Nikolai Fomenko

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

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

Music career

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

Actor career

Filmography

Year	Film	Role
1983	Speed (Skorost')	Student
1999	Moon Father (Lunny Papa)	Yassir
1999	The Sky with Diamonds (Nebo v Almazakh)	Anton Chekhov
2000	Check (Chek)	Brunet
2000	Old Hags (Starye Klyachi)	Vassily Khomenko
2003	Chic (Shik)	Botya
2003	Bedroom Key (Klyuch ot Spal'ni)	Vakhlakov
2007	Model (Naturshchitsa)
2008	Radio Day (Den' Radio)	As himself

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 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.

Auto 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 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.

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.

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.

External links

• Official Site
• Nikolai Fomenko at the Internet Movie Database
• Nikolai Fomenko at http://www.fiagt.com