Artem Markelov

Artem Valeryevich Markelov (; born 10 September 1994) is a Russian retired racing driver who last competed in the FIA Formula 2 Championship for HWA Team in 2020.

Career Karting Born in Moscow, Markelov began karting in 2006 and raced mostly in his native Russia for the majority of his karting career, working his way up through the junior ranks to progress into the KF2 category by 2010.

ADAC Formel Masters In 2011, Markelov moved into open-wheel racing, competing in ADAC Formel Masters with Motopark Academy, taking eleven podiums in twenty-three races, including one win at Red Bull Ring. As a result, Markelov finished in fourth place in the final championship standings.

Formula Three 2011 During the 2011 season, Markelov made his Formula Three debut, with Motopark, in the Hockenheimring round of the Formula 3 Euro Series.

2012

Markelov and Motopark – now under the Lotus moniker – elected to compete in the German Formula Three Championship in 2012. He finished seventh in the standings, scoring three podiums, including sprint-race wins at Lausitz and Hockenheim.

2013 Markelov stayed in the German series for another year in 2013, remaining with Motopark. He had eighteen podiums in twenty-three races, including wins in both main races at Lausitz. He finished as runner-up to his teammate Marvin Kirchhöfer.

GP2 Series / FIA Formula 2 2014

Markelov made his GP2 Series debut in 2014 with Russian Time, where he joined Mitch Evans. Markelov had only one point-scoring finish at Spa-Francorchamps, finishing the season 24th, twenty positions behind Evans in the drivers' championship.

2015 Markelov and Evans remained with Russian Time in 2015. Markelov took his first podium at Spa-Francorchamps, when he started from the 22nd position on the grid. He made the progress in the championship to the thirteenth place, being more consistent, but he was still eight positions behind the Evans in the standings.

2016 Markelov continued to race with Russian Time in 2016, but this time he was joined in the team by Raffaele Marciello. Markelov claimed his first GP2 Series win in the feature race in Monaco, starting from the fifteenth starting position. However, he was not as consistent as Marciello, finishing tenth in the drivers' championship.

2017 For the 2017 season, the GP2 Series was rebranded as the FIA Formula 2 Championship. While Markelov remained with Russian Time for his fourth consecutive season with the Dallara GP2/11 machinery, which was also the final year of use for the chassis in the championship, being joined by Luca Ghiotto. Markelov won the first race in the FIA Formula 2 Championship history. He also collected wins at Spielberg, Spa-Francorchamps, Jerez and Abu Dhabi While it wasn't enough to prevent Charles Leclerc winning the drivers' championship, he brought the teams' championship to Russian Time with the help of Ghiotto.

2018

Markelov remained with Russian Time in . He finished the season in fifth with three wins.

2019 Following the 2018 season, Markelov was left without a drive in the 2019 Formula 2 season after Russian Time withdrew from the series. However, following Jordan King's participation in the 2019 Indianapolis 500, Markelov was called up by MP Motorsport for the Monaco round as a one-off replacement. He scored points in both races, with a sixth place in the first race and a fourth place in the second race.

As a result of the weekend at Spa-Francorchamps following the Lap 2 feature race crash that killed BWT Arden driver Anthoine Hubert, the team signed Markelov to finish out the season at Sochi and Abu Dhabi, although the car number changed from 19 to 22.

2020 In , Markelov continued to race in F2 with the same team, now HWA Racelab. He was joined by Giuliano Alesi, son of former Formula One driver Jean Alesi, who left Trident at the end of the 2019 season. However, Markelov had a disappointing season, scoring only five points compared to championship winner Mick Schumacher's 215.

Formula One In February 2018, Markelov was announced as Renault development driver for the 2018 FIA Formula One World Championship and drove in an official Formula One session for the first time at the 2018 Russian Grand Prix. He then made an appearance for the team at the 2018 Abu Dhabi Young Driver Test. It was rumoured that Markelov was a contender for a drive at Williams for 2019, but it ultimately went to Robert Kubica.

