Timur Irekovich Boguslavskiy (Russian: Тиму́р И́рекович Богусла́вский) (born 30 April 2000) is a professional racing driver from Russia, currently competing in GT World Challenge Europe with AKKA ASP. Driving a Mercedes-AMG GT3, Boguslavskiy won the overall series championship in 2020 and 2023.

Timur Boguslavskiy
Nationality Russian
Born (2000-04-30) 30 April 2000 (age 24)
Kazan, Tatarstan, Russia
Related toIrek Boguslavsky (father)
GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup career
Debut season2020
Current teamAKKodis ASP Team
Racing licence FIA Silver
Car number88
Starts44 (44 entries)
Wins13
Podiums29
Best finish1st in 2023
Finished last season1st (2023)

Early career

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Boguslavskiy began his career in 2015 in the Winter Rotax Max Kazan.[1][2] He also raced in Russian Automobile Federation Rallycross Cup,[3] Russian Rallycross Championship,[4] Canyon Cup[5] and Winter Canyon Cup (circuit racing series in Tatarstan),[6] Tatarstan Circuit Racing Championship and Tatarstan Circuit Racing Cup,[1] Russian Circuit Racing Series prior to his move to Europe.[7] There, he would compete in the Seat Ibiza Cup Italia,[8] Radical Middle East Cup,[9][10] Renault Clio Cup Italia,[11][12] European Le Mans Series,[13][14] and Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe.[15]

GT World Challenge career

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2019

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In 2019, Boguslavskiy would turn his attention towards the Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup, driving a Mercedes-AMG GT3 for the AKKA ASP Team in the Silver Cup category.[16] Partnering Nico Bastian and Felipe Fraga, the Russian would experience a dominant campaign in-class, taking three victories along with two further podiums on his way towards the title, which the team clinched during the penultimate round at the 24 Hours of Spa.[17]

2020

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The following year saw Boguslavskiy continue to race in the now renamed GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup, entering the Pro class with Fraga and Raffaele Marciello at AKKA ASP, whilst expanding his duties towards the GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup, racing alongside Marciello.[18] During a season heavily disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, Boguslavskiy and his team would end up fifth in the Endurance Cup, having taken a pair of podiums at the start of the year before seeing their title hopes dissipate owing to a brake issue at the 24 Hours of Spa.[19] In the Sprint Cup, six podiums, including two wins, enabled Boguslavskiy to fight for the championship, though he would eventually finish in second place, four points behind Dries Vanthoor and Charles Weerts.

2021 & 2022

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Boguslavskiy began to focus on the Sprint Cup from 2021 onwards, teaming up with Marciello. The duo failed to win a race that year, though four podiums eventually resulted in a third place finish in the standings. During the 2022 Sprint Cup season, Boguslavskiy and Marciello managed to win three races despite the dominance shown by Team WRT duo Dries Vanthoor and Charles Weerts, taking another runner-up placing overall.

2023

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For 2023, Boguslavskiy returned to the Endurance Cup on a full-time basis, partnering previous year's champions Marciello and Jules Gounon. A chaotic season opener at Monza saw a premature end to AKKodis's race, as Boguslavskiy picked up race-ending damage during a misjudged defensive manoeuvre on Christopher Mies.[20] Boguslavskiy made up for his error with a solid stint during the Le Castellet event, returning his car in fourth position before Marciello charged through to take victory.[21][22] Another clean race, this time at the 24 Hours of Spa, yielded second place, before the Mercedes trio took a victory in Germany, having started from pole position.[23][24][25] The team would clinch the title during the final round at Barcelona by finishing fifth, with Boguslavskiy keeping himself in third, ahead of Ferrari's Davide Rigon, during his entire stint.[26][27] Following the campaign's conclusion, team manager Jérôme Policand stated that the 2023 title win meant more than the previous year's, given that Silver-ranked Boguslavskiy's presence in place of Mercedes-AMG factory driver Daniel Juncadella forced the team to operate on a higher level.[28]

The duo of Boguslavskiy and Marciello began their Sprint Cup season well, winning two of the opening four races as a result of two poles and dominating opening stints from the Swiss driver, with Boguslavskiy keeping the lead during the final stages of race 1 at Brands Hatch and Misano respectively.[29][30] Despite a retirement in the first race at the Hockenheimring, the duo would win race two, as the Russian managed gear-shifting issues to keep rival Lucas Légeret seven seconds behind him by the checkered flag.[31] Marciello took another pole in Valencia and drove to an early lead, before Boguslavskiy took over and narrowly won ahead of Albert Costa, having lost half a dozen seconds to the Spaniard in the closing laps.[32] This however would not be enough to take the title, with a collision caused by Audi's Lorenzo Patrese ending the team's final race at Zandvoort, therefore crowning the Tresor Orange1 outfit as champions.[33]

