Artem Sergeevich Petrov (Russian: Артём Сергеевич Петро́в, IPA: [ɐrˈtɵm pʲɪˈtrof], born 14 January 2000) is a Russian racing driver who is currently competing in the International GT Open. He previously competed in the 2021 Indy Pro 2000 Championship for Exclusive Autosport.[1]

Artem Petrov
NationalityRussia Russian
Born (2000-01-14) 14 January 2000 (age 24)
Saint Petersburg, Russia
Indy Pro 2000 Championship career
Debut season2019
Current teamExclusive Autosport
Racing licence FIA Silver
Car number42
Former teamsRP Motorsport
Juncos Racing
Starts40
Wins3
Poles1
Fastest laps0
Best finish4th in 2020, 2021
Previous series
2017
201617
2016
ADAC Formula 4
Italian F4 Championship
SMP F4 Championship

He is not related to Vitaly Petrov.

Career

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Karting

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Born in Saint Petersburg, Petrov began his karting career since the early ages before entering Russian and Finnish championships in 2008. He became Russian champion in KF-Junior category in 2014 as well as won the Russian Cup.[2] Petrov took part in CIK-FIA World Karting Championship in KF-Junior category where he became 6th in 2015.[3] He also won the Vega International Winter Trophy, finished on podium in several international WSK races.[4]

Formula 4

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In 2016, Petrov graduated to single-seaters. He competed in the 2016 Italian F4 Championship with DR Formula[5] and had two podium finishes in overall rankings along with 7 rookie podiums.

Petrov remained in the Italian Championship with DR Formula for 2017.[6] He won two races at Monza and had another seven podium finishes, a pole position and 6 fastest laps, completing the top-five in the season standings.[7] Also he competed in 2017 ADAC Formula 4 Championship with Lechner Racing, DR Formula and Van Amersfoort Racing.[8] He won the championship finale at Hockenheim and ended the season fifteenth despite the fact that he took part only in 3 events of the season.[9]

FIA Formula 3 European Championship

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In February 2018 was announced that Petrov will continue his collaboration with Van Amersfoort Racing into the FIA Formula 3 European Championship campaign.[10]

Racing record

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Career summary

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Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2016 Italian F4 Championship DR Formula 21 0 0 1 2 N/A NC†
SMP F4 Championship N/A 13 0 0 0 0 14 15th
2017 Italian F4 Championship DR Formula 21 2 1 6 9 192 5th
ADAC Formula 4 Championship Lechner Racing 1 0 0 0 0 56 15th
DR Formula 3 0 0 0 0
Van Amersfoort Racing 6 1 0 0 2
2018 FIA Formula 3 European Championship Van Amersfoort Racing 30 0 0 0 0 7 20th
2019 Indy Pro 2000 Championship RP Motorsport 5 0 0 0 0 72 15th
Euroformula Open Championship 2 0 0 0 0 0 28th
FIA Formula 3 Championship Jenzer Motorsport 2 0 0 0 0 0 31st
Toyota Racing Series M2 Competition 13 1 0 1 3 181 9th
2020 Indy Pro 2000 Championship Juncos Racing 17 2 1 0 7 326 4th
2021 Indy Pro 2000 Championship Exclusive Autosport 18 2 0 0 9 374 4th
2023 Italian GT Championship - GT3 Vincenzo Sospiri Racing
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup VSR 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe
2024 International GT Open Oregon Team 14 0 0 0 0 15 22nd
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup GRT Grasser Racing Team

As Petrov was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.

* Season still in progress.

Complete FIA Formula 3 European Championship results

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(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 DC Points
2018 Van Amersfoort Racing Mercedes PAU
1

17
PAU
2

Ret
PAU
3

15
HUN
1

20
HUN
2

23
HUN
3

17
NOR
1

13
NOR
2

18
NOR
3

11
ZAN
1

15
ZAN
2

15
ZAN
3

9
SPA
1

8
SPA
2

Ret
SPA
3

18
SIL
1

Ret
SIL
2

16
SIL
3

13
MIS
1

13
MIS
2

17
MIS
3

15
NÜR
1

15
NÜR
2

13
NÜR
3

17
RBR
1

21
RBR
2

Ret
RBR
3

14
HOC
1

13
HOC
2

16
HOC
3

10
20th 7

Complete Toyota Racing Series results

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(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 DC Points
2019 M2 Competition HIG
1

10
HIG
2

Ret
HIG
3

6
TER
1

3
TER
2

C
TER
3

C
HMP
1

1
HMP
2

Ret
HMP
3

7
HMP
4

2
TAU
1

4
TAU
2

4
TAU
3

4
TAU
4

Ret
MAN
1

DNS
MAN
2

DNS
MAN
3

Ret
9th 181

Complete FIA Formula 3 Championship results

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(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 DC Points
2019 Jenzer Motorsport CAT
FEA

18
CAT
SPR

Ret
LEC
FEA
LEC
SPR
RBR
FEA

RBR
SPR

SIL
FEA

SIL
SPR

HUN
FEA

HUN
SPR

SPA
FEA

SPA
SPR

MNZ
FEA

MNZ
SPR

SOC
FEA

SOC
SPR

31st 0

American open-wheel racing results

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Indy Pro 2000 Championship

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(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) (Races with * indicate most race laps led)

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Rank Points
2019 RP Motorsport Racing STP
STP
IMS IMS LOR ROA ROA TOR TOR MDO MDO GTW
7
PIR
10
PIR
5
LAG
5
LAG
15
15th 72
2020 Juncos Racing ROA
13
ROA
1
MOH
5
MOH
1
MOH
8
LOR
9
GMP
3
IMS
10
IMS
3
IMS
3
MDO
4
MDO
5
NJM
5
NJM
3
NJM
11
STP
3
STP
9
4th 326
2021 Exclusive Autosport ALA
2
ALA
3
STP
4
STP
8
IMS
5
IMS
1
IMS
5
LOR
7
ROA
2
ROA
11
MOH
2
MOH
2
GMP
12
NJM
9
NJM
1
NJM
3
MOH
2
MOH
4
4th 374

* Season still in progress

References

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  1. ^ Wood, Ida (2021-03-01). "Artem Petrov moves to Exclusive Autosport for IP2000 title attack". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2021-05-18.
  2. ^ "Artem Petrov official website".
  3. ^ "CIK-FIA official website".
  4. ^ "Vega International Winter Trophy – KFJ 2015 standings". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
  5. ^ Allen, Peter (7 April 2016). "Italian and German F4 series get 40+ cars, qualifying races". PaddockScout.com. Paddock Scout. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
  6. ^ "Italian F.4 Championship Powered by Abarth Misano Adriatico 1/2 aprile 2017 Elenco Iscritti – Entry List" (PDF). 28 March 2017. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
  7. ^ Allen, Peter (22 October 2017). "Petrov dominates for second Monza win as van Uitert and Armstrong charge from rear to podium". formulascout.com. Formula Scout. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
  8. ^ "ADAC Formula 4: Armstrong ahead in first practice". ADAC. 15 September 2017. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
  9. ^ Allen, Peter (24 September 2017). "Vips claims ADAC F4 title with third behind Armstrong as Petrov wins finale". formulascout.com. Formula Scout. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
  10. ^ Allen, Peter (20 February 2018). "Artem Petrov steps up to European F3 with Van Amersfoort Racing". formulascout.com. Formula Scout. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
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