Alexander Smolyar

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Alexander Smolyar
Smolyar in 2022
NationalityRussia Russian
Full nameAlexander Alexandrovich Smolyar
Born (2001-07-19) 19 July 2001 (age 22)
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia
FIA Formula 3 Championship career
Debut season2020
Current teamMP Motorsport
Car number11
Former teamsART Grand Prix
Starts54 (55 entries)
Wins3
Podiums8
Poles3
Fastest laps2
Best finish6th in 2021
Previous series
2018–19
2018
2017
2017		Formula Renault Eurocup
Formula Renault NEC
F4 Spanish Championship
SMP F4 NEZ Championship

Alexander Alexandrovich Smolyar (Russian: Александр Александрович Смоляр; born 19 July 2001) is a Russian racing driver currently competing in the TCR Russian Touring Car Championship, driving for Lukoil Racing Team. He previously competed in the FIA Formula 3 Championship in 2020, 2021 and 2022.[1][2]

Racing career[edit]

Lower formulae[edit]

2017 was Smolyar's debut season in single-seater racing. He competed for SMP Racing in the Spanish[3] and Russian[4] Formula 4 Championships, finishing 3rd in both. He scored a total of 24 podiums, with all of his race wins coming in the Spanish Championship.

Formula Renault Eurocup[edit]

2018[edit]

In the following two years the Russian driver raced in the Formula Renault Eurocup. In his debut campaign, driving for Tech 1 Racing,[5] Smolyar finished 12th in the standings, beating out two of his three teammates and helping the team to finish 5th in the team championship.

2019[edit]

His 2019 season[6] would prove to be much more successful. He finished 3rd and won three races, only being beaten in the championship by Frenchman Victor Martins and his R-ace GP teammate, Oscar Piastri.

FIA Formula 3 Championship[edit]

2020[edit]

Smolyar was signed by ART Grand Prix to drive for them in the 2020 Formula 3 Championship alongside ADAC F4 champion Théo Pourchaire and Sebastián Fernández.[7] Despite a slew of strong performances, which included a pole position at the Hungaroring and a win on the road at the first round in Britain the Russian's season was plagued with bad luck.[8][9] This included having his win taken away by a penalty for weaving on the Hangar straight as well as a collision at the first corner in Budapest.[10] Smolyar scored his only podium of the season in the second race at Monza and ended up eleventh in the standings, behind eventual runner-up Pourchaire, but ahead of his more experienced teammate Fernández.

2021[edit]

Smolyar driving the Dallara F3 2019 during the 2021 Spielberg Formula 3 round.

For the 2021 season Smolyar re-signed with ART, this time partnering Frederik Vesti and racing returnee Juan Manuel Correa.[11] Smolyar's start to the season was strong, with him taking his first Formula 3 victory in the first race of the opening weekend.[12] He then continued his good form and came out victorious in race one at the Circuit Paul Ricard, after having battled from sixth on the grid to first on the final lap.[13] Smolyar finished the season with a total of 106 points, placing 6th in the championship. During that season, he scored a total of 2 wins, 2 fastest laps, and 4 podiums.

2022[edit]

Smolyar driving for MP Motorsport during the 2022 Spielberg Formula 3 round.

On 20 January 2022, Smolyar announced that he would switch to MP Motorsport for the 2022 season.[14] However, he was banned of using the Russian flag due to 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. He was initially not due to race in the championship due to the mentioned war, but eventually was allowed to race.[15] Smolyar was forced to miss the Silverstone round of the championship since he could not get to the United Kingdom due to visa issues, and was replaced by Filip Ugran.[16] He returned to his seat for the remaining events and picked up his sole win of the season in the feature race in Budapest. Smolyar ended up tenth in the standings, being the highest placed driver to have missed a round.