Personal life Markelov is married to former TV show host Katya Zhuzha. Their son Max was born in 2020. He is also the step father of Katya Zhuzha's child from another marriage, Nicole Markelova.

Racing record Karting career summary

Racing career summary Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position 2011 ADAC Formel Masters Motopark 23 1 0 4 11 251 4th Formula 3 Euro Series 3 0 0 0 0 N/A NC† 2012 German Formula 3 Championship Lotus 27 2 0 1 3 155 7th 2013 German Formula 3 Championship Lotus 26 2 0 2 21 339 2nd 2014 GP2 Series RT Russian Time 22 0 0 0 0 6 24th 2015 GP2 Series Russian Time 21 0 0 0 1 48 13th Toyota Racing Series Giles Motorsport 16 0 0 0 3 525 8th 2016 GP2 Series Russian Time 21 1 0 3 2 97 10th Toyota Racing Series M2 Competition 15 0 0 0 5 588 8th 2017 FIA Formula 2 Championship Russian Time 22 5 1 6 7 210 2nd 2018 FIA Formula 2 Championship Russian Time 24 3 0 5 7 186 5th Formula One Renault Sport F1 TeamDevelopment driver 2019 Super Formula UOMO Sunoco Team LeMans 5 0 0 1 0 0 21stFIA Formula 2 Championship MP Motorsport 2 0 0 0 0 16 16th BWT Arden 4 0 0 0 0 2020 FIA Formula 2 Championship BWT HWA Racelab 23 0 0 0 0 5 18th † As Markelov was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.

Complete ADAC Formel Masters 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 23 24 DC Points 2011 Motopark OSC1 OSC2 OSC3 SAC1 SAC2 SAC3 ZOL1 ZOL2 ZOL3 NÜR1 NÜR2 NÜR3 RBR1 RBR2 RBR3 LAU1 LAU2 LAU3 ASS1 ASS2 ASS3 HOC1 HOC2 HOC3 4th 251

Complete German Formula Three Championship 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 23 24 25 26 27 DC Points 2012 Lotus ZAN1 ZAN2 ZAN3 SAC1 SAC2 SAC3 OSC1 OSC2 OSC2 SPA1 SPA2 SPA3 ASS1 ASS2 ASS3 RBR1 RBR2 RBR3 LAU1 LAU2 LAU3 NÜR1 NÜR2 NÜR3 HOC1 HOC2 HOC3 7th 155 2013 Lotus OSC11 OSC12 OSC12 SPA1 SPA2 SPA3 NÜR11 NÜR12 NÜR13 SAC1 SAC2 SAC3 LAU11 LAU12 LAU13 NÜR21 NÜR22 NÜR23 LAU21 LAU22 LAU23 OSC21 OSC22 OSC23 HOC1 HOC2 HOC3 2nd 339

Complete GP2 Series/FIA Formula 2 Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) † Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

Complete Toyota Racing Series 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 DC Points 2015 Giles Motorsport RUA1 RUA2 RUA3 TER1 TER2 TER3 HMP1 HMP2 HMP3 TAU1 TAU2 TAU3 TAU4 MAN1 MAN2 MAN3 8th 525 2016 M2 Competition RUA1 RUA2 RUA3 TER1 TER2 TER3 HMP1 HMP2 HMP3 TAU1 TAU2 TAU3 MAN1 MAN2 MAN3 8th 588

Complete Formula One participations (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 WDC Points Renault Sport F1 TeamRenault R.S.18Renault R.E.18 1.6 V6 t AUS BHR CHN AZE ESP MON CAN FRA AUT GBR GER HUN BEL ITA SIN RUS JPN USA MEX BRA ABU – –

Complete Super Formula results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 DC Points 2019 UOMO Sunoco Team LeMans Toyota SUZ AUT SUG FUJ MOT OKA SUZ 21st 0