Aleksey Igorevich Vasilyev ( rus, Алексе́й И́горевич Васи́льев, p=ɐlʲɪkˈsʲej ˈiɡərʲɪvʲɪtɕ vɐˈsʲɪlʲjɪf; born 13 January 1972) is a Russian auto racing driver.

Career

Vasilyev began karting in 1984 and raced primarily in his native

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for the majority of his early career, finishing as runner-up in the USSR championship in 1989. From 1990 to 2000 he raced in Russian touring car championships, winning three championship titles in the Tourism-1600 category. In 2000 he debuted internationally, competing in the N-GT class of the

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for

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alongside another Russian driver

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. After the 2001 season, he and Fomenko switched to RWS Motorsport for next two successive years. In

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, Vasilyev scored his first point at Donington. By

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he returned to Freisinger Motorsport, scoring his first podium at

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and placed sixth in the final championship standings; his best result in the N-GT class. Vasilyev also debuted with Freisinger in the new-for-2004

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, and the

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. Vasilyev graduated to the new GT1 class in

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with Russian Age Racing, and again competed in the

, where he finished third in the GT class with the Convers Team. He finished in fifth place in the GT1 class at

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; his best result at the race. Vasilyev also contested the British round of the inaugural A1 Grand Prix season. In 2006 Vasilyev made his debut in the

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, in the car class. He finished second in the

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GT1 standings,. before switching to the GT2 class in 2008, returning to the

with

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Spyker Squadron. He had competed in the

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in 2007, and remained in the series until the end of 2011. In 2010 he participated under a Lithuanian racing licence, after his Russian licence was disqualified due to unsporting behaviour. Vasilyev signed with Valmon Racing Team Russia for the

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Racing record

Career summary

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Complete GT1 World Championship results

References

External links

Career statistics from Driver Database
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