Karting record[edit]

Karting career summary[edit]

Season Series Team Position
2015 CIK-FIA World Championship — KFJ Kartprom Team 43rd
2016 WSK Champions Cup — OK Ward Racing 16th
South Garda Winter Cup — OK 19th
WSK Super Master Series — OK 10th
Trofeo Andrea Margutti — OK 1st
Trofeo delle Industrie — KZ2 14th
WSK Night Edition — KZ2 6th
WSK Night Edition — OK 1st
CIK-FIA European Championship — OK 7th
Swedish Karting Championship — KZ2 16th
CIK-FIA International Super Cup — KZ2 29th
WSK Final Cup — OK 12th
CIK-FIA World Championship — OK 33rd

Complete Karting World Championship results[edit]

Year Team Car Prefinal Main race
2016 Sweden Ward Racing OK 1st DNF

Racing record[edit]

Racing career summary[edit]

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2017 SMP F4 Championship SMP Racing 21 0 2 0 11 217 3rd
F4 Spanish Championship 20 7 6 3 13 263 3rd
2018 Formula Renault Eurocup Tech 1 Racing 20 0 0 0 0 57 12th
Formula Renault NEC 10 0 0 0 0 18 17th
2019 Formula Renault Eurocup R-ace GP 20 3 2 4 10 255 3rd
2020 FIA Formula 3 Championship ART Grand Prix 18 0 1 0 1 59 11th
2021 FIA Formula 3 Championship ART Grand Prix 20 2 0 2 4 107 6th
2022 FIA Formula 3 Championship MP Motorsport 16 1 2 1 3 76 10th
2023 Russian Circuit Racing Series - Touring Lukoil Racing Team 12 2 1 2 8 266 3rd
2023–24 Middle East Trophy - 992 SMP Racing 1 0 1 0 0 0 NC†
2024 Russian Circuit Racing Series - Touring Lukoil Racing SMP Team

Complete SMP F4 Championship results[edit]

(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 Pos Points
2017 SMP Racing SOC
1
3 		SOC
2
3 		SOC
3
19 		SMO
1
3 		SMO
2
3 		SMO
3
4 		AHV
1
3 		AHV
2
3 		AHV
3
4 		AUD
1
6 		AUD
2
5 		AUD
3
2 		MSC1
1
2 		MSC1
2
3 		MSC1
3
8 		MSC2
1
6 		MSC2
2
17 		MSC2
3
5 		ASS
1
2 		ASS
2
3 		ASS
3
6 		3rd 217

Complete F4 Spanish Championship results[edit]

(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 Pos Points
2017 SMP Racing ALC
1
2 		ALC
2
Ret 		ALC
3
11 		NAV1
1
1 		NAV1
2
3 		NAV1
3
10 		CAT
1
3 		CAT
2
1 		JER
1
1 		JER
2
1 		JER
3
1 		NAV2
1
DSQ 		NAV2
2
DSQ 		NAV2
3
1 		NOG
1
3 		NOG
2
2 		NOG
3
1 		EST
1
3 		EST
2
4 		EST
3
9 		3rd 263

Complete Formula Renault Eurocup results[edit]

(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 Pos Points
2018 Tech 1 Racing LEC
1
8 		LEC
2
23 		MNZ
1
4 		MNZ
2
Ret 		SIL
1
Ret 		SIL
2
7 		MON
1
15 		MON
2
11 		RBR
1
Ret 		RBR
2
15 		SPA
1
11 		SPA
2
16 		HUN
1
10 		HUN
2
6 		NÜR
1
5 		NÜR
2
8 		HOC
1
8 		HOC
2
Ret 		CAT
1
6 		CAT
2
12 		12th 57
2019 R-ace GP MNZ
1
20 		MNZ
2
1 		SIL
1
Ret 		SIL
2
2 		MON
1
2 		MON
2
1 		LEC
1
4 		LEC
2
2 		SPA
1
9 		SPA
2
6 		NÜR
1
3 		NÜR
2
4 		HUN
1
2 		HUN
2
2 		CAT
1
2 		CAT
2
5 		HOC
1
Ret 		HOC
2
1 		YMC
1
4 		YMC
2
6 		3rd 255

Complete FIA Formula 3 Championship results[edit]

