Matevos Isaakyan

Matevos "Mavos" Isaakyan (Матевос Исаакян in Russian; born 17 April 1998 in Moscow, Russia) is a Russian-Armenian racing driver who competed in the 2019 FIA Formula 2 Championship for the Sauber Junior Team by Charouz. A veteran of the GP3 Series and with backing from SMP Racing, Isaakyan joined F2 in place of the injured Juan Manuel Correa, competing in four races towards the end of 2019.

Background
Isaakyan began karting in Russia at the age of twelve, taking fifth in the Russian Super Mini Championship. A move to the Russian KF3 Championship followed a year later, with Isaakyan remaining in that class through to 2013. In 2013 Isaakyan moved into his first single-seater series, entering the French F4 Championship.

A Tale of Two Continents
Isaakyan's maiden single-seater season prove relatively successful, as the fifteen year old scored fifth in French F4 with five podium finishes. 2014 saw the Russian racer open his season with a run in the Toyota Racing Series in New Zealand, finishing ninth in the Championship, before beginning a campaign in Formula Renault 2.0 Alps once he had turned sixteen. He duly battled for the title with fellow youngsters Charles Leclerc and Nyck de Vries, but ultimately finished behind them both in third.

For 2015 Isaakyan completed another full season in FR 2.0 Alps, as well as its sister series the Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup. Isaakyan had also secured SMP Racing backing for the season, although he would not be able to compete for the title in either series. However, his SMP connections would secure him a run in the GP3 Series towards the end of the season, leading to a full GP3 campaign in 2016.

Sports Cars and Singles
Isaakyan would have a quiet 2016 campaign in GP3, scoring a handful of point scoring finishes en-route to seventeenth in the Series. He would, however, score a win in the Formula V8 3.5 Series with SMP Racing, prompting him to move into that series full time in 2017. He duly finished second in the 2017 edition of the V8 World Series, while also claiming a win in one of his outings in the European Le Mans Series.

2018 saw Isaakyan commit to racing in sports cars full time, competing in the ELMS and making his debut in the 24 Hours of Le Mans. However, SMP would promote Isaakyan to the full FIA World Endurance Championship midway through 2018, with the Russian racer partnering Stéphane Sarrazin and Egor Orudzhev[ in the #17 LMP1 SMP Racing car.

Formula Two History
Isaakyan was called upon by the Sauber Junior Team by Charouz ahead of the 2019 Sochi Feature Race, replacing Juan Manuel Correa who was still fighting life-threatening injuries after the 2019 Spa Feature Race. Isaakyan made his debut on home soil in Sochi partnering Callum Ilott, and would have a quiet run at the back of the field to eighteenth in the Feature. He improved to thirteenth in the Sochi Sprint, before a run to fifteenth in the 2019 Yas Marina Feature Race.

After retiring from the 2019 Season Finale due to contact with Nikita Mazepin, Isaakyan was looked over for a seat in 2020.

Full Formula Two Record
Shown below are a series of tables outlining 's career in Formula Two in statistical form.

Formula Two Entries
The list below includes all of the teams and cars, as well as overall finishing positions for during their F2 career:

Career Results
Below is a table showing 's full Formula Two record.


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