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🇷🇺 Maksimilian Popov

Racing driver from Russia. Formula Regional European, Trident Motorsport.
Driver facts
Full name
Maksimilian Popov
Born
2008
Nationality
Russia
Current team
Trident Motorsport
Series
Formula Regional European
Status
Active
Career wins
0
Career podiums
4
Career starts
42
Career DNFs
0
Racer Rating
4,248
Maksimilian Popov
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Racer Rating
4,248
Rank 2576 of 38,983 indexed, +130 this season
FIA Categorisation
Not on file
Not yet indexed
Source: fia.com
Synthesized from 1 source, updated 0h ago

Maksimilian Popov is a racing driver from Russia who competes in Formula Regional European for Trident Motorsport. Popov has recorded 0 wins and 4 podiums from 42 starts.[1]

A Racer Rating of 4,248 ranks Popov 2576th of 38,983 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the high 8,000s. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file.

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications
2026 form
Last 20 races, finish position (higher is better)
P1P5P10P20DNF
Recent results
Tap a row for the full race
2026-04-24SpielburgFormula Regional EuropeanP6+82
2026-04-24SpielburgFormula Regional EuropeanP11+25
2026-04-24SpielburgFormula Regional EuropeanP11+23
Career-best drives
Ranked by rating won, which prices the opposition
Rating wonRaceSeriesFinish
+127Misano 2025Italian F4P2
+102Mugello 2025Italian F4P5
+93Misano 2025Italian F4P4
+91Catalunya 2025Italian F4P3
+83Vallelunga 2025Italian F4P3
Circuits
Rating per start against their own form that season
Raises their game
Misano9 starts+20
Catalunya6 starts+10
Struggles
Monza5 starts-30
Vallelunga6 starts-8
Imola5 starts-5
Mugello6 starts-2
Season by season
SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPodiumsDNFsPolesPointsPosGain/LossRating
2026▸Formula Regional EuropeanTrident Motorsport300000—+1304,248
2025▸Italian F4Van Amersfoort Racing2004000P8+7034,118
2024▸Italian F4PHM AIX Racing1900000P19+2,0653,415
Recent coverage
No recent coverage found.
Head-to-head
Most-raced and strongest-beaten: times Popov finished ahead vs behind
RivalRatingRacedAheadBehindRecord
🇯🇵 Kean Nakamura-Berta4,9733843411%
🇮🇹 Alex Powell3,97938142437%
🇮🇹 Emanuele Olivieri3,79638172145%
🇸🇬 Kabir Anurag3,5603425974%
🇷🇴 Luca Viisoreanu2,8783223972%
🇷🇸 Andrija Kostic3,8573024680%
🏳️ Nathanael BerrebyFIA Silver2,4392926390%
🇷🇺 Oleksandr Savinkov3,2222824486%
🇳🇱 Reno Francot4,35827101737%
🇫🇮 Luka Sammalisto3,97427131448%
🇬🇧 Freddie SlaterHigher-rated, 2× champion5,7271721512%
🇯🇵 Hiyu YamakoshiHigher-rated4,9571931616%
🇦🇺 Alex NinovicHigher-rated, 1× champion4,90732167%
Raced wheel-to-wheel, not as team-mates
On the leaderboard
Global rank, 38,983 drivers indexed
#DriverSeriesRating
2,566🇩🇪 Claudio TorreFormula 3 Euro Series4,251
2,567🇺🇸 Luke FenhausNASCAR Xfinity4,251
2,568🇯🇵 Fairuz FauzySuper GT4,250
2,569🇬🇧 Morgan TillbrookBritish GT Championship4,250
2,570🇮🇹 Roberto del CastelloInternational Formula 30004,250
2,571🇩🇪 Georg Weiss24H Series4,249
2,572🇫🇷 Guy MartinolleFIA GT Championship4,249
2,573🇺🇸 Jonathan BennettFerrari Challenge4,249
2,574🇨🇦 Alex LabbeNASCAR Xfinity4,248
2,575🏳️ Guga LimaStock Car Pro Series4,248
2,576🇷🇺 Maksimilian PopovFormula Regional European4,248
2,577🇺🇸 Matt DiBenedettoNASCAR Xfinity4,248
2,578🇫🇷 Jordan TressonNürburgring 24 Hours4,247
2,579🇩🇪 Mario Von BohlenNürburgring Langstrecken-Serie4,247
2,580🇨🇦 Daniel Di LeoStar Mazda Championship4,246
2,581🇺🇸 Jay SauterSCCA Majors4,246
2,582🇹🇭 Koji YamanishiSuper GT4,246
2,583🇬🇧 Rob BellAsian Le Mans Series4,246
2,584🇺🇸 Adrian CarrioStar Mazda Championship4,245
2,585🇷🇺 Anton LadyginWEC4,245
2,586🇨🇭 Nico MuellerIMSA WeatherTech4,245
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Maksimilian Popov is a professional driver at the entry level of the single-seater ladder, with a Racer Rating of 4,385 placing him among competitive professionals who are the sharp end of national-championship-calibre fields. Across 42 starts between Italian F4 and Formula Regional European since 2024, he has recorded four podiums but no wins, averaging a twelfth-place finish. His record in Italian F4 over two seasons shows modest consistency; he finished eighth in the 2025 championship after taking four podiums across 20 rounds, indicating he is a reliable mid-field runner in a competitive field rather than a front-runner.[1]

Popov's head-to-head records reveal the shape of his performance clearly. Against his most frequent rivals, he has struggled against the very strongest; he trails the former champion Kean Nakamura-Berta heavily at 4 wins to 34 losses across 38 races, and trails Alex Powell 14 to 24 across the same span. However, the data also shows where he has competitive advantage. He holds winning records against several mid-field professionals: 25 to 9 against Kabir Anurag, 23 to 9 against Luca Viisoreanu, and 24 to 6 against Andrija Kostic. His occasional wins against stronger drivers, including twice beating the two-time champion Freddie Slater and three times beating established professional Hiyu Yamakoshi, are isolated results rather than patterns, but they mark him as capable of delivering a strong weekend when circumstances align. His stint with Van Amersfoort Racing, one of the feeder series' most successful operations, has yielded no wins in 20 starts, placing him outside the team's hierarchy of immediate contenders.[2]

With only three starts in Formula Regional European against 39 in Italian F4, Popov remains early in his single-seater career. His recent activity shows him competing actively in Italian F4 through 2025, including a podium finish in May, and his path forward will depend on whether he can elevate from this consistent mid-field baseline into contention in a stronger category.

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications[2] Wikipedia
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