SMP Racing

SMP Racing

Company type	Private
Industry	Motorsport
Founded	2013
Founder	Boris Rotenberg
Headquarters	Russia , Russia
Area served	International
Key people	Boris Rotenberg (Founder)
Products	Motorsport team, Driver academy

SMP Racing is a Russian motorsport team and driver academy renowned for its participation in the FIA World Endurance Championship, FIA Formula 2 Championship, and FIA Formula 3 Championship. Founded in 2013 by Boris Rotenberg, who also co-established SMP Bank, the organization is dedicated to nurturing Russian racing talent and competing on the international stage.

Origins

SMP Racing was launched in 2012 by entrepreneur Boris Rotenberg with the objective of supporting up-and-coming Russian drivers and providing them with opportunities to compete at the global motorsport level, initially entering the FIA World Endurance Championship.

Boris Rotenberg

Born in Saint Petersburg, Russia in 1957, Boris Rotenberg is a co-founder of SMP Bank, established in 2001 and now counted among Russia’s largest financial institutions. Additionally, he oversees BR Engineering, a manufacturer of race cars responsible for the BR Engineering BR1 and BR01 models, which achieved podium placements at the esteemed 24 Hours of Le Mans endurance race.

Current status

In response to geopolitical changes and new FIA policies affecting Russian motorsport entities, SMP Racing has withdrawn from social media platforms and announced its exit from both the FIA World Endurance Championship and European Le Mans Series. These decisions are consistent with international restrictions placed on Russian competitors within motorsport.

FIA World Endurance Championship

Between 2014 and 2016, SMP Racing participated full-time in the FIA World Endurance Championship, returning for specific events such as the 2016 24 Hours of Le Mans and the 2018–19 season. Their most successful year was 2015, during which they earned six podium finishes, three victories, and secured first place in the LMGTE AM category.

24 Hours of Le Mans

At the 24 Hours of Le Mans, SMP Racing secured significant achievements including a class victory in 2015 with the Ferrari 458 GT2 and an overall third-place finish in 2019 driving the BR1 LMP1 prototype. This result marked them as the fastest privateer team behind only two factory-backed Toyota entries.

FIA Formula 2 Championship

Although SMP Racing never entered a team directly into the FIA Formula 2 Championship, it ran a driver development program that supported promising Russian racers such as Robert Shwartzman and Sergey Sirotkin. This initiative was halted in May 2022 due to new regulations from the FIA concerning Russian participants amid geopolitical tensions.

Other championships

• FIA Formula 1 World Championship
• FIA Formula 3 Championship
• Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup
• European Drag Racing Championship
• Eurocup Formula Renault
• SMP Formula 4 Championship
• F4 Spanish Championship
• Italian F4 Championship
• CIK-FIA Karting European Championship
• Russian Circuit Racing Series
• Russian Drag Racing Championship
• WSK Super Master Series
• Russian Karting Championship and Cup
• European Le Mans Series
• GP2 Series
• Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0
• SMP F4 Championship

Drivers Roster

• Mikhail Aleshin
• Vladimir Atoev
• Fabio Babini
• Aleksey Basov
• Michael Belov
• Olivier Beretta
• Andrea Bertolini
• Matteo Bobbi
• Aleksander Bosak
• Gianmaria Bruni
• Jenson Button
• James Calado
• Stefano Coletti
• Mitch Evans
• Lucas Foresti
• Antonio Fuoco
• Sean Gelael
• Antonio Giovinazzi
• Brendon Hartley
• Matevos Isaakyan
• Aleksey Korneev
• Kirill Ladygin
• Konsta Lappalainen
• Julián Leal
• Roman Mavlanov
• Michael Meadows
• Nicolas Minassian
• Miguel Molina
• Daniil Move
• Norman Nato
• Harrison Newey
• Egor Orudzhev
• Luca Persiani
• Vitaly Petrov
• Alessandro Pier Guidi
• Davide Rigon
• Mika Salo
• Stéphane Sarrazin
• Elias Seppänen
• Viktor Shaytar
• Robert Shwartzman
• Irina Sidorkova
• Sergey Sirotkin
• Alexander Smolyar
• Konstantin Tereshchenko
• Nikita Troitskiy
• Vladimiros Tziortzis
• Stoffel Vandoorne
• Matthieu Vaxivière
• Toni Vilander
• Andreas Wirth
• Daniel Zampieri
• Sergey Zlobin

