Aleksander Vladimirovich Tyuryumin ( rus, Алекса́ндр Влади́мирович Тюрю́мин, p=ɐlʲɪˈksandr vlɐˈdʲimʲɪrəvʲɪtɕ tʲʉˈrʲʉmʲɪn, born 20 March 1980 in

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) is a

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driver. He had no

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experience in his childhood but at the age of 21 he showed good results in recreational karting and hence he decided to try racing. His racing debut happened in the Russian

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cup. In his first season, he was on the podium 3 times, finished in 4th place overall the championship and first place among the novice racers. Later he participated in Russian

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, Formula 1600, Formula RUS and the

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series, winning the Formula 1600 Russian championship in 2003. Outside Russia he participated in European

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series with 2 second places and 4th overall position in the championship and also was a reserve driver in

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series. He retired from racing after the 2005 season. Alexander's grandfather, Alexander Mikhailovich Tyuryumin was an aviation test pilot for Ilyushin Design Bureau. He currently also lives in Moscow and holds the title of

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and more than 10 international world records. Ilyushin Il-86#Setting records Alexander's last name is misspelled as Truryumin in several web sources.

Racing career

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