Arman Smailov ( kz, Арман Смаилов, ''Arman Smaılov''; born 26 August 1981) is a rally driver from

Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental coun ...

. Making his WRC debut at the 2010 Rally Finland made Smailov the first WRC driver from independent Kazakhstan. He has set many Kazakh records in the

World Rally Championship The World Rally Championship (abbreviated as WRC) is the highest level of global competition in the motorsport discipline of rallying, owned and governed by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile, FIA. There are separate championships ...

in the process. In 2013, he drove in the

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WRC-2 season in a Subaru Impreza STi, and recorded a best finish of 4th in Australia, winning the Production Class. This made him the first Kazakh winner.

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eWRC results
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