SMP Racing

SMP Racing

File:SMP Racing Offical Logo (Russian).png
Founded	2013
Nation	Russia
Founder(s)	Boris Rotenberg
Base	Le Luc, France
Website	www.smpracing.ru

BR Engineering BR1 of SMP Racing.

SMP Racing was a Russian racing team and driver academy mostly known for competing in the FIA World Endurance Championship, FIA Formula 2 Championship and FIA Formula 3 Championship With the goal of train and unveil new talents from Russia. The team was founded in 2013 by Boris Rotenberg, co-founder of the SMP Bank of Russia.

History

Origins

The team was founded in 2012 by the Russian oligarch Boris Rotenberg, co-founder of SMP bank and CEO of Russian race car construction company BR Engineering.

They first competed in the FIA World Endurance Championship with the goal of supporting new talents from Russia and giving them the chance to compete in international motorsport.

Boris Rotenberg

Boris Rotenberg is known as the co-founder of SMP Bank and CEO of the largest construction company for gas pipelines and electrical power supply lines in Russia (StroyGazMontazh) He was born in Saint Petersburg, Russia on the (1957-01-03) 3 January 1957 "He is considered a close confidant of president Vladimir Putin".

In 2001 Boris and his brother both founded the SMP bank of Russia one of the largest banks in Russia.

Boris is the CEO and founder of a race car construction company called BR Engineering. The same company which created the BR Engineering BR1 and BR Engineering BR01 with both cars having podiums in their categories at the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Fall of SMP Racing

The team went quiet across all of their social media accounts. Along with a number of other Russian teams at the time which were competing in international motorsports.

The team also announced they would not return to the FIA World Endurance Championship or the European Le Mans Series.

This was expected to be due to the FIA announcing new requirements for Russian drivers and teams competing in international motorsport as a response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Championships Description

FIA World Endurance Championship

SMP Racing competed in the FIA World Endurance Championship full time between the years of 2014-2016. Making one return for the 2016 24 Hours of Le Mans and returned later for the 2018–19 FIA World Endurance Championship season.

The team were mildly successful throughout their whole time in the series, However their most successful year in the Championship came in 2015, where the team collected 6 podiums, 3 wins and finished 1st in the LMGTE AM category.

24 Hours of Le Mans

The team again had another mildly successful career at the 24 hours of le mans having their best finish in their category in 2015 finishing first in LMGTE. This would be SMP Racing's last ever win at the 24 hours of le mans.

FIA Formula 2 Championship

SMP Racing never had their own team in the FIA Formula 2 Championship however they still had a young driver program for young and upcoming Russian drivers such as Robert Shwartzman and Sergey Sirotkin.

The program was cancelled in May 2022 due to the FIA announcing requirements on Russian drivers competing in international motorsport. These rules were announced as a response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Ferrari 488 GT3 of SMP Racing at Monza.

BR Engineering BR01 of SMP Racing at Le Mans.

Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 of SMP Racing at Le Mans at night.

Other championships

• FIA Formula 1 World Championship
• FIA Formula 3 Championship
• Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup
• European Drag Racing Championship
• Eurocup Formula Renault
• SMP Formula 4 Championship
• F4 Spanish Championship
• Italian F4 Championship
• CIK-FIA Karting European Championship
• Russian Circuit Racing Series
• Russian Drag Racing Championship
• WSK Super Master Series
• Russian Karting Championship and Cup
• European Le Mans Series
• GP2 Series
• Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0
• SMP F4 Championship

List Of Drivers

• Mikhail Aleshin
• Vladimir Atoev
• Fabio Babini
• Aleksey Basov
• Michael Belov
• Olivier Beretta
• Andrea Bertolini
• Matteo Bobbi
• Aleksander Bosak
• Gianmaria Bruni
• Jenson Button
• James Calado
• Stefano Coletti
• Mitch Evans
• Lucas Foresti
• Antonio Fuoco
• Sean Gelael
• Antonio Giovinazzi
• Brendon Hartley
• Matevos Isaakyan
• Aleksey Korneev
• Kirill Ladygin
• Konsta Lappalainen
• Julián Leal
• Roman Mavlanov
• Michael Meadows
• Nicolas Minassian
• Miguel Molina
• Daniil Move
• Norman Nato
• Harrison Newey
• Egor Orudzhev
• Luca Persiani
• Vitaly Petrov
• Alessandro Pier Guidi
• Davide Rigon
• Mika Salo
• Stéphane Sarrazin
• Elias Seppänen
• Viktor Shaytar
• Robert Shwartzman
• Irina Sidorkova
• Sergey Sirotkin
• Alexander Smolyar
• Konstantin Tereshchenko
• Nikita Troitskiy
• Vladimiros Tziortzis
• Stoffel Vandoorne
• Matthieu Vaxivière
• Toni Vilander
• Andreas Wirth
• Daniel Zampieri
• Sergey Zlobin

