| Founded | 2013 |
|---|---|
| Nation |  Russia |
| Founder(s) | Boris Rotenberg |
| Base | Moscow, Russia |
| Website | www |
SMP Racing is a Russian racing team and driver academy mostly known for competing in theFIA World Endurance Championship,FIA Formula 2 Championship andFIA Formula 3 Championship with the goal of training and unveiling new talents[1] from Russia.[2] The team was founded in 2013 byBoris Rotenberg, co-founder of the SMP Bank of Russia.
The team was founded in 2012 by theRussian oligarchBoris Rotenberg, co-founder of SMP Bank and CEO of Russian race car construction company BR Engineering.
They first competed in theFIA World Endurance Championship with the goal of supporting new talents from Russia and giving them the chance to compete in international motorsport.
Born inSaint Petersburg, Russia on (1957-01-03)3 January 1957 (age 68),Boris Rotenberg is known as the co-founder of SMP Bank and CEO of the largest construction company for gas pipelines and electrical power supply lines in Russia (StroyGazMontazh).[citation needed]
In 2001 Boris and his brother founded the SMP Bank of Russia, one of the largest banks in Russia.
Boris is the CEO and founder of a race car construction company called BR Engineering. This company created theBR Engineering BR1 andBR Engineering BR01; both cars achieved podiums in their categories at the24 Hours of Le Mans.
The team went quiet across all of their social media accounts, along with a number of other Russian teams at the time which were competing in international motorsports.
The team also announced they would not return to theFIA World Endurance Championship or theEuropean Le Mans Series.
This was expected to happen, due to the FIA announcing new requirements for Russian drivers and teams competing in international motorsport as a response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[citation needed]
SMP Racing competed in theFIA World Endurance Championship full time between the years of 2014-2016. They made one return for the2016 24 Hours of Le Mans and returned later for the2018–19 FIA World Endurance Championship season.
The team were mildly successful throughout their whole time in the series. Their most successful year in the Championship came in2015, where the team collected 6 podiums, 3 wins, and finished 1st in the LMGTE AM category.[2]
The team again had another mildly successful career at the24 Hours of Le Mans by finishing first withFerrari 458 GT2 in LMGTE category in2015 and finishing third withBR1LMP1 prototype in overall category in2019 only behind twoToyota's, making them the fastest non-factory team.[3]
SMP Racing never had their own team in theFIA Formula 2 Championship. However they still had a young driver program for young and upcoming Russian drivers such asRobert Shwartzman andSergey Sirotkin.
The program was cancelled in May 2022 due to theFIA announcing requirements on Russian drivers competing in international motorsport. These rules were announced as a response to theRussian invasion of Ukraine.[citation needed]
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Mikhail AleshinVladimir Atoev
Fabio BabiniAleksey BasovMichael Belov
Olivier BerettaAndrea BertoliniMatteo Bobbi
Aleksander BosakGianmaria Bruni
Jenson ButtonJames CaladoStefano Coletti
Mitch Evans
Lucas ForestiAntonio Fuoco
Sean GelaelAntonio GiovinazziBrendon HartleyMatevos IsaakyanAleksey KorneevKirill Ladygin
Konsta Lappalainen
Julián LealRoman MavlanovMichael Meadows
Nicolas Minassian
Miguel MolinaDaniil MoveNorman NatoHarrison NeweyEgor OrudzhevLuca PersianiVitaly PetrovAlessandro Pier GuidiDavide RigonMika SaloStéphane SarrazinElias SeppänenViktor ShaytarRobert ShwartzmanIrina SidorkovaSergey SirotkinAlexander SmolyarKonstantin TereshchenkoNikita Troitskiy
Vladimiros Tziortzis
Stoffel VandoorneMatthieu VaxivièreToni Vilander
Andreas WirthDaniel ZampieriSergey Zlobin| Year | Class | Drivers | No. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | T.C. | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | LMP2 | Sergey Zlobin Maurizio MedianiNicolas Minassian Anton LadyginMika Salo | 27 | SIL 3 | SPA 4 | LMS 1 | COA 2 | FUJ 3 | SHA 2 | BHR Ret | SÃO 2 | 1st | 146 | |
| Kirill LadyginViktor Shaytar Anton Ladygin Maurizio MedianiNicolas Minassian | 37 | SIL Ret | SPA 3 | LMS Ret | COA Ret | FUJ 4 | SHA 3 | BHR 2 | SÃO Ret | 4th | 60 | |||
| 2015 | LMGTE AM | Viktor ShaytarAleksey BasovAndrea Bertolini | 72 | SIL 3 | SPA 3 | LMS 1 | NÜR 1 | COA 1 | FUJ 6 | SHA 3 | BHR 5 | 1st | 165 | |
| 2016 | LMP2 | Maurizio MedianiNicolas Minassian David MarkozovMikhail Aleshin | 27 | SIL 9 | SPA Ret | LMS 5 | NÜR 8 | MEX 6 | COA 4 | FUJ 8 | SHA 6 | BHR 8 | 8th | 62 |
| Vitaly PetrovViktor ShaytarKirill Ladygin | 37 | SIL 7 | SPA 7 | LMS 3 | NÜR 6 | MEX Ret | COA 6 | FUJ 10 | SHA 7 | BHR 7 | 6th | 71 | ||
| 2018–19 | LMP1 | Mikhail AleshinVitaly PetrovJenson ButtonBrendon HartleyStoffel Vandoorne | 11 | SPA 5 | LMS Ret | SIL Ret | FUJ 4 | SHA 3 | SEB 3 | SPA 3 | LMS 3 | 4th | 94 | |
| Stéphane SarrazinEgor OrudzhevMatevos IsaakyanSergey Sirotkin | 17 | SPA Ret | LMS Ret | SIL 3 | FUJ Ret | SHA Ret | SEB NC | SPA 4 | LMS Ret | 14th | 27 |
| Year | Car | Drivers | No. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T.C. | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Ferrari 488 GTE | Sergey Sirotkin (All)[5]Miguel Molina (Rd. 1-3)[6]Davide Rigon(Rd. 1-3)[7]Antonio Fuoco (Rd. 4)[8]Toni Vilander (Rd. 4)[9] | 72 | IMO 20 | SPA 14 | NUR 19 | LEC 7 | 1st[a] | 80 |
SMP Racing also was a moniker for these teams, when SMP sponsored them:
