Alexander Smolyar

In this name that follows East Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Alexandrovich and the family name is Smolyar.

Alexander Alexandrovich Smolyar (Russian: Александр Александрович Смоляр; born 19 July 2001) is a Russian racing driver currently competing in the TCR Russian Touring Car Championship, driving for Lukoil Racing Team. He previously competed in the FIA Formula 3 Championship in 2020, 2021 and 2022.^[1][2]

Alexander Smolyar
Smolyar in 2022
Nationality	Russian
Full name	Alexander Alexandrovich Smolyar
Born	(2001-07-19) 19 July 2001 (age 23) Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia
FIA Formula 3 Championship career
Debut season	2020
Current team	MP Motorsport
Car number	11
Former teams	ART Grand Prix
Starts	54 (55 entries)
Wins	3
Podiums	8
Poles	3
Fastest laps	2
Best finish	6th in 2021
Previous series
2018–19 2018 2017 2017	Formula Renault Eurocup Formula Renault NEC F4 Spanish Championship SMP F4 NEZ Championship

Racing career

Lower formulae

2017 was Smolyar's debut season in single-seater racing. He competed for SMP Racing in the Spanish^[3] and Russian^[4] Formula 4 Championships, finishing 3rd in both. He scored a total of 24 podiums, with all of his race wins coming in the Spanish Championship.

Formula Renault Eurocup

2018

In the following two years the Russian driver raced in the Formula Renault Eurocup. In his debut campaign, driving for Tech 1 Racing,^[5] Smolyar finished 12th in the standings, beating out two of his three teammates and helping the team to finish 5th in the team championship.

2019

His 2019 season^[6] would prove to be much more successful. He finished 3rd and won three races, only being beaten in the championship by Frenchman Victor Martins and his R-ace GP teammate, Oscar Piastri.

FIA Formula 3 Championship

2020

Smolyar was signed by ART Grand Prix to drive for them in the 2020 Formula 3 Championship alongside ADAC F4 champion Théo Pourchaire and Sebastián Fernández.^[7] Despite a slew of strong performances, which included a pole position at the Hungaroring and a win on the road at the first round in Britain the Russian's season was plagued with bad luck.^[8][9] This included having his win taken away by a penalty for weaving on the Hangar straight as well as a collision at the first corner in Budapest.^[10] Smolyar scored his only podium of the season in the second race at Monza and ended up eleventh in the standings, behind eventual runner-up Pourchaire, but ahead of his more experienced teammate Fernández.

2021

Smolyar driving the Dallara F3 2019 during the 2021 Spielberg Formula 3 round.

For the 2021 season Smolyar re-signed with ART, this time partnering Frederik Vesti and racing returnee Juan Manuel Correa.^[11] Smolyar's start to the season was strong, with him taking his first Formula 3 victory in the first race of the opening weekend.^[12] He then continued his good form and came out victorious in race one at the Circuit Paul Ricard, after having battled from sixth on the grid to first on the final lap.^[13] Smolyar finished the season with a total of 106 points, placing 6th in the championship. During that season, he scored a total of 2 wins, 2 fastest laps, and 4 podiums.

2022

Smolyar driving for MP Motorsport during the 2022 Spielberg Formula 3 round.

On 20 January 2022, Smolyar announced that he would switch to MP Motorsport for the 2022 season.^[14] However, he was banned of using the Russian flag due to 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. He was initially not due to race in the championship due to the mentioned war, but eventually was allowed to race.^[15] Smolyar was forced to miss the Silverstone round of the championship since he could not get to the United Kingdom due to visa issues, and was replaced by Filip Ugran.^[16] He returned to his seat for the remaining events and picked up his sole win of the season in the feature race in Budapest. Smolyar ended up tenth in the standings, being the highest placed driver to have missed a round.

Karting record

Karting career summary

Season	Series	Team	Position
2015	CIK-FIA World Championship — KFJ	Kartprom Team	43rd
2016	WSK Champions Cup — OK	Ward Racing	16th
	South Garda Winter Cup — OK		19th
	WSK Super Master Series — OK		10th
	Trofeo Andrea Margutti — OK		1st
	Trofeo delle Industrie — KZ2		14th
	WSK Night Edition — KZ2		6th
	WSK Night Edition — OK		1st
	CIK-FIA European Championship — OK		7th
	Swedish Karting Championship — KZ2		16th
	CIK-FIA International Super Cup — KZ2		29th
	WSK Final Cup — OK		12th
	CIK-FIA World Championship — OK		33rd

