# Artem Markelov

Artem Valeryevich Markelov (Russian: Артём Вале́рьевич Марке́лов, IPA:; born 10 September 1994) is a retired Russian racing driver who last competed in the FIA Formula 2 Championship for HWA Team in 2020.

## Career
### Karting

Born in Moscow, Markelov began karting in 2006 and raced mostly in his native Russia for the majority of his karting career, working his way up through the junior ranks to progress into the KF2 category by 2010.

### ADAC Formel Masters

In 2011, Markelov moved into open-wheel racing, competing in ADAC Formel Masters with Motopark Academy, taking eleven podiums in twenty-three races, including one win at Red Bull Ring. As a result, Markelov finished in fourth place in the final championship standings.

### Formula Three
#### 2011

During the 2011 season, Markelov made his Formula Three debut, with Motopark, in the Hockenheimring round of the Formula 3 Euro Series.

#### 2012

Markelov and Motopark – now under the Lotus moniker – elected to compete in the German Formula Three Championship in 2012. He finished seventh in the standings, scoring three podiums, including sprint-race wins at Lausitz and Hockenheim.

#### 2013

Markelov stayed in the German series for another year in 2013, remaining with Motopark. He had eighteen podiums in twenty-three races, including wins in both main races at Lausitz. He finished as runner-up to his teammate Marvin Kirchhöfer.

### GP2 Series / FIA Formula 2
#### 2014

Markelov made his GP2 Series debut in 2014 with Russian Time, where he joined Mitch Evans. Markelov had only one point-scoring finish at Spa-Francorchamps, finishing the season 24th, twenty positions behind Evans in the drivers' championship.

#### 2015

Markelov and Evans remained with Russian Time in 2015. Markelov took his first podium at Spa-Francorchamps, when he started from the 22nd position on the grid. He made the progress in the championship to the thirteenth place, being more consistent, but he was still eight positions behind the Evans in the standings.

#### 2016

Markelov continued to race with Russian Time in 2016, but this time he was joined in the team by Raffaele Marciello. Markelov claimed his first GP2 Series win in the feature race in Monaco, starting from the fifteenth starting position. However, he was not as consistent as Marciello, finishing tenth in the drivers' championship.

#### 2017

For the 2017 season, the GP2 Series was rebranded as the FIA Formula 2 Championship. While Markelov remained with Russian Time for his fourth consecutive season with the Dallara GP2/11 machinery, which was also the final year of use for the chassis in the championship, being joined by Luca Ghiotto. Markelov won the first race in the FIA Formula 2 Championship history. He also collected wins at Spielberg, Spa-Francorchamps, Jerez and Abu Dhabi While it wasn't enough to prevent Charles Leclerc winning the drivers' championship, he brought the teams' championship to Russian Time with the help of Ghiotto.

#### 2018

Markelov remained with Russian Time in 2018. He finished the season in fifth.

#### 2019

Following the 2018 season, Markelov was left without a drive in the 2019 Formula 2 season after Russian Time withdrew from the series. However, following Jordan King's participation in the 2019 Indianapolis 500, Markelov was called up by MP Motorsport for the Monaco round as a one-off replacement. He scored points in both races, with a sixth place in the first race and a fourth place in the second race.
As a result of the weekend at Spa-Francorchamps following the Lap 2 feature race crash that killed BWT Arden driver Anthoine Hubert, the team signed Markelov to finish out the season at Sochi and Abu Dhabi, although the car number changed from 19 to 22.

#### 2020

In 2020, Markelov continued to race in F2 with the same team, now HWA Racelab. He was joined by Giuliano Alesi, son of former Formula One driver Jean Alesi, who left Trident at the end of the 2019 season. However Markelov had a disappointing season scoring only 5 points compared to championship winner Mick Schumacher's 215.

### Formula One

In February 2018, Markelov was announced as Renault development driver for the 2018 FIA Formula One World Championship and drove in an official Formula One session for the first time at the 2018 Russian Grand Prix. He then made an appearance for the team at the 2018 Abu Dhabi Young Driver Test. It was rumoured that Markelov was a contender for a drive at Williams for 2019, but it ultimately went to Robert Kubica.

## Personal life

Markelov is married to former TV show host Katya Zhuzha. Their son Max was born in 2020. He is also the step father of Katya Zhuzha's child from another marriage, Nicole Markelova.

