Nikolay Vladimirovich Fomenko (Russian: Николай Владимирович Фоменко, born 30 April 1962) is a Russian musician, comic actor, motor racer, former president of Marussia Motors and former engineering director of Marussia F1.

Nikolai Fomenko
Fomenko in 2012
Born	Nikolai Vladimirovich Fomenko (1962-04-30) 30 April 1962 (age 60) Leningrad, Soviet Union (now Saint Petersburg, Russia)
Nationality	Russian
Occupation	motor racer, musician, comic actor
Spouse	Maria Golubkina

Music career

Fomenko started his career as vocalist and guitarist in the band Secret, who were very popular in Russia in the mid-1980s.

Acting career

Fomenko first started his acting career as a theater actor in the Theater of Youth Creativity (1974-1976).

Filmography

TV career

Fomenko performed in the popular Russian music collection series Staryye Pesni o Glavnom (Old songs about the important).

He hosted two seasons of a TV show The Interception and a season of the game-show The Weakest Link on Russia's Channel 5.

In 2009, he began hosting Top Gear Russia, the REN-TV spin-off of the BBC series Top Gear.

Car racing career

In 1994, Fomenko was invited by Vladislav Listyev to participate in a car racing show as a celebrity guest. Later he started to train as a professional racer and took his first victory in 1996.

FIA GT

Year	Team	Car	№	Class	Co-drivers	Points	Pos.
2000	Freisinger Motorsport	Porsche 996 GT3-R	58	N-GT	Alexey Vasilyev	0	—
2001	Freisinger Racing	Porsche 996 GT3-R	59	N-GT	Alexey Vasilyev Richard Kaye	0	—
2002	RWS Motorsport	Porsche 996 GT3-R	77	N-GT	Alexey Vasilyev Antonio García Jesus Diez Villaroel	1	26
2003	RWS Yukos Motorsport	Porsche 996 GT3-R	77	N-GT	Alexey Vasilyev Adam Jones Stephane Daoudi	17	14
2004	Freisinger Yukos Motorsport	Porsche 996 GT3-RSR	77	N-GT	Alexey Vasilyev	26	7
	Cirtek Motorsport	Porsche 996 GT3-RS	73		Adam Jones John Grant Vic Rice
2005	Russian Age Racing	Ferrari 550 Maranello	17; 18	GT1	Alexey Vasilyev Christophe Bouchut Jamie Campbell-Walter Nicolas Minassian	5	19

Endurance races

Year	Race	Team	Car	Class	Co-drivers	Pos.
2003	24 Hours of Daytona	RWS Motorsport	Porsche 996	GTS	Alexey Vasilyev, Patrick Bourdais Walter Lechner Jr., Tetsuya Tanaka	28 (9)
2004	24 Hours of Le Mans	Freisinger Motorsport	Porsche 911 GT3-RSR	LMGT	Alexey Vasilyev, Patrick Bourdais	DNF
2005	24 Hours of Le Mans	Cirtek Motorsport/ Russian Age Racing/ Convers Team	Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello	LMGT1	Alexey Vasilyev, Christophe Bouchut	17 (5)

Car manufacturer

Fomenko is involved in the development and launching of the Marussia sports car.[1]

Formula One

In 2010 Marussia became a sponsor of Virgin Racing Formula One team. On 11 November 2010, Marussia acquired a controlling stake in the team.

On 2 February 2011 Fomenko was announced as Engineering Director of the Marussia Virgin Racing Formula One team.[2]

Personal life

He was married to Andrei Mironov's stepdaughter, actress Maria Golubkina, and has three children: daughters Anastasia and Ekaterina, and a son, Ivan.

References

External links

• Official site
• Nikolai Fomenko at IMDb
• Nikolai Fomenko at http://www.fiagt.com

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[ru] Фоменко, Николай Владимирович