| Artem Markelov | |
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 Markelov in 2013 | |
| Nationality |  Russian |
| Born | (1994-09-10)10 September 1994 (age 30) Moscow, Russia |
| FIA Formula 2 Championship career | |
| Debut season | 2017 |
| Car number | 16 |
| Former teams | Russian Time,BWT Arden,MP Motorsport,BWT HWA Racelab |
| Starts | 75 (76 entries) |
| Wins | 8 |
| Podiums | 14 |
| Poles | 1 |
| Fastest laps | 5 |
| Best finish | 2nd in2017 |
| Previous series | |
| 2014–16 2012–13 2011 2011 | GP2 Series German Formula Three Formula 3 Euro Series ADAC Formel Masters |
Artem Valeryevich Markelov (Russian:Артём Вале́рьевич Марке́лов,IPA:[ɐrˈtʲɵmvɐˈlʲerʲjɪvʲɪtɕmɐrˈkʲeləf]; born 10 September 1994) is a retiredRussian racing driver who last competed in theFIA Formula 2 Championship forHWA Team in 2020.[1]
Born inMoscow, Markelov begankarting in 2006 and raced mostly in his native Russia for the majority of his karting career, working his way up through the junior ranks to progress into theKF2 category by 2010.[2][3]
In2011, Markelov moved intoopen-wheel racing, competing inADAC Formel Masters withMotopark Academy, taking eleven podiums in twenty-three races, including one win atRed Bull Ring. As a result, Markelov finished in fourth place in the final championship standings.[4]
During the 2011 season, Markelov made his Formula Three debut, with Motopark, in theHockenheimring round of theFormula 3 Euro Series.[5]
Markelov and Motopark – now under the Lotus moniker – elected to compete in theGerman Formula Three Championship in2012.[6] He finished seventh in the standings, scoring three podiums, including sprint-race wins atLausitz and Hockenheim.[7]
Markelov stayed in the German series for another year in2013, remaining with Motopark.[8] He had eighteen podiums in twenty-three races, including wins in both main races at Lausitz.[9][10] He finished as runner-up to his teammateMarvin Kirchhöfer.[11]
Markelov made hisGP2 Series debut in2014 withRussian Time, where he joinedMitch Evans.[12] Markelov had only one point-scoring finish atSpa-Francorchamps, finishing the season 24th, twenty positions behind Evans in the drivers' championship.
Markelov and Evans remained with Russian Time in 2015.[13] Markelov took his first podium atSpa-Francorchamps, when he started from the 22nd position on the grid.[14] He made the progress in the championship to the thirteenth place, being more consistent, but he was still eight positions behind the Evans in the standings.
Markelov continued to race with Russian Time in 2016, but this time he was joined in the team byRaffaele Marciello.[15] Markelov claimed his first GP2 Series win in the feature race inMonaco, starting from the fifteenth starting position.[16] However, he was not as consistent as Marciello, finishing tenth in the drivers' championship.
For the 2017 season, the GP2 Series was rebranded as theFIA Formula 2 Championship. While Markelov remained with Russian Time for his fourth consecutive season with theDallara GP2/11 machinery, which was also the final year of use for the chassis in the championship, being joined byLuca Ghiotto.[17] Markelov won the first race in the FIA Formula 2 Championship history.[18] He also collected wins atSpielberg,Spa-Francorchamps,Jerez andAbu Dhabi[19][20][21][22] While it wasn't enough to preventCharles Leclerc winning the drivers' championship, he brought the teams' championship to Russian Time with the help of Ghiotto.
Markelov remained with Russian Time in2018.[23] He finished the season in fifth.
Following the 2018 season, Markelov was left without a drive in the 2019 Formula 2 season after Russian Time withdrew from the series. However, followingJordan King's participation in the2019 Indianapolis 500, Markelov was called up byMP Motorsport for theMonaco round as a one-off replacement. He scored points in both races, with a sixth place in the first race and a fourth place in the second race.
As a result of the weekend atSpa-Francorchamps following the Lap 2 feature race crash that killedBWT Arden driverAnthoine Hubert, the team signed Markelov to finish out the season atSochi andAbu Dhabi, although the car number changed from 19 to 22.
In2020, Markelov continued to race in F2 with the same team, nowHWA Racelab.[24] He was joined byGiuliano Alesi, son of formerFormula One driverJean Alesi, who leftTrident at the end of the 2019 season. However Markelov had a disappointing season scoring only 5 points compared to championship winner Mick Schumacher's 215.
