Mikhail Petrovich Aljoschin

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Mikhail Alyoshin 2012
Aljoschin driving for Carlin Motorsport in Donington Park in the 2007 season of the Formula Renault 3.5
Alyoshin at Formula 1 demonstration drives in Moscow

Mikhail Petrowitsch Aljoschin , also Mikhail Aleshin ( Russian Михаил Петрович Алёшин ; born May 22, 1987 in Moscow ) is a Russian automobile racing driver . He competed in Formula Renault 3.5 from 2006 to 2013 with interruptions , where he won the championship title in 2010. He has been competing in the IndyCar Series since 2014 .

Career

Aljoschin began his motorsport career in karting in 1996 and was active in this sport until 2002. At the same time, Aljoschin contested his first races in formula racing in Russian Formula 3 . In the next three seasons he was active in both the German Formula Renault and the Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup. In 2003, Aljoschin reached 12th place overall in the German Formula Renault, in 2004 he improved to 5th place overall and in 2005 he won the runner-up title. Formula Renault Eurocup Alyoshin was not as successful: In 2003, he was not considered, 2004, he was 17 and in the 2005 season, which he played only half, he was 30th in the A1GP season 2005/2006 denied Alyoshin two races for the Russian team .

In 2006 Aljoschin competed in the Formula Renault 3.5 for Carlin Motorsport and finished eleventh overall. In 2007, Aljoschin stayed with Carlin and celebrated his first victory in Formula Renault 3.5. At the end of the season he finished 13th overall. Aljoschin also made his debut in the GP2 series: After Michael Ammermüller was injured, Aljoschin competed for the ART Grand Prix at the second race weekend of the GP2 series in Barcelona in 2007 and immediately finished sixth in the main race. At the last race weekend of the season in Valencia , Aljoschin competed for the ART Grand Prix again. His team mate on both race weekends was Lucas di Grassi . In the overall ranking, Aljoschin took 25th place with three points. 2008 Aljoschin contested his third season in the Formula Renault 3.5. Again he started for Carlin Motorsport and finished fifth in the overall standings. At a motorsport show in Moscow in 2008, Alyoshin drove through his hometown in a Red Bull Racing Formula 1 car .

In 2009 Aljoschin switched to the revived Formula 2 and started as one of three Red Bull Juniors. With a race win in Oschersleben , he finished third overall at the end of the season. At the end of the season, Red Bull ended the sponsorship of Alyoshin and he returned to Carlin for the 2010 Formula Renault 3.5 season. With victories in Alcañiz , Spa-Francorchamps and Magny-Cours , he won the championship with 138 against 136 points against Daniel Ricciardo . He also took part in a run of the GP3 series for Carlin . As a reward for his championship title in Formula Renault 3.5, Aljoschin was allowed to complete a Formula 1 test day for Renault at the end of the season .

In 2011 , Aljoschin initially stayed with Carlin and joined the team in the GP2 Asia series . He finished 27th overall. Subsequently, in 2011 he was to start for Carlin in the GP2 series. Due to budget problems, he initially lost his cockpit, but was finally reported by Carlin for the first two race weekends. Later in the season it was used for Carlin on two other GP2 race weekends. In the overall ranking he finished 32nd. In the meantime he received a cockpit in the German Formula 3 at Stromos ArtLine , which he did not have to pay because he did development work for the racing team. He took part in four race weekends , during which he won the Trophy classification in seven of the eight races . At the beginning of July, Aljoschin returned to Formula Renault 3.5 and took part in a race weekend for KMP Racing as a substitute for Anton Nebylizki . He also got into the Superleague Formula for the second and final race weekend . Third place was his best result.

In 2012 Aljoschin returned to Formula Renault 3.5 as a full-time driver. He competed for RFR (formerly KMP Racing). At the last race of the season he achieved his best placement with a second place. He finished the season in 13th place. In 2013 , Aljoschin decided on another season in the Formula Renault 3.5. He switched to Tech 1 Racing . With two fifth places as the best results, he finished the season in twelfth place. With 33 to 136 points he was defeated by his team-mate Nigel Melker . In addition, Aljoschin made his debut in GT racing and took part in five races of the Blancpain Endurance Series for SMP Racing in different classes . He was on the podium once in the GT3 Pro Am class.

In 2014 Aljoschin moved to North America for the IndyCar Series . He received a cockpit at Schmidt Peterson Motorsports . He was on the podium once with a second place in Houston . He was also in the lead for a few laps in three races, including the Indianapolis 500 . Aljoschin was seriously injured in an accident during the final training for the last race in Fontana . He turned from being hit by an opponent. As he did so, his car rose. Alyoshin suffered fractures of the ribs and right collarbone, a concussion and chest injuries. He remained conscious and was hospitalized for two and a half weeks. In the championship Aljoschin was the second best newcomer 16. With 372 to 565 points he was internally defeated Simon Pagenaud .

In 2015 , Alyoshin left the IndyCar Series because its sponsor SMP Racing was unable to raise the budget for one season due to economic sanctions against Russia. Instead, Aljoschin was integrated into the endurance program of SMP Racing and competed in the European Le Mans Series and the 24 Hours of Le Mans . Here he was involved in the development of the Russian LMP2 chassis BR01 . In the European Le Mans Series, he and Kirill Ladygin finished fifth in the LMP2 classification. In addition, Aljoschin took part for Schmidt Peterson Motorsports in the last race of the IndyCar Series 2015 , the GoPro Grand Prix of Sonoma , and came in tenth.

