Ivan Taranov

Ivan Taranov (; born 30 October 1994) is a Russian racing driver.

Career

Karting Born in Tolyatti, Taranov began karting in 2010, finishing eighth in the Daytona Max Lightweight Sprint Series.

Formula Renault In 2011, Taranov moved into open-wheel racing, competing in Formula Renault BARC with Daytona Motorsport. He ended the season fourteenth, finishing in ten out of the series' twelve races.

Taranov remained in the series for the 2012 season, but switched to Antel Motorsport. He improved to tenth place in the series standings with just one retirement in fourteen races.

After competing for Scorpio Motorsport in the final round of the 2012 season, Taranov signed with the team for the 2013 season. He missed the rounds at Croft and Rockingham due to funding issues, but returned for the finale at Silverstone, where he scored his first wins in the series. He also competed in four races of the Formula Renault 2.0 Alps series with Tech 1 Racing.

GP3 Series In 2014, Taranov graduated to the GP3 Series with Hilmer Motorsport supported by Force India F1 Team. However, he only competed in the opening race weekend. He did not finish race 1, and ended race 2 in 20th place.

Racing record

Career summary Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position 2011 Formula Renault BARC Daytona Motorsport 12 0 0 0 0 84 14th Formula Renault 2.0 Finals Series - FR BARC Antel Motorsport 6 0 0 0 3 98 7th 2012 Formula Renault BARC Antel Motorsport 14 0 0 0 0 142 10th Scorpio Motorsport Formula Renault BARC Winter Series Core Motorsport 4 0 0 0 0 43 8th Formula Renault 2.0 Italia Green Goblin by Facondini 2 0 0 0 0 2 20th Single-seater V de V Challenge Antel Motorsport 2 0 0 0 0 26 43rd 2013 Protyre Formula Renault Championship Scorpio Motorsport 10 2 1 1 3 140 12th Formula Renault 2.0 Alps Tech 1 Racing 4 0 0 0 0 0 34th 2014 GP3 Series Hilmer Motorsport 2 0 0 0 0 0 34th

Complete Formula Renault 2.0 Alps 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 Pos Points 2013 Tech 1 Racing VLL1 VLL2 IMO11 IMO12 SPA1 SPA2 MNZ1 MNZ2 MIS1 MIS2 MUG1 MUG2 IMO21 IMO22 34th 0

Complete GP3 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 17 18 Pos Points 2014 Hilmer Motorsport CAT1 CAT2 RBR1 RBR2 SIL1 SIL2 HOC1 HOC2 HUN1 HUN2 SPA1 SPA2 MNZ1 MNZ2 SOC1 SOC2 YMC1 YMC2 34th 0