Viktor Viktorovich Schaitar
Viktor Viktorovich Schaitar ( Russian Виктор Викторович Шайтар , English transcription Victor Shaitar ; born February 13, 1983 in Moscow ) is a Russian racing driver .
Career in motorsport
Viktor Schaitar began his career in the Russian monoposto sport . In 2002 he won the overall ranking of the Russian Formula 1600 Championship . Until 2007, when he was runner-up, he remained a participant in this championship. In 2008 he switched to Formula 3 and competed in the Russian and Finnish championships. Until 2012 he competed in monopostor races, including in Georgia .
The successful change in GT and sports car racing followed in 2013 . The overall victory in the GTC class of the European Le Mans Series in 2013 was followed by victory in the GTE class of this series in 2014 . He celebrated his greatest success so far in the FIA World Endurance Championship , where he won the final of the LMGTE standings in 2015 . He was also able to win these racing classes at the 2015 Le Mans 24-hour race . There he benefited from the late failure of Paul Dalla Lana, who had been leading for a long time, in the Aston Martin Vantage GTE .
statistics
Le Mans results
year | team | vehicle | Teammate | Teammate | placement | Failure reason |
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2014 | SMP Racing | Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 | Andrea Bertolini | Aleksey Basov | failure | accident |
2015 | SMP Racing | Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 | Andrea Bertolini | Aleksey Basov | Rank 20 and class win | |
2016 | SMP Racing | BR Engineering BR1 | Vitaly Petrov | Kirill Ladygin | Rank 7 | |
2017 | SMP Racing | Dallara P217 | Mikhail Aleshin | Sergei Sirotkin | Rank 33 | |
2018 | SMP Racing | Dallara P217 | Harrison Newey | Norman Nato | Rank 14 |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Russian Formula 1600 Championship
- ^ Russian Formula 1600 Championship 2007
- ↑ FIA Endurance Championship 2015
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Schaitar, Viktor Viktorovich |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Шайтар, Виктор Викторович (Russian spelling) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian automobile racer |
DATE OF BIRTH | February 13, 1983 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Moscow |