Vladislav "Vlad" Lomko (born 27 December 2004) is a

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racing driver currently competing in

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with CryptoTower Racing. He is the reigning

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winner.

Career

Karting

Lomko started driving karts in his native Russia, finishing third in the national championship in 2016, before moving to France at the age of 14 to race in European series. His biggest success on the international karting scene would be winning the Benelux Championship.

Formula 4

2019

In 2019 the Russian made his debut in single-seaters, competing in the

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round of the

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. He would later return to race in the final round at Le Castellet, achieving two top-ten finishes.

2020

For the 2020 season, Lomko switched to the ADAC F4 Championship, partnering

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and fellow rookies Tim Tramnitz and

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. The season started in disappointing fashion, as Lomko was the only one out of his teammates to not score a podium finish in the first third of the year. However, at the fourth round at the

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the Russian would take his first victory in car racing, scoring the fastest lap in addition to the win. Lomko added to that in the penultimate event at the

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, winning a chaotic and wet Race 1. He finished the season eighth in the standings, only eleven points behind teammate Bearman, but nonetheless, lowest of the US Racing drivers.

2021

The following year Lomko made a one-off appearance in the F4 UAE Championship, winning two races of the finale at the

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. To partake in his main campaign, Lomko returned to US Racing to once again drive alongside Tramnitz in the German F4 series, but this time being joined by

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and, on occasions,

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. He took a victory at the reversed-grid race at the

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, fending off former teammate Bearman in the final few laps. Lomko scored three further podiums, all being third places, and ended up sixth, being beaten significantly by both Tramnitz and Browning.

Euroformula Open

In 2022, Lomko progressed to the

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, driving for CryptoTower Racing alongside

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and series returnee Josh Mason. In his first race at the

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Lomko, racing under a French licence, finished second and took a rookie victory. The second race would be less successful after contact with

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, but he would recover to fifth in race 3. Lomko followed that up with a third place in Race 1 at Pau, having started second but being overtaken by teammate Mansell at the start. On Sunday he would change his fortunes however, winning the

and taking his first win in the series. A triple of podiums followed at Le Castellet, after which the Russian managed to score two podiums in

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, having been forced to start from the back of the grid in all three races. He scored his first pole position in the category at the following event in

, but would only end up scoring a sole second place across the weekend. Having stated during the summer break that he had the speed to fight with championship leader

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, Lomko took victory in Race 2 at

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and followed that up with a triple of podiums in

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, which included another race win. The penultimate round of the campaign would bring even more success for Lomko, as he converted pole position into victory in a rainy race on Saturday. The following day, two closely-fought fights for the race lead yielded a pair of podiums, with Lomko coming out victorious in Race 3. Despite this, a win and another second place during the season finale in

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could not prevent Goethe from taking the title, as Lomko was forced to settle for second in the championship, whilst also winning the Rookies' Championship in dominating fashion.

Super Formula Lights

At the end of 2022, Lomko partook in the

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post-season test at Suzuka, driving for championship-winning team

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alongside Formula Regional Japanese Champion

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Personal life

His brother Lev is also a racing driver, who recently competed in karts in the

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category.

Karting record

Karting career summary

Racing record

Racing career summary

* Season still in progress.
† As Lomko was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.

Complete Italian F4 Championship results

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) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)

Complete ADAC Formula 4 Championship results

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) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)

Complete Euroformula Open Championship results

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) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lomko, Vlad 2004 births Living people Russian racing drivers Italian F4 Championship drivers ADAC Formula 4 drivers French F4 Championship drivers Euroformula Open Championship drivers Formula Regional Asian Championship drivers US Racing drivers Mücke Motorsport drivers Motopark Academy drivers Hitech Grand Prix drivers Karting World Championship drivers Russian expatriate sportspeople in France