Full FIA World Endurance Championship Standings

Year	Category	Competitors	Car No.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Total Classification	Points Earned
2014	LMP2	Template:Country data RUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Sergey Zlobin Template:Country data ITATemplate:Namespace detect showall Maurizio Mediani Template:Country data FRATemplate:Namespace detect showall Nicolas Minassian Template:Country data RUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Anton Ladygin Template:Country data FINTemplate:Namespace detect showall Mika Salo	27	SIL 3rd place	SPA 4th place	LMS Winner	COA Runner-up	FUJ 3rd place	SHA 2nd place	BHR Did Not Finish	SÃO 2nd place		Champion	146 points
		Template:Country data RUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Kirill Ladygin Template:Country data RUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Viktor Shaytar Template:Country data RUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Anton Ladygin Template:Country data ITATemplate:Namespace detect showall Maurizio Mediani Template:Country data FRATemplate:Namespace detect showall Nicolas Minassian	37	SIL Did Not Finish	SPA 3rd place	LMS Did Not Finish	COA Did Not Finish	FUJ 4th place	SHA 3rd place	BHR 2nd place	SÃO Did Not Finish		4th place	60 points
2015	LMGTE AM	align="left" style="border-left:0px" |Template:Country data RUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Viktor Shaytar Template:Country data RUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Aleksey Basov Template:Country data ITATemplate:Namespace detect showall Andrea Bertolini	72	style="background:#FFDF9F;" | SIL 3rd place	style="background:#FFDF9F;" | SPA 3rd place	style="background:#FFFFBF;" | LMS Winner	style="background:#FFFFBF;" | NÜR Winner	style="background:#FFFFBF;" | COA Winner	style="background:#DFFFDF;" | FUJ 6th place	style="background:#FFDF9F;" | SHA 3rd place	style="background:#DFFFDF;" | BHR 5th place			165 points
2016	rowspan=2 |LMP2	align="left" style="border-left:0px" |Template:Country data ITATemplate:Namespace detect showall Maurizio Mediani Template:Country data FRATemplate:Namespace detect showall Nicolas Minassian Template:Country data RUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall David Markozov Template:Country data RUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Mikhail Aleshin	27	style= " background : #DFFFDF; " > SIL 9th place	style= " background : #EFCFFF; " > SPA Did Not Finish	style= " background : #DFFFDF; " > LMS 5th place	style= " background : #DFFFDF; " > NÜR 8th place	style= " background : #DFFFDF; " > MEX 6th place	style= " background : #DFFFDF; " > COA 4th place	style= " background : #DFFFDF; " > FUJ 8th place	style= " background : #DFFFDF; " > SHA 6th place	style= " background : #DFFFDF; " > BHR 8th place	8th overall ! 62 points
	align = "left" style = "border-left:0px" | Template:Country data RUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Vitaly Petrov Template:Country data RUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Viktor Shaytar Template:Country data RUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Kirill Ladygin	37	style= " background : #DFFFDF; "> SIL 7th place	style= " background : #DFFFDF; "> SPA 7th place	style= " background : #FFDF9F; "> LMS 3rd place	style= " background : #DFFFDF; "> NÜR 6th place	style= " background : #EFCFFF; "> MEX Did Not Finish	style= " background : #DFFFDF; "> COA 6th place	style= " background : #DFFFDF; "> FUJ 10th place	style= " background : #DFFFDF; "> SHA 7th place	style= " background : #DFFFDF; "> BHR 7th place	6th overall ! 71 points
2018–19	rowspan=2 |LMP1	align = "left" style = "border-left:0px" | Template:Country data RUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Mikhail Aleshin Template:Country data RUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Vitaly Petrov Template:Country data GBRTemplate:Namespace detect showall Jenson Button Template:Country data NZLTemplate:Namespace detect showall Brendon Hartley Template:Country data BELTemplate:Namespace detect showall Stoffel Vandoorne	11	style = " background : #DFFFDF; "> SPA 5th position	style = " background : #EFCFFF; "> LMS Did Not Finish	style = " background : #EFCFFF; "> SIL Did Not Finish	style = " background : #DFFFDF; "> FUJ 4th position	style = " background : #FFDF9F; "> SHA 3rd position	style = " background : #FFDF9F; "> SEB 3rd position	style = " background : #FFDF9F; "> SPA 3rd position	style = " background : #FFDF9F; "> LMS 3rd position	4th overall ! 94 points
	align = "left" style = "border-left:0px" | Template:Country data FRATemplate:Namespace detect showall Stéphane Sarrazin Template:Country data RUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Egor Orudzhev Template:Country data RUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Matevos Isaakyan Template:Country data RUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Sergey Sirotkin	17	style = " background : #EFCFFF;"> SPA Did Not Finish	style = " background : #EFCFFF;"> LMS Did Not Finish	style = " background : #FFDF9F;"> SIL 3rd position	style = " background : #EFCFFF;"> FUJ Did Not Finish	style = " background : #EFCFFF;"> SHA Did Not Finish	style = "#CFCFFF;"> SEB Not Classified	style = "#DFFFDF;"> SPA 4th position	style = "#EFCFFF;"> LMS Did Not Finish	14th overall ! 27 points

