Nikolai Marzenko

Nikolai Marzenko (2012)

Nikolai Marzenko , also Nicolay Martsenko ( Russian: Николай Марценко ; born May 25, 1993 in Krasnoyarsk ) is a Russian automobile racing driver . He competed in Formula Renault 3.5 from 2012 to 2014 .

Career

Marzenko began his motorsport career at the age of eleven in Russian amateur touring car racing . In 2008 he finished fourth in the Lada Cup in his hometown of Krasnoyarsk. In 2009 he switched to the single-seater racing and entered European 3 Formula serials on. He won one race each and was fifth in the Northern European and fourth in the Finnish Formula 3 championship . He also made his debut in the German Formula 3 Cup for Jenichen Motorsport in 2009 . He took part in four races and remained without points.

In 2010 Marzenko competed for the Max Travin Racing Team for the entire season of the German Formula 3 Cup. With an eighth place as the best result, he scored one point and was 18th in the drivers' championship. In 2011 Marzenko stayed with the Max Travin Racing Team in the German Formula 3 Cup. With a fourth place as the best result, he finished the season on the twelfth championship place.

In 2012 Marzenko switched to Formula Renault 3.5 . After the Max Travin Racing Team had not received a starting place there, he signed a contract with BVM Target . Fifth place at the season opener was his best result. Marzenko finished the season in 20th place overall. In 2013 Marzenko completed his second season in Formula Renault 3.5 for Pons Racing . With a sixth place as the best result, he was again 20th in the driving classification. With 20 to 8 points he prevailed internally against Zoël Amberg . In 2014 , Marzenko switched to Comtec Racing within the Formula Renault 3.5 . In Alcañiz he achieved his first podium finish with a second place. After this event, he was in fifth place overall. Nevertheless, he lost his cockpit after the race weekend due to financial problems with his sponsors. In the further course of the season he was used at two events of the GP3 series for Hilmer Motorsport .

statistics

Career stations

2008: Lada Cup Krasnoyarsk (4th place) 2009: Finnish Formula 3 (4th place) 2009: Northern European Formula 3 (5th place) 2009 : German Formula 3

2010 : German Formula 3 (18th place) 2011 : German Formula 3 (12th place) 2012 : Formula Renault 3.5 (20th place) 2013 : Formula Renault 3.5 (20th place)

2014 : Formula Renault 3.5 (14th place) 2014 : GP3 series (33rd place)

Individual results in Formula Renault 3.5

year	team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	Points	rank
2012	BVM target	ALC		MON	SPA		ONLY		MOS		SIL		HUN		LEC		CAT		13	20th
		5	15th	18th	10	9	21st	DNF	DNF	18th	DNF	12	DNF	14th	23	21st	25th	20th
2013	Pons Racing	MNZ		ALC		MON	SPA		MOS		SPI		HUN		LEC		CAT		20th	20th
		DNF	DNF	12	21st	DNF	6th	7th	DNF	14th	DNF	DNF	11	DNF	7th	12	13 *	17th
2014	Comtec Racing	MNZ		ALC		MON	SPA		MOS		ONLY		HUN		LEC		JRZ		36	14th
		5	6th	2	DNF

Individual results in the GP3 series

year	team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	Points	rank
2014	Hilmer Motorsport	ESP		AUT		GBR		GER		HUN		BEL		ITA		RUS		UAE		0	33.
				19th	DNF											19th	DNF

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Сибирский Шумахер готов покорить престижные трассы Европы" (vesti.ru on July 7, 2011)
2. ^ "Aleshin con KMP, Martsenko con BVM Target" ( Memento from September 2, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (italiaracing.net on February 20, 2012)
3. ↑ Glenn Freeman, Aleksander Kabanovsky: "Mikhail Aleshin Continues Formula Renault 3.5 comeback with Tech 1". autosport.com, February 12, 2012, accessed February 12, 2012 . 
4. ^ Peter Allen: "Financial difficulties force Martsenko out of FR3.5". paddockscout.com, May 28, 2014, accessed July 13, 2014 . 
5. ↑ Peter Allen: "Martsenko joins Hilmer in GP3 for Spielberg." paddockscout.com, June 18, 2014, accessed July 13, 2014 . 

Web links

• Career statistics from Nikolai Marzenko (English)