Mikhail Kozlovskiy
Mikhail Kozlovskiy (Russian: Михаил Сергеевич Козловский, born 17 October 1989 in Leningrad) is a Russian auto racing driver. He won the Russian Touring Car Championship in 2010 (RTCC – Touring-Light). He currently races in the World Touring Car Championship with Lada Sport Lukoil.
| Mikhail Kozlovskiy | |
|---|---|
Kozlovskiy at the 2014 FIA WTCC Race of Belgium. | |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Born | 17 October 1989 Leningrad (Soviet Union) |
| World Touring Car Championship career | |
| Debut season | 2013 |
| Current team | Lada Sport Rosneft |
| Car number | 14 |
| Starts | 48 |
| Wins | 0 |
| Poles | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
| Best finish | 5th in 2014 |
| Previous series | |
| 2012 2011 2009–10 2008 2006 2005 | RTCC European Production Series RTCC Light Championship Russian SEAT León Cup Formula 1600 Russia Formula RUS |
| Championship titles | |
| 2010 2008 | RTCC Light Championship Russian SEAT León Cup |
Racing career edit
World Touring Car Championship edit
Lada Sport Lukoil (2013–2014) / Lada Sport Rosneft (2015) edit
Kozlovskiy was brought in to the Lada Sport Lukoil team prior to the second round of the 2013 World Touring Car Championship season in Morocco to replace Aleksey Dudukalo in their second Lada Granta WTCC alongside experienced touring car driver James Thompson.[1]
"Mikhail is a young, talented driver. I am sure he will be able to adapt to the car, the team and WTCC the format," team manager Viktor Shapovalov said. I am confident that our partnership in WTCC will be successful."[2]
"Each touring car driver dreams of [racing in the] WTCC and I am no exception", Kozlovskiy said.
He scored his best finish at the opening event of the 2014 season in Morocco, finishing fifth in race two.
Kozlovskiy was the team's top finisher at Spa-Francorchamps in 2014.[3]
Kozlovskiy represented the WTCC at the official launch of the Moscow Raceway.[4]
European Production Series edit
Lukoil-Sunred (2011) edit
2011 was the first international Touring Car season for Kozlovskiy, where he proved himself winning 4 races out of 6, alongside Marcos De Diego.
RTCC edit
Lukoil Racing Team (2009 - 2010) - Touring Light edit
In 2009, Kozlovskiy joined Lukoil Racing Team and became a Russian Vice-Champion in the first year with the team.
Kozlovskiy claimed his first title becoming the Russian Champion in 2010.
Manuscript Sport / Sport Garage (2008) edit
Seat Leon Cup Russia - Winner
RTCC, Touring - 3rd place
Racing record edit
Complete World Touring Car Championship results edit
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Car | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Lada Sport Lukoil | Lada Granta WTCC | ITA 1 | ITA 2 | MAR 1 16 | MAR 2 13 | SVK 1 20 | SVK 2 20 | HUN 1 17 | HUN 2 20 | AUT 1 16 | AUT 2 15 | RUS 1 14 | RUS 2 Ret | POR 1 19 | POR 2 19 | ARG 1 Ret | ARG 2 16 | USA 1 19 | USA 2 18 | JPN 1 15 | JPN 2 19 | CHN 1 17 | CHN 2 20 | MAC 1 15 | MAC 2 Ret | NC | 0 |
| 2014 | Lada Sport Lukoil | Lada Granta 1.6T | MAR 1 11 | MAR 2 5 | FRA 1 15 | FRA 2 14 | HUN 1 Ret | HUN 2 Ret | SVK 1 Ret | SVK 2 C | AUT 1 14 | AUT 2 10 | RUS 1 15 | RUS 2 Ret | BEL 1 14 | BEL 2 12 | ARG 1 14 | ARG 2 11 | BEI 1 11 | BEI 2 DNS | CHN 1 Ret | CHN 2 11 | JPN 1 14 | JPN 2 13 | MAC 1 13 | MAC 2 Ret | 16th | 11 |
| 2015 | Lada Sport Rosneft | Lada Vesta WTCC | ARG 1 | ARG 2 | MAR 1 12 | MAR 2 Ret | HUN 1 Ret | HUN 2 Ret | GER 1 | GER 2 | RUS 1 | RUS 2 | SVK 1 | SVK 2 | FRA 1 | FRA 2 | POR 1 | POR 2 | JPN 1 | JPN 2 | CHN 1 | CHN 2 | THA 1 | THA 2 | QAT 1 | QAT 2 | NC | 0 |
References edit
- ^ Tremayne, Sam (2 April 2013). "Kozlovskiy replaces Dudukalo at Lada's WTCC squad". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
- ^ Tremayne, Sam. "Kozlovskiy replaces Dudukalo at Lada's WTCC squad". Autosport.com. Retrieved 2019-01-05.
- ^ Abbott, Andrew (2014-06-22). "Kozlovskiy top LADA at Spa-Francorchamps » TouringCars.Net". TouringCars.Net. Retrieved 2019-01-05.
- ^ "Kozlovskiy represents WTCC at Moscow launch". Eurosport. 2013-04-09. Retrieved 2019-01-05.