Michael Arnoldovich Belov (; born 21 November 2001) is a Russian racing driver who last competed under the Kyrgyz flag in the Formula Regional European Championship for CL Motorsport.
Born in Lyubertsy, Belov debuted in SMP F4 in 2017 and 2018. He won his first title in Formula Academy Finland in the latter year. After another season in Italian and ADAC Formula 4, he progressed to Formula Three and Formula Renault 2.0, contesting the F3 Asian Championship, the Eurocup, and FIA Formula 3. He moved to Formula Regional European in 2021, where he achieved multiple victories and finished eighth overall. He improved to seventh the following year with MP and has retained his place in the series through 2025.
Career Formula 4 Belov started his professional single-seater career in the SMP F4 Championship in 2017 with the SMP Racing team. Belov claimed his first podium finish on the final race of the season with a third-place, finishing eighth overall in the championship. He continued in the championship for the 2018 season, claiming his first win at the second round in the NRING Circuit, winning races 1 and 3. He ended the season with five wins, finishing second in the championship behind Konsta Lappalainen.
In 2019, Belov joined the Italian F4 Championship with the Italian Bhai Tech Racing team. He finished on the podium in the first two races. It was later announced that he would also contest the 2019 ADAC Formula 4 Championship starting from the second round. Belov won one race in ADAC F4 at the Sachsenring, finishing eighth in the championship. Belov failed to win during his Italian F4 campaign, however, finished second on five occasions, ending the season fourth in the championship.
Formula Renault At the end of 2019, Belov participated in the post-season Formula Renault Eurocup rookie test. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 Formula Renault Eurocup season was disrupted and postponed. As a consequence, Reece Ushijima, who was previously announced to drive for Belgian team M2 Competition withdrew due to travel restrictions. On 2 July 2020, M2 Competition announced that Belov would drive for them for the full 2020 season.
FIA Formula 3 Championship Following the Barcelona round of the 2020 FIA Formula 3 Championship, David Schumacher left Charouz Racing System to join Carlin Racing instead. Belov was brought in to replace him for the remainder of the Formula 3 season. Belov remained with the team throughout post-season and pre-season testing and was expected to be given a drive for the 2021 season, however, Enzo Fittipaldi was announced instead.
Formula Regional 2021
Belov joined JD Motorsport in the 2021 Formula Regional European Championship as a wildcard entrant for the fourth round at Circuit Paul Ricard. Despite not being eligible for points, he had a strong race weekend and earned two podium finishes. Following this, it was announced Belov would race with G4 Racing for the remainder of the championship. Belov secured two victories and ending the campaign eighth.
2022 Belov joined the 2022 Formula Regional Asian Championship for the final three rounds of the season. He scored a second place in his second race and was 12th in the championship.
Belov would sign with MP Motorsport for his second season in the Formula Regional European Championship. After a podium in the opening round in Monza, Belov was forced to stop his campaign halfway through the season due to travel issues. Nevertheless, he placed seventh in the standings.
2023
Belov made a surprise return to the Formula Regional European Championship in 2023 with G4 Racing. However, he was unable to finish the season once again and sat out for the final two rounds. He finished 20th in the overall standings with 23 points.
2024
In 2024, Belov made a stand-in return in the Formula Regional European Championship for Trident, deputising for an injured Roman Bilinski. In three rounds, he scored a second-placed podium in which he stated he needed that to "revive career" after periods of financial struggles and the fallout from the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
2025
In May 2025, CL Motorsport announced that Belov would join the team for the second round of the Formula Regional European Championship at Spa.
2026 During the winter, Belov competed in the Formula Regional Middle East Trophy, continuing with CL Motorsport. However, after just one round, where he had crashed into Reza Seewooruthun and subsequently missed the third race in Yas Marina, Belov departed the team.
Eurocup-3 2024 In October 2024, Belov was called by Drivex to make his Eurocup-3 debut for the Jerez round.
2025 In 2025, Belov made a cameo appearance in Eurocup-3 in Assen. He joined the grid again with Drivex during the season finale in Barcelona.
Karting record
Karting career summary SeasonSeriesPosition2014Sodi W Series Finals — Junior Cup1st2015Euro Finale — Mini Max Small2nd
Racing record
Racing career summary Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position 2017 SMP F4 Championship SMP Racing 20 0 0 0 1 104 8th 2018 SMP F4 Championship SMP Racing 21 5 4 7 11 275 2nd Formula Academy Finland N/A 10 2 2 3 7 164 1st 2019 Italian F4 Championship Bhai Tech Racing 21 0 0 1 7 179 4th ADAC Formula 4 Championship R-ace GP 17 1 0 1 2 122 8th 2019–20 F3 Asian Championship BlackArts Racing Team 3 0 0 1 0 39 11th 2020 Formula Renault Eurocup M2 Competition 4 0 0 0 0 40 13th R-ace GP 6 0 0 0 0 FIA Formula 3 Championship Charouz Racing System 6 0 0 0 0 1 23rd 2021 Formula Regional European Championship JD Motorsport 2 0 0 1 2 116 8th G4 Racing 11 2 2 3 3 2022 Formula Regional Asian Championship Evans GP 9 0 0 0 1 55 12th Formula Regional European Championship MP Motorsport100002937th Russian Endurance Challenge - GT Pro IY Engineering & Mospolytech10001N/A 3rd 2023 Formula Regional European Championship G4 Racing 16 0 0 1 0 23 20th2024 Formula Regional European Championship Trident 6 0 0 0 1 26 19th Eurocup-3 Drivex 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC†2025Formula Regional European ChampionshipCL Motorsport 18 0 0 0 0 27 15thEurocup-3Allay Racing 2 0 0 0 1 28 15thDrivex 2 0 0 0 0 2026Formula Regional Middle East TrophyCL Motorsport 2 0 0 0 0 0 35th * Season still in progress.
