Roman Rusinov

Roman Aleksandrovich Rusinov (Russian: Рома́н Алекса́ндрович Ру́синов; IPA: [rɐˈman ɐlʲɪˈksandrəvʲɪtɕ ˈrusʲɪnəv], born 21 October 1981 in Moscow) is a Russian auto racing driver.

Rusinov was the first Russian driver to win an international race in Europe, in 2000 he won the International Renault Finals in French Formula Renault. In 2002 he led the Formula Palmer Audi championship till the last event, but collided with his main rival and finished third overall. In 2003 he competed in Euro Formula 3000, taking a pole position at the Nürburgring. The same year he won the LMP650 class at the first race of the Le Mans Series, the 1000 km of Le Mans. In 2004, Rusinov raced with Ferrari Modena and became the Le Mans Series Champion in the GT2 class. In 2005, he competed in a Maserati MC12 in the FIA GT Championship and was appointed one of Russia's A1GP drivers. The A1GP team lasted only three events before running out of funding.

In 2006, Rusinov was one of four test drivers signed to Formula One team MF1 Racing. The team's owner, Russian-born Canadian businessman Alex Shnaider, had announced an ambition to get a Russian driver into F1. Rusinov participated in the first MF1 tests at Jerez, but was the only test driver not to participate in at least one Friday practice session, due to the absence of Russian sponsors on the MF1 Racing car and the difficult financial situation of the team.

In 2008, Rusinov switched to endurance racing, driving a Reiter Engineering-prepared Lamborghini Murcielago racing under the IPB SPARTAK RACING name in the FIA GT Championship and the Le Mans Series and a Lamborghini Gallardo in the ADAC GT Masters series. In the latter series he won two of the three races, with his driving partner Peter Kox.

Career summary

2013 FIA World Endurance Championship LMP2 (Oreca 03-Nissan, G-Drive Racing), 4 class victories

2009 Le Mans Series LMGT1 (Lamborghini, IPB Spartak Racing), vict. Catalunya

2008 Le Mans Series (GT) 3 podium, (Lamborghini Murcielago)

ADAC GT3 (3 race) 2 win (Reiter Lamborghini Gallardo)

2006 Formula One (MF1 Racing) test driver

2005 FIA GT (Maserati MC12) Formula One Jordan/Midland test Driver A1 GP team Russia (2 race)

2004 Le Mans Series (N-GT) Champion, 1 win, 2 podiums (Ferrari Modena)

2003 “Le Mans 1000 km” (LMP2) Winner (Courage Compétition)

Euro F3000 Series (GP racing) 1 pole position, 1 fastest lap (5 races)

2002 Formula Palmer Audi 3rd overall 1 win, 7 podiums, 1 pole position, 1 fastest lap

2001 French Formula Renault (Graff racing) 3rd in Grand Prix of Pau, 1 podium

2000 French Formula Renault (Graff racing) 2nd overall Junior Class, 7th overall, 1 win 1 podium Winner of the International Renault Finals

1999 Formula Campus

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2008	IPB Spartak Racing Reiter Engineering	Peter Kox Mike Hezemans	Lamborghini Murciélago R-GT	GT1	266	NC	NC
2009	Team Modena	Leo Mansell Pierre Ehret	Ferrari F430 GT2	GT2	314	27th	7th
2012	Signatech-Nissan	Pierre Ragues Nelson Panciatici	Oreca 03-Nissan	LMP2	351	10th	4th
2013	G-Drive-Nissan	John Martin Mike Conway	Oreca 03-Nissan	LMP2	327	EX	EX
2014	G-Drive Racing	Olivier Pla Julien Canal	Morgan LMP2-Nissan	LMP2	120	DNF	DNF
2015	G-Drive Racing	Sam Bird Julien Canal	Ligier JS P2-Nissan	LMP2	358	11th	3rd
2016	G-Drive Racing	René Rast Will Stevens	Oreca 05-Nissan	LMP2	357	6th	2nd

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

References

• Roman Rusinov page on FIAGT.com
• Roman Rusinov page on GTMasters.org
• Roman Rusinov page on LeMans-Series.com
• Driver for Reiter Engineering
• Driver for IPB SPARTAK Racing

External links

• Official website