Oleksandr Bondarev

Oleksandr "Sasha" Bondarev (; born 27 April 2009) is a Ukrainian racing driver competing in the Formula Regional European Championship for Van Amersfoort Racing and the Italian F4 Championship for Prema Racing as part of the Williams Driver Academy.

He is a winner of several karting championships including 2024 WSK Champions Cup in OK class. His earlier achievements comprise the 2022 WSK Super Master Series and the 2023 CIK-FIA European Championship, both in the OKJ class. Throughout his single-seater career, Bondarev has won the 2026 UAE4 Series.

Career Karting Early career Bondarev began his karting journey at the age of five, inspired by the animated Pixar animated film Cars about Lightning McQueen. By the age of seven, he became the youngest Ukrainian Karting Champion in the Micro class.

At the age of eight, Bondarev reached the podiums in the Spanish and Portuguese Championships, and won the 2018 CEE Rotax Max Challenge. By the following year he began competing in the WSK Championships in the 60 Mini class.

In 2020, at the age of eleven, Bondarev made his debut in the X30 Junior class, where he secured third place in the Italian Championship. His progression continued in 2021, Bondarev made his debut in the OK Junior class. He finished third in the CIK-FIA Academy Trophy.

In 2022, Bondarev joined the British team Ricky Flynn Motorsport. At the beginning of the season, he won the WSK Super Master Series in the OKJ class and took the third place in the first round of the Champions of the Future.

Accident At the end of April 2022, Bondarev was involved in a serious crash during the second round of the CIK-FIA European Championship in Zuera. As a result of the collision, he sustained a severe leg injury, underwent ten surgeries, and was engaged in rehabilitation.

After five months of recovery from the incident, Bondarev took part in the LeCont Trophy in Valencia and finished second.

2023

In 2023, Bondarev joined the Kart Republic team and continued his starts in OKJ class. He finished seventh in the WSK Champions Cup, eighth in the WSK Super Master Series and fifth in the Champions of the Future.

In July 2023, he became the first Ukrainian driver in the history to win the CIK-FIA European Championship after finishing on the podium in each of the four rounds. In August 2023, Bondarev joined Prema Racing. He finished 14th in the CIK-FIA World Championship and made his debut in the OK class, finishing sixth in the WSK Final Cup.

Formula 4

2024 Bondarev entered the world of single-seater racing in September 2024, competing in the final two rounds of the 2024 Italian F4 Championship with Prema Racing.

2025

In preparation for his main campaign, Bondarev contests in the F4 Middle East Championship with Prema Racing.

Bondarev continued with Prema for the 2025 Italian F4 Championship.

2026 During pre-season, Bondarev competed in the UAE4 Series with Mumbai Falcons.

Bondarev remained with Prema Racing in Italian F4.

Formula One

In September 2023, it was announced that Bondarev joined the Williams Driver Academy. It is the first time in history that a Formula One team has signed a Ukrainian driver.

Complete CIK-FIA Karting World Championship results Complete CIK-FIA Karting European Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Racing record

Racing career summary Season still in progress.

Complete Italian F4 Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Season still in progress.

Complete F4 Middle East Championship / UAE4 Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Complete E4 Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Complete Formula Trophy 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)