Robert Shwartzman

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Robert Shwartzman
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Shwartzman in 2018
NationalityRussia Russian
Born (1999-09-16) 16 September 1999 (age 22)
Israel
FIA Formula 2 Championship career
Debut season2020
Car number1
Former teamsPrema Racing
Starts47 (47 entries)
Wins6
Podiums13
Poles0
Fastest laps4
Best finish2nd in 2021
Previous series
2019
2018
2018
201617
201617
2015
201415
FIA Formula 3 Championship
FIA European F3
Toyota Racing Series
Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0
Formula Renault 2.0 NEC
ADAC Formula 4
Italian F4 Championship
Championship titles
2019
2018
FIA Formula 3 Championship
Toyota Racing Series

Robert Mikhailovich Shwartzman (Russian: Ро́берт Миха́йлович Шва́рцман, IPA: [ˈrobʲɪrt mʲɪˈxajləvʲɪtɕ ˈʂvartsmɐn]; born 16 September 1999[1]), is a Russian racing driver who competed in the FIA Formula 2 Championship for 2020 and 2021 where he finished 4th and 2nd respectively. He is a member of the Ferrari Driver Academy,[2] and the 2018 Toyota Racing Series and 2019 FIA Formula 3 champion.[3]

Career[]

Karting[]

Born in Israel[4] and raised in Saint Petersburg,[5] Shwartzman began karting in 2004 at the age of five. Throughout a seven-year career of karting professionally, he claimed karting titles across Europe (predominantly in Italy).

Formula 4[]

In 2014, Shwartzman graduated to single-seaters, partaking in six races of the Italian F4 Championship with Cram Motorsport, finishing sixteenth overall.

The following year, Shwartzman partook in the championship full-time with Mücke Motorsport, claiming two wins and finishing third in the standings behind the Prema Powerteam duo of Ralf Aron and Guanyu Zhou. He also partook in the inaugural ADAC Formula 4 championship, finishing fourth in the standings.

Formula Renault[]

In 2016, Shwartzman moved to Formula Renault 2.0 with reigning series champions Josef Kaufmann Racing after testing with the team at Motorland Aragon.[6] He claimed two victories in the Northern European Cup and finished sixth in the standings. In the Eurocup, Shwartzman finished eighth.

For 2017, Shwartzman stayed in Formula Renault 2.0, but decided to switch to the R-ace GP team.[7] He lost thirteen points to his teammate Will Palmer and finished in the third place in the driver standings, but was able to win six races, having podium finish at all rounds excepting Red Bull Ring, and at Circuit Paul Ricard.

GP3 Series[]

In November 2016, Shwartzman was listed among the drivers partaking in the post-season test at Yas Marina with Koiranen GP.[8]

Toyota Racing Series[]

Shwartzman made his Toyota Racing Series debut during the 2018 off-season, competing for M2 Competition.[9] He finished all fifteen races in the top-five and was the only driver in the season to do so. He won the Denny Hulme Memorial Trophy and the series title, ahead of the M2 teammates Richard Verschoor and Marcus Armstrong, who have raced in the series in 2017.[10][3]

FIA Formula 3 European Championship[]

In September 2017, Shwartzman tested the European Formula 3 machinery with Prema Powerteam.[11] After his tests with Prema he was included into the Ferrari Driver Academy.[2] In December 2017, it was confirmed that he will race for Prema in 2018 FIA Formula 3 European Championship.[12] Shwartzman took his first European Formula 3 win in the third Spielberg race.[13] With his second win in the season finale he outscored another Ferrari Driver Academy member Marcus Armstrong in the drivers' standings, completing the top-three with claiming the rookie title.[14]

FIA Formula 3 Championship[]

Robert Shwartzman at 2019 Macau Grand Prix.

Following the merger of the FIA Formula 3 European Championship and GP3 Series into the new FIA Formula 3 Championship in 2019, Prema announced Shwartzman as one of its drivers for the inaugural season.[15] Shwartzman qualified on pole for the first Barcelona race and initially finished the race in second before being promoted to race winner following a time penalty to Christian Lundgaard.[16][17] In the following day's race, he finished fourth.

