Mikhail Aleshin | |
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Aleshin in 2012
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Nationality |
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Born |
Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
22 May 1987
IndyCar Series career | |
Debut season | 2014 |
Current team | Schmidt Peterson Motorsports |
Car no. | 7 |
Starts | 31 |
Wins | 0 |
Poles | 1 |
Fastest laps | 0 |
Best finish | 16 in 2014 |
Previous series | |
2015 2010-13 2011 2009 2007, 11 2006–08 2005–06 2004 2003–05 2003–05 2002 |
European Le Mans Series Formula Renault 3.5 Series GP2 Asia Series FIA Formula Two GP2 Series Formula Renault 3.5 Series A1 Grand Prix FR 2.0 Italy Winter series Formula Renault 2.0 Germany Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Russian Formula Three |
Championship titles | |
2010 2004 |
Formula Renault 3.5 Series FR 2.0 Italy Winter series |
Mikhail Petrovich Aleshin (Russian: Михаи́л Петро́вич Алёшин; IPA: [mʲɪxɐˈil pʲɪˈtrovʲɪtɕ ɐˈlʲɵʂɨn], born 22 May 1987 in Moscow, Soviet Union) is a Russian professional racing driver and the 2010 champion of the Formula Renault 3.5 Series.
Aleshin competed in karting from 1996 to 2000. Since 2001 he has taken part in various international open wheel series. On 14 April 2007 he became the first Russian driver to win a major international single-seater race when he won the opening round of the Formula Renault 3.5 Series season at Monza. He then deputised for the injured Michael Ammermüller in the ART Grand Prix team at the second round of the 2007 GP2 Series season, becoming the second Russian after Vitaly Petrov to race in the series. He remained in FR3.5 for 2008, taking his best finish in the championship so far despite not winning a race.
He joined the relaunched FIA Formula Two Championship for 2009, driving car number 15. He finished third in the championship, with a single win coming at Oschersleben.
Aleshin returned to Formula Renault 3.5 for the 2010 season, partnering Jake Rosenzweig at Carlin. Scoring three victories, he became the champion of the series. He tested for Renault F1 in the young drivers' test in Abu Dhabi and stated that he was confident for a Formula One drive in 2011, but did not obtain one.