Michael Belov

Michael Arnoldovich Belov (; born 21 November 2001) is a Russian racing driver who last competed under the Kyrgyz flag in the Formula Regional European Championship for CL Motorsport.

Born in Lyubertsy, Belov debuted in SMP F4 in 2017 and 2018. He won his first title in Formula Academy Finland in the latter year. After another season in Italian and ADAC Formula 4, he progressed to Formula Three and Formula Renault 2.0, contesting the F3 Asian Championship, the Eurocup, and FIA Formula 3. He moved to Formula Regional European in 2021, where he achieved multiple victories and finished eighth overall. He improved to seventh the following year with MP and has retained his place in the series through 2025.

Career Formula 4 Belov started his professional single-seater career in the SMP F4 Championship in 2017 with the SMP Racing team. Belov claimed his first podium finish on the final race of the season with a third-place, finishing eighth overall in the championship. He continued in the championship for the 2018 season, claiming his first win at the second round in the NRING Circuit, winning races 1 and 3. He ended the season with five wins, finishing second in the championship behind Konsta Lappalainen.

In 2019, Belov joined the Italian F4 Championship with the Italian Bhai Tech Racing team. He finished on the podium in the first two races. It was later announced that he would also contest the 2019 ADAC Formula 4 Championship starting from the second round. Belov won one race in ADAC F4 at the Sachsenring, finishing eighth in the championship. Belov failed to win during his Italian F4 campaign, however, finished second on five occasions, ending the season fourth in the championship.

Formula Renault At the end of 2019, Belov participated in the post-season Formula Renault Eurocup rookie test. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 Formula Renault Eurocup season was disrupted and postponed. As a consequence, Reece Ushijima, who was previously announced to drive for Belgian team M2 Competition withdrew due to travel restrictions. On 2 July 2020, M2 Competition announced that Belov would drive for them for the full 2020 season.

FIA Formula 3 Championship Following the Barcelona round of the 2020 FIA Formula 3 Championship, David Schumacher left Charouz Racing System to join Carlin Racing instead. Belov was brought in to replace him for the remainder of the Formula 3 season. Belov remained with the team throughout post-season and pre-season testing and was expected to be given a drive for the 2021 season, however, Enzo Fittipaldi was announced instead.

Formula Regional 2021 Belov racing in the 2021 Formula Regional European Championship at the Red Bull Ring. Belov joined JD Motorsport in the 2021 Formula Regional European Championship as a wildcard entrant for the fourth round at Circuit Paul Ricard. Despite not being eligible for points, he had a strong race weekend and earned two podium finishes. Following this, it was announced Belov would race with G4 Racing for the remainder of the championship. Belov secured two victories and ending the campaign eighth.

2022 Belov joined the 2022 Formula Regional Asian Championship for the final three rounds of the season. He scored a second place in his second race and was 12th in the championship.

Belov would sign with MP Motorsport for his second season in the Formula Regional European Championship. After a podium in the opening round in Monza, Belov was forced to stop his campaign halfway through the season due to travel issues. Nevertheless, he placed seventh in the standings.

2023 Belov racing in the 2023 Formula Regional European Championship at the Red Bull Ring. Belov made a surprise return to the Formula Regional European Championship in 2023 with G4 Racing. However, he was unable to finish the season once again and sat out for the final two rounds. He finished 20th in the overall standings with 23 points.

2024

In 2024, Belov made a stand-in return in the Formula Regional European Championship for Trident, deputising for an injured Roman Bilinski. In three rounds, he scored a second-placed podium in which he stated he needed that to "revive career" after periods of financial struggles and the fallout from the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

2025

In May 2025, CL Motorsport announced that Belov would join the team for the second round of the Formula Regional European Championship at Spa.

2026 During the winter, Belov competed in the Formula Regional Middle East Trophy, continuing with CL Motorsport. However, after just one round, where he had crashed into Reza Seewooruthun and subsequently missed the third race in Yas Marina, Belov departed the team.

Eurocup-3 2024 In October 2024, Belov was called by Drivex to make his Eurocup-3 debut for the Jerez round.

2025 In 2025, Belov made a cameo appearance in Eurocup-3 in Assen. He joined the grid again with Drivex during the season finale in Barcelona.

Karting record

Karting career summary

Racing record

Racing career summary Season still in progress.

Complete SMP F4 Championship 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 Pos Points 2017 SMP Racing SOC1 SOC2 SOC3 SMO1 SMO2 SMO3 AHV1 AHV2 AHV3 AUD1 AUD2 AUD3 MSC11 MSC12 MSC13 MSC21 MSC22 MSC23 ASS1 ASS2 ASS3 8th 104 2018 SMP Racing SMO1 SMO2 SMO3 NRG1 NRG2 NRG3 MSC1 MSC2 MSC3 ADM1 ADM2 ADM3 AHV1 AHV2 AHV3 ALA1 ALA2 ALA3 ASS1 ASS2 ASS3 2nd 275

Complete Italian F4 Championship 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 Pos Points 2019 Bhai Tech Racing VLL1 VLL2 VLL3 MIS1 MIS2 MIS3 HUN1 HUN2 HUN3 RBR1 RBR2 RBR3 IMO1 IMO2 IMO3 IMO4 MUG1 MUG2 MUG3 MNZ1 MNZ2 MNZ3 4th 179

Complete ADAC Formula 4 Championship 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 Pos Points 2019 R-ace GP OSC1 OSC2 OSC3 RBR1 RBR2 RBR3 HOC1 HOC2 ZAN1 ZAN2 ZAN3 NÜR1 NÜR2 NÜR3 HOC1 HOC2 HOC3 SAC1 SAC2 SAC3 8th 122

Complete Formula Regional Asian Championship / Formula Regional Middle East Trophy results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Complete Formula Renault Eurocup 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 DC Points 2020 M2 Competition MNZ1 MNZ2 IMO1 IMO2 NÜR1 NÜR2 MAG1 MAG2 ZAN1 ZAN2 CAT1 CAT2 SPA1 SPA2 13th 40 R-ace GP IMO1 IMO2 HOC1 HOC2 LEC1 LEC2

Complete FIA Formula 3 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 DC Points 2020 Charouz Racing System RBRFEA RBRSPR RBRFEA RBRSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR SILFEA SILSPR SILFEA SILSPR CATFEA CATSPR SPAFEA SPASPR MNZFEA MNZSPR MUGFEA MUGSPR 23rd 1

Complete Formula Regional European Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Complete Eurocup-3 results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) † As Belov was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.