Artem Markelov

Russian racing driver
Artem Markelov
Markelov in 2013
NationalityRussia Russian
Born (1994-09-10) 10 September 1994 (age 29)
Moscow, Russia
FIA Formula 2 Championship career
Debut season2017
Car number16
Former teamsRussian Time, BWT Arden, MP Motorsport, BWT HWA Racelab
Starts75 (76 entries)
Wins8
Podiums14
Poles1
Fastest laps5
Best finish2nd in 2017
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: [ɐrˈtʲɵm vɐˈlʲerʲjɪvʲɪtɕ mɐrˈkʲeləf]; born 10 September 1994) is a Russian racing driver who last competed in the FIA Formula 2 Championship for HWA Team in 2020.[1]

Career

Karting

Born in Moscow, Markelov began karting 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 the KF2 category by 2010.[2][3]

ADAC Formel Masters

In 2011, Markelov moved into open-wheel racing, competing in ADAC Formel Masters with Motopark Academy, taking eleven podiums in twenty-three races, including one win at Red Bull Ring. As a result, Markelov finished in fourth place in the final championship standings.[4]

Formula Three

2011

During the 2011 season, Markelov made his Formula Three debut, with Motopark, in the Hockenheimring round of the Formula 3 Euro Series.[5]

2012

Markelov during German Formula Three Championship race at Nürburgring in 2012

Markelov and Motopark – now under the Lotus moniker – elected to compete in the German Formula Three Championship in 2012.[6] He finished seventh in the standings, scoring three podiums, including sprint-race wins at Lausitz and Hockenheim.[7]

2013

Markelov stayed in the German series for another year in 2013, 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 teammate Marvin Kirchhöfer.[11]

GP2 Series / FIA Formula 2

2014

Markelov during GP2 Series race at Silverstone in 2014

Markelov made his GP2 Series debut in 2014 with Russian Time, where he joined Mitch Evans.[12] Markelov had only one point-scoring finish at Spa, finishing the season 24th, twenty positions behind Evans in the drivers' championship.

2015

Markelov and Evans remained with Russian Time in 2015.[13] Markelov took his first podium at Spa, 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.

2016

Markelov continued to race with Russian Time in 2016, but this time he was joined in the team by Raffaele Marciello.[15] Markelov claimed his first GP2 Series win in the feature race in Monaco, starting from the fifteenth starting position.[16] But he wasn't stable as Marciello, finishing tenth in the drivers' championship.

2017

For the 2017 season, the GP2 Series was rebranded as the FIA Formula 2 Championship. While Markelov remained with Russian Time for his fourth consecutive season with the Dallara GP2/11 machinery, which was also the final year of use for the chassis in the championship, being joined by Luca Ghiotto.[17] Markelov won the first race in the FIA Formula 2 Championship history.[18] He also collected wins at Spielberg, Spa, Jerez and Abu Dhabi[19][20][21][22] While it wasn't enough to prevent Charles Leclerc winning the drivers' championship, he brought the teams' championship to Russian Time with the help of Ghiotto.

2018

Markelov during the 2018 Spielberg Formula 2 round

Markelov remained with Russian Time in 2018.[23] He finished the season in fifth.

2019

Following the 2018 season, Markelov was left without a drive in the 2019 Formula 2 season after Russian Time withdrew from the series. However, following Jordan King's participation in the 2019 Indianapolis 500, Markelov was called up by MP Motorsport for the Monaco 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 at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps following the Lap 2 feature race crash that killed BWT Arden driver Anthoine Hubert, the team signed Markelov to finish out the season at Sochi and Abu Dhabi, although the car number changed from 19 to 22.

2020

In 2020, Markelov continued to race in F2 with the same team, now HWA Racelab.[24] He was joined by Giuliano Alesi, son of former Formula One driver Jean Alesi, who left Trident 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.

Formula One

In February 2018, Markelov was announced as Renault development driver for the 2018 FIA Formula One World Championship and drove in an official Formula One session for the first time at the 2018 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 to Robert Kubica.

Personal life

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.[27]

Racing record

Karting career summary

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

Racing career summary

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.

