Mikhail Petrovich Aleshin (, born 22 May 1987) is a Russian professional racing driver and the 2010 champion of the Formula Renault 3.5 Series.
Career
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.
Aleshin 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 , but did not obtain one.
Aleshin remained with Carlin to drive in 2011 GP2 Series and 2011 GP2 Asia Series, the team's first season in the category and Aleshin's first attempt at the series since 2007. He was partnered by Max Chilton, another driver who had previously been employed by Carlin in lower formulae. He endured a frustrating Asia series, afflicted by technical problems which left him last in the drivers' championship, before announcing that he did not have a budget to compete in the main series, and would henceforth be stepping back to the ATS Formel 3 Cup. He then, however, secured a last-minute temporary GP2 deal with Carlin, only to crash in qualifying for the first round of the season in Turkey, injuring metacarpals in both hands which prevented him from racing. He returned to action for the following round of the championship at Catalunya, but was then replaced by Oliver Turvey as his money ran out. After eight races on the sidelines, he returned to racing action with Carlin at the Hungaroring. He was replaced again by Parente for the season finale at Monza, and finished 32nd and last in the overall standings.
In 2014, Aleshin began racing in the IndyCar Series with Schmidt Peterson Motorsports.Beer, Matt. Aleshin lands Schmidt IndyCar deal , Racer, 22 November 2013, Retrieved 22 November 2013
Fontana crash At Fontana in the final race of the 2014 IndyCar season, Aleshin was practicing his race-car before the race. He was in Turn 4 of the two-mile Fontana track—a track where the cars travel at more than 200 mph—when the accident occurred.
Aleshin's No. 7 car was driving low on the track before clipping the apron at the bottom, this unsettled the car and subsequently sent it into a spin. Charlie Kimball, who was running the high line, had no time to react to Aleshin's car that was sliding up the track before him and he slammed into Aleshin at almost full speed. The impact sent both cars into the outside retaining wall where the upwards momentum of Aleshin's out of control car caused it to vault up and over Kimball and the nose speared through the catch fencing, causing it to pirouette against the fence. Aleshin's car then fell back onto the track as pieces of the car were scattered for yards and a large section of the catch fencing was ripped down. Kimball was able to get out of his car on his own, however, Aleshin was rushed to the hospital in critical condition.
"The 7 car spun from the bottom and I really had nowhere to go," said Kimball, who was not hurt. Aleshin, meanwhile, was diagnosed with a concussion, fractured ribs, a broken right clavicle and chest injuries.
Motorsports career results
Career summary Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position 2002 Russian Formula 3 Championship Lukoil Racing F3 4 0 0 ? 1 40 4th 2003 Formula Renault 2000 Germany JD Motorsport 14 0 0 0 0 99 12th Formula Renault 2000 Masters 8 0 0 0 0 0 NC 2004 Formula Renault 2000 Germany Lukoil Racing Team 14 0 2 1 3 185 5th Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup 16 0 0 0 0 26 17th 2005 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Lukoil Racing Team 10 0 0 0 0 3 30th Formula Renault 2.0 Germany 16 1 1 1 7 274 2nd 2005–06 A1 Grand Prix A1 Team Russia 2 0 0 0 0 0 25th 2006 Formula Renault 3.5 Series Carlin Motorsport 17 0 1 0 2 41 11th 2007 Formula Renault 3.5 Series Carlin Motorsport 