He took third place at qualifying in Circuit Paul Ricard and finished second in the first race, losing only to his team-mate Jehan Daruvala. After starting from seventh in the grid, at the sprint race, he took his second victory. At the Red Bull Ring Shwartzman qualified only 12th, after suffering from technical issues. He went up to fifth in the first race, and in the next race he battled with Marcus Armstrong, but at the final lap made contact. Armstrong retired and Shwartzman crossed the finish line in first, but was given a five-second time penalty for causing a collision, dropping him down to third behind race winner HWA Racelab driver Jake Hughes, who took victory here last year, and Jehan Daruvala.

At Silverstone Shwartzman qualified sixth. It looked like he would finish in the same position, but with 3 laps remaining he overtook Christian Lundgaard. Later, Pedro Piquet also overtook him. On Sunday, he finished second with the fastest lap, behind Hitech Grand Prix and race winner Leonardo Pulcini who took two victories in the 2018 GP3 Series – at Sochi and Abu Dhabi – all victories for the Italian were at the feature races. At the Hungaroring, it was the first weekend for the Russian driver to not score any podiums - he qualified fourth, but following a poor start, finished only in fifth. The following day, he was set to take third position, however retired following difficulties in tyre management and a collision with Felipe Drugovich. At Spa-Francorchamps Shwartzman qualified in fourth position, and overtook Jehan Daruvala and Marcus Armstrong to finish in second place. In the following sprint race, he finished third behind Yuki Tsunoda, and Marcus Armstrong.

At Monza, he qualified third, and despite a five-place grid penalty, was able to win his third race of the year. In the sprint, he took eight place by a margin of 0.067 seconds over Christian Lundgaard and to take the final point. Shwartzman took the pole position ahead of his home race at Sochi, but he couldn't save his race lead and finished second behind Armstrong. However, Shwartzman's point advantage on Daruvala was enough for him to clinch the championship title.[18]

FIA Formula 2 Championship[]

Shwartzman joined Prema Racing for the 2020 FIA Formula 2 Championship, partnering Mick Schumacher.[19] The season was planned to begin in March, but was postponed until July due to COVID-19 pandemic. On 18 April 2020, Shwartzman's father died of COVID-19 aged 52.[20]

Shwartzman took a podium finish on his Formula 2 debut at the Red Bull Ring, taking 3rd place in the feature race.[21] He then took his first Formula 2 victory at the feature race of the second Red Bull Ring round, dedicating the victory to his late father.[22]

The next feature race at the Hungaroring Shwartzman started from the eleventh position. He left the first turn of the first lap five places ahead. He had a tire strategy different from the front-runners and had better tyre management, winning the race with a 15-second gap.[23]

Shwartzman then only collected one podium in the next 3 rounds at Silverstone Circuit (at which there were 2 rounds), and the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. 2 more wins at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps and the Bahrain International Circuit placed him in 4th overall.

He continued with Prema for the 2021 FIA Formula 2 Championship, this time partnering reigning FIA Formula 3 champion, Oscar Piastri.[24] He finished the 2021 season as vice-champion with 2 wins, 3 fastest laps and 8 podiums in total.

Formula One[]

Shwartzman was due to appear in the first practice session of the 2020 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, driving for Haas.[25] However, he did not appear on the entry list.[26] He took part in the 2021 post-season young driver test with Haas[27] and Ferrari.[28]

On 22 December 2021, he was announced as a test driver for Ferrari.[29]

Karting record[]

Karting career summary[]

