🇷🇺 Anton Ladygin

Anton Ladygin is a professional-level driver whose career on record spans two seasons of World Endurance Championship racing in the LMP2 class for SMP Racing. His Racer Rating of 4,212 places him among professional competitors; this is the level of national championship front-runners and drivers who beat semi-professionals comfortably in established fields. Ladygin's recorded activity consists of nine WEC starts from 2014 to 2015, yielding one podium finish and an average grid position of P6.7 across classified races.[1]

Ladygin's brief WEC tenure placed him among established and emerging professional endurance drivers. His rivals included several FIA-graded competitors of higher standing; Olivier Pla (FIA Platinum) and Roman Rusinov and Richard Bradley (both FIA Gold) regularly outpaced him, with head-to-head records of 1-3, 1-4, and 0-4 respectively. Matthew Howson, champion of the 2014 WEC LMP2 class, likewise finished ahead in all four shared races. Against this consistent pattern of subordinate results, Ladygin's single podium and occasional top finishes, including victories over Ho-Pin Tung and Julien Canal in individual races, represent isolated bright moments rather than sustained competitive advantage. His 2015 season ended with a P51 classification in a single round before his retirement from racing.[2]

The driver's professional background extends beyond the recorded WEC data; he was twice champion of the Russian LADA Revolution Cup and competed in the 2008 FIA World Touring Car Championship as a late-season addition for Russian Bears Motorsport. His WEC campaign represented his highest international competition level.