## Racing record
### Karting career summary

| Season | Series | Team | Position |
| 2008 | Rotax Max Euro Challenge — Junior | | 17th |
| 2008 | Chrono Dutch Rotax Max Challenge — Junior | | 29th |
| 2009 | Rotax Max Challenge Grand Finals — Junior | IPB Spartak Racing | 21st |
| 2009 | Rotax Max Euro Challenge — Junior | IPB Spartak Racing | 7th |
| 2009 | Rotax Max Wintercup — Rotax Max Junior | IPB Spartak Racing | 14th |

### Racing career summary

| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
| 2011 | ADAC Formel Masters | Motopark | 23 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 251 | 4th |
| 2011 | Formula 3 Euro Series | Motopark | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | NC† |
| 2012 | German Formula 3 Championship | Lotus | 27 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 155 | 7th |
| 2013 | German Formula 3 Championship | Lotus | 26 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 339 | 2nd |
| 2014 | GP2 Series | RT Russian Time | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 24th |
| 2015 | GP2 Series | Russian Time | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 48 | 13th |
| 2015 | Toyota Racing Series | Giles Motorsport | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 525 | 8th |
| 2016 | GP2 Series | Russian Time | 21 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 97 | 10th |
| 2016 | Toyota Racing Series | M2 Competition | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 588 | 8th |
| 2017 | FIA Formula 2 Championship | Russian Time | 22 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 210 | 2nd |
| 2018 | FIA Formula 2 Championship | Russian Time | 24 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 186 | 5th |
| 2018 | Formula One | Renault Sport F1 Team | Development driver | Development driver | Development driver | Development driver | Development driver | Development driver | Development driver |
| 2019 | Super Formula | UOMO Sunoco Team LeMans | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21st |
| 2019 | FIA Formula 2 Championship | MP Motorsport | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 16th |
| 2019 | FIA Formula 2 Championship | BWT Arden | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 16th |
| 2020 | FIA Formula 2 Championship | BWT HWA Racelab | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 18th |
$^†$ As Markelov was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.

### Complete ADAC Formel Masters 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 | 22 | 23 | 24 | DC | Points |
| 2011 | Motopark | OSC 1 DNS | OSC 2 Ret | OSC 3 14 | SAC 1 3 | SAC 2 3 | SAC 3 3 | ZOL 1 2 | ZOL 2 2 | ZOL 3 2 | NÜR 1 6 | NÜR 2 3 | NÜR 3 4 | RBR 1 6 | RBR 2 8 | RBR 3 1 | LAU 1 11 | LAU 2 3 | LAU 3 2 | ASS 1 Ret | ASS 2 7 | ASS 3 6 | HOC 1 5 | HOC 2 3 | HOC 3 6 | 4th | 251 |

### Complete German Formula Three Championship 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 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | DC | Points |
| 2012 | Lotus | ZAN 1 Ret | ZAN 2 9 | ZAN 3 Ret | SAC 1 4 | SAC 2 5 | SAC 3 DSQ | OSC 1 8 | OSC 2 5 | OSC 2 3 | SPA 1 8 | SPA 2 4 | SPA 3 14† | ASS 1 5 | ASS 2 7 | ASS 3 6 | RBR 1 8 | RBR 2 8 | RBR 3 10 | LAU 1 6 | LAU 2 1 | LAU 3 8 | NÜR 1 5 | NÜR 2 5 | NÜR 3 6 | HOC 1 4 | HOC 2 1 | HOC 3 6 | 7th | 155 |
| 2013 | Lotus | OSC1 1 2 | OSC1 2 2 | OSC1 2 2 | SPA 1 6 | SPA 2 2 | SPA 3 2 | NÜR1 1 3 | NÜR1 2 C | NÜR1 3 2 | SAC 1 2 | SAC 2 3 | SAC 3 2 | LAU1 1 3 | LAU1 2 4 | LAU1 3 3 | NÜR2 1 3 | NÜR2 2 3 | NÜR2 3 2 | LAU2 1 1 | LAU2 2 2 | LAU2 3 1 | OSC2 1 Ret | OSC2 2 13 | OSC2 3 4 | HOC 1 3 | HOC 2 2 | HOC 3 3 | 2nd | 339 |

