Matevos Isaakyan

Matevos "Matos" Isaakyan (; born 17 April 1998) is a Russian former racing driver. He is a former member of the SMP Racing driver programme.

Career

Karting Born in Moscow, Isaakyan began karting in his native Russia in 2010, finishing fifth in the Russian Super Mini Championship. The following year, he stepped up to the Russian KF3 Championship, finishing seventh, before placing fifth in the same category in 2012.

French F4 Isaakyan graduated to single-seaters in 2013, racing in the French F4 Championship. He took five podium places and two fastest laps on his way to fifth in the championship.

Toyota Racing Series In January and February 2014, Isaakyan raced in the New Zealand-based Toyota Racing Series for the ETEC Motorsport team. He took a best race result of sixth at the opening round in Teretonga to finish ninth in the championship, one place behind teammate and fellow Russian Denis Korneev.

Formula Renault 2.0 Isaakyan's main racing program for 2014 was in the Formula Renault 2.0 Alps championship, racing for Italian team JD Motorsport. He was ineligible to race at the first round of the season in Imola due to the fact he had not yet turned 16 years of age. He was, however, allowed to take part in the free practice sessions.

During the season, Isaakyan took seven podium places, including a double win at the Red Bull Ring, to finish third in the championship, behind Charles Leclerc and champion Nyck de Vries. He also finished second to Leclerc in the Junior Championship standings. Isaakyan also contested the opening three rounds of the 2014 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 season, taking a best race result of seventh at both Spa-Francorchamps and Moscow Raceway.

In 2015, Isaakyan remained with JD Motorsport to contest full-seasons in both Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 and Formula Renault 2.0 Alps.

GP3 Series Isaakyan made his debut with Koiranen GP at the Bahrain round of the 2015 season and finished twenty first with two points. The following year, Isaakyan competed with the team full-time and finished seventeenth overall (his highest race result being fourth in the sprint race at Spa-Francorchamps).

Formula V8 3.5 Whilst competing full-time in GP3, Isaakyan debuted in the series with SMP Racing in place of original choice Vladimir Atoev. He claimed his maiden victory in the sport at the first race at Jerez and finished ninth overall.

Formula 2 In , Isaakyan entered the final two rounds of the FIA Formula 2 Championship for Charouz Racing System replacing injured Sauber Junior driver Juan Manuel Correa.

Racing record

Career summary Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position 2013 French F4 Championship Auto Sport Academy 20 0 0 2 5 153 5th 2014 Toyota Racing Series ETEC Motorsport 15 0 0 0 0 412 9th Formula Renault 2.0 Alps JD Motorsport 12 2 2 0 7 180 3rd Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 6 0 0 0 0 0 NC† 2015 Formula Renault 2.0 Alps JD Motorsport 16 2 0 1 7 193 4th Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 17 0 0 2 2 87 10th GP3 Series Koiranen GP 4 0 0 0 0 2 21st 2016 GP3 Series Koiranen GP 18 0 0 0 0 17 17th Formula V8 3.5 Series SMP Racing 13 1 1 0 2 70 9th 2017 World Series Formula V8 3.5 SMP Racing with AVF 18 2 1 3 8 215 2nd European Le Mans Series SMP Racing 4 1 0 0 3 63 6thRussian Circuit Racing Series - Touring Light200002414th 2018 European Le Mans Series SMP Racing 4 0 0 0 0 6 22nd 24 Hours of Le Mans 1 0 0 0 0 N/A DNF 2018–19 FIA World Endurance Championship SMP Racing 4 0 0 0 0 0 NC 2019 FIA Formula 2 Championship Sauber Junior Team by Charouz 4 0 0 0 0 0 25th 2020 European Le Mans Series Inter Europol Competition 4 0 0 0 0 15.5 16th 2022 Russian Circuit Racing Series - CN ArtLine Engineering 2 1 0 1 1 49 28th † As Isaakyan was a guest driver, he was ineligible for championship points.

Complete Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

† As Isaakyan was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points

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 15 16 Pos Points 2014 JD Motorsport IMO1 IMO2 PAU1 PAU2 RBR1 RBR2 SPA1 SPA2 MNZ1 MNZ2 MUG1 MUG2 JER1 JER2 3rd 180 2015 JD Motorsport IMO1 IMO2 PAU1 PAU2 RBR1 RBR2 RBR3 SPA1 SPA2 MNZ1 MNZ2 MNZ3 MIS1 MIS2 JER1 JER2 4th 193

Complete GP3 Series 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 Pos Points 2015 Koiranen GP CATFEA CATSPR RBRFEA RBRSPR SILFEA SILSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR SPAFEA SPASPR MNZFEA MNZSPR SOCFEA SOCSPR BHRFEA BHRSPR YMCFEA YMCSPR 21st 2 2016 Koiranen GP CATFEA CATSPR RBRFEA RBRSPR SILFEA SILSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR HOCFEA HOCSPR SPAFEA SPASPR MNZFEA MNZSPR SEPFEA SEPSPR YMCFEA YMCSPR 17th 17

Complete World Series Formula V8 3.5 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 Points 2016 SMP Racing ALC1 ALC2 HUN1 HUN2 SPA1 SPA2 LEC1 LEC1 SIL1 SIL2 RBR1 RBR2 MNZ1 MNZ2 JER1 JER2 CAT1 CAT2 9th 70 2017 SMP Racing with AVF SIL1 SIL2 SPA1 SPA2 MNZ1 MNZ2 JER1 JER2 ALC1 ALC2 NÜR1 NÜR2 MEX1 MEX2 COA1 COA2 BHR1 BHR2 2nd 215

Complete European Le Mans Series results Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 Rank Points 2017 SMP Racing LMP2 Dallara P217 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 SIL MNZ RBR LEC SPA ALG 6th 63 2018 SMP Racing LMP2 Dallara P217 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 LEC MNZ RBR SIL SPA ALG 22nd 6 2020 Inter Europol Competition LMP2 Ligier JS P217 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 LEC SPA LEC MNZ ALG 16th 15.5

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Rank Points 2018–19 SMP Racing LMP1 BR Engineering BR1 AER P60B 2.4 L Turbo V6 SPA LMS SIL FUJ SHA SEB SPA LMS NC 0

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps 2018 SMP Racing Stéphane Sarrazin Egor Orudzhev BR Engineering BR1-AER LMP1 123 DNF DNF 2020 Inter Europol Competition Jakub Śmiechowski René Binder Ligier JS P217-Gibson LMP2 325 42nd 17th

Complete FIA Formula 2 Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers) 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 DC Points Sauber Junior Team by Charouz BHRFEA BHRSPR BAKFEA BAKSPR CATFEA CATSPR MONFEA MONSPR LECFEA LECSPR RBRSPR RBRSPR SILFEA SILSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR SPAFEA SPASPR MNZFEA MNZSPR SOCFEA SOCSPR YMCFEA YMCSPR 25th 0