Russian Time (also Russian Time ) is a Russian auto racing team that competed in the FIA Formula 2 series in 2013–2018 (before the 2017 season, the series was called GP2 [1] ).
| Russian Time | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Debut | 2013 |
| A country |  Russia |
| Team bosses | Svetlana Strelnikova |
| Current series | FIA Formula 2 |
| Current pilots | Artem Markelov Tadasuke Makino |
| Victory in the individual competition | - |
| Team wins | 2013 |
| Site | www.rus-time.com |
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History
The Russian Time team was founded by former Russian race car driver Igor Mazepa with the support of Motopark Academy in 2013 [2] [3] . The team tried to get into GP2 for two years, before in 2013 it still got the opportunity to perform in the series, replacing iSport International [3] . Due to financial problems, the management of iSport International decided to sell the team [4] . The first team victory was brought by Sam Bird , who won the 4th race of the 2013 GP2 season. [five]
In 2014, Russian Time announced its participation in the series GP3 [6] , German Formula 3 and ADAC Formel Masters [7] . However, the plans for further development of the team were thwarted due to the sudden death of its founder Igor Mazepa [8] . After that, Motopark Academy refused to cooperate with Russian Time [9] . The team was able to continue its participation in GP2 thanks to the support of iSport International, its pilots were Mitch Evans and Artem Markelov [10] . Svetlana Strelnikova, former Marussia F-1 employee, was appointed new team leader [11] . She was not able to play in GP3 Russian Time, she sold the license for participation to Hilmer Motorsport [12] .
In the 2015 season, when the management team became Virtuosi Racing [13] , the Russian Time racers scored 183 points and the team took 5th place in the championship [14] .
In 2018, the team was sold [15] to a Chinese investor [16] and stopped speaking at the end of the season [17] .
FIA Formula 2 Performance Results
| Season | Bolid | The pilots | Race | Victory | Poles | L / Circles | Glasses | Personal account | Team test |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C Motopark Academy | |||||||||
| 2013 | Dallara - Mecachrome | Sam Bird | 22 | five | 2 | 3 | 181 | 2nd place | 1st place |
| Tom Dilmann | 22 | 0 | one | 2 | 92 | 10th place | |||
| C iSport International | |||||||||
| 2014 | Dallara - Mecachrome | Mitch Evans | 22 | 2 | 0 | one | 174 | 4th place | 5th place |
| Artem Markelov | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 24th place | |||
| C Virtuosi Racing | |||||||||
| 2015 | Dallara - Mecachrome | Mitch Evans | 21 | 2 | 0 | one | 135 | 5th place | 5th place |
| Artem Markelov | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 13th place | |||
| 2016 | Dallara - Mecachrome | Raffaele Marchiello | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159 | 4th place | 3rd place |
| Artem Markelov | 22 | one | 0 | 3 | 97 | 10th place | |||
| 2017 | Dallara - Mecachrome | Luka giotto | 22 | one | 0 | 0 | 185 | 4th place | 1st place |
| Artem Markelov | 22 | five | one | 6 | 210 | 2nd place | |||
| | 2018 | Dallara F2 2018- Mecachrome | Artem Markelov | 24 | 3 | 0 | five | 186 | 5th place | 4th place |
| Tadasuke Makino | 24 | one | 0 | 0 | 48 | 13th place | |||
Notes
- ↑ In Barcelona, started the first tests of Formula 2
- ↑ Igor Mazepa: We are negotiating with Dillman and Frein Neop . f1news.ru.
- 2 1 2 Russian Time hopes Motopark tie-up will build driver ladder into F1 (English) . autosport.com.
- ↑ iSport on verge of selling GP2 entry (English) . autosport.com.
- Rain Bahrain GP2: Sam Bird wins thrilling sprint race victory by 0.08s (Eng.) . autosport.com.
- ↑ GP3: Russian Time will replace Bamboo Engineering in 2014 . f1news.ru.
- ↑ The Russian team GP2 decided to put three cars in GP3 . motor.ru.
- ↑ The head of the team of Russian Time, Igor Mazepa Has passed away . championat.com.
- Igor Motopark splits with Russian Time following Igor Mazepa's death (Eng.) . autosport.com.
- S iSport to run Russian Time, Evans and Markelov to drive (Eng.) . paddockscout.com.
- ↑ Russian Time was led by a former employee of Marussia . motor.ru.
- ↑ GP3: Hilmer Motorsport will replace the Russian Time team . f1news.ru.
- ↑ Virtuosi UK will replace iSport as managers of Russian Time . championat.com.
- ↑ Results of the season 2015 (English) . GP2 . gp2series.com. Archived September 30, 2016.
- ↑ The Russian Time team is sold to another owner and will soon change its name.
- ↑ F2: Russian Time team changed owners
- ↑ Strelnikova: It was the last race of Russian Time