Maxim Zimin

Maxim Zimin
Nationality	Russian
Born	April 28, 1994 (1994-04-28) (age 17) Barnaul (Russia)
2011 GP3 Series
Current team	Jenzer Motorsport
Car no.	8
Wins	0
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0

Maxim Zimin (Russian: Максим Зимин, born April 28, 1994 in Barnaul, Syberia) is a Russian auto racing driver.

Career

Zimin started karting in 2001 and won the Russian and Moscow Cups in 2005. In 2008 he won the Viking Trophy in Finland racing for Maranello Karts, which qualified him to receive his trophy during the FIA Champions Gala at Monaco. In 2010 Zimin is competing in both Italian Formula ACI-CSAI Abarth and Formula Renault 2.0 MEC for Jenzer Motorsport. He raced a part season in the Formula Renault 2.0 MEC championship claiming two podiums and one fastest lap. At the end of the season he was classified 5th overall. In the newly relaunched Formula ACI-CSAI Abarth championship Maxim Zimin impressed on his debut by taking a podium in the feature race, while in the sprint race he took the fastest lap. He scored further 4 podiums until the end of the season, all in feature races. His first career pole-position arrived at Vallelunga. He was in title battle until the last round of the championship, but at the end of the season he was classified 5th overall.

In 2011 Zimin will continue his association with Jenzer Motorsport by contesting the GP3 Series as teammate to Nico Muller. Maxim Zimin also signed to be part of the Nasha Formula driver development program with Gazprombank and Cordiant tires as the prime backers.

Complete GP3 Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	DC	Points
2011	Jenzer Motorsport	TUR FEA 23	TUR SPR 17	ESP FEA Ret	ESP SPR 19	VAL FEA Ret	VAL SPR 21†	GBR FEA DSQ	GBR SPR EX	GER FEA 20	GER SPR 15	HUN FEA 19	HUN SPR 8	BEL FEA Ret	BEL SPR 15	ITA FEA Ret	ITA SPR 16	27th	0

* Season in Progress

External links

• Official website
• Driver Database
• GP3 Series
• Jenzer Motorsport

Persondata
Name	Zimin, Maxim
Alternative names
Short description	Russian race car driver
Date of birth	April 28, 1994
Place of birth	Barnaul (Russia)
Date of death
Place of death