Vladimir Atoev (born 22 January 1999) is a Russian racing driver.

Career

Karting

Prior to his

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career, Atoev enjoyed a successful period in

karting Kart racing or karting is a motorsport discipline using 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 full-size motor ...

, winning the Russian Karting Championship Supermini class in 2009 and finishing second in the KF3 class two years later. Outside of his native Russia, he finished sixth in the KF3 WSK Final Cup in 2012.

Formula 4

Atoev made his single-seater debut in 2014, racing in the

French F4 Championship French F4 Championship, formerly known as Formula Renault Campus France, Formula Campus, Formul'Academy Euro Series, F4 Eurocup 1.6 is a form of open wheel racing founded in 1993 by Louis Drouet. It is based in France and aims at karting gradua ...

. He finished the season in eleventh place, with a best race result of fourth achieved at both

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and

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. He did take victory in the second race of the Nogaro event, but was penalised with a 30-second time penalty for a collision with Belgian driver Max Defourny. For 2015, Atoev raced in the inaugural

SMP F4 Championship The SMP F4 Championship (also known as the F4 NEZ Championship by SMP Racing) is a racing series regulated according to FIA Formula 4 regulations. It was based in the FIA's North European Zone and the Netherlands, and was only open to drivers f ...

. He finished as runner-up in the championship, behind Finnish driver

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, taking eleven podium positions including three race wins, all of which occurred at the

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in Finland.

Formula V8 3.5

In 2016, Atoev was set graduate to Formula V8 3.5, racing for the

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team alongside

Matthieu Vaxivière Matthieu Vaxivière (born 3 December 1994) is a French racing driver from Limoges. He has been a factory driver for the Alpine Elf Team, Alpine brand since 2021, as part of which he has competed in the Le Mans Hypercar, Hypercar class of the 2024 ...

, the championship runner-up from the 2015 Formula Renault 3.5 Series, but was forced to withdraw due to a back injury and was replaced by

Matevos Isaakyan Matevos "Matos" Isaakyan (; born 17 April 1998) is a Russian former racing driver. He is a former member of the SMP Racing driver programme. Career Karting Born in Moscow, Isaakyan began karting in his native Russia in 2010, finishing fifth in t ...

Racing record

Career summary

Complete French F4 Championship results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)

Complete SMP F4 Championship results

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

Complete Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup results

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Atoev, Vladimir 1999 births Living people Sportspeople from Rostov-on-Don Russian racing drivers French F4 Championship drivers SMP F4 Championship drivers World Series Formula V8 3.5 drivers Euroformula Open Championship drivers Russian Circuit Racing Series drivers SMP Racing drivers Auto Sport Academy drivers Koiranen GP drivers Teo Martín Motorsport drivers Karting World Championship drivers Ferrari Challenge drivers G-Drive Racing drivers