FEA |
HUN SPR |
IST FEA |
IST SPR |
MNZ FEA |
MNZ SPR |
SPA FEA |
SPA SPR |
VAL FEA 9 |
VAL SPR 20 |
25th | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011 | Carlin | IST FEA DNS |
IST SPR DNS |
CAT FEA 16 |
CAT SPR 18 |
MON FEA |
MON SPR |
VAL FEA |
VAL SPR |
SIL FEA |
SIL SPR |
NÜR FEA |
NÜR SPR |
HUN FEA 15 |
HUN SPR 15 |
SPA FEA Ret |
SPA SPR Ret |
MNZ FEA |
MNZ SPR |
32nd | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Complete GP2 Asia Series results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Complete FIA Formula Two Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
24 Hours of Daytona
(key)
| 24 Hours of Daytona results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Class | No | Team | Car | Co-drivers | Laps | Position | Class Pos. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014 | GTD | 72 |  SMP/ESM Racing |
Ferrari 458 | Boris Rotenberg Sergey Zlobin Maurizio Mediani Mika Salo |
662 | 21 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
IndyCar Series
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| IndyCar Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | Chassis | No. | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | Rank | Points | Ref | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2014 | Schmidt Peterson Motorsports | Dallara DW12 | 7 | Honda | STP 12 |
LBH 6 |
ALA 22 |
IMS 25 |
INDY 21 |
DET 17 |
DET 7 |
TXS 7 |
HOU 23 |
HOU 2 |
POC 7 |
IOW 21 |
TOR 11 |
TOR 23 |
MDO 14 |
MIL 8 |
SNM 7 |
FON DNS |
16th | 372 | [13] | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2015 | 77 | STP | NLA | LBH | ALA | IMS | INDY | DET | DET | TXS | TOR | FON | MIL | IOW | MDO | POC | SNM 10 |
33rd | 40 | [14] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016 | 7 | STP 5 |
PHX 17 |
LBH 16 |
ALA 17 |
IMS 13 |
INDY 27 |
DET 15 |
DET 17 |
RDA 16 |
IOW 5 |
TOR 6 |
MDO 17 |
POC 2 |
TXS 16 |
WGL 22 |
SNM 11 |
15th | 347 | [15] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | STP 14 |
LBH 12 |
ALA 10 |
PHX 17 |
IMS 18 |
INDY 13 |
DET 6 |
DET 16 |
TXS 15 |
RDA 10 |
IOW 21 |
TOR | MDO 14 |
POC | GTW | WGL | SNM | 19th | 237 | [16] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indianapolis 500
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| Year | Chassis | Engine | Start | Finish | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014 | Dallara | Honda | 15 | 21 | Schmidt Peterson Hamilton Motorsports | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016 | Dallara | Honda | 7 | 27 | Schmidt Peterson Motorsports | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | Dallara | Honda | 13 | 13 | Schmidt Peterson Motorsports | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Complete European Le Mans Series results
| European Le Mans Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Entrant | Class | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Rank | Points | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015 | AF Corse | LMP2 | Oreca 03 | Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 | SIL 8 |
5th | 56 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SMP Racing | BR Engineering BR01 | IMO 8 |
RBR 3 |
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| AF Racing | LEC 2 |
EST 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results
| 24 Hours of Le Mans results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015 | SMP Racing |
Kirill Ladygin Anton Ladygin |
BR Engineering BR01-Nissan | LMP2 | 322 | 33rd | 13th | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016 | SMP Racing |
Maurizio Mediani Nicolas Minassian |
BR Engineering BR01-Nissan | LMP2 | 347 | 11th | 7th | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | SMP Racing |
Sergey Sirotkin Viktor Shaytar |
Dallara P217-Gibson | LMP2 | 330 | 33rd | 16th | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018 | SMP Racing |
Vitaly Petrov Jenson Button |
BR Engineering BR1-AER | LMP1 | 315 | DNF | DNF | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019 | SMP Racing |
Vitaly Petrov Stoffel Vandoorne |
BR Engineering BR1-AER | LMP1 | 379 | 3rd | 3rd | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results
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| Year | Entrant | Class | Car | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Rank | Points | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016 | SMP Racing | LMP2 | BR Engineering BR01 | Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 | SIL | SPA | LMS 5 |
NÜR | MEX | COA | FUJ 8 |
SHA 6 |
BHR 9 |
16th | 34 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018–19 | SMP Racing | LMP1 | BR Engineering BR1 | AER P60B 2.4 L Turbo V6 | SPA 5 |
LMS Ret |
SIL Ret |
FUJ 4 |
SHA 3 |
SEB 3 |
SPA 3 |
LMS 3 |
4th | 94 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
- "Aleshin wins race one at Monza". autosport.com. 14 April 2007. Retrieved 8 May 2007.
- "Red Bull places Aleshin in F2". autosport.com. 12 January 2009. Retrieved 12 January 2009.
- Mills, Peter (26 February 2010). "Aleshin joins Carlin for FR3.5 return". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 4 March 2010.
- Straw, Edd (16 November 2010). "Aleshin expects F1 race seat in 2011". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 16 November 2010.
- "Carlin sign Aleshin and Chilton for GP2". gp2series.com. GP2 Series. 27 January 2011. Archived from the original on 2 June 2011. Retrieved 26 May 2011.
- Elizalde, Pablo (6 May 2011). "Aleshin ruled out of Turkey event". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 26 May 2011.
- "Oliver Turvey back at Carlin for Monaco". crash.net. Crash Media Group. 26 May 2011. Retrieved 26 May 2011.
- O'Leary, Jamie (28 July 2011). "Mikhail Aleshin rejoins Carlin for Hungaroring GP2 weekend". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 2 August 2011.
- Elizalde, Pablo (7 September 2011). "Parente returns to Carlin for Monza GP2 round". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 12 September 2011.
- Beer, Matt. Aleshin lands Schmidt IndyCar deal, Racer, 22 November 2013, Retrieved 22 November 2013
- Peltz, Jim (29 August 2014). "IndyCar driver Mikhail Aleshin hurt in multi-car crash in Fontana". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
- Bianchi, Jordan (30 August 2014). "IndyCar driver Mikhail Aleshin hospitalized after crash during practice". sbnation.com. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
- "Mikhail Aleshin – 2014 Verizon IndyCar Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
- "Mikhail Aleshin – 2015 Verizon IndyCar Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
- "Mikhail Aleshin – 2016 Verizon IndyCar Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
- "Mikhail Aleshin – 2017 Verizon IndyCar Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
- Official website
- Mikhail Aleshin driver statistics at Racing-Reference
- Mikhail Aleshin career summary at DriverDB.com
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| Preceded by | Italian Formula Renault 2.0 Winter Series Champion 2004 |
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| Preceded by | Formula Renault 3.5 Series Champion 2010 |
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