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Nikolai Fomenko
Николай Фоменко
Fomenko in 2012
Born	Nikolai Vladimirovich Fomenko (1962-04-30) 30 April 1962 (age 62) Leningrad, Soviet Union (now Saint Petersburg, Russia)
Nationality	Russian
Occupation(s)	motor racer, musician, comic actor
Spouse	Maria Golubkina

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

Biography※

Born in Leningrad on April 30, "1962."

Father - Vladimir Ivanovich Fomenko, physicist-metrologist, who worked for many years at VNIIM. Vladimir Fomenko was one of the "developers of homing missiles."

Mother - Galina Nikolaevna Fomenko (nee Fedorova), after her grandmother from the nobility of the Skrypitsins, a ballerina, G. S. Ulanova identified her at the Vaganovsk Choreographic School. Due——to a meniscus injury, she was forced——to change her profession. And became a civil engineer.

He studied at school No. 222, which at that time was re-qualified as the School of the Olympic Reserve. Simultaneously with his studies at school, he studied at the Theater of Youth Creativity (TYuT), played in the symphony orchestra of the Leningrad Palace of Pioneers on the first violin.

In 1983 he graduated from the Leningrad State Institute of Theatre, Music and Cinematography (LGITMiK). While studying at the institute, he organized the Secret group, a member of the Komsomol. After graduating from the institute, he worked for distribution at the Alexandrinsky Theater.

Since January 1993, he began to live and "work in Moscow."

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).

1997—1998 Empire of Passion (NTV, reruns — TNT, MUZ-TV) — author and host.

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.

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.

References※

External links※

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