Alexander Alexandrovich Smolyar (Russian: Александр Александрович Смоляр; born 19 July 2001) is a Russian racing driver currently competing in the TCR Russian Touring Car Championship, driving for Lukoil Racing Team. He previously competed in the FIA Formula 3 Championship in 2020, 2021 and 2022.[1][2]
| Alexander Smolyar | |
|---|---|
 Smolyar in 2022 | |
| Nationality |  Russian |
| Full name | Alexander Alexandrovich Smolyar |
| Born | 19 July 2001 Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia |
| FIA Formula 3 Championship career | |
| Debut season | 2020 |
| Current team | MP Motorsport |
| Car number | 11 |
| Former teams | ART Grand Prix |
| Starts | 54 (55 entries) |
| Wins | 3 |
| Podiums | 8 |
| Poles | 3 |
| Fastest laps | 2 |
| Best finish | 6th in 2021 |
| Previous series | |
| 2018–19 2018 2017 2017 | Formula Renault Eurocup Formula Renault NEC F4 Spanish Championship SMP F4 NEZ Championship |
Racing career
editLower formulae
edit2017 was Smolyar's debut season in single-seater racing. He competed for SMP Racing in the Spanish[3] and Russian[4] Formula 4 Championships, finishing 3rd in both. He scored a total of 24 podiums, with all of his race wins coming in the Spanish Championship.
Formula Renault Eurocup
edit2018
editIn the following two years the Russian driver raced in the Formula Renault Eurocup. In his debut campaign, driving for Tech 1 Racing,[5] Smolyar finished 12th in the standings, beating out two of his three teammates and helping the team to finish 5th in the team championship.
2019
editHis 2019 season[6] would prove to be much more successful. He finished 3rd and won three races, only being beaten in the championship by Frenchman Victor Martins and his R-ace GP teammate, Oscar Piastri.
FIA Formula 3 Championship
edit2020
editSmolyar was signed by ART Grand Prix to drive for them in the 2020 Formula 3 Championship alongside ADAC F4 champion Théo Pourchaire and Sebastián Fernández.[7] Despite a slew of strong performances, which included a pole position at the Hungaroring and a win on the road at the first round in Britain the Russian's season was plagued with bad luck.[8][9] This included having his win taken away by a penalty for weaving on the Hangar straight as well as a collision at the first corner in Budapest.[10] Smolyar scored his only podium of the season in the second race at Monza and ended up eleventh in the standings, behind eventual runner-up Pourchaire, but ahead of his more experienced teammate Fernández.
2021
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For the 2021 season Smolyar re-signed with ART, this time partnering Frederik Vesti and racing returnee Juan Manuel Correa.[11] Smolyar's start to the season was strong, with him taking his first Formula 3 victory in the first race of the opening weekend.[12] He then continued his good form and came out victorious in race one at the Circuit Paul Ricard, after having battled from sixth on the grid to first on the final lap.[13] Smolyar finished the season with a total of 106 points, placing 6th in the championship. During that season, he scored a total of 2 wins, 2 fastest laps, and 4 podiums.
2022
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On 20 January 2022, Smolyar announced that he would switch to MP Motorsport for the 2022 season.[14] However, he was banned of using the Russian flag due to 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. He was initially not due to race in the championship due to the mentioned war, but eventually was allowed to race.[15] Smolyar was forced to miss the Silverstone round of the championship since he could not get to the United Kingdom due to visa issues, and was replaced by Filip Ugran.[16] He returned to his seat for the remaining events and picked up his sole win of the season in the feature race in Budapest. Smolyar ended up tenth in the standings, being the highest placed driver to have missed a round.
Karting record
editKarting career summary
edit| Season | Series | Team | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | CIK-FIA World Championship — KFJ | Kartprom Team | 43rd |
| 2016 | WSK Champions Cup — OK | Ward Racing | 16th |
| South Garda Winter Cup — OK | 19th | ||
| WSK Super Master Series — OK | 10th | ||
| Trofeo Andrea Margutti — OK | 1st | ||
| Trofeo delle Industrie — KZ2 | 14th | ||
| WSK Night Edition — KZ2 | 6th | ||
| WSK Night Edition — OK | 1st | ||
| CIK-FIA European Championship — OK | 7th | ||
| Swedish Karting Championship — KZ2 | 16th | ||
| CIK-FIA International Super Cup — KZ2 | 29th | ||
| WSK Final Cup — OK | 12th | ||
| CIK-FIA World Championship — OK | 33rd |
Complete Karting World Championship results
edit| Year | Team | Car | Prefinal | Main race |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 |  Ward Racing
|
OK | 1st | DNF |
Racing record
editRacing career summary
edit| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | SMP F4 Championship | SMP Racing | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 217 | 3rd |
| F4 Spanish Championship | 20 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 263 | 3rd | ||
| 2018 | Formula Renault Eurocup | Tech 1 Racing | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 12th |
| Formula Renault NEC | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 17th | ||
| 2019 | Formula Renault Eurocup | R-ace GP | 20 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 255 | 3rd |
| 2020 | FIA Formula 3 Championship | ART Grand Prix | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 59 | 11th |
| 2021 | FIA Formula 3 Championship | ART Grand Prix | 20 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 107 | 6th |
| 2022 | FIA Formula 3 Championship | MP Motorsport | 16 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 76 | 10th |
| 2023 | Russian Circuit Racing Series - Touring | Lukoil Racing Team | 12 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 266 | 3rd |
| 2023–24 | Middle East Trophy - 992 | SMP Racing | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC† |
| 2024 | Russian Circuit Racing Series - Touring | Lukoil Racing SMP Team | 14 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 248 | 3rd |
Complete SMP F4 Championship results
edit(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | Pos | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | SMP Racing | SOC 1 3 |
SOC 2 3 |
SOC 3 19 |
SMO 1 3 |
SMO 2 3 |
SMO 3 4 |
AHV 1 3 |
AHV 2 3 |
AHV 3 4 |
AUD 1 6 |
AUD 2 5 |
AUD 3 2 |
MSC1 1 2 |
MSC1 2 3 |
MSC1 3 8 |
MSC2 1 6 |
MSC2 2 17 |
MSC2 3 5 |
ASS 1 2 |
ASS 2 3 |
ASS 3 6 |
3rd | 217 |
Complete F4 Spanish Championship results
edit(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | Pos | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | SMP Racing | ALC 1 2 |
ALC 2 Ret |
ALC 3 11 |
NAV1 1 1 |
NAV1 2 3 |
NAV1 3 10 |
CAT 1 3 |
CAT 2 1 |
JER 1 1 |
JER 2 1 |
JER 3 1 |
NAV2 1 DSQ |
NAV2 2 DSQ |
NAV2 3 1 |
NOG 1 3 |
NOG 2 2 |
NOG 3 1 |
EST 1 3 |
EST 2 4 |
EST 3 9 |
3rd | 263 |
Complete Formula Renault Eurocup results
edit(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | Pos | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Tech 1 Racing | LEC 1 8 |
LEC 2 23 |
MNZ 1 4 |
MNZ 2 Ret |
SIL 1 Ret |