Complete ADAC Formel Masters results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics 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
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

Complete German Formula Three Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics 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
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

Complete GP2 Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics 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 DC Points
2014 RT Russian Time BHR
FEA
15 		BHR
SPR
10 		CAT
FEA
11 		CAT
SPR
Ret 		MON
FEA
Ret 		MON
SPR
Ret 		RBR
FEA
21 		RBR
SPR
16 		SIL
FEA
18 		SIL
SPR
17 		HOC
FEA
Ret 		HOC
SPR
12 		HUN
FEA
16 		HUN
SPR
20† 		SPA
FEA
7 		SPA
SPR
Ret 		MNZ
FEA
21 		MNZ
SPR
Ret 		SOC
FEA
16 		SOC
SPR
12 		YMC
FEA
Ret 		YMC
SPR
19 		24th 6
2015 Russian Time BHR
FEA
13 		BHR
SPR
12 		CAT
FEA
12 		CAT
SPR
5 		MON
FEA
Ret 		MON
SPR
14 		RBR
FEA
5 		RBR
SPR
DSQ 		SIL
FEA
21 		SIL
SPR
14 		HUN
FEA
22 		HUN
SPR
18 		SPA
FEA
3 		SPA
SPR
5 		MNZ
FEA
5 		MNZ
SPR
14 		SOC
FEA
Ret 		SOC
SPR
12 		BHR
FEA
16 		BHR
SPR
8 		YMC
FEA
Ret 		YMC
SPR
C 		13th 48
2016 Russian Time CAT
FEA
4 		CAT
SPR
4 		MON
FEA
1 		MON
SPR
8 		BAK
FEA
Ret 		BAK
SPR
5 		RBR
FEA
Ret 		RBR
SPR
11 		SIL
FEA
10 		SIL
SPR
12 		HUN
FEA
9 		HUN
SPR
4 		HOC
FEA
Ret 		HOC
SPR
9 		SPA
FEA
5 		SPA
SPR
21† 		MNZ
FEA
10 		MNZ
SPR
10 		SEP
FEA
DNS 		SEP
SPR
13 		YMC
FEA
3 		YMC
SPR
7 		10th 97

† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

Complete Toyota Racing Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 DC Points
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

Complete FIA Formula 2 Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)

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 DC Points
2017 Russian Time BHR
FEA
1 		BHR
SPR
8 		CAT
FEA
8 		CAT
SPR
9 		MON
FEA
2 		MON
SPR
5 		BAK
FEA
4 		BAK
SPR
5 		RBR
FEA
8 		RBR
SPR
1 		SIL
FEA
4 		SIL
SPR
3 		HUN
FEA
17† 		HUN
SPR
9 		SPA
FEA
1 		SPA
SPR
Ret 		MNZ
FEA
9 		MNZ
SPR
15 		JER
FEA
5 		JER
SPR
1 		YMC
FEA
1 		YMC
SPR
6 		2nd 210
2018 Russian Time BHR
FEA
3 		BHR
SPR
1 		BAK
FEA
Ret 		BAK
SPR
Ret 		CAT
FEA
8 		CAT
SPR
9 		MON
FEA
1 		MON
SPR
4 		LEC
FEA
14 		LEC
SPR
14† 		RBR
FEA
8 		RBR
SPR
1 		SIL
FEA
6 		SIL
SPR
4 		HUN
FEA
8 		HUN
SPR
13 		SPA
FEA
6 		SPA
SPR
5 		MNZ
FEA
2 		MNZ
SPR
2 		SOC
FEA
11 		SOC
SPR
5 		YMC
FEA
2 		YMC
SPR
7 		5th 186
2019 MP Motorsport BHR
FEA 		BHR
SPR 		BAK
FEA 		BAK
SPR 		CAT
FEA 		CAT
SPR 		MON
FEA
6 		MON
SPR
4 		LEC
FEA 		LEC
SPR 		RBR
FEA 		RBR
SPR 		SIL
FEA 		SIL
SPR 		HUN
FEA 		HUN
SPR 		SPA
FEA 		SPA
SPR 		MNZ
FEA 		MNZ
SPR 		16th 16
BWT Arden SOC
FEA
Ret 		SOC
SPR
10 		YMC
FEA
Ret 		YMC
SPR
Ret
2020 BWT HWA Racelab RBR1
FEA
Ret 		RBR1
SPR
18 		RBR2
FEA
DNS 		RBR2
SPR
16 		HUN
FEA
Ret 		HUN
SPR
14 		SIL1
FEA
18 		SIL1
SPR
11 		SIL2
FEA
19 		SIL2
SPR
11 		CAT
FEA
12 		CAT
SPR
16 		SPA
FEA
16 		SPA
SPR
8 		MNZ
FEA
17 		MNZ
SPR
16 		MUG
FEA
8 		MUG
SPR
20 		SOC
FEA
15 		SOC
SPR
12 		BHR1
FEA
22 		BHR1
SPR
10 		BHR2
FEA
13 		BHR2
SPR
20 		18th 5

† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

Complete Formula One participations

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics 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 Renault R.S.18 Renault R.E.18 1.6 V6 t AUS BHR CHN AZE ESP MON CAN FRA AUT GBR GER HUN BEL ITA SIN RUS
TD 		JPN USA MEX BRA ABU – –

Complete Super Formula results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 DC Points
2019 UOMO Sunoco Team LeMans SUZ
10 		AUT
Ret 		SUG
16 		FUJ
19 		MOT
12 		OKA SUZ 21st 0

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