WEC career

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With the LMGT3 class replacing the LMGTE category in the FIA World Endurance Championship, Boguslavskiy would move to the WEC for the 2024 season, driving a Lexus RC F GT3 for Akkodis ASP alongside Kelvin van der Linde and bronze driver Arnold Robin.[34] However, the start of the year proved to be a struggle, as a retirement in Qatar was followed by a 14th place in Imola. The Russian then missed the Spa event due to fever, before returning to finish seventh in class at Le Mans.[35][36] A few weeks later, Boguslavskiy left the team permanently, citing his focus on "new challenges" as his reason.[37]

Racing record

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Racing career summary

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Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2016 Russian Rallycross Russian Automobile Federation Cup - D2N NEFIS Motorsport 1 0 - - 0 15 11th
Canyon Cup - Lada Granta Sport Light 4 2 - - 4 74 1st
Canyon Cup Junior - Lada Granta Junior 4 4 - - 4 74 1st
Russian Rallycross Championship - National 1 0 - - 0 3 26th
Tatarstan Circuit Racing Championship - National 6 2 1 ? 3 428 5th
Tatarstan Circuit Racing Cup - National 2 1 1 ? 1 109 1st
Russian Circuit Racing Series - Touring Light B-Tuning Pro Racing Team 4 0 0 0 0 494 11th
Suvar Motorsport 2 0 0 0 2
Seat Ibiza Cup Italia Suvar Motorsport 2 0 0 ? 0 8 22nd
2017 Winter Canyon Cup - Lada Granta NEFIS Motorsport 1 1 - - 1 60 4th
Radical Middle East Cup AUH Motorsports 2 0 0 ? 1 14 20th
Renault Clio Cup Italia Lema Racing 2 1 0 1 1 0 NC†
Tatarstan Circuit Racing Championship - National NEFIS Racing Division 6 0 1 ? 2 231.2 5th
Canyon Cup - Lada Granta Sport Light 2 0 1 ? 0 43 17th
Russian Circuit Racing Series - Touring Light 14 1 1 2 4 153 5th
European Le Mans Series - LMP3 By Speed Factory 1 0 0 0 0 0.5 29th
2018 Winter Canyon Cup - Lada Granta NEFIS Racing Division 3 2 - - 2 168 2nd
Tatarstan Winter Ice Racing Championship - А-1600 1 0 0 ? 0 8 N/A
Radical Middle East Cup B-Tuning 2 2 1 1 2 40 12th
European Le Mans Series - LMP3 NEFIS by Speed Factory 6 0 0 0 0 29 9th
Le Mans Cup - LMP3 2 0 0 0 0 3.5 29th
Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe - Pro-Am NEFIS by _target Racing 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe -Pro 10 0 0 0 2 0 NC†
Lamborghini Super Trofeo World Final - Pro _target Racing 2 0 0 0 0 11 7th
2019 Lamborghini Super Trofeo Middle East - Pro _target Racing 6 6 1 3 6 ? 1st
24H GT Series - A6 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup AKKA ASP Team 5 0 0 0 0 23 11th
2020 GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup AKKA ASP Team 4 0 0 0 2 52 5th
GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup 10 2 0 0 6 85 2nd
Intercontinental GT Challenge Mercedes-AMG Team AKKA ASP 1 0 1 0 0 0 NC
2021 GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup AKKA ASP Team 1 0 0 0 0 1 32nd
GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup 10 0 0 0 4 61.5 3rd
Intercontinental GT Challenge Mercedes-AMG Team AKKA ASP 3 1 0 0 2 47 3rd
2022 GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup AKKodis ASP Team 10 3 0 0 8 111.5 2nd
2023 GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup AKKodis ASP Team 5 2 1 0 3 104 1st
GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup 10 4 2 1 4 90.5 2nd
Intercontinental GT Challenge 1 0 0 0 1 18 19th
2024 FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGT3 Akkodis ASP Team 3 0 0 0 0 16 14th*
Italian GT Sprint Championship - GT3 Pro AF Corse 6 0 0 0 1 27 10th

* Season still in progress.