In February 2018, Markelov was announced asRenault development driver for the2018 FIA Formula One World Championship and drove in an official Formula One session for the first time at the2018 Russian Grand Prix.[25][26] He then made an appearance for the team at the 2018 Abu Dhabi Young Driver Test. It was rumoured that Markelov was a contender for a drive at Williams for 2019, but it ultimately went toRobert Kubica.[27]
Markelov is married to former TV show host Katya Zhuzha. Their son Max was born in 2020. He is also the step father of Katya Zhuzha's child from another marriage, Nicole Markelova.[28]
| Season | Series | Team | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Rotax Max Euro Challenge — Junior | 17th | |
| Chrono Dutch Rotax Max Challenge — Junior | 29th | ||
| 2009 | Rotax Max Challenge Grand Finals — Junior | IPB Spartak Racing | 21st |
| Rotax Max Euro Challenge — Junior | 7th | ||
| Rotax Max Wintercup — Rotax Max Junior | 14th |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | ADAC Formel Masters | Motopark | 23 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 251 | 4th |
| Formula 3 Euro Series | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | NC† | ||
| 2012 | German Formula 3 Championship | Lotus | 27 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 155 | 7th |
| 2013 | German Formula 3 Championship | Lotus | 26 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 339 | 2nd |
| 2014 | GP2 Series | RT Russian Time | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 24th |
| 2015 | GP2 Series | Russian Time | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 48 | 13th |
| Toyota Racing Series | Giles Motorsport | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 525 | 8th | |
| 2016 | GP2 Series | Russian Time | 21 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 97 | 10th |
| Toyota Racing Series | M2 Competition | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 588 | 8th | |
| 2017 | FIA Formula 2 Championship | Russian Time | 22 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 210 | 2nd |
| 2018 | FIA Formula 2 Championship | Russian Time | 24 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 186 | 5th |
| Formula One | Renault Sport F1 Team | Development driver | |||||||
| 2019 | Super Formula | UOMO Sunoco Team LeMans | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21st |
| FIA Formula 2 Championship | MP Motorsport | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 16th | |
| BWT Arden | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2020 | FIA Formula 2 Championship | BWT HWA Racelab | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 18th |
† As Markelov was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | DC | Points |
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| 2011 | Motopark | OSC 1 DNS | OSC 2 Ret | OSC 3 14 | SAC 1 3 | SAC 2 3 | SAC 3 3 | ZOL 1 2 | ZOL 2 2 | ZOL 3 2 | NÜR 1 6 | NÜR 2 3 | NÜR 3 4 | RBR 1 6 | RBR 2 8 | RBR 3 1 | LAU 1 11 | LAU 2 3 | LAU 3 2 | ASS 1 Ret | ASS 2 7 | ASS 3 6 | HOC 1 5 | HOC 2 3 | HOC 3 6 | 4th | 251 |
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | DC | Points |
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| 2012 | Lotus | ZAN 1 Ret | ZAN 2 9 | ZAN 3 Ret | SAC 1 4 | SAC 2 5 | SAC 3 DSQ | OSC 1 8 | OSC 2 5 | OSC 2 3 | SPA 1 8 | SPA 2 4 | SPA 3 14† | ASS 1 5 | ASS 2 7 | ASS 3 6 | RBR 1 8 | RBR 2 8 | RBR 3 10 | LAU 1 6 | LAU 2 1 | LAU 3 8 | NÜR 1 5 | NÜR 2 5 | NÜR 3 6 | HOC 1 4 | HOC 2 1 | HOC 3 6 | 7th | 155 |
| 2013 | Lotus | OSC1 1 2 | OSC1 2 2 | OSC1 2 2 | SPA 1 6 | SPA 2 2 | SPA 3 2 | NÜR1 1 3 | NÜR1 2 C | NÜR1 3 2 | SAC 1 2 | SAC 2 3 | SAC 3 2 | LAU1 1 3 | LAU1 2 4 | LAU1 3 3 | NÜR2 1 3 | NÜR2 2 3 | NÜR2 3 2 | LAU2 1 1 | LAU2 2 2 | LAU2 3 1 | OSC2 1 Ret | OSC2 2 13 | OSC2 3 4 | HOC 1 3 | HOC 2 2 | HOC 3 3 | 2nd | 339 |
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)
† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | DC | Points |
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| 2015 | Giles Motorsport | RUA 1 Ret | RUA 2 Ret | RUA 3 3 | TER 1 5 | TER 2 2 | TER 3 7 | HMP 1 7 | HMP 2 Ret | HMP 3 6 | TAU 1 14 | TAU 2 Ret | TAU 3 Ret | TAU 4 2 | MAN 1 7 | MAN 2 7 | MAN 3 6 | 8th | 525 |
| 2016 | M2 Competition | RUA 1 2 | RUA 2 4 | RUA 3 3 | TER 1 6 | TER 2 3 | TER 3 3 | HMP 1 12 | HMP 2 Ret | HMP 3 5 | TAU 1 12 | TAU 2 7 | TAU 3 Ret | MAN 1 Ret | MAN 2 12 | MAN 3 2 | 8th | 588 |
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position; races initalics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | WDC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Renault Sport F1 Team | RenaultR.S.18 | Renault R.E.18 1.6V6t | AUS | BHR | CHN | AZE | ESP | MON | CAN | FRA | AUT | GBR | GER | HUN | BEL | ITA | SIN | RUS TD | JPN | USA | MEX | BRA | ABU | – | – |
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | UOMO Sunoco Team LeMans | Toyota | SUZ 10 | AUT Ret | SUG 16 | FUJ 19 | MOT 12 | OKA | SUZ | 21st | 0 |
As soon as things improved again, he scored a maiden podium in the Spa feature race from 22nd on the grid – a fine drive even with a large slice of luck on the strategy side.
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