Complete Karting World Championship results

Year	Team	Car	Prefinal	Main race
2016	Ward Racing	OK	1st	DNF

Racing record

Racing career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2017	SMP F4 Championship	SMP Racing	21	0	2	0	11	217	3rd
	F4 Spanish Championship		20	7	6	3	13	263	3rd
2018	Formula Renault Eurocup	Tech 1 Racing	20	0	0	0	0	57	12th
	Formula Renault NEC		10	0	0	0	0	18	17th
2019	Formula Renault Eurocup	R-ace GP	20	3	2	4	10	255	3rd
2020	FIA Formula 3 Championship	ART Grand Prix	18	0	1	0	1	59	11th
2021	FIA Formula 3 Championship	ART Grand Prix	20	2	0	2	4	107	6th
2022	FIA Formula 3 Championship	MP Motorsport	16	1	2	1	3	76	10th
2023	Russian Circuit Racing Series - Touring	Lukoil Racing Team	12	2	1	2	8	266	3rd
2023–24	Middle East Trophy - 992	SMP Racing	1	0	1	0	0	0	NC†
2024	Russian Circuit Racing Series - Touring	Lukoil Racing SMP Team	14	1	0	2	8	248	3rd
2025	Middle East Trophy - GT3	SMP Racing

Complete SMP 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	Pos	Points
2017	SMP Racing	SOC 1 3	SOC 2 3	SOC 3 19	SMO 1 3	SMO 2 3	SMO 3 4	AHV 1 3	AHV 2 3	AHV 3 4	AUD 1 6	AUD 2 5	AUD 3 2	MSC1 1 2	MSC1 2 3	MSC1 3 8	MSC2 1 6	MSC2 2 17	MSC2 3 5	ASS 1 2	ASS 2 3	ASS 3 6	3rd	217

Complete F4 Spanish 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	Pos	Points
2017	SMP Racing	ALC 1 2	ALC 2 Ret	ALC 3 11	NAV1 1 1	NAV1 2 3	NAV1 3 10	CAT 1 3	CAT 2 1	JER 1 1	JER 2 1	JER 3 1	NAV2 1 DSQ	NAV2 2 DSQ	NAV2 3 1	NOG 1 3	NOG 2 2	NOG 3 1	EST 1 3	EST 2 4	EST 3 9	3rd	263

Complete Formula Renault NEC 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	DC	Points
2018	Tech 1 Racing	PAU 1 13	PAU 2 11	MNZ 1	MNZ 2	SPA 1 11	SPA 2 16	HUN 1 10	HUN 2 6	NÜR 1 5	NÜR 2 8	HOC 1 8	HOC 2 Ret	17th	18

Complete Formula Renault Eurocup 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	Pos	Points
2018	Tech 1 Racing	LEC 1 8	LEC 2 23	MNZ 1 4	MNZ 2 Ret	SIL 1 Ret	SIL 2 7	MON 1 15	MON 2 11	RBR 1 Ret	RBR 2 15	SPA 1 11	SPA 2 16	HUN 1 10	HUN 2 6	NÜR 1 5	NÜR 2 8	HOC 1 8	HOC 2 Ret	CAT 1 6	CAT 2 12	12th	57
2019	R-ace GP	MNZ 1 20	MNZ 2 1	SIL 1 Ret	SIL 2 2	MON 1 2	MON 2 1	LEC 1 4	LEC 2 2	SPA 1 9	SPA 2 6	NÜR 1 3	NÜR 2 4	HUN 1 2	HUN 2 2	CAT 1 2	CAT 2 5	HOC 1 Ret	HOC 2 1	YMC 1 4	YMC 2 6	3rd	255

Complete FIA Formula 3 Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	DC	Points
2020	ART Grand Prix	RBR FEA 9	RBR SPR 7	RBR FEA Ret	RBR SPR 20	HUN FEA Ret	HUN SPR 7	SIL FEA 10	SIL SPR 6	SIL FEA 13	SIL SPR 14	CAT FEA 11	CAT SPR 12	SPA FEA 4	SPA SPR 4	MNZ FEA 20	MNZ SPR 3	MUG FEA 7	MUG SPR 10				11th	59
2021	ART Grand Prix	CAT 1 1	CAT 2 Ret	CAT 3 11	LEC 1 1	LEC 2 7	LEC 3 8	RBR 1 14	RBR 2 25	RBR 3 4	HUN 1 6	HUN 2 4	HUN 3 6	SPA 1 10	SPA 2 8	SPA 3 3	ZAN 1 24	ZAN 2 14	ZAN 3 3	SOC 1 22	SOC 2 C	SOC 3 23	6th	107
2022	MP Motorsport	BHR SPR 3	BHR FEA 23	IMO SPR 8	IMO FEA 14	CAT SPR 6	CAT FEA 4	SIL SPR	SIL FEA	RBR SPR 9	RBR FEA 7	HUN SPR 15	HUN FEA 1	SPA SPR 3	SPA FEA 9	ZAN SPR 14	ZAN FEA 10	MNZ SPR 25	MNZ FEA 27†				10th	76