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Viktor Shaytar
Shaytar in 2012.
Nationality	Russian
Born	(1983-02-13) 13 February 1983 (age 41) Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
European Le Mans Series - LMP2 career
Debut season	2015
Current team	SMP Racing
Racing licence	FIA Silver
Car number	35
Starts	2
Wins	0
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	7th in 2015
Previous series
2013, 17 2016 2014-16 2014 2013 2011-2012 2009 2008 2008 2002-07	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup GT3 Le Mans Cup FIA World Endurance Championship European Le Mans Series - GTE European Le Mans Series - GTC Legends Russia German Formula Three Championship Finnish Formula Three Championship Russian Formula Three Championship Russian Formula 1600 Championship
Championship titles
2016 2015 2014 2013 2002	GT3 Le Mans Cup FIA WEC - LMGTE Am European Le Mans Series - GTE European Le Mans Series - GTC Russian Formula 1600 Championship
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years	2014-2017
Teams	SMP Racing
Best finish	7th (2016)
Class wins	1 (2015)

Viktor Viktorovich Shaytar (Russian: Ви́ктор Ви́кторович Шайта́р, IPA: [ˈvʲiktər ˈvʲiktərəvʲɪtɕ ʂəjˈtar]; born 13 February 1983) is a Russian racing driver. He is a current member of the SMP Racing driver programme.

Career

Russian Formula 1600 Championship

Born in Moscow, Shaytar began racing in his native Russia in 2002, winning the Russian Formula 1600 Championship from the first attempt. Shaytar remained in the championship till 2007, but wasn't able to repeat his success, finishing as runner-up in 2007.

Formula Three

Shaytar moved to the Formula Three class in 2008, racing in the Finnish and Russian Formula Three Championship for the Artline Engineering. He finished second in the standings of the Finnish championship and third in the standings of the Russian championship. In 2009 he raced in the Oschersleben round of the Trophy Class of the German Formula Three Championship.

Legends Russia

After one-year hiatus, Shaytar returned to racing in 2011, competing in the Russian Legends series. He stayed in the series for 2012 and won seven from twelve races.

Sportscar racing

In 2013, Shaytar made his sports car racing debut, participating in the 2013 Blancpain Endurance Series with SMP Racing (also he became part of SMP Racing programme). He and Kirill Ladygin finished as runner-up in the Pro-Am standings after winning the finale at Nürburgring. Also he raced with Fabio Babini and Kirill Ladygin in the GTC class of the 2013 European Le Mans Series. Despite missing opening round, they were absolutely dominant, winning all four races that they have competed, winning the category title.

For the next year Shaytar switched to the LM GTE category of the European Le Mans Series, joining Andrea Bertolini and Sergey Zlobin. They won two races on the way to LM GTE class win. He also raced with Kirill and Anton Ladygin in the LMP2 Class of the 2014 FIA World Endurance Championship. Shaytar raced in the LMGTE Am class of the 2014 24 Hours of Le Mans. But he crashed on the lap 196, retiring his Ferrari 458 Italia GT2.

In 2015 Shaytar moved to the LMGTE Am class of the 2015 FIA World Endurance Championship, Andrea Bertolini and Aleksey Basov joined him in the team. His squad won 2015 24 Hours of Le Mans in the LMGTE Am category. Also Shaytar's car was victorious at Nürburgring and Austin. That consistency lead to the title in the LMGTE Am class.

After two races in the LMP2 class of the 2015 European Le Mans Series with BR Engineering BR01 prototype, Shaytar joined Vitaly Petrov and Kirill Ladygin in the LMP2 Class of the 2016 FIA World Endurance Championship. They had podium in the LMP2 Class of the 2016 24 Hours of Le Mans, which was their only highlight during the season. Also he raced with Aleksey Basov in the 2016 GT3 Le Mans Cup and won the title after three race wins.

Shaytar returned to the Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup in 2017, teaming up with Miguel Molina and Davide Rigon in the Pro class. Their best result was during 1000 km Paul Ricard, when they finished on podium behind the race winners Bentley M-Sport, leading to the fourth in the season standings. He again competed in the LMP2 class in the 2017 24 Hours of Le Mans alongside Mikhail Aleshin and Sergey Sirotkin.

For 2018, Shaytar is scheduled to race in the LMP2 class of the 2018 European Le Mans Series and in the 2018 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Racing record

Career summary

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2014	SMP Racing	Aleksey Basov Andrea Bertolini	Ferrari 458 Italia GTC	GTE Am	196	DNF	DNF
2015	SMP Racing	Aleksey Basov Andrea Bertolini	Ferrari 458 Italia GTC	GTE Am	332	20th	1st
2016	SMP Racing	Kirill Ladygin Vitaly Petrov	BR Engineering BR01-Nissan	LMP2	353	7th	3rd
2017	SMP Racing	Mikhail Aleshin Sergey Sirotkin	Dallara P217-Gibson	LMP2	330	33rd	16th
2018	SMP Racing	Harrison Newey Norman Nato	Dallara P217-Gibson	LMP2	345	14th	10th

References

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20. Khorounzhiy, Valentin (15 March 2017). "Audi DTM refugee Molina gets SMP Ferrari seat in Blancpain". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 15 March 2017. Molina, 28, will partner Ferrari GT works driver Davide Rigon and former WEC GTE Am champion Viktor Shaytar in the #54 car.
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External links

• Viktor Shaytar career summary at DriverDB.com

• 1983 births
• Living people
• Racing drivers from Moscow
• Russian racing drivers
• European Le Mans Series drivers
• GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup drivers
• 24 Hours of Le Mans drivers
• FIA World Endurance Championship drivers
• 24H Series drivers
• SMP Racing drivers
• German Formula Three Championship drivers
• WeatherTech SportsCar Championship drivers
• AF Corse drivers
• Target Racing drivers
• Le Mans Cup drivers
• Ferrari Challenge drivers
• Lamborghini Super Trofeo drivers
• 24 Hours of Spa drivers
• Ferrari Competizioni GT drivers
• Proton Competition drivers
• Asian Le Mans Series drivers