17 1 1 0 1 44 13th GP2 Series ART Grand Prix 4 0 0 0 0 3 25th 2008 Formula Renault 3.5 Series Carlin Motorsport 16 0 0 0 3 73 5th 2009 FIA Formula Two Championship Motorsport Vision 16 1 1 0 5 59 3rd 2010 Formula Renault 3.5 Series Carlin 17 3 1 2 8 138 1st GP3 Series 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC German Formula 3 Trophy Stromos ArtLine 2 2 2 2 2 N/A NC† Formula One Renault F1 TeamTest driver 2011 GP2 Series Carlin 8 0 0 0 0 0 32nd GP2 Asia Series 4 0 0 0 0 0 27th German Formula 3 Championship Stromos ArtLine 8 0 0 0 0 3 18th German Formula 3 Trophy 8 7 8 8 7 70 3rd Superleague Formula Russia 3 0 0 0 1 56 12th Formula Renault 3.5 Series KMP Racing 2 0 0 0 0 4 28th 2012 Formula Renault 3.5 Series Team RFR 17 0 1 1 1 46 13th 2013 Formula Renault 3.5 Series Tech 1 Racing 17 0 0 0 0 33 12th Blancpain Endurance Series - Pro SMP Racing 4 0 0 0 1 7 29th 2014 IndyCar Series Schmidt Peterson Hamilton Motorsports 18 0 0 0 1 372 17th 2015 European Le Mans Series - LMP2 AF Corse 1 0 0 0 0 56 5th AF Racing 2 0 0 0 2 SMP Racing 2 0 0 0 1 24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 13th IndyCar Series Schmidt Peterson Motorsports 1 0 0 0 0 40 33rd 2016 IndyCar Series Schmidt Peterson Motorsports 16 0 1 0 1 347 15th FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2 SMP Racing 4 0 0 0 0 34 16th 24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 7th 2017 IndyCar Series Schmidt Peterson Motorsports 12 0 0 0 0 237 19th 24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 SMP Racing 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 16th 2018 Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup SMP Racing 5 0 1 1 1 23 20th 24 Hours of Le Mans 1 0 0 0 0 N/A DNF 2018-19 FIA World Endurance Championship SMP Racing 8 0 0 0 4 94 4th 2019 Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup SMP Racing 5 1 0 0 2 73 2nd 24 Hours of Le Mans 1 0 0 0 1 N/A 3rd Intercontinental GT Challenge 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC2026Russian Circuit Racing Series - GT4CapitalRT † As Aleshin was a guest driver, he was ineligible for championship points.
Complete Formula Renault 2.0 Germany 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 DC Points 2003 JD MotorsportOSC1OSC2HOC1HOC2NÜR1NÜR2SAL1SAL2A1R1A1R2OSC1OSC2LAU1LAU2 12th 99 2004 Lukoil Racing Team OSC1 OSC2 ASS1 ASS2 SAL1 SAL2 SAC1 SAC2 NÜR1 NÜR2 LAU1 LAU2 OSC1 OSC2 5th 185 2005 Lukoil Racing TeamOSC1OSC2HOC1HOC2SAC1SAC2ASS1ASS2NÜR1NÜR2OSC1OSC2LAU1LAU2OSC1OSC2 2nd 274
Complete Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup 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 DC Points 2003 JD Motorsport BRN1 BRN2 ASS1 ASS2 OSC1 OSC2 DON1 DON2 29th 0 2004 Lukoil Racing TeamMNZ1MNZ2VAL1VAL2MAG1MAG2HOC1HOC2BRN1BRN2DON1DON2SPAIMO1IMO2OSC1OSC2 16th 28 2005 Lukoil Racing Team ZOL1 ZOL2 VAL1 VAL2 LMS1 LMS2 BIL1 BIL2 OSC1 OSC2 DON1 DON2 EST1 EST2 MNZ1 MNZ2 30th 3
Complete A1 Grand Prix results (key) Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 DC Points 2005–06 Russia GBRSPR GBRFEA GERSPR GERFEA PORSPR PORFEA AUSSPR AUSFEA MYSSPR MYSFEA UAESPR UAEFEA RSASPR RSAFEA IDNSPR IDNFEA MEXSPR MEXFEA USASPR USAFEA CHNSPR CHNFEA 25th 0
Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Formula Renault 3.5 results Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Pos Points 2006 Carlin Motorsport ZOL1 ZOL2 MON1 IST1 IST2 MIS1 MIS2 SPA1 SPA2 NÜR1 NÜR2 DON1 DON2 LMS1 LMS2 CAT1 CAT2 12th 41 2007 Carlin Motorsport MNZ1 MNZ2 NÜR1 NÜR2 MON1 HUN1 HUN2 SPA1 SPA2 DON1 DON2 MAG1 MAG2 EST1 EST2 CAT1 CAT2 12th 44 2008 Carlin Motorsport MNZ1 MNZ2 SPA1 SPA2 MON1 SIL1 SIL2 HUN1 HUN2 NÜR1 NÜR2 BUG1 BUG2 EST1 EST2 CAT1 CAT2 5th 73 2010 Carlin Motorsport ALC1 ALC2 SPA1 SPA2 MON1 BRN1 BRN2 MAG1 MAG2 HUN1 HUN2 HOC1 HOC2 SIL1 SIL2 CAT1 CAT2 1st 138 2011 KMP Racing ALC1 ALC2 SPA1 SPA2 MNZ1 MNZ2 MON1 NÜR1 NÜR2 HUN1 HUN2 SIL1 SIL2 LEC1 LEC2 CAT1 CAT2 28th 4 2012 Team RFR ALC1 ALC2 MON1 SPA1 SPA2 NÜR1 NÜR2 MSC1 MSC2 SIL1 SIL2 HUN1 HUN2 LEC1 LEC2 CAT1 CAT2 13th 46 2013 Tech 1 Racing MNZ1 MNZ2 ALC1 ALC2 MON1 SPA1 SPA2 MSC1 MSC2 RBR1 RBR2 HUN1 HUN2 LEC1 LEC2 CAT1 CAT2 12th 33
Complete GP2 Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) GP2 Series results Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 DC Points 2007 ART Grand Prix BHRFEA BHRSPR CATFEA CATSPR MONFEA MAGFEA MAGSPR SILFEA SILSPR NÜRFEA NÜRSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR ISTFEA ISTSPR MNZFEA MNZSPR SPAFEA SPASPR VALFEA VALSPR 25th 3 2011 Carlin ISTFEA ISTSPR CATFEA CATSPRMONFEAMONSPRVALFEAVALSPRSILFEASILSPRNÜRFEANÜRSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR SPAFEA SPASPRMNZFEAMNZSPR 32nd 0
Complete GP2 Asia Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) GP2 Asia Series results Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 DC Points 2011 Carlin YMCFEA YMCSPR IMOFEA IMOSPR 27th 0
Complete FIA Formula Two Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) FIA Formula Two Championship results Year 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 DC Points 2009 VAL1 VAL2 BRN1 BRN2 SPA1 SPA2 BRH1 BRH2 DON1 DON2 OSC1 OSC2 IMO1 IMO2 CAT1 CAT2 3rd 59
Complete GP3 Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) GP3 Series results Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 DC Points 2010 CarlinCATFEACATSPRISTFEAISTSPRVALFEAVALSPRSILFEASILSPRHOCFEAHOCSPRHUNFEAHUNSPRSPAFEASPASPRMNZFEAMNZSPR 37th 0
24 Hours of Daytona (key) 24 Hours of Daytona results Year Class No Team Car Co-drivers Laps Position Class Pos. 2014 GTD 72 SMP/ESM Racing Ferrari 458 Boris Rotenberg Sergey Zlobin Maurizio Mediani Mika Salo 662 21 4
IndyCar Series (key) IndyCar Series results Year Team No. Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Rank Points Ref 2014 Schmidt Peterson Motorsports 7 Dallara DW12 Honda STP LBH ALA IMS INDY DET DET TXS HOU HOU POC IOW TOR TOR MOH MIL SNM FON 16th 372 2015 77 STP NLA LBH ALA IMS INDY DET DET TXS TOR FON MIL IOW MOH POC SNM 33rd 40 2016 7 STP PHX LBH ALA IMS INDY DET DET RDA IOW TOR MOH POC TXS WGL SNM 15th 347 2017 STP LBH ALA PHX IMS INDY DET DET TXS RDA IOW TOR MOH POC GTW WGL SNM 19th 237
Indianapolis 500 Indianapolis 500 Year Chassis Engine Start Finish Team 2014 Dallara Honda1521 Schmidt Peterson Hamilton Motorsports 2016 Dallara Honda727 Schmidt Peterson Motorsports 2017 Dallara Honda1313 Schmidt Peterson Motorsports
Complete European Le Mans Series results European Le Mans Series results Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 Rank Points 2015 AF Corse LMP2 Oreca 03 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 SIL 5th 56 SMP Racing BR Engineering BR01 IMO RBR AF Racing LEC EST
Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results 24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps 2015 SMP Racing Kirill Ladygin Anton Ladygin BR Engineering BR01-Nissan LMP2 322 33rd 13th 2016 SMP Racing Maurizio Mediani Nicolas Minassian BR Engineering BR01-Nissan LMP2 347 11th 7th 2017 SMP Racing Sergey Sirotkin Viktor Shaytar Dallara P217-Gibson LMP2 330 33rd 16th 2018 SMP Racing Vitaly Petrov Jenson Button BR Engineering BR1-AER LMP1 315 DNF DNF 2019 SMP Racing Vitaly Petrov Stoffel Vandoorne BR Engineering BR1-AER LMP1 379 3rd 3rd
Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results