Complete SMP F4 Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Pos Points 2017 SMP Racing SOC1 SOC2 SOC3 SMO1 SMO2 SMO3 AHV1 AHV2 AHV3 AUD1 AUD2 AUD3 MSC11 MSC12 MSC13 MSC21 MSC22 MSC23 ASS1 ASS2 ASS3 8th 104 2018 SMP Racing SMO1 SMO2 SMO3 NRG1 NRG2 NRG3 MSC1 MSC2 MSC3 ADM1 ADM2 ADM3 AHV1 AHV2 AHV3 ALA1 ALA2 ALA3 ASS1 ASS2 ASS3 2nd 275
Complete Italian F4 Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Pos Points 2019 Bhai Tech Racing VLL1 VLL2 VLL3 MIS1 MIS2 MIS3 HUN1 HUN2 HUN3 RBR1 RBR2 RBR3 IMO1 IMO2 IMO3 IMO4 MUG1 MUG2 MUG3 MNZ1 MNZ2 MNZ3 4th 179
Complete ADAC Formula 4 Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pos Points 2019 R-ace GP OSC1 OSC2 OSC3 RBR1 RBR2 RBR3 HOC1 HOC2 ZAN1 ZAN2 ZAN3 NÜR1 NÜR2 NÜR3 HOC1 HOC2 HOC3 SAC1 SAC2 SAC3 8th 122
Complete Formula Regional Asian Championship / Formula Regional Middle East Trophy results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 DC Points 2019–20 BlackArts Racing Team SEP1 SEP2 SEP3 DUB1 DUB2 DUB3 ABU1 ABU2 ABU3 SEP1 SEP2 SEP3 CHA1 CHA2 CHA3 11th 39 2022 Evans GPABU1ABU2ABU3DUB1DUB2DUB3DUB1DUB2DUB3DUB1DUB2DUB3ABU1ABU1ABU1 12th 55 2026 CL Motorsport YMC11 YMC12 YMC13 YMC21 YMC22 YMC23 DUB1 DUB2 DUB3 LUS1 LUS2 LUS3 35th 0
Complete Formula Renault Eurocup results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 DC Points 2020 M2 Competition MNZ1 MNZ2 IMO1 IMO2 NÜR1 NÜR2 MAG1 MAG2 ZAN1 ZAN2 CAT1 CAT2 SPA1 SPA2 13th 40 R-ace GP IMO1 IMO2 HOC1 HOC2 LEC1 LEC2
Complete FIA Formula 3 Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers) Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 DC Points 2020 Charouz Racing System RBRFEA RBRSPR RBRFEA RBRSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR SILFEA SILSPR SILFEA SILSPR CATFEA CATSPR SPAFEA SPASPR MNZFEA MNZSPR MUGFEA MUGSPR 23rd 1
Complete Formula Regional European Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 DC Points 2021 JD Motorsport IMO1 IMO2 CAT1 CAT2 MCO1 MCO2 LEC1 LEC2 8th 116 G4 Racing ZAN1 ZAN2 SPA1 SPA2 RBR1 RBR2 VAL1 VAL2 MUG1 MUG2 MNZ1 MNZ2 2022 MP MotorsportMNZ1MNZ2IMO1IMO2MCO1MCO2LEC1LEC2ZAN1ZAN2HUN1HUN2SPA1SPA2RBR1RBR2CAT1CAT2MUG1MUG2 7th 93 2023 G4 Racing IMO1 IMO2 CAT1 CAT2 HUN1 HUN2 SPA1 SPA2 MUG1 MUG2 LEC1 LEC2 RBR1 RBR2 MNZ1 MNZ2 ZAN1 ZAN2 HOC1 HOC2 20th 23 2024 Trident HOC1 HOC2 SPA1 SPA2 ZAN1 ZAN2 HUN1 HUN2 MUG1 MUG2 LEC1 LEC2 IMO1 IMO2 RBR1 RBR2 CAT1 CAT2 MNZ1 MNZ2 19th 262025 CL MotorsportMIS1MIS2SPA1SPA2ZAN1ZAN2HUN1HUN2LEC1LEC2IMO1IMO2RBR1RBR2CAT1CAT2HOC1HOC2MNZ1MNZ2 15th 27
Complete Eurocup-3 results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 DC Points 2024 DrivexSPA1SPA2RBR1RBR2POR1POR2POR3LEC1LEC2ZAN1ZAN2ARA1ARA2JER1JER2CAT1CAT2 NC† 02025 Allay RacingRBR1RBR2POR1PORSRPOR2LEC1LECSRLEC2MNZ1MNZ2ASS1ASS2SPA1SPA2JER1JER2 15th 28 DrivexCAT1CAT2 † As Belov was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.
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