Season Series Team Position
2007 Euro Trophy — 60 Baby 7th
Italian Cup — 60 Baby Michael Schwartzman 18th
2008 Easykart International Grand Final — Easy 60 1st
2009 Trofeo delle Industrie — Minikart Birel Motorsport 1st
Easykart International Grand Final — Easy 60 Masini 1st
2010 Trofeo delle Industrie — 60 Mini 4th
WSK Nations Cup — 60 Mini 2nd
Easykart International Grand Final — 100 Easykart Masini DNF
Italian Open Masters — 60 Mini 12th
Trofeo Andrea Margutti — 60 Mini Birel Motorsport Srl 3rd
2011 Trofeo Andrea Margutti — 60 Mini 3rd
Campionato Italiano CSAI Karting — 60 Mini 4th
WSK Final Cup — 60 Mini 14th
2012 Trofeo Andrea Margutti — KF3 27th
WSK Euro SeriesKF3 41st
WSK Master SeriesKF3 Forza Racing 36th
CIK-FIA European ChampionshipKF3 25th
Trofeo delle Industrie — KF3 Forza Racing 10th
WSK Final CupKF3 16th
2013 South Garda Winter Cup — KF3 9th
Italian ChampionshipKF3 5th
WSK Super Master SeriesKFJ 8th
CIK-FIA International Super Cup — KFJ 22nd
WSK Euro SeriesKFJ 9th
CIK-FIA European ChampionshipKFJ Forza Racing 4th
CIK-FIA World ChampionshipKFJ 3rd
WSK Final CupKFJ 1st

Racing record[]

Racing career summary[]

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2014 Italian F4 Championship Cram Motorsport 6 0 0 0 0 26 16th
2015 Italian F4 Championship Mücke Motorsport 21 2 4 3 8 212 3rd
ADAC Formula 4 Championship ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg e.V. 20 0 0 4 8 167 4th
2016 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Josef Kaufmann Racing 15 0 0 0 1 75 8th
Formula Renault 2.0 NEC 15 2 1 2 3 206 6th
2017 Formula Renault Eurocup R-ace GP 23 6 7 7 12 285 3rd
Formula Renault NEC 3 0 0 0 1 0 NC†
2018 FIA Formula 3 European Championship Prema Theodore Racing 30 2 3 1 11 294 3rd
Macau Grand Prix SJM Theodore Racing by Prema 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 9th
Toyota Racing Series M2 Competition 15 1 3 3 9 916 1st
2019 FIA Formula 3 Championship Prema Racing 16 3 2 2 10 212 1st
Macau Grand Prix SJM Theodore Racing by Prema 1 0 0 0 0 N/A DNF
2020 FIA Formula 2 Championship Prema Racing 24 4 0 1 6 177 4th
2021 FIA Formula 2 Championship Prema Racing 23 2 0 3 8 192 2nd
2022 Formula One Scuderia Ferrari Test driver

As Shwartzman was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.

Complete Italian F4 Championship results[]

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

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 DC Points
2014 Cram Motorsport ADR
1
ADR
2
ADR
3
IMO1
1
IMO1
2
IMO1
3
MUG
1
MUG
2
MUG
3
MAG
1
MAG
2
MAG
3
VLL
1
VLL
2
VLL
3
MNZ
1

Ret
MNZ
2

5
MNZ
3

7
IMO2
1

8
IMO2
2

11
IMO2
3

8
16th 26
2015 Mücke Motorsport VLL
1

3
VLL
2

5
VLL
3

22
MNZ
1

2
MNZ
2

Ret
MNZ
3

4
IMO1
1

3
IMO1
2

4
IMO1
3

7
MUG
1

15
MUG
2

12
MUG
3

13
ADR
1

4
ADR
2

1
ADR
3

1
IMO2
1

2
IMO2
2

6
IMO2
3

2
MIS
1

4
MIS
2

1
MIS
3

4
3rd 212

Complete ADAC Formula 4 Championship results[]

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

Year Team 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
2015 ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg e.V. OSC1
1

Ret
OSC1
2

10
OSC1
3

12
RBR
1

6
RBR
2

32
RBR
3

30
SPA
1

3
SPA
2

3
SPA
3

3
LAU
1

2
LAU
2

3
LAU
3

3
NÜR
1

6
NÜR
2

3
NÜR
3

5
SAC
1

27
SAC
2

7
SAC
3

10
OSC2
1

3
OSC2
2

Ret
OSC2
3

5
HOC
1
HOC
2
HOC
3
4th 167

Complete Formula Renault Eurocup results[]

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

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Pos Points
2016 Josef Kaufmann Racing ALC
1

