# Oleksandr Bondarev

Oleksandr "Sasha" Bondarev (Ukrainian: Олександр Бондарев; born 27 April 2009) is a Ukrainian racing driver competing in the Italian F4 Championship for Prema Racing. He is a member of the Williams Driver Academy. He is a winner of several karting championships including 2024 WSK Champions Cup in OK class. His earlier achievements comprise the 2022 WSK Super Master Series and the 2023 CIK-FIA European Championship, both in the OKJ class.

## Career
### Karting
#### Early career

Bondarev began his karting journey at the age of five, inspired by the animated Pixar animated film Cars about Lightning McQueen. By the age of seven, he became the youngest Ukrainian Karting Champion in the Micro class.
At the age of eight, Bondarev reached the podiums in the Spanish and Portuguese Championships, and won the 2018 CEE Rotax Max Challenge. By the following year he began competing in the WSK Championships in the 60 Mini class.
In 2020, at the age of eleven, Bondarev made his debut in the X30 Junior class, where he secured 3rd place in the Italian Championship. His progression continued in 2021, Bondarev made his debut in the OK Junior class. He finished third in the CIK-FIA Academy Trophy.
In 2022, Bondarev joined the British team Ricky Flynn Motorsport. At the beginning of the season, he won the WSK Super Master Series in the OKJ class and took the 3rd place in the first round of the Champions of the Future.

#### Accident

At the end of April 2022 Bondarev was involved in a serious crash during the second round of the CIK-FIA European Championship in Zuera. As a result of the collision, he sustained a severe leg injury, underwent ten surgeries, was engaged in rehabilitation.
After five months of recovery from the incident, Bondarev took part in the LeCont Trophy in Valencia and finished 2nd.

#### 2023

In 2023, Bondarev joined the Kart Republic team and continued his starts in OKJ class. He finished 7th in the WSK Champions Cup, 8th in the WSK Super Master Series and 5th in the Champions of the Future.
In July 2023, he became the first Ukrainian driver in the history to win the CIK-FIA European Championship after finishing on the podium in each of the four rounds. In August 2023, Bondarev joined Prema Racing. He finished 14th in the CIK-FIA World Championship and made his debut in the OK class, finishing 6th in the WSK Final Cup.

### Formula 4
#### 2024

Bondarev entered the world of single-seater racing in September 2024, competing in the final two rounds of the 2024 Italian F4 Championship with Prema Racing.

#### 2025

In preparation for his main campaign, Bondarev contests in the F4 Middle East Championship with Prema Racing.
Bondarev is set to continue with Prema for the 2025 Italian F4 Championship.

### Formula One

In September 2023, it was announced that Bondarev joined the Williams Driver Academy. It is the first time in history that a Formula One team has signed a Ukrainian driver.

