Konstantin Alekseyevich Tereschenko ( rus, Константи́н Алексе́евич Тере́щенко, p=kənstɐnʲˈtʲin ɐlʲɪkˈsʲe(j)ɪvʲɪtɕ tʲɪˈrʲeɕːɪnkə; born 17 June 1994) is a Russian professional racing driver who currently competes in the European Le Mans Series with Duqueine Engineering.

Career

Karting

Born in Moscow, Tereshchenko began

karting Kart racing or karting is a road racing variant of motorsport with open-wheel, four-wheeled vehicles known as go-karts or shifter karts. They are usually raced on scaled-down circuits, although some professional kart races are also held on f ...

in 2009 in the Junior class of the German karting championship. For the next two years he competed in the KF2 category, racing in various European karting championships.

Formula Renault

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, Tereshchenko moved into open-wheel racing, competing in

Formula Renault 2.0 Alps Formula Renault 2.0 Alps was a category of Formula Renault open-wheel racing, created by the merging of the Formula Renault 2.0 Middle European Championship (formerly known as Formula Renault 2.0 Switzerland) and Formula Renault 2.0 Italia. Ov ...

with the Interwetten.com Racing Team. He ended the season 32nd, without scoring a point. He also had a part-time campaign in

Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Formula Renault Eurocup was a Formula Renault motor racing championship. Eurocup raced only on European circuits. It served as a support series to the Formula 3.5 V8, Formula Renault 3.5 Series as part of the World Series by Renault from 2005 to ...

. Tereshchenko stayed with the team for the 2013 Formula Renault 2.0 Alps season. He improved to fifteenth position in the final series standings with four point-scoring positions. He also competed in three rounds of the

Euroformula Open

Tereshchenko stepped up to the Euroformula Open Championship, with Campos Racing, in

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. He will remain with Campos Racing for a second season in 2015.

GP3 Series

, Tereshchenko was to have made his debut in the GP3 Series with Trident. He suffered a spectacular rollover in his first free practice session at Spa and was unable to partake in both races.

World Series

Tereshchenko made his debut with Spain's Teo Martín Motorsport at the opening round of the World Series Formula V8 3.5 in

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, where he is currently 8th in the championship, with a best result of 3rd.

Racing record

Career summary

^* Season still in progress.

Complete GP3 Series results

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

Complete World Series Formula V8 3.5 results

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

Complete European Le Mans Series results

^‡ Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed.

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Complete GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup results

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

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tereshchenko, Konstantin Russian racing drivers Sportspeople from Moscow 1994 births Living people Formula Renault Eurocup drivers Euroformula Open Championship drivers Formula Renault 2.0 Alps drivers Russian GP3 Series drivers German Formula Three Championship drivers Russian people of Ukrainian descent Konstantin 24 Hours of Le Mans drivers European Le Mans Series drivers AV Formula drivers SMP Racing drivers Teo Martín Motorsport drivers Campos Racing drivers Trident Racing drivers EPIC Racing drivers