### Complete GP2 Series/FIA Formula 2 Championship 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 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | DC | Points |
| 2014 | RT Russian Time | BHR FEA 15 | BHR SPR 10 | CAT FEA 11 | CAT SPR Ret | MON FEA Ret | MON SPR Ret | RBR FEA 21 | RBR SPR 16 | SIL FEA 18 | SIL SPR 17 | HOC FEA Ret | HOC SPR 12 | HUN FEA 16 | HUN SPR 20† | SPA FEA 7 | SPA SPR Ret | MNZ FEA 21 | MNZ SPR Ret | SOC FEA 16 | SOC SPR 12 | YMC FEA Ret | YMC SPR 19 | | | 24th | 6 |
| 2015 | Russian Time | BHR FEA 13 | BHR SPR 12 | CAT FEA 12 | CAT SPR 5 | MON FEA Ret | MON SPR 14 | RBR FEA 5 | RBR SPR DSQ | SIL FEA 21 | SIL SPR 14 | HUN FEA 22 | HUN SPR 18 | SPA FEA 3 | SPA SPR 5 | MNZ FEA 5 | MNZ SPR 14 | SOC FEA Ret | SOC SPR 12 | BHR FEA 16 | BHR SPR 8 | YMC FEA Ret | YMC SPR C | | | 13th | 48 |
| 2016 | Russian Time | CAT FEA 4 | CAT SPR 4 | MON FEA 1 | MON SPR 8 | BAK FEA Ret | BAK SPR 5 | RBR FEA Ret | RBR SPR 11 | SIL FEA 10 | SIL SPR 12 | HUN FEA 9 | HUN SPR 4 | HOC FEA Ret | HOC SPR 9 | SPA FEA 5 | SPA SPR 21† | MNZ FEA 10 | MNZ SPR 10 | SEP FEA DNS | SEP SPR 13 | YMC FEA 3 | YMC SPR 7 | | | 10th | 97 |
| 2017 | Russian Time | BHR FEA 1 | BHR SPR 8 | CAT FEA 8 | CAT SPR 9 | MON FEA 2 | MON SPR 5 | BAK FEA 4 | BAK SPR 5 | RBR FEA 8 | RBR SPR 1 | SIL FEA 4 | SIL SPR 3 | HUN FEA 17† | HUN SPR 9 | SPA FEA 1 | SPA SPR Ret | MNZ FEA 9 | MNZ SPR 15 | JER FEA 5 | JER SPR 1 | YMC FEA 1 | YMC SPR 6 | | | 2nd | 210 |
| 2018 | Russian Time | BHR FEA 3 | BHR SPR 1 | BAK FEA Ret | BAK SPR Ret | CAT FEA 8 | CAT SPR 9 | MON FEA 1 | MON SPR 4 | LEC FEA 14 | LEC SPR 14† | RBR FEA 8 | RBR SPR 1 | SIL FEA 6 | SIL SPR 4 | HUN FEA 8 | HUN SPR 13 | SPA FEA 6 | SPA SPR 5 | MNZ FEA 2 | MNZ SPR 2 | SOC FEA 11 | SOC SPR 5 | YMC FEA 2 | YMC SPR 7 | 5th | 186 |
| 2019 | MP Motorsport | BHR FEA | BHR SPR | BAK FEA | BAK SPR | CAT FEA | CAT SPR | MON FEA 6 | MON SPR 4 | LEC FEA | LEC SPR | RBR FEA | RBR SPR | SIL FEA | SIL SPR | HUN FEA | HUN SPR | SPA FEA | SPA SPR | MNZ FEA | MNZ SPR | | | | | 16th | 16 |
| 2019 | BWT Arden | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | SOC FEA Ret | SOC SPR 10 | YMC FEA Ret | YMC SPR Ret | 16th | 16 |
| 2020 | BWT HWA Racelab | RBR1 FEA Ret | RBR1 SPR 18 | RBR2 FEA DNS | RBR2 SPR 16 | HUN FEA Ret | HUN SPR 14 | SIL1 FEA 18 | SIL1 SPR 11 | SIL2 FEA 19 | SIL2 SPR 11 | CAT FEA 12 | CAT SPR 16 | SPA FEA 16 | SPA SPR 8 | MNZ FEA 17 | MNZ SPR 16 | MUG FEA 8 | MUG SPR 20 | SOC FEA 15 | SOC SPR 12 | BHR1 FEA 22 | BHR1 SPR 10 | BHR2 FEA 13 | BHR2 SPR 20 | 18th | 5 |
$^†$ Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

### Complete Toyota Racing Series 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 | DC | Points |
| 2015 | Giles Motorsport | RUA 1 Ret | RUA 2 Ret | RUA 3 3 | TER 1 5 | TER 2 2 | TER 3 7 | HMP 1 7 | HMP 2 Ret | HMP 3 6 | TAU 1 14 | TAU 2 Ret | TAU 3 Ret | TAU 4 2 | MAN 1 7 | MAN 2 7 | MAN 3 6 | 8th | 525 |
| 2016 | M2 Competition | RUA 1 2 | RUA 2 4 | RUA 3 3 | TER 1 6 | TER 2 3 | TER 3 3 | HMP 1 12 | HMP 2 Ret | HMP 3 5 | TAU 1 12 | TAU 2 7 | TAU 3 Ret | MAN 1 Ret | MAN 2 12 | MAN 3 2 | | 8th | 588 |

### Complete Formula One participations

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | WDC | Points |
| 2018 | Renault Sport F1 Team | Renault R.S.18 | Renault R.E.18 1.6 V6 t | AUS | BHR | CHN | AZE | ESP | MON | CAN | FRA | AUT | GBR | GER | HUN | BEL | ITA | SIN | RUS TD | JPN | USA | MEX | BRA | ABU | – | – |

### Complete Super Formula results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | DC | Points |
| 2019 | UOMO Sunoco Team LeMans | Toyota | SUZ 10 | AUT Ret | SUG 16 | FUJ 19 | MOT 12 | OKA | SUZ | 21st | 0 |