Aleksander Vladimirovich Tyuryumin ( rus, Алекса́ндр Влади́мирович Тюрю́мин, p=ɐlʲɪˈksandr vlɐˈdʲimʲɪrəvʲɪtɕ tʲʉˈrʲʉmʲɪn, born 20 March 1980 in
Moscow) is a
Russian auto racing driver. He had no
karting
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experience in his childhood but at the age of 21 he showed good results in recreational karting and hence he decided to try racing. His racing debut happened in the Russian
VW Polo cup. In his first season, he was on the podium 3 times, finished in 4th place overall the championship and first place among the novice racers.
Later he participated in Russian
Formula 3
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,
Formula 1600,
Formula RUS and the
Lada Revolution series, winning the Formula 1600 Russian championship in 2003.
Outside Russia he participated in European
Formula Palmer Audi series with 2 second places and 4th overall position in the championship and also was a reserve driver in
A1 GP
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series. He retired from racing after the 2005 season.
Alexander's grandfather,
Alexander Mikhailovich Tyuryumin was an aviation test pilot for
Ilyushin Design Bureau
The public joint stock company Ilyushin Aviation Complex, operating as Ilyushin (russian: Илью́шин) or as Ilyushin Design Bureau, is a former Soviet and now a Russian aircraft manufacturer and design bureau, founded in 1933 by Sergey ...
. He currently also lives in Moscow and holds the title of
Hero of the soviet union and more than 10 international world records.
[ Ilyushin Il-86#Setting records]
Alexander's last name is misspelled as Truryumin in several web sources.
Racing career
References
1980 births
Living people
Russian racing drivers
Formula Palmer Audi drivers
Racing drivers from Moscow
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