# Timur Boguslavskiy

Timur Irekovich Boguslavskiy (Russian: Тиму́р И́рекович Богусла́вский) (born 30 April 2000) is a professional racing driver from Russia, currently competing in GT World Challenge Europe with AKKA ASP. Driving a Mercedes-AMG GT3, Boguslavskiy won the overall series championship in 2020 and 2023.

## Early career

Boguslavskiy began his career in 2015 in the Winter Rotax Max Kazan. He also raced in Russian Automobile Federation Rallycross Cup, Russian Rallycross Championship, Canyon Cup and Winter Canyon Cup (circuit racing series in Tatarstan), Tatarstan Circuit Racing Championship and Tatarstan Circuit Racing Cup, Russian Circuit Racing Series prior to his move to Europe. There, he would compete in the Seat Ibiza Cup Italia, Radical Middle East Cup, Renault Clio Cup Italia, European Le Mans Series, and Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe.

## GT World Challenge career
### 2019

In 2019, Boguslavskiy would turn his attention towards the Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup, driving a Mercedes-AMG GT3 for the AKKA ASP Team in the Silver Cup category. Partnering Nico Bastian and Felipe Fraga, the Russian would experience a dominant campaign in-class, taking three victories along with two further podiums on his way towards the title, which the team clinched during the penultimate round at the 24 Hours of Spa.

### 2020

The following year saw Boguslavskiy continue to race in the now renamed GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup, entering the Pro class with Fraga and Raffaele Marciello at AKKA ASP, whilst expanding his duties towards the GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup, racing alongside Marciello. During a season heavily disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, Boguslavskiy and his team would end up fifth in the Endurance Cup, having taken a pair of podiums at the start of the year before seeing their title hopes dissipate owing to a brake issue at the 24 Hours of Spa. In the Sprint Cup, six podiums, including two wins, enabled Boguslavskiy to fight for the championship, though he would eventually finish in second place, four points behind Dries Vanthoor and Charles Weerts.

### 2021-2022

Boguslavskiy began to focus on the Sprint Cup from 2021 onwards, teaming up with Marciello. The duo failed to win a race that year, though four podiums eventually resulted in a third place finish in the standings. During the 2022 Sprint Cup season, Boguslavskiy and Marciello managed to win three races despite the dominance shown by Team WRT duo Dries Vanthoor and Charles Weerts, taking another runner-up placing overall.

### 2023

For 2023, Boguslavskiy returned to the Endurance Cup on a full-time basis, partnering previous year's champions Marciello and Jules Gounon. A chaotic season opener at Monza saw a premature end to AKKodis's race, as Boguslavskiy picked up race-ending damage during a misjudged defensive manoeuvre on Christopher Mies. Boguslavskiy made up for his error with a solid stint during the Le Castellet event, returning his car in fourth position before Marciello charged through to take victory. Another clean race, this time at the 24 Hours of Spa, yielded second place, before the Mercedes trio took a victory in Germany, having started from pole position. The team would clinch the title during the final round at Barcelona by finishing fifth, with Boguslavskiy keeping himself in third, ahead of Ferrari's Davide Rigon, during his entire stint. Following the campaign's conclusion, team manager Jérôme Policand stated that the 2023 title win meant more than the previous year's, given that Silver-ranked Boguslavskiy's presence in place of Mercedes-AMG factory driver Daniel Juncadella forced the team to operate on a higher level.
The duo of Boguslavskiy and Marciello began their Sprint Cup season well, winning two of the opening four races as a result of two poles and dominating opening stints from the Swiss driver, with Boguslavskiy keeping the lead during the final stages of race 1 at Brands Hatch and Misano respectively. Despite a retirement in the first race at the Hockenheimring, the duo would win race two, as the Russian managed gear-shifting issues to keep rival Lucas Légeret seven seconds behind him by the checkered flag. Marciello took another pole in Valencia and drove to an early lead, before Boguslavskiy took over and narrowly won ahead of Albert Costa, having lost half a dozen seconds to the Spaniard in the closing laps. This however would not be enough to take the title, with a collision caused by Audi's Lorenzo Patrese ending the team's final race at Zandvoort, therefore crowning the Tresor Orange1 outfit as champions.

### 2024

In 2024 Timur moved forward into new challenges, new championships, new circuits, new competitors and new cars, however, he stayed with the same Team where he has won for many years.
Timur has his first experience in the FIA World Endurance Championship (FIA WEC) and it was mainly to develop experience and understand new drive with the Lexus RC F LMGT3. Driving for Akkodis ASP Team he did three races: Qatar, Imola and 24 Hours of Le Mans. At the first ever 24 Hours of Le Mans for Timur, he showed an incredible performance under the rain and during the whole race. Timur then did three races in the Italian GT championship to understand again a new drive with Ferrari 296 GT3 (Misano - podium, Imola and Mugello).

