Mikhail Aleshin

Mikhail Aleshin
Nationality	Russian
Born	May 22, 1987 (1987-05-22) (age 24) Moscow (Russia)
2011 GP2 Series
Debut season	2007
Current team	Carlin
Car no.	25
Former teams	ART Grand Prix
Starts	12
Wins	0
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	25th in 2007
Previous series
2011 2006-2008, 2010 2009 2007 2005–06 2004 2003-05 2003-05 2002	GP2 Asia Series Formula Renault 3.5 Series FIA Formula Two GP2 Series A1 Grand Prix FR 2.0 Italy Winter series Formula Renault 2.0 Germany Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Russian Formula Three
Championship titles
2010 2004	Formula Renault 3.5 Series FR 2.0 Italy Winter series

Mikhail Petrovich Aleshin (Russian: Михаил Петрович Алёшин, born May 22, 1987 in Moscow) is a Russian auto racing driver.

Career

Aleshin competed in karting from 1996 to 2000. Since 2001 he has taken part in various international open wheel series. On April 14, 2007 he became the first Russian driver to win a major international single-seater race when he won the opening round of the Formula Renault 3.5 Series season at Monza.^[1] He then deputised for the injured Michael Ammermüller in the ART Grand Prix team at the second round of the 2007 GP2 Series season, becoming the second Russian after Vitaly Petrov to race in the series. He remained in FR3.5 for 2008, taking his best finish in the championship so far despite not winning a race.

He joined the relaunched FIA Formula Two Championship for 2009, driving car number 15.^[2] He finished third in the championship, with a single win coming at Oschersleben.

Aleshin returned to Formula Renault 3.5 for the 2010 season, partnering Jake Rosenzweig at Carlin.^[3] Scoring three victories, he became the champion of the series. He tested for Renault F1 in the young drivers' test in Abu Dhabi and stated that he was confident for a Formula One drive in 2011, but did not obtain one.^[4]

Aleshin remained with Carlin to drive in 2011 GP2 Series and 2011 GP2 Asia Series, the team's first season in the category and Aleshin's first attempt at the series since 2007. He was partnered by Max Chilton, another driver who had previously been employed by Carlin in lower formulae.^[5] He endured a frustrating Asia series, afflicted by technical problems which left him last in the drivers' championship, before announcing that he did not have a budget to compete in the main series, and would henceforth be stepping back to the ATS Formel 3 Cup. He then, however, secured a last-minute temporary GP2 deal with Carlin, only to crash in qualifying for the first round of the season in Turkey, injuring metacarpals in both cars which prevented him from racing.^[6] He returned to action for the following round of the championship at Catalunya, but was then replaced by Oliver Turvey as his money ran out.^[7] After eight races on the sidelines, he returned to racing action with Carlin at the Hungaroring.^[8] He was replaced again by Parente for the season finale at Monza, and finished 32nd and last in the overall standings.^[9]

Racing record

Aleshin driving for Carlin Motorsport at the Donington Park round of the 2007 Formula Renault 3.5 Series season.

Aleshin driving a Red Bull RB2 at Moscow City Racing show (2008).

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2002	Russian Formula Three Championship	Lukoil Racing F3	4	0	0	?	1	40	4th
2003	Formula Renault 2000 Germany	JD Motorsport	14	0	0	0	0	99	12th
	Formula Renault 2000 Masters		8	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2004	Formula Renault 2000 Germany	Lukoil Racing Team	14	0	2	1	3	185	5th
	Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup		16	0	0	0	0	26	17th
	Formula Renault 2000 Italia		?	?	?	?	?	?	1st
2005	Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0	Lukoil Racing Team	10	0	0	0	0	3	30th
	Formula Renault 2.0 Germany		16	1	1	1	7	274	2nd
2005–06	A1 Grand Prix	A1 Team Russia	2	0	0	0	0	0†	25th†
2006	Formula Renault 3.5 Series	Carlin Motorsport	17	0	1	0	2	41	11th
2007	Formula Renault 3.5 Series	Carlin Motorsport	16	1	1	0	1	44	13th
	GP2 Series	ART Grand Prix	4	0	0	0	0	3	25th
2008	Formula Renault 3.5 Series	Carlin Motorsport	17	0	0	0	3	73	5th
2009	FIA Formula Two Championship	Red Bull-Lukoil	16	1	1	0	5	59	3rd
2010	Formula Renault 3.5 Series	Carlin	17	3	1	2	8	138	1st
2011	GP2 Asia Series	Carlin	4	0	0	0	0	0	27th
	GP2 Series	Carlin	8	0	0	0	0	0	32nd
	Formula Renault 3.5 Series	KMP	2	0	0	0	0	4*	27th*

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• † - Team standings.

