Egor Orudzhev
# Egor Orudzhev

Egor Alekseevich Orudzhev (Russian: Его́р Алексе́евич Ору́джев, IPA:, born 16 October 1995) is a Russian racing driver.

## Career

### Karting

Born in Saint Petersburg, Orudzhev entered karting in 2006, when he finished as runner-up in the Russian Karting Championship in the Mini Class, before he became champion in the Russian KF3 Championship in 2009. Also in 2009 he moved to the international scene, where he competed in the KF3 category as well. He progressed into the KF2 category in 2011, when he finished third in the WSK Euro Series.

### Formula Renault

In 2012, Orudzhev made his début in single-seaters, taking part in the French F4 Championship. He closed the top ten in the series standings with seven point-scoring finishes, including two podiums – a second and a third – at the Bugatti Circuit. He also contested single rounds in both Formula Renault 2.0 Alps and Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 with AV Formula and Fortec Motorsports respectively.

For 2013, Orudzhev moved to Tech 1 Racing for full-season campaigns in the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 and Formula Renault 2.0 Alps. In the Eurocup, he took a podium finish in the opening race of the season at Motorland Aragon, as well as another eight point-scoring finishes. In the Alps championship, he finished fifth with two podiums at Misano and Imola.

Orudzhev stayed with Tech 1 for the 2014 season.

### Toyota Racing Series

During the 2014 off-season Orudzhev competed in the New Zealand-based Toyota Racing Series with M2 Competition. He won three races and scored another five podiums on his way to sixth place in the series.

### Formula Three

Orudzhev made his Formula Three début in 2014 in the British Formula 3 Championship, racing for Carlin. He won his inaugural race at Silverstone, starting from front row.

## Racing record

### Career summary

| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2012 | French F4 Championship | Auto Sport Academy | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 75 | 10th |
| 2012 | Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 | Fortec Motorsports | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | NC† |
| 2012 | Formula Renault 2.0 Alps | AV Formula | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45th |
| 2013 | Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 | Tech 1 Racing | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 78 | 7th |
| 2013 | Formula Renault 2.0 Alps | Tech 1 Racing | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 75 | 5th |
| 2013 | Pau Formula Renault 2.0 Trophy | Tech 1 Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | N/A | 2nd |
| 2014 | Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 | Tech 1 Racing | 14 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 83 | 8th |
| 2014 | Formula Renault 2.0 Alps | Tech 1 Racing | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | N/A | NC† |
| 2014 | Toyota Racing Series | M2 Competition | 15 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 595 | 6th |
| 2014 | British Formula 3 International Series | Carlin | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 12th |
| 2015 | Formula Renault 3.5 Series | Arden Motorsport | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 133 | 5th |
| 2016 | Formula V8 3.5 Series | Arden Motorsport | 18 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 193 | 3rd |
| 2017 | World Series Formula V8 3.5 | SMP Racing with AVF | 16 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 198 | 6th |
| 2017 | European Le Mans Series | SMP Racing | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 63 | 6th |
| 2018 | European Le Mans Series | SMP Racing | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 22nd |
| 2018 | 24 Hours of Le Mans | SMP Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | DNF |
| 2018–19 | FIA World Endurance Championship | SMP Racing | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 14th |
| 2019 | 24 Hours of Le Mans | SMP Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | DNF |
| 2019–20 | FIA World Endurance Championship | Team LNT | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27.5 | 15th |
| 2021 | Russian Circuit Racing Series - Touring | Lukoil Racing Team | 13 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 166 | 5th |
| 2022 | Russian Circuit Racing Series - Touring | Lukoil Racing Team | 12 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 226 | 2nd |
| 2023 | Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe - Pro-Am | ART-Line | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ? | ?* |

† As Orudzhev was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points. $^*$ Season still in progress.

### Complete World Series Formula V8 3.5 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 | Pos. | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2015 | Arden Motorsport | ALC 1 Ret | ALC 2 18 | MON 1 4 | SPA 1 10 | SPA 2 9 | HUN 1 1 | HUN 2 11 | RBR 1 11 | RBR 2 Ret | SIL 1 7 | SIL 2 6 | NÜR 1 9 | NÜR 2 5 | BUG 1 2 | BUG 2 1 | JER 1 2 | JER 2 7 | | 5th | 133 |
| 2016 | Arden Motorsport | ALC 1 Ret | ALC 2 14† | HUN 1 Ret | HUN 2 9 | SPA 1 1 | SPA 2 Ret | LEC 1 1 | LEC 2 3 | SIL 1 Ret | SIL 2 3 | RBR 1 Ret | RBR 2 5 | MNZ 1 7 | MNZ 2 1 | JER 1 2 | JER 2 1 | CAT 1 1 | CAT 2 7 | 3rd | 193 |
| 2017 | SMP Racing with AVF | SIL 1 2 | SIL 2 2 | SPA 1 3 | SPA 2 7 | MNZ 1 5 | MNZ 2 Ret | JER 1 Ret | JER 2 2 | ALC 1 1 | ALC 2 3 | NÜR 1 3 | NÜR 2 3 | MEX 1 Ret | MEX 2 Ret | COA 1 2 | COA 2 1 | BHR 1 | BHR 2 | 6th | 198 |

### Complete European Le Mans Series results

| Year | Entrant | Class | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Rank | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2017 | SMP Racing | LMP2 | Dallara P217 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | SIL | MNZ | RBR 6 | LEC 1 | SPA 3 | ALG 3 | 6th | 63 |
| 2018 | SMP Racing | LMP2 | Dallara P217 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | LEC Ret | MNZ Ret | RBR 7 | SIL | SPA | ALG | 22nd | 6 |

### Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

| Year | Entrant | Class | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Rank | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2018–19 | SMP Racing | LMP1 | BR Engineering BR1 | AER P60B 2.4 L Turbo V6 | SPA Ret | LMS Ret | SIL 3 | FUJ Ret | SHA Ret | SEB NC | SPA 4 | LMS Ret | 14th | 27 |
| 2019–20 | Team LNT | LMP1 | Ginetta G60-LT-P1 | AER P60C 2.4 L Turbo V6 | SIL 3 | FUJ 11 | SHA 4 | BHR | COA | SPA | LMS | BHR | 15th | 27.5 |

### 24 Hours of Le Mans results

| Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2018 | SMP Racing | Stéphane Sarrazin Matevos Isaakyan | BR Engineering BR1-AER | LMP1 | 123 | DNF | DNF |
| 2019 | SMP Racing | Stéphane Sarrazin Sergey Sirotkin | BR Engineering BR1-AER | LMP1 | 163 | DNF | DNF |
