Artyom Valeryevich Markelow

Artjom Markelow at the first Formula 2 race in Spielberg 2018

Artyom Valeryevich Markelow ( Russian Артём Валерьевич Маркелов , also Artem Markelov transcribed; born September 10, 1994 in Moscow ) is a Russian racing driver . He finished second in the German Formula 3 Cup in 2013 . He has been competing in the FIA Formula 2 Championship (formerly GP2 series) since 2014 .

Career

Artyom Markelow in a Formula 3 racing car in 2012

Markelow began his motorsport career in karting . In 2011 he made his debut in formula racing . For Motopark Academy he started in the ADAC Formula Masters . Markelow won a race and was on the podium 11 times. With 251 points, he was fourth overall. Within the team he was beaten by Emil Bernstorff , who finished second with 310 points. He also made a guest start in the Formula 3 Euro Series for the racing team .

In 2012 Markelow received a cockpit at Motopark Academy in the German Formula 3 Cup . The racing team competed under the name Lotus . Markelow won two races and achieved another podium finish. He was in seventh place overall, while two of his teammates, Jimmy Eriksson and Kimiya Satō occupied positions one and three. In 2013 Markelow stayed with the Lotus team from Motopark Academy in the German Formula 3 Cup. With two wins and a total of 21 podium finishes, he finished the season in second place overall. With 339 to 511 points, he lost to his teammate Marvin Kirchhöfer .

In 2014 Markelow switched to the GP2 series and received a cockpit at the RT Russian Time racing team, which is managed by iSport International . While his teammate Mitch Evans was fourth with 174 points, Markelow reached 24th overall with six points. In early 2015 , Markelow competed for Giles Motorsport in the Toyota Racing Series . With two second places as the best results, he finished eighth in the drivers' championship. Markelow then contested his second GP2 season for Russian Time . This year Virtuosi Racing UK took over the implementation of the races . With a third place as the best result, he improved to 13th place overall.

At the beginning of 2016 , Markelow competed again in the Toyota Racing Series for M2 Competition . He was on the podium five times and finished the season in eighth place overall. Markelow then went on to another season in the GP2 series for Russian Time. He achieved his first GP2 victory at the main race in Monaco . Markelow benefited from a late pit stop and two virtual safety car phases (VSC). He reached tenth place in the drivers' championship. Against his teammate Raffaele Marciello he lost with 97 to 159 points. In 2017 , Markelow stayed with Russian Time in the GP2 series, which had been renamed the FIA Formula 2 Championship during the winter break . He won 5 races and finished the championship in 2nd place. He also competed in Formula 2 for Russian Time in 2018 . He won 3 races and finished the season in fifth place overall.

In 2019 he drove in two races for the MP Motorsport team.

statistics

Career stations

2011 : ADAC Formula Masters 2012 : German Formula 3 (7th place) 2013 : German Formula 3 (2nd place) 2014 : GP2 series (24th place)

2015 : Toyota Racing Series (8th place) 2015 : GP2 series (13th place) 2016 : Toyota Racing Series (8th place) 2016 : GP2 series (10th place)

2017 : Formula 2 (2nd place) 2018 : Formula 2 (5th place) 2019 : Formula 2 (16th place)

Individual results in the German Formula 3 Cup

year	team	engine	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st	22nd	23	24	25th	26th	27	Points	rank
2012	lotus	Volkswagen	ZAN			SAC			OSC			SPA			ASS			SPI			LAU			ONLY			HOC			155	7th
			DNF	9	DNF	4th	5	DSQ	8th	5	3	8th	4th	14 *	5	7th	6th	8th	8th	10	6th	1	8th	5	5	6th	4th	1	6th
2013	lotus	Volkswagen	OS1			SPA			NÜ1			SAC			LA1			NÜ2			LA2			OS2			HOC			339	2.
			2	2	2	6th	2	2	3	C.	2	2	3	2	3	4th	3	3	3	2	1	2	1	DNF	13 *	4th	3	2	3