5
ALC
2

8
ALC
3

9
MON
1

12
MNZ
1

5
MNZ
2

6
MNZ
1

6
RBR
1

11
RBR
2

Ret
LEC
1

7
LEC
2

11
SPA
1

Ret
SPA
2

14
EST
1

3
EST
2

6
8th 75
2017 R-ace GP MNZ
1

1
MNZ
2

Ret
SIL
1

3
SIL
2

1
PAU
1

1
PAU
2

3
MON
1

4
MON
2

2
HUN
1

7
HUN
2

5
HUN
3

2
NÜR
1

1
NÜR
2

8
RBR
1

6
RBR
2

9
LEC
1

23
LEC
2

DSQ
SPA
1

2
SPA
2

25
SPA
3

Ret
CAT
1

1
CAT
2

1
CAT
3

2
3rd 285

Complete Toyota Racing Series results[]

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

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 DC Points
2018 M2 Competition RUA
1

2
RUA
2

3
RUA
3

2
TER
1

2
TER
2

4
TER
3

4
HMP
1

4
HMP
2

2
HMP
3

3
TAU
1

4
TAU
2

5
TAU
3

1
MAN
1

2
MAN
2

4
MAN
3

2
1st 916

Complete FIA Formula 3 European Championship results[]

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

Year Entrant Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 DC Points
2018 Prema Theodore Racing Mercedes PAU
1

8
PAU
2

9
PAU
3

6‡
HUN
1

3
HUN
2

5
HUN
3

Ret
NOR
1

6
NOR
2

Ret
NOR
3

7
ZAN
1

8
ZAN
2

7
ZAN
3

11
SPA
1

5
SPA
2

4
SPA
3

2
SIL
1

8
SIL
2

9
SIL
3

10
MIS
1

3
MIS
2

9
MIS
3

7
NÜR
1

2
NÜR
2

2
NÜR
3

2
RBR
1

2
RBR
2

3
RBR
3

1
HOC
1

2
HOC
2

5
HOC
3

1
3rd 294

Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed.

Complete Macau Grand Prix results[]

Year Team Car Qualifying Quali Race Main race
2018 Italy SJM Theodore Racing by Prema Dallara F317 12th 10th 9th
2019 Italy SJM Theodore Racing by Prema Dallara F3 2019 2nd 2nd DNF

Complete FIA Formula 3 Championship results[]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 DC Points
2019 Prema Racing CAT
FEA

1
CAT
SPR

4
LEC
FEA

2
LEC
SPR

1
RBR
FEA

5
RBR
SPR

3
SIL
FEA

5
SIL
SPR

2
HUN
FEA

5
HUN
SPR

Ret
SPA
FEA

2
SPA
SPR

3
MNZ
FEA

1
MNZ
SPR

8
SOC
FEA

2
SOC
SPR

3
1st 212

Complete FIA Formula 2 Championship results[]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)

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
2020 Prema Racing RBR1
FEA

3
RBR1
SPR

4
RBR2
FEA

1
RBR2
SPR

Ret
HUN
FEA

1
HUN
SPR

4
SIL1
FEA

14
SIL1
SPR

13
SIL2
FEA

8
SIL2
SPR

13
CAT
FEA

2
CAT
SPR

13
SPA
FEA

5
SPA
SPR

1
MNZ
FEA

9
MNZ
SPR

5
MUG
FEA

Ret
MUG
SPR

9
SOC
FEA

11
SOC
SPR

10
BHR1
FEA

8
BHR1
SPR

1
BHR2
FEA

4
BHR2
SPR

5
4th 177
2021 Prema Racing BHR
SP1

4
BHR
SP2

Ret
BHR
FEA

7
MCO
SP1

Ret
MCO
SP2

10
MCO
FEA

4
BAK
SP1

1
BAK
SP2

5
BAK
FEA

3
SIL
SP1

1
SIL
SP2

15
SIL
FEA

5
MNZ
SP1

6
MNZ
SP2

3
MNZ
FEA

6
SOC
SP1

3
SOC
SP2

C
SOC
FEA

4
JED
SP1

5
JED
SP2

3
JED
FEA

2‡
YMC
SP1

4
YMC
SP2

2
YMC
FEA

5
2nd 192

Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed.

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