Complete A1 Grand Prix 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	17	18	19	20	21	22	DC	Points
2005–06	A1 Team Russia	GBR SPR	GBR FEA	GER SPR	GER FEA	POR SPR 15	POR FEA 17	AUS SPR	AUS FEA	MYS SPR	MYS FEA	UAE SPR	UAE FEA	RSA SPR	RSA FEA	IDN SPR	IDN FEA	MEX SPR	MEX FEA	USA SPR	USA FEA	CHN SPR	CHN FEA	25th	0

Complete GP2 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	17	18	19	20	21	DC	Points
2007	ART Grand Prix	BHR FEA	BHR SPR	ESP FEA 6	ESP SPR Ret	MON FEA	FRA FEA	FRA SPR	GBR FEA	GBR SPR	EUR FEA	EUR SPR	HUN FEA	HUN SPR	TUR FEA	TUR SPR	ITA FEA	ITA SPR	BEL FEA	BEL SPR	VAL FEA 9	VAL SPR 20	25th	3
2011	Carlin	TUR FEA DNS	TUR SPR DNS	ESP FEA 16	ESP SPR 18	MON FEA	MON SPR	VAL FEA	VAL SPR	GBR FEA	GBR SPR	GER FEA	GER SPR	HUN FEA 15	HUN SPR 15	BEL FEA Ret	BEL SPR Ret	ITA FEA	ITA SPR				32nd	0

Complete GP2 Asia Series results

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

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	DC	Points
2011	Carlin	ABU FEA Ret	ABU SPR 24	ITA FEA 20	ITA SPR 20	27th	0

Complete Formula Two results

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

Year	No.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	DC	Points
2009	15	VAL 1 4	VAL 2 6	BRN 1 2	BRN 2 Ret	SPA 1 18	SPA 2 8	BRH 1 10	BRH 2 3	DON 1 2	DON 2 7	OSC 1 5	OSC 2 1	IMO 1 7	IMO 2 Ret	CAT 1 2	CAT 2 7	3rd	59

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
2010	Carlin	ESP FEA	ESP SPR	TUR FEA Ret	TUR SPR 22	VAL FEA	VAL SPR	GBR FEA	GBR SPR	GER FEA	GER SPR	HUN FEA	HUN SPR	BEL FEA	BEL SPR	ITA FEA	ITA SPR	34th*	0*

References

1. ^ "Aleshin wins race one at Monza". autosport.com. 2007-04-14. http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/58103. Retrieved 2007-05-08. 
2. ^ "Red Bull places Aleshin in F2". autosport.com. 2009-01-12. http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/72745. Retrieved 2009-01-12. 
3. ^ Mills, Peter (2010-02-26). "Aleshin joins Carlin for FR3.5 return". autosport.com (Haymarket Publications). http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/81746. Retrieved 2010-03-04. 
4. ^ Straw, Edd (16 November 2010). "Aleshin expects F1 race seat in 2011". autosport.com (Haymarket Publications). http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/88330. Retrieved 16 November 2010. 
5. ^ "Carlin sign Aleshin and Chilton for GP2". http://gp2series.com (GP2 Series). 2011-01-27. http://gp2series.com/News-Room/News/2011/01_Jan/Carlin-sign-Aleshin-and-Chilton-for-GP2/. Retrieved }2011-05-26. 
6. ^ Elizalde, Pablo (2011-05-06). "Aleshin ruled out of Turkey event". autosport.com (Haymarket Publications). http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/91179. Retrieved 2011-05-26. 
7. ^ "Oliver Turvey back at Carlin for Monaco". crash.net (Crash Media Group). 2011-05-26. http://www.crash.net/gp2/news/169568/1/oliver_turvey_back_at_carlin_for_monaco.html. Retrieved 2011-05-26. 
8. ^ O'Leary, Jamie (2011-07-28). "Mikhail Aleshin rejoins Carlin for Hungaroring GP2 weekend". autosport.com (Haymarket Publications). http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/93419. Retrieved 2011-08-02. 
9. ^ Elizalde, Pablo (2011-09-07). "Parente returns to Carlin for Monza GP2 round". autosport.com (Haymarket Publications). http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/94296. Retrieved 2011-09-12. 

External links

• Official website
• Driver Database

Sporting positions
Preceded by Pastor Maldonado	Italian Formula Renault 2.0 Winter Series Champion 2004	Succeeded by Atte Mustonen
Preceded by Bertrand Baguette	Formula Renault 3.5 Series Champion 2010	Succeeded by Robert Wickens

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Name	Aleshin, Mikhail
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Date of birth	May 22, 1987
Place of birth	Moscow (Russia)
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