Individual results in the GP2 series / FIA Formula 2 championship

year	team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st	22nd	23	24	Points	rank
2014	RT Russian Time	BRN		ESP		MON		AUT		GBR		GER		HUN		BEL		ITA		RUS		UAE				6th	24.
		15th	10	11	DNF	DNF	DNF	21st	16	18th	17th	DNF	12	16	20 *	7th	DNF	21st	DNF	16	12	DNF	19th
2015	Russian time	BRN		ESP		MON		AUT		GBR		HUN		BEL		ITA		RUS		BRN		UAE				48	13.
		13	12	12	5	DNF	14th	5	DSQ	21st	14th	22nd	18th	3	5	5	14th	DNF	12	15th	8th	DNF	C.
2016	Russian time	ESP		MON		AZE		AUT		GBR		HUN		GER		BEL		ITA		MAS		UAE				97	10.
		4th	4th	1	8th	DNF	5	DNF	11	10	12	9	4th	DNF	9	5	21 *	10	10	DNS	13	3	7th
2017	Russian time	BRN		ESP		MON		AZE		AUT		GBR		HUN		BEL		ITA		ESP		UAE				210	2.
		1	8th	8th	9	2	5	4th	5	8th	1	4th	3	17 *	9	1	DNF	9	15th	5	1	1	6th
2018	Russian time	BRN		AZE		ESP		MON		FRA		AUT		GBR		HUN		BEL		ITA		RUS		UAE		186	5.
		3	1	DNF	DNF	8th	9	1	4th	14th	14 *	8th	1	6th	4th	8th	13	6th	5	2	2	11	5	2	7th
2019	MP Motorsport / BWT Arden	BRN		AZE		ESP		MON		FRA		AUT		GBR		HUN		BEL		ITA		RUS		UAE		16	16.
								6th	4th													DNF	10	DNF	DNF

Individual results in the Toyota Racing Series

year	team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	Points	rank
2015	Giles Motorsport	CHR			INV			HMP			DEW				MAN			525	8th.
		DNF	DNF	3	5	2	7th	7th	DNF	6th	14th	DNF	DNF	2	7th	7th	6th
2016	M2 Competition	CHR			INV			HMP			DEW			MAN				590	8th.
		2	4th	3	6th	3	3	12	DNF	5	12	7th	DNF	DSQ	11	2

Legend
colour	abbreviation	meaning
gold	-	victory
silver	-	2nd place
bronze	-	3rd place
green	-	Placement in the points
blue	-	Classified outside the point ranks
violet	DNF	Race not finished (did not finish)
	NC	not classified
red	DNQ	did not qualify
	DNPQ	failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify)
black	DSQ	disqualified
White	DNS	not at the start (did not start)
	WD	withdrawn
Light Blue	PO	only participated in the training (practiced only)
	TD	Friday test driver
without	DNP	did not participate in the training (did not practice)
	INJ	injured or sick
	EX	excluded
	DNA	did not arrive
	C.	Race canceled
		no participation in the World Cup
other	P / bold	Pole position
	SR / italic	Fastest race lap
	*	not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered
	()	Streak results
	underlined	Leader in the overall standings

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Philipp Schajer: "GP2 - Russian Time: Evans and Markelov in the Cockpit". iSport takes over. Motorsport-Magazin.com, February 19, 2014, accessed on February 19, 2014 . 
2. ↑ Topher Smith: Markelov confirms 2015 drive with Russian Time. (No longer available online.) F1update.co.uk, January 26, 2015, archived from the original on February 1, 2015 ; accessed on January 26, 2015 . 
3. ↑ Peter Allen: Russian Time retains Evans and Markelov, brings in Virtuosi. paddockscout.com, February 20, 2015, accessed February 20, 2015 . 
4. ^ Peter Allen: Markelov and Laliberte complete M2 Competition TRS line-up. paddockscout.com, December 16, 2015, accessed January 1, 2016 . 
5. ↑ Peter Allen: Marciello joins Markelov at Russian Time for 2016. paddockscout.com, January 18, 2016, accessed on January 18, 2016 (English). 
6. ↑ Gruz David: Markelov takes shock maiden win aided by late-race VSC. paddockscout.com, May 27, 2016, accessed February 18, 2017 . 
7. ↑ Valentin Khorounzhiy: Ghiotto joins Russian Time for sophomore GP2 campaign. motorsport.com, February 15, 2017, accessed February 25, 2017 . 
8. ↑ -: Russian Time Announce Markelov and Makino for 2018. fiaformula2.com, November 20, 2017, accessed on February 10, 2018 (English). 

Web links

Commons : Artyom Valeryevich Markelow  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Artyom Markelow's career statistics at driverdb.com (English)
• Маркелов Артем Валерьевич , ruspekh.ru