Matevos Isaakyan

Matevos "Matos" Isaakyan is a Russian former racing driver. He is a former member of the SMP Racing driver programme.

Career

Karting

Born in Moscow, Isaakyan began karting in his native Russia in 2010, finishing fifth in the Russian Super Mini Championship. The following year he stepped up to the Russian KF3 Championship, finishing seventh, before placing fifth in the same category in 2012.

French F4

Isaakyan graduated to single-seaters in 2013, racing in the French F4 Championship. He took five podium places and two fastest laps on his way to fifth in the championship.

Toyota Racing Series

In January and February 2014, Isaakyan raced in the New Zealand-based Toyota Racing Series for the ETEC Motorsport team. He took a best race result of sixth at the opening round in Teretonga to finish ninth in the championship, one place behind teammate and fellow Russian Denis Korneev.

Formula Renault 2.0

Isaakyan's main racing program for 2014 was in the Formula Renault 2.0 Alps championship, racing for Italian team JD Motorsport. He was ineligible to race at the first round of the season in Imola due to the fact he had not yet turned 16 years of age. He was, however, allowed to take part in the free practice sessions.
During the season, Isaakyan took seven podium places, including a double win at the Red Bull Ring, to finish third in the championship, behind Charles Leclerc and champion Nyck de Vries. He also finished second to Leclerc in the Junior Championship standings. Isaakyan also contested the opening three rounds of the 2014 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 season, taking a best race result of seventh at both Spa-Francorchamps and Moscow Raceway.
In 2015, Isaakyan remained with JD Motorsport to contest full-seasons in both Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 and Formula Renault 2.0 Alps.

GP3 Series

Isaakyan made his debut with Koiranen GP at the Bahrain round of the 2015 season and finished twenty first with two points. The following year, Isaakyan competed with the team full-time and finished seventeenth overall (his highest race result being fourth in the sprint race at Spa-Francorchamps.

Formula V8 3.5

Whilst competing full-time in GP3, Isaakyan debuted in the series with SMP Racing in place of original choice Vladimir Atoev. He claimed his maiden victory in the sport at the first race at Jerez and finished ninth overall.

Formula 2

In, Isaakyan entered the final two rounds of the FIA Formula 2 Championship for Charouz Racing System replacing injured Sauber Junior driver Juan Manuel Correa.

Racing record

Career summary

^† As Isaakyan was a guest driver, he was ineligible for championship points.

Complete Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 results

Year

Entrant

Points

2014

JD Motorsport

ALC
1
27

ALC
2
15

SPA
1
16

SPA
2
7

MSC
1
8

MSC
2
7

NÜR
1

NÜR
2

HUN
1

HUN
2

LEC
1

LEC
2

JER
1

JER
2

NC†

2015

JD Motorsport

ALC
1
4

ALC
2
4

ALC
3
9

SPA
1
6

SPA
2
3

HUN
1
19

HUN
2
10

SIL
1
16

SIL
2
16

SIL
3
14

NÜR
1
3

NÜR
2
12

LMS
1
21

LMS
2
Ret

JER
1
6

JER
2
6

JER
3
7

10th

† As Isaakyan was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points

Complete Formula Renault 2.0 Alps Series results

Year

Team

Pos

Points

2014

JD Motorsport

IMO
1

IMO
2

PAU
1
2

PAU
2
Ret

RBR
1
1

RBR
2
1

SPA
1
2

SPA
2
2

MNZ
1
Ret

MNZ
2
2

MUG
1
7

MUG
2
3

JER
1
8

JER
2
6

3rd

180

2015

JD Motorsport

IMO
1
8

IMO
2
10

PAU
1
2

PAU
2
Ret

RBR
1
2

RBR
2
Ret

RBR
3
1

SPA
1
2

SPA
2
1

MNZ
1
8

MNZ
2
6

MNZ
3
Ret

MIS
1
2

MIS
2
2

JER
1
Ret

JER
2
12

4th

193

Complete GP3 Series results

Year

Entrant

Pos

Points

BHR
FEA
Ret

BHR
SPR
14

YMC
FEA
9

YMC
SPR
12

21st

2016

Koiranen GP

CAT
FEA
11

CAT
SPR
6

RBR
FEA
Ret

RBR
SPR
Ret

SIL
FEA
21

SIL
SPR
18

HUN
FEA
12

HUN
SPR
8

HOC
FEA
Ret

HOC
SPR
13

SPA
FEA
8

SPA
SPR
4

MNZ
FEA
Ret

MNZ
SPR
Ret

SEP
FEA
15

SEP
SPR
14

YMC
FEA
Ret

YMC
SPR
16

17th

Complete World Series Formula V8 3.5 results

Year

Team

Points

2016

SMP Racing

ALC
1
12

ALC
2
10

HUN
1
Ret

HUN
2
Ret

SPA
1
DNS

SPA
2
Ret

LEC
1
10

LEC
1
12

SIL
1

SIL
2

RBR
1
12

RBR
2
3

MNZ
1

MNZ
2

JER
1
1

JER
2
6

CAT
1
5

CAT
2
5

9th

2017

SMP Racing with AVF

SIL
1
4

SIL
2
Ret

SPA
1
Ret

SPA
2
1

MNZ
1
3

MNZ
2
5

JER
1
3

JER
2
3

ALC
1
2

ALC
2
5

NÜR
1
1

NÜR
2
2

MEX
1
2

MEX
2
4

COA
1
4

COA
2
6

BHR
1
NC

BHR
2
9

2nd

215

Complete FIA Formula 2 Championship results

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	DC	Points
	Sauber Junior Team by Charouz	BHR FEA	BHR SPR	BAK FEA	BAK SPR	CAT FEA	CAT SPR	MON FEA	MON SPR	LEC FEA	LEC SPR	RBR SPR	RBR SPR	SIL FEA	SIL SPR	HUN FEA	HUN SPR	SPA FEA	SPA SPR	MNZ FEA	MNZ SPR	SOC FEA 18	SOC SPR 13	YMC FEA 15	YMC SPR Ret	25th	0