Complete Russian Circuit Racing Series results

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(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Class Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Rank Points
2016 Touring Light B-tuning Volkswagen Polo SMO
1

SMO
2

NRG
1

NRG
2

GRO
1

GRO
2

SOC
1

8
SOC
2

10
MRW
1

5
MRW
2

11
SMO
1

SMO
2

11th 494
Suvar Motorsport Renault Twingo Sport KAZ
1

2
KAZ
2

2
2017 Touring Light NEFIS Racing Division Peugeot 208 GRO
1

2
GRO
2

6
SMO
1

1
SMO
2

9
NRG
1

4
NRG
2

3
KAZ
1

7
KAZ
2

6
SMO
1

2
SMO
2

11
MRW
1

11
MRW
2

11
KAZ
1

Ret
KAZ
2

9
5th 153

Complete European Le Mans Series results

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Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 Rank Points
2017 By Speed Factory LMP3 Ligier JS P3 Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8 SIL
MNZ
RBR
LEC
SPA
ALG
12
29th 0.5
2018 NEFIS by Speed Factory LMP3 Ligier JS P3 Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8 LEC
16
MNZ
6
RBR
6
SIL
Ret
SPA
10
ALG
4
9th 27.5

Complete Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe results

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Year Entrant Class Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Rank Points
2018 NEFIS by _target Racing Pro-Am Lamborghini Huracan Super Trofeo EVO MNZ
1

Ret
MNZ
2

7
10th* 4*
Pro SIL
1

7
SIL
2

5
MIS
1

MIS
2

SPA
1

SPA
2

NÜR
1

NÜR
2

VLL
1

VLL
2

11th* 10*

Complete GT World Challenge Europe results

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GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup

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Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Pos. Points
2019 Mercedes-AMG Team AKKA ASP Mercedes-AMG GT3 Silver MNZ
4
SIL
10
LEC
11
SPA
6H

14
SPA
12H

14
SPA
24H

17
CAT
5
1st 142
2020 AKKA ASP Team Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Pro IMO
3
NÜR
2
SPA
6H

1
SPA
12H

37
SPA
24H

Ret
LEC
18
5th 52
2021 AKKA ASP Team Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Pro MNZ LEC SPA
6H

26
SPA
12H

14
SPA
24H

10
NÜR CAT 32nd 1
2023 AKKodis ASP Team Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Pro MNZ
Ret
LEC
1
SPA
6H

3
SPA
12H

2
SPA
24H

2
NÜR
1
CAT
5
1st 104

*Season still in progress.

GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup

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(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pos. Points
2020 AKKA ASP Team Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Pro MIS
1

8
MIS
2

1
MIS
3

6
MAG
1

7
MAG
2

2
ZAN
1

11
ZAN
2

3
CAT
1

3
CAT
2

3
CAT
3

1
2nd 85
2021 AKKA ASP Team Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Pro MAG
1

5
MAG
2

3
ZAN
1

2
ZAN
2

25
MIS
1

5
MIS
2

2
BRH
1

17
BRH
2

6
VAL
1

3
VAL
2

18
3rd 61.5
2022 AKKodis ASP Team Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Pro BRH
1

3
BRH
2

1
MAG
1

2
MAG
2

1
ZAN
1

23
ZAN
2

1
MIS
1

2
MIS
2

2
VAL
1

7
VAL
2

3
2nd 111.5
2023 AKKodis ASP Team Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Pro BRH
1

1
BRH
2

6
MIS
1

1
MIS
2

4
HOC
1

Ret
HOC
2

1
VAL
1

1
VAL
2

7
ZAN
1

4
ZAN
2

Ret
2nd 90.5

* Season still in progress.

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

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(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant Class Car Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Rank Points
2024 Akkodis ASP Team LMGT3 Lexus RC F GT3 Lexus 2UR-GSE 5.0 L V8 QAT
Ret
IMO
14
SPA LMS
6
SÃO COA FUJ BHR 19th* 16*

* Season still in progress.

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

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Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2024   Akkodis ASP Team   Arnold Robin
  Kelvin van der Linde
Lexus RC F GT3 LMGT3 279 34th 7th

References

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Sporting positions
Preceded by Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup
Silver Cup Champion

2019
With: Nico Bastian & Felipe Fraga
Succeeded by
Alex MacDowall
Patrick Kujala
Frederik Schandorff
(GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup)
Preceded by
Andrea Caldarelli
Marco Mapelli
(Blancpain GT Series)
GT World Challenge Europe
Champion

2020
Succeeded by
Preceded by GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup
Champion

2023
With: Raffaele Marciello & Jules Gounon
Succeeded by
Incumbent
Preceded by GT World Challenge Europe
Champion

2023
With: Raffaele Marciello
Succeeded by
Incumbent
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