Kazim Vasiliauskas

Kazimieras "Kazim" Vasiliauskas (born 2 August 1990) is a Lithuanian former racing driver.

Racing career

Karting Vasiliauskas was born in Kaišiadorys. He competed in kart racing from 1999 to 2007, winning several Lithuanian and Baltic championships including the Lithuanian Karting KF3 Championship in 2002 and the Lithuanian Karting KF1 Championship in 2005.

Formula Renault Vasiliauskas moved up to formula racing in 2008, competing part-season in both the Italian Formula Renault Championship and the Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup with Prema Powerteam. He finished 21st in the Italian series and did not score any points in the Eurocup. His best race finish was sixteenth in the final round in Barcelona.

Formula Palmer Audi Vasiliauskas competed in the 2009 Formula Palmer Audi Championship. Despite only achieving two wins, his title hopes only ended at the first corner of the final race, where a first-corner crash with Tristan Vautier gifted the title to Richard Plant. Vasiliauskas finished as runner-up.

Formula Two Vasiliauskas signed to drive for the relaunched FIA Formula Two Championship in 2009, becoming the first Lithuanian driver to compete at an international level of motorsport. He finished seventh overall, with one win and one pole position, both at Imola.

Vasiliauskas returned to the series in 2010 after being under threat to miss the first round of the championship when his primary sponsor pulled out just one week before the start of the season. However, Vasiliauskas competed in the Formula 2 season-opener at Silverstone and, despite missing pre-season testing, finished fifth and seventh in the first and second races respectively. He achieved his first pole position of the season Brands Hatch, after being only eleventh in the first race of the weekend. However, after leading first half of the race, Vasiliauskas retired with a gear box failure. He achieved his second pole position in 2010 at Valencia, last race of the season, and led from start to finish to score his first and only win in the 2010 Formula Two campaign. He finished in fourth place overall.

Vasiliauskas left F2 at the end of 2010, and was without a regular drive in 2011. He participated in the 1000-km-race in the Baltic countries in a sportscar in July 2011. Vasiliauskas announced to Lithuanian media in February 2012 that he will now focus on his career in law, citing problems finding sponsorship money for a further career in racing (e.g. GP2). Vasiliauskas is the first and only Lithuanian to date to have won races in an international open-wheel racing series.

Racing record

Career summary Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position 2008 Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup Prema Powerteam 17 0 0 0 0 0 NC Formula Renault 2.0 Italy 17 0 0 0 0 30 21st Italian Formula Renault 2.0 Winter Series CO2 Motorsport 2 1 0 1 1 54 2nd 2009 Formula Palmer Audi MotorSport Vision 20 2 3 1 11 313 2nd FIA Formula Two Championship 16 1 1 2 4 45 7th 2010 FIA Formula Two Championship MotorSport Vision 18 1 2 2 6 153 4th

Complete Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 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 DC Points 2008 Prema Powerteam SPA1 SPA2 SIL1 SIL2 HUN1 HUN2 NÜR1 NÜR2 LMS1 LMS2 EST1 EST2 CAT1 CAT2 40th 0

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 2009 VAL1 VAL2 BRN1 BRN2 SPA1 SPA2 BRH1 BRH2 DON1 DON2 OSC1 OSC2 IMO1 IMO2 CAT1 CAT2 7th 45 2010 SIL1 SIL2 MAR1 MAR2 MNZ1 MNZ2 ZOL1 ZOL2 ALG1 ALG2 BRH1 BRH2 BRN1 BRN2 OSC1 OSC2 VAL1 VAL2 4th 153