# Vladimir Atoev

Vladimir Atoev (born 22 January 1999) is a Russian racing driver.

## Career
### Karting

Prior to his single-seater career, Atoev enjoyed a successful period in karting, winning the Russian Karting Championship Supermini class in 2009 and finishing second in the KF3 class two years later. Outside of his native Russia, he finished sixth in the KF3 WSK Final Cup in 2012.

### Formula 4

Atoev made his single-seater debut in 2014, racing in the French F4 Championship. He finished the season in eleventh place, with a best race result of fourth achieved at both Nogaro and Paul Ricard. He did take victory in the second race of the Nogaro event, but was penalised with a 30-second time penalty for a collision with Belgian driver Max Defourny.
For 2015, Atoev raced in the inaugural SMP F4 Championship. He finished as runner-up in the championship, behind Finnish driver Niko Kari, taking eleven podium positions including three race wins, all of which occurred at the Alastaro Circuit in Finland.

### Formula V8 3.5

In 2016, Atoev was set graduate to Formula V8 3.5, racing for the SMP Racing team alongside Matthieu Vaxivière, the championship runner-up from the 2015 Formula Renault 3.5 Series, but was forced to withdraw due to a back injury and was replaced by Matevos Isaakyan.

## Racing record
### Career summary

| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
| 2014 | French F4 Championship | Auto Sport Academy | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 71 | 11th |
| 2015 | SMP F4 Championship | Koiranen GP | 21 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 296 | 2nd |
| 2016 | Euroformula Open Championship | Teo Martín Motorsport | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20th |
| 2016 | Ferrari Challenge Europe - Trofeo Pirelli (Pro-Am) | Motor Service | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 76 | 5th |
| 2017 | Russian Circuit Racing Series - Touring Light | SMP Power | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 142 | 7th |
| 2017 | Russian Circuit Racing Series - Touring Light | SMP Racing Russia | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 142 | 7th |
| 2018 | Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup | SMP Racing by AKKA ASP | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 22nd |
| 2018 | Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup - Silver Cup | SMP Racing by AKKA ASP | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 80.5 | 2nd |
| 2023 | Russian Circuit Racing Series - Touring | Lukoil Racing Team | 14 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 240 | 4th |
| 2024 | Russian Circuit Racing Series - Touring | Lukoil Racing SMP Team | 14 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 269 | 2nd |

### Complete French F4 Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)
| Year | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | Rank | Points |
| 2014 | LMS 1 5 | LMS 2 9 | LMS 3 20 | PAU 1 Ret | PAU 2 11 | PAU 3 6 | VDV 1 11 | VDV 2 7 | VDV 3 8 | MAG 1 8 | MAG 2 12 | MAG 3 18 | NOG 1 8 | NOG 2 19 | NOG 3 4 | JER 1 15 | JER 2 11 | JER 3 9 | LEC 1 9 | LEC 2 4 | LEC 3 10 | 11th | 71 |

### Complete SMP F4 Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | DC | Points |
| 2015 | AHV 1 3 | AHV 2 2 | AHV 3 4 | MSC1 1 3 | MSC1 2 5 | MSC1 3 8 | SOC 1 3 | SOC 2 3 | SOC 3 8 | ALA 1 1 | ALA 2 1 | ALA 3 1 | AUD1 1 5 | AUD1 2 3 | AUD1 3 2 | MSC2 1 10 | MSC2 2 5 | MSC2 3 10 | AUD2 1 4 | AUD2 2 3 | AUD2 3 5 | 2nd | 296 |

### Complete Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup results

| Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pos. | Points |
| 2018 | SMP Racing by AKKA ASP | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | Silver | ZOL 1 16 | ZOL 2 8 | BRH 1 18 | BRH 2 Ret | MIS 1 12 | MIS 2 17 | HUN 1 8 | HUN 2 18 | NÜR 1 14 | NÜR 2 11 | 2nd | 80.5 |