Viktor Viktorovich Shaytar (; born 13 February 1983) is a Russian racing driver. He is a current member of the SMP Racing driver programme.
Career Russian Formula 1600 Championship Born in Moscow, Shaytar began racing in his native Russia in 2002, winning the Russian Formula 1600 Championship from the first attempt. Shaytar remained in the championship until 2007, but wasn't able to repeat his success, finishing as runner-up in 2007.
Formula Three Shaytar moved to the Formula Three 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, he raced in the Oschersleben 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 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 (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. He also raced with Fabio Babini and Kirill Ladygin in the GTC class of the 2013 European Le Mans Series. Despite missing opening round, they won all four races that they competed in, winning the category title.
For the next year, Shaytar switched to the LM GTE category of the European Le Mans Series, joining Andrea Bertolini and Sergey Zlobin. 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, Andrea Bertolini and Aleksey Basov joined him in the team. His squad won 2015 24 Hours of Le Mans in the LMGTE Am category. Shaytar's car was also victorious at Nürburgring 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 with BR Engineering BR01 prototype, Shaytar joined Vitaly Petrov 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. He also 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, 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 alongside Mikhail Aleshin and Sergey Sirotkin.
For 2018, Shaytar raced in the LMP2 class of the 2018 European Le Mans Series and in the 2018 24 Hours of Le Mans.
Racing record
Career summary
Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position 2002 Russian Formula 1600 Championship Formula Z 8 3 N/A N/A 6 132 1st 2003 Russian Formula 1600 Championship Formula Z 12 0 0 0 0 32 7th 2004 Russian Formula 1600 Championship Unir Art-Line 14 1 0 0 1 59 6th 2005 Russian Formula 1600 Championship Artline Engineering 9 0 0 0 0 23 7th 2006 Russian Formula 1600 Championship Sitronics Racing 10 0 0 0 4 51 3rd 2007 Russian Formula 1600 Championship Artline Engineering 14 5 0 2 9 181 2nd 2008 Russian Formula Three Championship Artline Engineering 12 0 0 2 7 97.5 3rd Finnish Formula Three Championship 12 7 3 10 10 181 2nd North European Zone Formula 3 Cup 2 0 0 0 2 40 2nd 2009 German Formula 3 Championship Stromos Art-Line 2 0 0 0 0 10 9th 2011 Legends Russia OLSA 6 2 N/A 2 4 598 12th 2012 Legends Russia N/A 12 7 0 7 11 N/A N/A Legends Georgia Aimol Racing 4 3 0 3 4 55 4th 2013 European Le Mans Series - GTC SMP Racing 4 4 0 0 4 100 1st Blancpain Endurance Series - Pro-Am 5 1 0 0 2 63 2nd 2014 European Le Mans Series - GTE SMP Racing 5 2 0 0 3 85 1st FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2 7 0 0 0 1 60 7th 24 Hours of Le Mans - GTE Am10000N/ADNF 2015 FIA World Endurance Championship - GTE Am SMP Racing 8 3 2 1 6 165 1st 24 Hours of Le Mans - GTE Am11001N/A1st European Le Mans Series - LMP2 AF Racing 2 0 0 0 2 33 7th Ferrari Challenge Europe - Trofeo Pirelli AF Corse20002289th 2016 GT3 Le Mans Cup AF Corse 1 1 0 0 1 121 1st SMP Racing43314 FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2 SMP Racing 9 0 0 0 1 63 9th IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTLM100002228th 24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP210001N/A3rd 2017 Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup SMP Racing 5 0 0 0 1 46 4th Intercontinental GT Challenge100000NC 24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP210000N/A16th 2018 European Le Mans Series - LMP2 SMP Racing40000622nd 24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP210000N/A10th Lamborghini Super Trofeo World Final - Pro Nefis by Target Racing20000117th 2020 Ligier European Series - JS2 R MV2S Racing503403014th2021 24H GT Series - GT3 Team Zakspeed2022 24H GT Series - GT3 CapitalRT-Yadro2023-24 Middle East Trophy - GT3 Proton Huber Competition2024-25 Asian Le Mans Series - GT Winward Racing 6 0 0 0 1 33 9th2025 Middle East Trophy - GT3 Winward Racing 2 0 0 0 0 26 4th2026Russian Circuit Racing Series - GT4YADRO Motorsport
24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps 2014 SMP Racing Aleksey Basov Andrea Bertolini Ferrari 458 Italia GTC GTEAm 196 DNF DNF 2015 SMP Racing Aleksey Basov Andrea Bertolini Ferrari 458 Italia GTC GTEAm 332 20th 1st 2016 SMP Racing Kirill Ladygin Vitaly Petrov BR Engineering BR01-Nissan LMP2 353 7th 3rd 2017 SMP Racing Mikhail Aleshin Sergey Sirotkin Dallara P217-Gibson LMP2 330 33rd 16th 2018 SMP Racing Harrison Newey Norman Nato Dallara P217-Gibson LMP2 345 14th 10th
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