24 Hours of Le Mans

Year	Team		Vehicle	Drivers	Category	Completed Laps	Overall Position	Class Position
2014	SMP Racing	27	Oreca 03R-Nissan	Anton Ladygin Mika Salo Sergey Zlobin	LMP2	303	37th	12th
		37		Kirill Ladygin Maurizio Mediani Nicolas Minassian		9	DNF	DNF
		72	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	Aleksey Basov Andrea Bertolini Viktor Shaytar	LMGTE Am	196	DNF	DNF
2015	SMP Racing	27	BR Engineering BR01-Nissan	David Markozov Maurizio Mediani Nicolas Minassian	LMP2	340	14th	6th
		37		Mikhail Aleshin Anton Ladygin Kirill Ladygin		322	33rd	13th
		72	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	Aleksey Basov Andrea Bertolini Viktor Shaytar	LMGTE Am	332	20th	1st
2016	SMP Racing	27	BR Engineering BR01-Nissan	Mikhail Aleshin Maurizio Mediani Nicolas Minassian	LMP2	347	11th	7th
		37		Kirill Ladygin Vitaly Petrov Viktor Shaytar		353	7th	3rd
2017	SMP Racing	27	Dallara P217-Gibson Technology	Mikhail Aleshin Viktor Shaytar Sergey Sirotkin	LMP2	330	33rd	16th
2018	SMP Racing	11	BR Engineering BR1-Advanced Engine Research	Mikhail Aleshin Jenson Button Vitaly Petrov	LMP1	315	DNF	DNF
		17		Matevos Isaakyan Egor Orudzhev Stéphane Sarrazin		123	DNF	DNF
		35	align=left  Dallara P217-Gibson Technology  |    Norman Nato   Harrison Newey   Viktor Shaytar  LMP2 345 14th 10th |- align=center ! rowspan = "2" | 2019 | rowspan = "2" align = left | SMP Racing | 11 | rowspan = "2" align = left | BR Engineering BR1 -Advanced Engine Research | Mikhail Aleshin < br > Vitaly Petrov < br > Stoffel Vandoorne | rowspan = "2" | LMP1 | 379 | style = "background-color:#ffdf9f;"| 3rd | style = "background-color:#ffdf9f;"| 3rd |- align = "center" | 17 | align = left | Egor Orudzhev < br > Stéphane Sarrazin < br > Sergey Sirotkin | 163 | DNF | DNF | } GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup Year Vehicle Drivers No. Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Total Classification Points 2020 Ferrari 488 GTE Template:Country data RUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Sergey Sirotkin (All rounds) Template:Country data SPATemplate:Namespace detect showall Miguel Molina (Rounds 1-3) Template:Country data ITATemplate:Namespace detect showall Davide Rigon (Rounds 1-3) Template:Country data ITATemplate:Namespace detect showall Antonio Fuoco (Round 4) Template:Country data FINTemplate:Namespace detect showall Toni Vilander (Round 4) 72 IMO 20 SPA 14 NUR 19 LEC 7 1st place 80 Additional Information Branding SMP Racing acted as a principal sponsor for various teams, boosting their visibility in diverse regions: ADM Motorsport, Italy AF Corse, Italy AV Formula, Spain Comtec Racing, United Kingdom Euronova Racing, Italy Koiranen GP, Finland Russian Bears Motorsport, Russia Schmidt Peterson Motorsports, USA See also Escuderia Telmex, a Mexican squad with comparable foundational goals External links