SIL 2 7 |
MON 1 15 |
MON 2 11 |
RBR 1 Ret |
RBR 2 15 |
SPA 1 11 |
SPA 2 16 |
HUN 1 10 |
HUN 2 6 |
NÜR 1 5 |
NÜR 2 8 |
HOC 1 8 |
HOC 2 Ret |
CAT 1 6 |
CAT 2 12 |
12th | 57 |
| 2019 | R-ace GP | MNZ 1 20 |
MNZ 2 1 |
SIL 1 Ret |
SIL 2 2 |
MON 1 2 |
MON 2 1 |
LEC 1 4 |
LEC 2 2 |
SPA 1 9 |
SPA 2 6 |
NÜR 1 3 |
NÜR 2 4 |
HUN 1 2 |
HUN 2 2 |
CAT 1 2 |
CAT 2 5 |
HOC 1 Ret |
HOC 2 1 |
YMC 1 4 |
YMC 2 6 |
3rd | 255 |
Complete FIA Formula 3 Championship results
edit(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | ART Grand Prix | RBR FEA 9 |
RBR SPR 7 |
RBR FEA Ret |
RBR SPR 20 |
HUN FEA Ret |
HUN SPR 7 |
SIL FEA 10 |
SIL SPR 6 |
SIL FEA 13 |
SIL SPR 14 |
CAT FEA 11 |
CAT SPR 12 |
SPA FEA 4 |
SPA SPR 4 |
MNZ FEA 20 |
MNZ SPR 3 |
MUG FEA 7 |
MUG SPR 10 |
11th | 59 | |||
| 2021 | ART Grand Prix | CAT 1 1 |
CAT 2 Ret |
CAT 3 11 |
LEC 1 1 |
LEC 2 7 |
LEC 3 8 |
RBR 1 14 |
RBR 2 25 |
RBR 3 4 |
HUN 1 6 |
HUN 2 4 |
HUN 3 6 |
SPA 1 10 |
SPA 2 8 |
SPA 3 3 |
ZAN 1 24 |
ZAN 2 14 |
ZAN 3 3 |
SOC 1 22 |
SOC 2 C |
SOC 3 23 |
6th | 107 |
| 2022 | MP Motorsport | BHR SPR 3 |
BHR FEA 23 |
IMO SPR 8 |
IMO FEA 14 |
CAT SPR 6 |
CAT FEA 4 |
SIL SPR |
SIL FEA |
RBR SPR 9 |
RBR FEA 7 |
HUN SPR 15 |
HUN FEA 1 |
SPA SPR 3 |
SPA FEA 9 |
ZAN SPR 14 |
ZAN FEA 10 |
MNZ SPR 25 |
MNZ FEA 27† |
10th | 76 |
References
edit- ^ "Alexander Smolyar". 2019-12-23. Retrieved 2019-12-23.
- ^ "ART GP signs SMP Racing junior Alexander Smolyar for FIA F3". 2019-12-23. Retrieved 2019-12-23.
- ^ "F4 ESPAÑA REVELA SUS PILOTOS 2017!". 2017-06-21. Archived from the original on 2017-06-27. Retrieved 2019-12-23.
- ^ "2017 SMP F4 NEZ Drivers". YouTube. 2017-04-18. Retrieved 2019-12-23.
- ^ "SMP prospect Smolyar joins Tech 1 for Formula Renault Eurocup". 2018-02-12. Retrieved 2019-12-23.
- ^ "Alexander Smolyar will drive in Formula Renault Eurocup in 2019 season". 2019-02-11. Retrieved 2019-12-23.
- ^ "ART Grand Prix seal Alexander Smolyar signing". FIAFormula3® - The Official F3® Website. Retrieved 2021-07-28.
- ^ "Smolyar seals first ever F3 pole in wet-dry Qualifying". FIAFormula3® - The Official F3® Website. Retrieved 2021-07-28.
- ^ "Smolyar runs from lights to flag for maiden F3 win". FIAFormula3® - The Official F3® Website. Retrieved 2021-07-28.
- ^ "Smolyar loses maiden F3 win, Beckmann promoted to first". FIAFormula3® - The Official F3® Website. Retrieved 2021-07-28.
- ^ "ART sign Smolyar for second season of F3". FIAFormula3® - The Official F3® Website. Retrieved 2021-07-28.
- ^ "HIGHLIGHTS: Smolyar takes maiden win in Barcelona Race 1". FIAFormula3® - The Official F3® Website. Retrieved 2021-07-28.
- ^ "HIGHLIGHTS: Smolyar wins Race 1 in Le Castellet from sixth". FIAFormula3® - The Official F3® Website. Retrieved 2021-07-28.
- ^ "MP Motorsport sign Smolyar for 2022". FIAFormulaF3® - The Official F3® Website. 20 January 2022. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
- ^ Allen, Peter (17 March 2022). "Smolyar still part of MP F3 line-up ahead of Bahrain season opener". Formula Scout. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
- ^ Scout, Formula (30 June 2022). "Smolyar forced to miss Silverstone F3 round, replaced by Ugran". Formula Scout. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
External links
edit- Alexander Smolyar career summary at DriverDB.com