## WEC career

With the LMGT3 class replacing the LMGTE category in the FIA World Endurance Championship, Boguslavskiy would move to the WEC for the 2024 season, driving a Lexus RC F GT3 for Akkodis ASP alongside Kelvin van der Linde and bronze driver Arnold Robin. However, the start of the year proved to be a struggle, as a retirement in Qatar was followed by a 14th place in Imola. The Russian then missed the Spa event due to fever, before returning to finish seventh in class at Le Mans. A few weeks later, Boguslavskiy left the team permanently, citing his focus on "new challenges" as his reason.

## 2025

In 2025 season Timur is racing with Team WRT in the FIA World Endurance Championship with a BMW M4 LMGT3, the championship that represents the international pinnacle of the long-distance discipline and which include the legendary 24 Hours of Le Mans race.
Alongside Yasser Shahin and Augusto Farfus they will fight for the championship title.

## Racing record
### Racing career summary

| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
| 2016 | Russian Rallycross Russian Automobile Federation Cup - D2N | NEFIS Motorsport | 1 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 15 | 11th |
| 2016 | Canyon Cup - Lada Granta Sport Light | NEFIS Motorsport | 4 | 2 | - | - | 4 | 74 | 1st |
| 2016 | Canyon Cup Junior - Lada Granta Junior | NEFIS Motorsport | 4 | 4 | - | - | 4 | 74 | 1st |
| 2016 | Russian Rallycross Championship - National | NEFIS Motorsport | 1 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 3 | 26th |
| 2016 | Tatarstan Circuit Racing Championship - National | NEFIS Motorsport | 6 | 2 | 1 | ? | 3 | 428 | 5th |
| 2016 | Tatarstan Circuit Racing Cup - National | NEFIS Motorsport | 2 | 1 | 1 | ? | 1 | 109 | 1st |
| 2016 | Russian Circuit Racing Series - Touring Light | B-Tuning Pro Racing Team | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 494 | 11th |
| 2016 | Russian Circuit Racing Series - Touring Light | Suvar Motorsport | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 494 | 11th |
| 2016 | Seat Ibiza Cup Italia | Suvar Motorsport | 2 | 0 | 0 | ? | 0 | 8 | 22nd |
| 2017 | Winter Canyon Cup - Lada Granta | NEFIS Motorsport | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 60 | 4th |
| 2017 | Radical Middle East Cup | AUH Motorsports | 2 | 0 | 0 | ? | 1 | 14 | 20th |
| 2017 | Renault Clio Cup Italia | Lema Racing | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | NC† |
| 2017 | Tatarstan Circuit Racing Championship - National | NEFIS Racing Division | 6 | 0 | 1 | ? | 2 | 231.2 | 5th |
| 2017 | Canyon Cup - Lada Granta Sport Light | NEFIS Racing Division | 2 | 0 | 1 | ? | 0 | 43 | 17th |
| 2017 | Russian Circuit Racing Series - Touring Light | NEFIS Racing Division | 14 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 153 | 5th |
| 2017 | European Le Mans Series - LMP3 | By Speed Factory | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 29th |
| 2018 | Winter Canyon Cup - Lada Granta | NEFIS Racing Division | 3 | 2 | - | - | 2 | 168 | 2nd |
| 2018 | Tatarstan Winter Ice Racing Championship - А-1600 | NEFIS Racing Division | 1 | 0 | 0 | ? | 0 | 8 | N/A |
| 2018 | Radical Middle East Cup | B-Tuning | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 40 | 12th |
| 2018 | European Le Mans Series - LMP3 | NEFIS by Speed Factory | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 9th |
| 2018 | Le Mans Cup - LMP3 | NEFIS by Speed Factory | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.5 | 29th |
| 2018 | Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe - Pro-Am | NEFIS by Target Racing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC† |
| 2018 | Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe -Pro | NEFIS by Target Racing | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | NC† |
| 2018 | Lamborghini Super Trofeo World Final - Pro | Target Racing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 7th |
| 2019 | Lamborghini Super Trofeo Middle East - Pro | Target Racing | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 6 | ? | 1st |
| 2019 | 24H GT Series - A6 | Target Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC† |
| 2019 | Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup | AKKA ASP Team | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 11th |
| 2020 | GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup | AKKA ASP Team | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 52 | 5th |
| 2020 | GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup | AKKA ASP Team | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 85 | 2nd |
| 2020 | Intercontinental GT Challenge | Mercedes-AMG Team AKKA ASP | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
| 2021 | GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup | AKKA ASP Team | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 32nd |
| 2021 | GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup | AKKA ASP Team | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 61.5 | 3rd |
| 2021 | Intercontinental GT Challenge | Mercedes-AMG Team AKKA ASP | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 47 | 3rd |
| 2022 | GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup | AKKodis ASP Team | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 111.5 | 2nd |
| 2023 | GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup | AKKodis ASP Team | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 104 | 1st |
| 2023 | GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup | AKKodis ASP Team | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 90.5 | 2nd |
| 2023 | Intercontinental GT Challenge | AKKodis ASP Team | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 19th |
| 2024 | FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGT3 | Akkodis ASP Team | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 24th |
| 2024 | Italian GT Sprint Championship - GT3 Pro | AF Corse | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 10th |
| 2025 | Middle East Trophy - GT3 | The Bend Team WRT | | | | | | | |
| 2025 | FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGT3 | The Bend Team WRT | | | | | | | |
$^*$ Season still in progress.

