Alexander Alexandrovich Smolyar (; born 19 July 2001) is a Russian racing driver who currently competes in the 2026 Russian Circuit Racing Series, driving for SMP Racing. He previously competed in the FIA Formula 3 Championship in 2020, 2021 and 2022.

Racing career

Lower formulae 2017 was Smolyar's debut season in single-seater racing. He competed for SMP Racing in the Spanish and Russian Formula 4 Championships, finishing third in both. He scored a total of 24 podiums, with all of his race wins coming in the Spanish Championship.

Formula Renault Eurocup 2018 In the following two years, Smolyar raced in the Formula Renault Eurocup. In his debut campaign, driving for Tech 1 Racing, Smolyar finished 12th in the standings, beating out two of his three teammates and helping the team to finish fifth in the team championship.

2019 Smolyar's 2019 season would prove to be much more successful. He finished third and won three races, only being beaten in the championship by Frenchman Victor Martins and his R-ace GP teammate, Oscar Piastri.

FIA Formula 3 Championship 2020 Smolyar was signed by ART Grand Prix to drive for them in the 2020 Formula 3 Championship alongside ADAC F4 champion Théo Pourchaire and Sebastián Fernández. Despite a slew of strong performances, which included a pole position at the Hungaroring and a win on the road at the first round in Britain the Russian's season was plagued with bad luck. This included having his win taken away by a penalty for weaving on the Hangar straight as well as a collision at the first corner in Budapest. Smolyar scored his only podium of the season in the second race at Monza and ended up eleventh in the standings, behind eventual runner-up Pourchaire, but ahead of his more experienced teammate Fernández.

2021

For the 2021 season, Smolyar re-signed with ART, this time partnering Frederik Vesti and racing returnee Juan Manuel Correa. Smolyar's start to the season was strong, with him taking his first Formula 3 victory in the first race of the opening weekend. He then continued his good form and came out victorious in race one at the Circuit Paul Ricard, after having battled from sixth on the grid to first on the final lap. Smolyar finished the season with a total of 106 points, placing sixth in the championship. During that season, he scored a total of two wins, two fastest laps, and four podiums.

2022

On 20 January 2022, Smolyar announced that he would switch to MP Motorsport for the 2022 season. However, he was banned of using the Russian flag due to 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. He was initially not due to race in the championship due to the mentioned war, but eventually was allowed to race. Smolyar was forced to miss the Silverstone round of the championship since he could not get to the United Kingdom due to visa issues, and was replaced by Filip Ugran. He returned to his seat for the remaining events and picked up his sole win of the season in the feature race in Budapest. Smolyar ended up tenth in the standings, being the highest placed driver to have missed a round.

Karting record

Karting career summary SeasonSeriesTeamPosition2015CIK-FIA World Championship — KFJKartprom Team43rd2016WSK Champions Cup — OKWard Racing16thSouth Garda Winter Cup — OK19thWSK Super Master Series — OK10thAndrea Margutti Trophy — OK1stTrofeo delle Industrie — KZ214thWSK Night Edition — KZ26thWSK Night Edition — OK1stCIK-FIA European Championship — OK7thSwedish Karting Championship — KZ216thCIK-FIA International Super Cup — KZ229thWSK Final Cup — OK12thCIK-FIA World Championship — OK33rd

Complete Karting World Championship results YearTeamCarPrefinalMain race2016 Ward RacingOK1stDNF

Racing record

Racing career summary Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position 2017 SMP F4 Championship SMP Racing 21 0 2 0 11 217 3rd F4 Spanish Championship 20 7 6 3 13 263 3rd 2018 Formula Renault Eurocup Tech 1 Racing 20 0 0 0 0 57 12th Formula Renault NEC 10 0 0 0 0 18 17th 2019 Formula Renault Eurocup R-ace GP 20 3 2 4 10 255 3rd 2020 FIA Formula 3 Championship ART Grand Prix 18 0 1 0 1 59 11th 2021 FIA Formula 3 Championship ART Grand Prix 20 2 0 2 4 107 6th 2022 FIA Formula 3 Championship MP Motorsport 16 1 2 1 3 76 10th 2023 Russian Circuit Racing Series - Touring Lukoil Racing Team 12 2 1 2 8 266 3rd 2023–24 Middle East Trophy - 992 SMP Racing 1 0 1 0 0 0 NC†2024 Russian Circuit Racing Series - Touring Lukoil Racing SMP Team1410282483rd2025 Middle East Trophy - GT3 SMP Racing 2 0 0 0 0 25 5thRussian Circuit Racing Series - TouringG-Drive SMP Racing1423152542nd2026Russian Circuit Racing Series - TouringSMP Racing

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 3rd 217

Complete F4 Spanish 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 2017 SMP Racing ALC1 ALC2 ALC3 NAV11 NAV12 NAV13 CAT1 CAT2 JER1 JER2 JER3 NAV21 NAV22 NAV23 NOG1 NOG2 NOG3 EST1 EST2 EST3 3rd 263

Complete Formula Renault NEC 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 DC Points 2018 Tech 1 Racing PAU1 PAU2 MNZ1 MNZ2 SPA1 SPA2 HUN1 HUN2 NÜR1 NÜR2 HOC1 HOC2 17th 18

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 Pos Points 2018 Tech 1 Racing LEC1 LEC2 MNZ1 MNZ2 SIL1 SIL2 MON1 MON2 RBR1 RBR2 SPA1 SPA2 HUN1 HUN2 NÜR1 NÜR2 HOC1 HOC2 CAT1 CAT2 12th 57 2019 R-ace GP MNZ1 MNZ2 SIL1 SIL2 MON1 MON2 LEC1 LEC2 SPA1 SPA2 NÜR1 NÜR2 HUN1 HUN2 CAT1 CAT2 HOC1 HOC2 YMC1 YMC2 3rd 255

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 19 20 21 DC Points 2020 ART Grand Prix RBRFEA RBRSPR RBRFEA RBRSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR SILFEA SILSPR SILFEA SILSPR CATFEA CATSPR SPAFEA SPASPR MNZFEA MNZSPR MUGFEA MUGSPR 11th 59 2021 ART Grand Prix CAT1 CAT2 CAT3 LEC1 LEC2 LEC3 RBR1 RBR2 RBR3 HUN1 HUN2 HUN3 SPA1<br/ > SPA2 SPA3 ZAN1<br/ > ZAN2<br/ > ZAN3<br/ > SOC1 SOC2 SOC3 6th 1072022 MP MotorsportBHRSPRBHRFEAIMOSPRIMOFEACATSPRCATFEASILSPRSILFEARBRSPRRBRFEAHUNSPRHUNFEASPASPRSPAFEAZANSPRZANFEAMNZSPRMNZFEA 10th 76

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