Ivan Samarin

Ivan Alekseyevich Samarin (, born 7 September 1988 in Moscow) is a Russian racing driver, holder of the honour of "Master of sports of Russia".

Career

Early career

Samarin competed in karting from 1998 to 2003. He began his formula racing career in the 2004 Formula RUS season, finishing fourth overall in the championship standings. For 2005, he remained in the series and finished as runner-up.

Samarin's next step was Formula 1600 Russia. He took four race victories in 2006, en route to the championship. He continued in the series in 2007, taking the title once again.

Samarin competed in a number of regional championship events for the Russian Formula Three, Finnish Formula Three, and Formula Three NEZ in 2008.

Samarin missed the entire 2009 season due to sponsorship problems.

FIA Formula Two Championship Samarin at the Oschersleben round of the 2010 FIA Formula Two Championship season. Samarin stepped up to the FIA Formula Two Championship in 2010.

Racing record

Career results SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPolesF/LapsPodiumsPointsPosition 2004 Formula RUS Lukoil Racing Team Junior 4 0 0 0 2 53 4th 2005 Formula RUS Lukoil Racing Team Junior 4 1 0 2 3 53 2nd 2006 Formula 1600 Russia Istok Art-Line Racing 10 ? ? ? ? 79 1st 2007 Formula 1600 Russia Istok Art-Line Racing 14 5 0 3 8 186 1st 2008 Russian Formula Three Art-Line Engineering 12 4 2 ? 8 129 2nd AKM Racing Team Finnish Formula Three Art-Line Engineering 2 0 0 0 0 32 12th Formula Three NEZ 2 0 0 0 0 14 7th 2010 FIA Formula Two Championship Motorsport Vision 8 0 0 0 1 64 12th

Complete FIA Formula Two Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 DC Points 2010 SIL1 SIL2 MAR1 MAR2 MON1 MON2 ZOL1 ZOL2 ALG1 ALG2 BRH1 BRH2 BRN1 BRN2 OSC1 OSC2 VAL1 VAL2 12th 64