Mark Olegovich Shulzhitskiy (; born 11 July 1989) is a Russian racing driver, who entered professional racing by winning a spot in a PlayStation 3 GT Academy competition.
Career
GT Academy Born in Vladivostok, Shulzhitskiy's racing career began in karting, but stalled at the age of sixteen, as there were no major racing circuits within the local area. After graduating from Far Eastern Federal University in 2011 with a degree in oriental studies, Shulzhitskiy became Nissan PlayStation GT Academy champion for Russia, winning the competition at Silverstone in 2012. In order to acquire an international race licence, Shulzhitskiy and the three other regional winners – Peter Pyzera, Steve Doherty and Wolfgang Reip – were put through a three-month driver training programme, including race events in the United Kingdom, in order to compete in the Dubai 24 Hour race in January 2013. With the assistance of Roman Rusinov and Lucas Ordóñez – as well as Doherty and Reip – Shulzhitskiy was able to finish the race in 21st overall, and second in the SP3 class.
Blancpain Endurance Series and FIA GT Series After his appearance in Dubai, Shulzhitskiy began competing in both the Blancpain Endurance Series and the FIA GT Series with Nissan GT Academy Team RJN. He scored his first class podium in the Blancpain Endurance Series at Le Castellet.
FIA World Endurance Championship In 2013, Shulzitskiy made his prototype endurance racing début, competing in the FIA World Endurance Championship with Greaves Motorsport.
Racing record
Career summary Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position 2012 Britcar Endurance Championship - Class 4I Nissan GT Academy Team RJN 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC 2013 Blancpain Endurance Series - Pro-Am Nissan GT Academy Team RJN 5 0 0 0 1 24 18th FIA GT Series - Pro-Am 6 0 0 0 0 35 12th FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2 Greaves Motorsport100001024th 2014 Blancpain Endurance Series - Pro-Am Nissan GT Academy Team RJN200000NC European Le Mans Series - LMP2 Greaves Motorsport300002213th 24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 OAK Racing10000N/A5th 2015 Blancpain Endurance Series - Pro-Am Nissan GT Academy Team RJN101000NC Blancpain GT Sprint Series - Pro-Am 20001159th European Le Mans Series - LMP3 Lanan Racing10001308th Team LNT10001 FIA World Endurance Championship Nissan Motorsports10000034th 24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP110000N/ADNF 2016 24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP8T Schulze Motorsport10??0N/ADNF
24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps 2014 OAK Racing Alex Brundle Jann Mardenborough Ligier JS P2-Nissan LMP2 354 9th 5th 2015 Nissan Motorsports Tsugio Matsuda Lucas Ordóñez Nissan GT-R LM Nismo LMP1 115 DNF DNF
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