Vladimir Atoev (born 22 January 1999) is a Russian racing driver. He currently competes in the Russian Circuit Racing Series for G-Drive SMP Racing.
Career
Karting Prior to his single-seater career, Atoev enjoyed a successful period in karting, 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. He finished the season in eleventh place, with a best race result of fourth achieved at both Nogaro and Paul Ricard. 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. He finished as runner-up in the championship, behind Finnish driver Niko Kari, taking eleven podium positions including three race wins, all of which occurred at the Alastaro Circuit in Finland.
Formula V8 3.5 In 2016, Atoev was set graduate to Formula V8 3.5, racing for the SMP Racing team alongside Matthieu Vaxivière, 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.
Racing record
Career summary Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position 2014 French F4 Championship Auto Sport Academy 21 0 0 1 0 71 11th 2015 SMP F4 Championship Koiranen GP 21 3 4 5 11 296 2nd 2016 Euroformula Open Championship Teo Martín Motorsport 6 0 0 0 0 3 20thFerrari Challenge Europe - Trofeo Pirelli (Pro-Am)Motor Service62224765th 2017 Russian Circuit Racing Series - Touring Light SMP Power 12 3 0 0 5 142 7th SMP Racing Russia 2 0 1 0 0 2018 Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup SMP Racing by AKKA ASP 10 0 0 0 0 4 22nd Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup - Silver Cup 10 0 0 1 6 80.5 2nd 2023 Russian Circuit Racing Series - Touring Lukoil Racing Team1411162404th2024 Russian Circuit Racing Series - Touring Lukoil Racing SMP Team1442172692nd2025Russian Circuit Racing Series - TouringG-Drive SMP Racing1400121787th2026Russian Circuit Racing Series - TouringSMP Racing
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) Year 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Rank Points 2014LMS1LMS2LMS3PAU1PAU2PAU3 VDV1 VDV2 VDV3 MAG1 MAG2 MAG3 NOG1 NOG2 NOG3 JER1 JER2 JER3 LEC1 LEC2 LEC3 11th 71
Complete SMP F4 Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 DC Points 2015 AHV1 AHV2 AHV3 MSC11 MSC12 MSC13 SOC1 SOC2 SOC3 ALA1 ALA2 ALA3 AUD11 AUD12 AUD13 MSC21 MSC22 MSC23 AUD21 AUD22 AUD23 2nd 296
Complete Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup results Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pos. Points 2018 SMP Racing by AKKA ASP Mercedes-AMG GT3 Silver ZOL1 ZOL2 BRH1 BRH2 MIS1 MIS2 HUN1 HUN2 NÜR1 NÜR2 2nd 80.5
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