Alexey Vasilyev

Aleksey Igorevich Vasilyev (; born 13 January 1972) is a Russian auto racing driver.

Career Vasilyev began karting in 1984 and raced primarily in his native Soviet Union for the majority of his early career, finishing as runner-up in the USSR championship in 1989. From 1990 to 2000 he raced in Russian touring car championships, winning three championship titles in the Tourism-1600 category.

In 2000, Vasilyev debuted internationally, competing in the N-GT class of the FIA GT Championship for Freisinger Motorsport alongside another Russian driver Nikolai Fomenko. After the 2001 season, he and Fomenko switched to RWS Motorsport for next two successive years. In 2002, Vasilyev scored his first point at Donington.

By 2004, Vasilyev returned to Freisinger Motorsport, scoring his first podium at Magny-Cours and placed sixth in the final championship standings; his best result in the N-GT class. Vasilyev also debuted with Freisinger in the new-for-2004 Le Mans Endurance Series, and the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Vasilyev graduated to the new GT1 class in 2005 with Russian Age Racing, and again competed in the Le Mans Endurance Series, where he finished third in the GT class with the Convers Team. He finished in fifth place in the GT1 class at Le Mans; his best result at the race. Vasilyev also contested the British round of the inaugural A1 Grand Prix season.

In 2006, Vasilyev made his debut in the Dakar Rally, in the car class. He finished second in the Le Mans Series GT1 standings, before switching to the GT2 class in 2008, returning to the Le Mans Series with Snoras Spyker Squadron. He had competed in the Ferrari Challenge in 2007, and remained in the series until the end of 2011. In 2010 he participated under a Lithuanian racing licence, after his Russian licence was disqualified due to unsporting behaviour. Vasilyev signed with Valmon Racing Team Russia for the 2012 FIA GT1 World Championship season.

Racing record

Career summary

SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPolesF/LapsPodiumsPointsPosition 1996 Tourism-1600 Canopus ? ? ? ? ? ? 1st 1997 Tourism-1600 Miller-Pilot ? ? ? ? ? ? 1st 2000 Tourism-1600 TNK Racing 8 1 ? ? ? 120 1st FIA GT Championship – N-GT Freisinger Motorsport 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC 2001 FIA GT Championship – N-GT Freisinger Racing 9 0 0 0 0 0 NC 2002 FIA GT Championship – N-GT RWS Motorsport 10 0 0 0 0 1 47th 2003 FIA GT Championship – N-GT RWS Yukos Motorsport 10 0 0 0 0 17 16th 2004 FIA GT Championship – N-GT Freisinger Yukos Motorsport 11 0 0 0 3 48 6th 24 Hours of Le Mans – GT Freisinger Motorsport 1 0 0 0 0 N/A NC Le Mans Endurance Series – GT 1 0 0 0 0 N/A NC 2005 FIA GT Championship – GT1 Russian Age Racing 9 0 0 0 0 5 34th Le Mans Endurance Series – GT1 Convers Team 5 0 0 0 3 31 3rd 24 Hours of Le Mans – GT1 Cirtek Motorsport 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 5th 2005–06 A1 Grand Prix A1 Team Russia 2 0 0 0 0 0 25th 2006 Le Mans Series – GT1 Convers MenX Team 5 0 0 0 3 28 2nd 24 Hours of Le Mans – GT1 1 0 0 0 0 N/A NC 2007 Ferrari Challenge Europe – Trofeo Pirelli HP-Exclusiv 14 0 ? ? ? 142 8th 24 Hours of Le Mans – GT1 Convers MenX Team 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 8th 2008 Le Mans Series – LMGT2 Snoras Spyker Squadron 4 0 0 0 0 13 8th 24 Hours of Le Mans – GT2 1 0 0 0 0 N/A NC Ferrari Challenge Europe – Trofeo Pirelli Ferrari Moscow ? ? ? ? ? 117 9th 2009 Ferrari Challenge Europe – Trofeo Pirelli Ferrari Moscow 14 0 ? ? 0 113 6th 2010 Ferrari Challenge Europe – Trofeo Pirelli Ferrari Moscow 14 0 0 0 4 124 4th 2011 Ferrari Challenge Europe – Trofeo Pirelli Ferrari Moscow 9 1 3 0 8 108 4th2015 24H Series – A6 GT Russian Team

24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Freisinger Motorsport Nikolai Fomenko Robert Nearn Porsche 911 GT3-RSR GT 65 DNF DNF Cirtek Motorsport Russian Age Racing Convers Team Nikolai Fomenko Christophe Bouchut Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello GT1 315 17th 5th Convers MenX Team Robert Pergl Peter Kox Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello GT1 196 DNF DNF Convers MenX Team Robert Pergl Tomáš Kostka Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello GT1 322 14th 8th Snoras Spyker Squadron Ralf Kelleners Peter Dumbreck Spyker C8 Laviolette GT2-R GT2 43 DNF DNF

Complete GT1 World Championship results Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Pos Points Ref 2012 Valmon Racing Team Russia Aston Martin NOGQR NOGCR ZOLQR ZOLCR NAVQR NAVQR SVKQR SVKCR ALGQR ALGCR SVKQR SVKCR MOSQR MOSCR NURQR NURCR DONQR DONCR 29th 0