## Karting record
### Karting career summary

| Season | Series | Team | Position |
| 2016 | Ukrainian Championship — Micro | | 1st |
| 2016 | Rotax Max Challenge Ukraine — Micro Max | | 1st |
| 2017 | Rotax Max Challenge Grand Finals — Micro Max | | 6th |
| 2018 | CEE Rotax Max Challenge | | 1st |
| 2018 | WSK Final Cup — 60 Mini | Gamoto ASD | 14th |
| 2019 | WSK Champions Cup — 60 Mini | Gamoto ASD | 64th |
| 2019 | WSK Super Master Series — 60 Mini | Gamoto ASD | 26th |
| 2019 | WSK Euro Series — 60 Mini | Gamoto ASD | 50th |
| 2019 | WSK Open Cup — 60 Mini | Gamoto ASD | 19th |
| 2019 | WSK Final Cup — 60 Mini | Gamoto ASD | 11th |
| 2020 | WSK Champions Cup — 60 Mini | Gamoto ASD | 8th |
| 2020 | WSK Super Master Series — 60 Mini | Gamoto ASD | 29th |
| 2020 | Trofeo Andrea Margutti — X30 Junior | | 2nd |
| 2020 | Italian Championship — X30 Junior | | 3rd |
| 2021 | Winter Cup — OKJ | Honta Andriy | 6th |
| 2021 | WSK Champions Cup — OKJ | Honta Andriy | NC |
| 2021 | WSK Super Master Series — OKJ | Honta Andriy | 29th |
| 2021 | WSK Euro Series — OKJ | Honta Andriy | 7th |
| 2021 | Champions of the Future — OK | Honta Andriy | 47th |
| 2021 | German Championship — OKJ | Honta Andriy | NC |
| 2021 | CIK-FIA Academy Trophy | Honta Andriy | 3rd |
| 2021 | CIK-FIA European Championship — OKJ | Honta Andriy | 21st |
| 2021 | CIK-FIA World Championship — OKJ | Honta Andriy | 28th |
| 2021 | WSK Open Cup — OKJ | Honta Andriy | 10th |
| 2021 | WSK Final Cup — OKJ | Honta Andriy | NC |
| 2022 | Champions of the Future - Winter Series — OKJ | Ricky Flynn Motorsport | 28th |
| 2022 | WSK Super Master Series — OKJ | Ricky Flynn Motorsport | 1st |
| 2022 | Champions of the Future - Euro Series — OK | Ricky Flynn Motorsport | 9th |
| 2022 | CIK-FIA European Championship — OKJ | Ricky Flynn Motorsport | 24th |
| 2022 | WSK Final Cup — OKJ | Ricky Flynn Motorsport | 28th |
| 2022 | LeCont Trophy — OKJ | Ricky Flynn Motorsport | 2nd |
| 2023 | WSK Champions Cup — OKJ | KR Motorsport | 7th |
| 2023 | WSK Super Master Series — OKJ | KR Motorsport | 8th |
| 2023 | WSK Euro Series — OKJ | Prema Racing | 28th |
| 2023 | Champions of the Future — OKJ | Prema Racing | 5th |
| 2023 | CIK-FIA European Championship — OKJ | KR Motorsport | 1st |
| 2023 | CIK-FIA World Championship — OKJ | Prema Racing | 14th |
| 2023 | WSK Final Cup — OK | Prema Racing | 6th |
| 2024 | IAME Winter Cup — X30 Senior | Prema Racing | 31st |
| 2024 | WSK Champions Cup — OK | Prema Racing | 1st |
| 2024 | WSK Super Master Series — OK | Prema Racing | 2nd |
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## Racing record
### Racing career summary

| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
| 2024 | Italian F4 Championship | Prema Racing | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30th |
| 2025 | F4 Middle East Championship | Prema Racing | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 12th |
| 2025 | Italian F4 Championship | Prema Racing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | TBD |
$^*$ Season still in progress.

### Complete Italian 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 | DC | Points |
| 2024 | Prema Racing | MIS 1 | MIS 2 | MIS 3 | IMO 1 | IMO 2 | IMO 3 | VLL 1 | VLL 2 | VLL 3 | MUG 1 | MUG 2 | MUG 3 | LEC 1 | LEC 2 | LEC 3 | CAT 1 19 | CAT 2 25 | CAT 3 18 | MNZ 1 11 | MNZ 2 Ret | MNZ 3 24 | 30th | 0 |
| 2025 | Prema Racing | MIS1 1 | MIS1 2 | MIS1 3 | VLL 1 | VLL 2 | VLL 3 | MNZ 1 | MNZ 2 | MNZ 3 | MUG 1 | MUG 2 | MUG 3 | IMO 1 | IMO 2 | IMO 3 | LEC 1 | LEC 2 | LEC 3 | MIS2 1 | MIS2 2 | MIS2 3 | TBD | - |
$^*$ Season still in progress.

### Complete F4 Middle East 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 | DC | Points |
| 2025 | Prema Racing | YMC1 1 16 | YMC1 2 Ret | YMC1 3 11 | YMC2 1 8 | YMC2 2 7 | YMC2 3 10 | DUB 1 8 | DUB 2 25 | DUB 3 8 | YMC3 1 6 | YMC3 2 22 | YMC3 3 6 | LUS 1 12 | LUS 2 11 | LUS 3 22 | 12th | 54 |
$^*$ Season still in progress.