Artem Petrov
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| Artem Petrov | |
|---|---|
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| Nationality |  Russian |
| Born | 14 January 2000 |
| Indy Pro 2000 Championship career | |
| Debut season | 2019 |
| Current team | Exclusive Autosport |
| Racing licence |  FIA Silver |
| Car number | 42 |
| Former teams | RP Motorsport Juncos Racing |
| Starts | 40 |
| Wins | 3 |
| Poles | 1 |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
| Best finish | 4th in 2020, 2021 |
| Previous series | |
| 2017 2016–17 2016 | ADAC Formula 4 Italian F4 Championship SMP F4 Championship |
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]
Petrov is not related to Formula One driver Vitaly Petrov.
Karting
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
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 seven 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 six fastest laps, completing the top-five in the season standings.[7] He also 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 three events of the season.[9]
FIA Formula 3 European Championship
In February 2018, it was announced that Petrov would continue his collaboration with Van Amersfoort Racing into the FIA Formula 3 European Championship campaign.[10] He finished 20th in the standings with seven points.
