Viktor Viktorovich Shaytar ( rus, Ви́ктор Ви́кторович Шайта́р, p=ˈvʲiktər ˈvʲiktərəvʲɪtɕ ʂəjˈtar, born 13 February 1983) is a Russian racing driver. He is a current member of the
SMP Racing
SMP Racing is the motor sport endurance racing team and also motorsport management created in 2013 by Boris Rotenberg, founder of the SMP Bank of Russia.
Description
The goal of SMP Racing is to train and unveil new talents. The team's training ...
driver programme.
Career
Russian Formula 1600 Championship
Born in
Moscow
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, Shaytar began racing in his native Russia in 2002, winning the
Russian Formula 1600 Championship from the first attempt. Shaytar remained in the championship till 2007, but wasn't able to repeat his success, finishing as runner-up in 2007.
Formula Three
Shaytar moved to the
Formula Three
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class in 2008, racing in the
Finnish and
Russian Formula Three Championship for the
Artline Engineering. He finished second in the standings of the Finnish championship and third in the standings of the Russian championship. In
2009
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he raced in the
Oschersleben
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History
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round of the Trophy Class of the German Formula Three Championship.
Legends Russia
After one-year hiatus, Shaytar returned to racing in 2011, competing in the Russian
Legends
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series. He stayed in the series for 2012 and won seven from twelve races.
Sportscar racing
In 2013, Shaytar made his sports car racing debut, participating in the
2013 Blancpain Endurance Series with
SMP Racing
SMP Racing is the motor sport endurance racing team and also motorsport management created in 2013 by Boris Rotenberg, founder of the SMP Bank of Russia.
Description
The goal of SMP Racing is to train and unveil new talents. The team's training ...
(also he became part of SMP Racing programme). He and
Kirill Ladygin finished as runner-up in the Pro-Am standings after winning the finale at
Nürburgring
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. Also he raced with
Fabio Babini and
Kirill Ladygin in the GTC class of the
2013 European Le Mans Series. Despite missing opening round, they were absolutely dominant, winning all four races that they have competed, winning the category title.
For the
next year Shaytar switched to the LM GTE category of the European Le Mans Series, joining
Andrea Bertolini
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Bertolini began racing ...
and
Sergey Zlobin
Sergey Yuryevich Zlobin ( rus, Серге́й Ю́рьевич Зло́бин, p=sɪrˈɡʲej ˈjʉrʲjɪvʲɪdʑ ˈzlobʲɪn; born 29 May 1970) is a Russian racing driver, who competed twice in the Le Mans 24h Endurance Race alongside being ...
. They won two races on the way to LM GTE class win. He also raced with Kirill and Anton Ladygin in the LMP2 Class of the
2014 FIA World Endurance Championship.
Shaytar raced in the LMGTE Am class of the
2014 24 Hours of Le Mans. But he crashed on the lap 196, retiring his
Ferrari 458 Italia GT2.
In 2015 Shaytar moved to the LMGTE Am class of the
2015 FIA World Endurance Championship
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, Andrea Bertolini and
Aleksey Basov joined him in the team.
His squad won
2015 24 Hours of Le Mans
The 83rd 24 Hours of Le Mans (french: link=no, 83e 24 Heures du Mans) was an 24-hour automobile endurance event for Le Mans Prototype and Le Mans Grand Touring Endurance cars held from 10 to 14 June 2015 at the Circuit de la Sarthe, clos ...
in the LMGTE Am category. Also Shaytar's car was victorious at
Nürburgring
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and
Austin. That consistency lead to the title in the LMGTE Am class.
After two races in the LMP2 class of the
2015 European Le Mans Series
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with
BR Engineering BR01
The BR Engineering BR01 is a Le Mans Prototype built by BR Engineering in 2015. The car made its debut at the 4 Hours of Imola run by SMP Racing.
Racing History
2015
In 2015 SMP originally planned a full-season program in the European Le Mans S ...
prototype, Shaytar joined
Vitaly Petrov
Vitaly Aleksandrovich Petrov ( rus, Вита́лий Алекса́ндрович Петро́в, p=vʲɪˈtalʲɪj ɐlʲɪkˈsandrəvʲɪtɕ pʲɪˈtrof; born 8 September 1984) is a Russian racing driver who drove in Formula One for Renault F1 ...
and Kirill Ladygin in the LMP2 Class of the
2016 FIA World Endurance Championship. They had podium in the LMP2 Class of the
2016 24 Hours of Le Mans, which was their only highlight during the season. Also he raced with Aleksey Basov in the
2016 GT3 Le Mans Cup and won the title after three race wins.
Shaytar returned to the Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup in
2017
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, teaming up with
Miguel Molina and
Davide Rigon in the Pro class. Their best result was during
1000 km Paul Ricard, when they finished on podium behind the race winners
Bentley M-Sport, leading to the fourth in the season standings. He again competed in the LMP2 class in the
2017 24 Hours of Le Mans
The 85th 24 Hours of Le Mans (french: link=no, 85e 24 Heures du Mans) was a 24-hour automobile endurance event held for Le Mans Prototype (LMP) and Le Mans Grand Touring Endurance (LMGTE) cars from 17 to 18 June 2017 at the Circuit de la Sart ...
alongside
Mikhail Aleshin
Mikhail Petrovich Aleshin ( rus, Михаи́л Петро́вич Алёшин, p=mʲɪxɐˈil pʲɪˈtrovʲɪtɕ ɐˈlʲɵʂɨn, born 22 May 1987 in Moscow, Soviet Union) is a Russian professional racing driver and the 2010 champion of the Fo ...
and
Sergey Sirotkin
Sergey Olegovich Sirotkin ( rus, Серге́й Оле́гович Сиро́ткин, p=sʲɪrˈɡʲej ɐˈlʲeɡəvʲɪtɕ sʲɪˈrotkʲɪn; born 27 August 1995) is a Russian former professional racing driver who competed in Formula One in ...
.
For 2018, Shaytar is scheduled to race in the LMP2 class of the
2018 European Le Mans Series
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and in the
2018 24 Hours of Le Mans
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.
Racing record
Career summary
24 Hours of Le Mans results
References
External links
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1983 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Moscow
Russian racing drivers
European Le Mans Series drivers
Blancpain Endurance Series drivers
24 Hours of Le Mans drivers
FIA World Endurance Championship drivers
24H Series drivers
SMP Racing drivers
German Formula Three Championship drivers
WeatherTech SportsCar Championship drivers
AF Corse drivers
Target Racing drivers
Le Mans Cup drivers