### Complete Russian Circuit Racing Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Class | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Rank | Points |
| 2016 | Touring Light | B-tuning | Volkswagen Polo | SMO 1 | SMO 2 | NRG 1 | NRG 2 | GRO 1 | GRO 2 | SOC 1 8 | SOC 2 10 | MRW 1 5 | MRW 2 11 | SMO 1 | SMO 2 | | | 11th | 494 |
| 2016 | Touring Light | Suvar Motorsport | Renault Twingo Sport | | | | | | | | | | | | | KAZ 1 2 | KAZ 2 2 | 11th | 494 |
| 2017 | Touring Light | NEFIS Racing Division | Peugeot 208 | GRO 1 2 | GRO 2 6 | SMO 1 1 | SMO 2 9 | NRG 1 4 | NRG 2 3 | KAZ 1 7 | KAZ 2 6 | SMO 1 2 | SMO 2 11 | MRW 1 11 | MRW 2 11 | KAZ 1 Ret | KAZ 2 9 | 5th | 153 |

### Complete European Le Mans Series results

| Year | Entrant | Class | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Rank | Points |
| 2017 | By Speed Factory | LMP3 | Ligier JS P3 | Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8 | SIL | MNZ | RBR | LEC | SPA | ALG 12 | 29th | 0.5 |
| 2018 | NEFIS by Speed Factory | LMP3 | Ligier JS P3 | Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8 | LEC 16 | MNZ 6 | RBR 6 | SIL Ret | SPA 10 | ALG 4 | 9th | 27.5 |

### Complete Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe results

| Year | Entrant | Class | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Rank | Points |
| 2018 | NEFIS by Target Racing | Pro-Am | Lamborghini Huracan Super Trofeo EVO | MNZ 1 Ret | MNZ 2 7 | | | | | | | | | | | 10th* | 4* |
| 2018 | NEFIS by Target Racing | Pro | Lamborghini Huracan Super Trofeo EVO | | | SIL 1 7 | SIL 2 5 | MIS 1 | MIS 2 | SPA 1 | SPA 2 | NÜR 1 | NÜR 2 | VLL 1 | VLL 2 | 11th* | 10* |

### Complete GT World Challenge Europe results
#### GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup

| Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Pos. | Points |
| 2019 | Mercedes-AMG Team AKKA ASP | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | Silver | MNZ 4 | SIL 10 | LEC 11 | SPA 6H 14 | SPA 12H 14 | SPA 24H 17 | CAT 5 | 1st | 142 |
| 2020 | AKKA ASP Team | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | Pro | IMO 3 | NÜR 2 | SPA 6H 1 | SPA 12H 37 | SPA 24H Ret | LEC 18 | | 5th | 52 |
| 2021 | AKKA ASP Team | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | Pro | MNZ | LEC | SPA 6H 26 | SPA 12H 14 | SPA 24H 10 | NÜR | CAT | 32nd | 1 |
| 2023 | AKKodis ASP Team | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | Pro | MNZ Ret | LEC 1 | SPA 6H 3 | SPA 12H 2 | SPA 24H 2 | NÜR 1 | CAT 5 | 1st | 104 |
$^*$Season still in progress.

#### GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pos. | Points |
| 2020 | AKKA ASP Team | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | Pro | MIS 1 8 | MIS 2 1 | MIS 3 6 | MAG 1 7 | MAG 2 2 | ZAN 1 11 | ZAN 2 3 | CAT 1 3 | CAT 2 3 | CAT 3 1 | 2nd | 85 |
| 2021 | AKKA ASP Team | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | Pro | MAG 1 5 | MAG 2 3 | ZAN 1 2 | ZAN 2 25 | MIS 1 5 | MIS 2 2 | BRH 1 17 | BRH 2 6 | VAL 1 3 | VAL 2 18 | 3rd | 61.5 |
| 2022 | AKKodis ASP Team | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | Pro | BRH 1 3 | BRH 2 1 | MAG 1 2 | MAG 2 1 | ZAN 1 23 | ZAN 2 1 | MIS 1 2 | MIS 2 2 | VAL 1 7 | VAL 2 3 | 2nd | 111.5 |
| 2023 | AKKodis ASP Team | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | Pro | BRH 1 1 | BRH 2 6 | MIS 1 1 | MIS 2 4 | HOC 1 Ret | HOC 2 1 | VAL 1 1 | VAL 2 7 | ZAN 1 4 | ZAN 2 Ret | 2nd | 90.5 |
$^*$ Season still in progress.

### Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | Class | Car | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Rank | Points |
| 2024 | Akkodis ASP Team | LMGT3 | Lexus RC F GT3 | Lexus 2UR-GSE 5.0 L V8 | QAT Ret | IMO 14 | SPA | LMS 6 | SÃO | COA | FUJ | BHR | 24th | 16 |
$^*$ Season still in progress.

### Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

| Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
| 2024 | Akkodis ASP Team | Arnold Robin Kelvin van der Linde | Lexus RC F GT3 | LMGT3 | 279 | 34th | 7th |