(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 DC Points
2020 ART Grand Prix RBR
FEA
9 		RBR
SPR
7 		RBR
FEA
Ret 		RBR
SPR
20 		HUN
FEA
Ret 		HUN
SPR
7 		SIL
FEA
10 		SIL
SPR
6 		SIL
FEA
13 		SIL
SPR
14 		CAT
FEA
11 		CAT
SPR
12 		SPA
FEA
4 		SPA
SPR
4 		MNZ
FEA
20 		MNZ
SPR
3 		MUG
FEA
7 		MUG
SPR
10 		11th 59
2021 ART Grand Prix CAT
1
1 		CAT
2
Ret 		CAT
3
11 		LEC
1
1 		LEC
2
7 		LEC
3
8 		RBR
1
14 		RBR
2
25 		RBR
3
4 		HUN
1
6 		HUN
2
4 		HUN
3
6 		SPA
1
10 		SPA
2
8 		SPA
3
3 		ZAN
1
24 		ZAN
2
14 		ZAN
3
3 		SOC
1
22 		SOC
2
C 		SOC
3
23 		6th 107
2022 MP Motorsport BHR
SPR
3 		BHR
FEA
23 		IMO
SPR
8 		IMO
FEA
14 		CAT
SPR
6 		CAT
FEA
4 		SIL
SPR 		SIL
FEA 		RBR
SPR
9 		RBR
FEA
7 		HUN
SPR
15 		HUN
FEA
1 		SPA
SPR
3 		SPA
FEA
9 		ZAN
SPR
14 		ZAN
FEA
10 		MNZ
SPR
25 		MNZ
FEA
27† 		10th 76

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Alexander Smolyar". 2019-12-23. Retrieved 2019-12-23.
  2. ^ "ART GP signs SMP Racing junior Alexander Smolyar for FIA F3". 2019-12-23. Retrieved 2019-12-23.
  3. ^ "F4 ESPAÑA REVELA SUS PILOTOS 2017!". 2017-06-21. Archived from the original on 2017-06-27. Retrieved 2019-12-23.
  4. ^ "2017 SMP F4 NEZ Drivers". YouTube. 2017-04-18. Retrieved 2019-12-23.
  5. ^ "SMP prospect Smolyar joins Tech 1 for Formula Renault Eurocup". 2018-02-12. Retrieved 2019-12-23.
  6. ^ "Alexander Smolyar will drive in Formula Renault Eurocup in 2019 season". 2019-02-11. Retrieved 2019-12-23.
  7. ^ "ART Grand Prix seal Alexander Smolyar signing". FIAFormula3® - The Official F3® Website. Retrieved 2021-07-28.
  8. ^ "Smolyar seals first ever F3 pole in wet-dry Qualifying". FIAFormula3® - The Official F3® Website. Retrieved 2021-07-28.
  9. ^ "Smolyar runs from lights to flag for maiden F3 win". FIAFormula3® - The Official F3® Website. Retrieved 2021-07-28.
  10. ^ "Smolyar loses maiden F3 win, Beckmann promoted to first". FIAFormula3® - The Official F3® Website. Retrieved 2021-07-28.
  11. ^ "ART sign Smolyar for second season of F3". FIAFormula3® - The Official F3® Website. Retrieved 2021-07-28.
  12. ^ "HIGHLIGHTS: Smolyar takes maiden win in Barcelona Race 1". FIAFormula3® - The Official F3® Website. Retrieved 2021-07-28.
  13. ^ "HIGHLIGHTS: Smolyar wins Race 1 in Le Castellet from sixth". FIAFormula3® - The Official F3® Website. Retrieved 2021-07-28.
  14. ^ "MP Motorsport sign Smolyar for 2022". FIAFormulaF3® - The Official F3® Website. 20 January 2022. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  15. ^ Allen, Peter (17 March 2022). "Smolyar still part of MP F3 line-up ahead of Bahrain season opener". Formula Scout. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  16. ^ Scout, Formula (30 June 2022). "Smolyar forced to miss Silverstone F3 round, replaced by Ugran". Formula Scout. Retrieved 27 July 2022.

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