Victor Shaytar is a racing driver who last raced in WEC for SMP Racing. Shaytar has recorded 3 wins and 6 podiums from 10 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 3,554 ranks Shaytar 1620th of 15,348 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the low five figures. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file, decayed for time since their last race.
| 2016-05-07 | SPA FRANCORCHAMPS · LMP2 | P9 | −14 |
| 2016-04-17 | SILVERSTONE · LMP2 | P8 | −14 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | ▸WEC | SMP Racing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P53 | −28 | 3,608 |
| 2015 | ▸WEC | SMP Racing | 8 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P4 | +136 | 3,608 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸 Patrick Long | 4,349 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 75% |
| 🇫🇷 Emmanuel Collard | 3,844 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 38% |
| 🇬🇧 François Perrodo | 3,822 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 38% |
| 🇦🇹 Marco Seefried | 3,788 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 75% |
| 🇵🇹 Pedro Lamy | 4,903 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 29% |
| 🇵🇹 Rui Aguas | 4,069 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 43% |
| 🇩🇪 Christian Ried | 3,633 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 71% |
| 🇨🇦 Paul Dalla Lana | 3,558 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 29% |
| 🏳️ Patrick Dempsey | 3,527 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 86% |
| 🏳️ Khaled Al Qubaisi | 3,354 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 71% |
Victor Shaytar is a Russian racing driver who competed in the World Endurance Championship as a member of the SMP Racing driver programme. His career on record spans two seasons, 2015 and 2016, during which he accumulated ten starts in WEC. Across this brief tenure, he secured three wins and six podium finishes, establishing himself as a competitive presence within the field. His average finishing position of fourth across classified results reflects consistent performance against a field of professional endurance racers.[1]
Shaytar's record shows he was capable of beating established professionals. He finished ahead of Pedro Lamy, a two-time Platinum-graded champion, on two occasions, and repeatedly outpaced Patrick Long, a Platinum-graded driver, over their eight shared races, holding a 6-2 head-to-head advantage. He also topped Earl Bamber, a Platinum-graded champion, twice. Against other Silver and Bronze-graded professionals and multiple champions such as Emmanuel Collard, François Perrodo, and Marco Seefried, however, Shaytar more often finished behind them than ahead, posting losing records in those pairings. This mixed performance against the calibre of driver typical to WEC suggests he occupied a mid-field position within the professional endurance racing landscape.[2]
His WEC tenure concluded in 2016 after a poor final two rounds that left him fifty-third in the final standings. Shaytar has since retired from professional racing.