In 2016 , Aljoschin returned to Schmidt Peterson Motorsports in the IndyCar Series. In Long Pond , he achieved a podium finish with second place. He finished the season in 15th place overall. In 2017 , Aljoschin was supposed to drive another full season for Schmidt Peterson Motorsports, but he and the team ended the collaboration four races before the end of the season.

statistics

Career stations

Individual results in the IndyCar Series

year team 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10 11 12 13 14th 15th 16 17th 18th Points rank
2014 Schmidt Peterson Motorsports STP LBH ALA IMS INDY DET TXS HOU POC IOW GOAL MDO Mil SNM HAIRDRYER 372 16.
12 6th 22nd 25th 21 ° 16 17 ° 7 ° 7th 23 2 7th 21st 11 23 14th 8th 7th 22nd
2015 Schmidt Peterson Motorsports STP NOL LBH ALA IMS INDY DET TXS GOAL HAIRDRYER Mil IOW MDO POC SNM     40 33.
                              10    
2016 Schmidt Peterson Motorsports STP PHO LBH ALA IMS INDY DET ROA IOW GOAL MDO POC TXS WGL SNM     347 15th
5 17th 16 17th 13 27 7 15th 17th 16 5 6th 17 * 2 * 16 22nd 11    
2017 Schmidt Peterson Motorsports STP LBH ALA PHO IMS INDY DET TXS ROA IOW GOAL MDO POC STL WGL SNM   237 19th
14th 12 10 17th 18th 13 13 6 ° 16 15th 10 21st   14th          

Le Mans results

year team vehicle Teammate Teammate placement Failure reason
2015 RussiaRussia SMP Racing BR Engineering BR01 RussiaRussia Kirill Ladygin RussiaRussia Anton Ladygin Rank 33
2017 RussiaRussia SMP Racing Dallara P217 RussiaRussia Sergei Sirotkin RussiaRussia Victor Schaitar Rank 33
2018 RussiaRussia SMP Racing BR Engineering BR1 RussiaRussia Vitaly Petrov United KingdomUnited Kingdom Jenson Button failure Engine failure
2019 RussiaRussia SMP Racing BR Engineering BR1 RussiaRussia Vitaly Petrov BelgiumBelgium Stoffel Vandoorne Rank 3

Web links

Commons : Mikhail Petrovich Aljoschin  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ "Moscow: Formula 1 Party at the Kremlin" (Motorsport-Total.com on July 14, 2008)
  2. ↑ "Renault World Series: Aleshin back at Carlin" (Motorsport-Total.com on February 27, 2010)
  3. ↑ "Renault: Hydraulic defect cannot stop Aleshin" (Motorsport-Total.com on November 16, 2010)
  4. ↑ “CARLIN SIGN ALESHIN AND CHILTON FOR GP2” ( Memento of the original from June 2, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (gp2series.com on January 27, 2011) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / gp2series.com
  5. ^ "Turvey joins Chilton at Silverstone" (gp2series.com on April 5, 2011)
  6. ↑ “carlin ready for GP2 Series debut” ( Memento of the original from May 8, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (carlin.co.uk on May 4, 2011) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.carlin.co.uk
  7. ^ "GP2 - Mikhail Aleshin returns to Carlin" (Motorsport-Magazin.com on July 28, 2011)
  8. ↑ "WSbR champion Aleshin: Formula 3 instead GP2" (Motorsport-Total.com on April 22, 2011)
  9. ↑ "FR 3.5: Aleshin chez KMP en Hongrie» (autohebdo.fr on June 24, 2011)
  10. ↑ “WSR: За новую команду RFR выступят Алешин и Небылицкий” (f1news.ru on February 20, 2012)
  11. ↑ Frederik Hackbarth: "WS by Renault - Aleshin joins Tech 1 Racing". Ex-champion starts next to Melker. Motorsport-Magazin.com, February 12, 2013, accessed on February 12, 2013 .
  12. ↑ "Mikhail Aleshin to Drive 2nd SPM Car in 2014 IndyCar Season". spmindycar.com, November 22, 2013, accessed November 22, 2013 .
  13. ↑ Pete Fink: "Serious accident at Alyoshin". Motorsport-Total.com, August 30, 2014, accessed September 7, 2014 .
  14. ↑ Annika Kläsener: "IndyCar - Aleshin released from the hospital". Feel better every day Motorsport-Magazin.com, September 17, 2014, accessed on September 17, 2014 .
  15. ↑ Mario Fritzsche: No IndyCar missions for Aljoschin in the 2015 season. Motorsport-Total.com, January 19, 2015, accessed on September 11, 2015 .
  16. ↑ a b Gerald Dirnbeck: Aljoschin celebrates IndyCar comeback in Sonoma. Motorsport-Total.com, September 5, 2015, accessed on September 11, 2015 .
  17. ↑ Aleshin seals 2016 Schmidt Peterson Motorsports IndyCar seat. autosport.com, December 9, 2015, accessed January 2, 2016 .
  18. ^ Roman Wittemeier: LMP1 goes first: Aljoschin ends the IndyCar season early. motorsport-total.com, August 13, 2017, accessed June 11, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Alyoshin, Mikhail Petrovich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Алёшин, Михаил Петрович (Russian); Aleshin, Mikhail Petrovich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Russian automobile racer
DATE OF BIRTH May 22, 1987
PLACE OF BIRTH Moscow , Soviet Union