Series Results

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship Results

Year	Class	Drivers	No.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	T.C.	Points
2014	LMP2	Sergey Zlobin Maurizio Mediani Nicolas Minassian Anton Ladygin Mika SALO	27	SIL 3	SPA 4	LMS 1	COA 2	FUJ 3	SHA 2	BHR Ret	SÃO 2		1st	146
		Kirill Ladygin Viktor Shaytar Anton Ladygin Maurizio Mediani Nicolas Minassian	37	SIL Ret	SPA 3	LMS Ret	COA Ret	FUJ 4	SHA 3	BHR 2	SÃO Ret		4th	60
2015	LMGTE AM	Viktor Shaytar Aleksey Basov Andrea Bertolini	72	SIL 3	SPA 3	LMS 1	NÜR 1	COA 1	FUJ 6	SHA 3	BHR 5		1st	165
2016	LMP2	Maurizio Mediani Nicolas Minassian David Markozov Mikhail Aleshin	27	SIL 9	SPA Ret	LMS 5	NÜR 8	MEX 6	COA 4	FUJ 8	SHA 6	BHR 8	8th	62
		Vitaly Petrov Viktor Shaytar Kirill Ladygin	37	SIL 7	SPA 7	LMS 3	NÜR 6	MEX Ret	COA 6	FUJ 10	SHA 7	BHR 7	6th	71
2018–19	LMP1	Mikhail Aleshin Vitaly Petrov Jenson Button Brendon Hartley Stoffel Vandoorne	11	SPA 5	LMS Ret	SIL Ret	FUJ 4	SHA 3	SEB 3	SPA 3	LMS 3		4th	94
		Stéphane Sarrazin Egor Orudzhev Matevos Isaakyan Sergey Sirotkin	17	SPA Ret	LMS Ret	SIL 3	FUJ Ret	SHA Ret	SEB NC	SPA 4	LMS Ret		14th	27

24 Hours of Le Mans

Year	Enterant	No	Car	Drivers	Class	Overall Ranking	Category Ranking
2014	SMP Racing	72	Ferrari 458 Italia	Andrea BERTOLINI Viktor SHAYTAR Aleksey BASOV	LMGTE AM	41	15
		37	Oreca 03-Nissan	Kirill LADYGIN Nicolas MINASSIAN Maurizio MEDIANI	LMP2	53	17
		27	Oreca 03-Nissan	Sergey ZLOBIN Mika SALO Anton LADYGIN	LMP2	37	12
2015		37	BR01-Nissan	Mikhail ALESHIN Kirill LADYGIN Anton LADYGIN	LMP2	33	13
		72	Ferrari 458 Italia	Viktor SHAYTAR Andrea BERTOLINI Aleksey BASOV	LMGTE Am	20	1
		27	BR01-Nissan	Maurizio MEDIANI Devi MARKOZOV Nicolas MINASSIAN	LMP2	14	6
2016		27	BR01-Nissan	Maurizio MEDIANI Mikhail ALESHIN Nicolas MINASSIAN	LMP2	11	7
		37	BR01-Nissan	Mikhail ALESHIN Kirill LADYGIN Anton LADYGIN	LMP2	7	3
2017		27	Dallara P217 - Gibson	Mikhail ALESHIN Sergey SIROTKIN Viktor SHAYTAR	LMP2	33	16
2018		17	BR ENGINEERING BR1	Stéphane SARRAZIN Egor ORUDZHEV Sergey SIROTKIN	LMP1	51	9
		11	BR ENGINEERING BR1	Vitaly PETROV Mikhail ALESHIN Jenson BUTTON	LMP1	43	6
		35	Dallara P217 - Gibson	Viktor SHAYTAR Harrison NEWEY Norman NATO	LMP2	14	10
2019		11	BR ENGINEERING BR1	Vitaly PETROV Mikhail ALESHIN Stoffel VANDOORNE	LMP1	3	3
		17	BR ENGINEERING BR1	Stéphane SARRAZIN Egor ORUDZHEV Sergey SIROTKIN	LMP1	51	6

Fanatec GT World Challange Europe Results

Year	Car	Drivers	No.	1	2	3	4	T.C.	Points
2020	Ferrari 488 GTE	Antonio Fuoco Miguel Molina Davide Rigon Sergey Sirotkin Toni Vilander	72	PAU 3	SPA 4	NUR 1	IMO 2	7th	92

Branding

SMP Racing also was a moniker for these teams, when SMP sponsored them:

• ADM Motorsport, a motor racing team based in Italy.
• AF Corse, a motor racing team based in Italy.
• AV Formula, a motor racing team based in Spain.
• Comtec Racing, a motor racing team based in the United Kingdom.
• Euronova Racing, a motor racing team based in Italy.
• Koiranen GP, a motor racing team based in Spain.
• Russian Bears Motorsport, a motor racing team based in Russia.
• Schmidt Peterson Motorsports, а motor racing team based in USA

See also

• Escuderia Telmex, a Mexican team founded by similar ambitions.

External links

• Official website (in Russian)