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Vladimir Leonov

Rider MotoGP 250
Moscow, Russia
Date of birth: 26.04.1987

Short biography

Vladimir was born on the 26th of April 1978 in Donetsk in the Rostov Oblast. When he was six years old, his father put together a homemade moped with an engine from moped. He has been taking part in various motorsport competitions since he was 12 years old.

At the age of 14, he competed in the Russian Motocross Championship on an 80 cc motorbike. In 2004 he won the Russian Amateur Motocross Cup in the 125 cc category. The following year he won the same cup in the 250 cc category. At the end of 2006 he became a member of Vector Racing Team. In 2007 he participated in SUPERSTOCK 600 EM and earned his first point on the legendary British race track «Brands Hatch». In 2008 he took part in the German IDM championship as part of Vector in the IDM-SUPERSTOCK class: he finished the season seventh. In Salzburgring, Austria, for the first time in his circuit-racing career he won a place on the podium.

In 2009, for the first time in the history of Russian motorsport, Vladimir competed in MotoGP.

His hobbies include: Motocross, snowboarding, music, bicycles and running

Vladimir Trushchenkov

Teamowner

Rider Superstock 600
Moscow, Russia
Place of birth: Smolensk

Born in 1959 in Smolensk. He finished the Moscow Institue of Physics and Technology with a Ph.Doktor in Mathematik. He is the founder and manager of the holding company «National Insurance Group».

In 2003 he started forming Vector Racing Team.

In 2004 he personally took part in the Russian Motorbike Championship; competing in the 600B class and finishing 9th.

In 2008 he personally took part in the free praktikes from Open German Motorbike Championship.

He takes a keen interest in motorsport, skiing, snowboaring, surfing and other extreme sports.

Nina and Nastassja Russo

Riders, ADAC Cup 125ccm
12 Jahre alt

Nastassja und Nina wurden am 3 September 1997 gebohren.

Beiden verfügen über vier Jahre Rennsporterfahrung in der schweizerischen Pocketbike - sowie der ADAC - Minibike - Meisterschaft.

Nina spielt Violine,
Nastassja spielt Klavier.

Hobbys: Singen, mit Freundinnen ausgehen und vieles mehr.

Im 2010 werden die Mädchen für Vector Racing Team im ADAC - Juniorcup starten.

Andrey Gavrilov

Teammanager

Cologne, Germany
Place of birth: Leningrad

Born December 10th, 1970 in St. Petersburg. Since 13 he took part in karting competitions in Anatoli Ivanov's team, who himself was a national karting champion and a famous instructor. During his 8 years in the karting world, he won many city-wide competitions multiple times.

In 1993 he moved to Dusseldorf in Germany and graduated from the Dusseldorf University.

His first experience with a motorcycle was in 2005, when he was preparing Vector for the IDM season.

Alexander Moskovka

President

Moscow, Russia
Date of birth: 06.07.1951

Born on the 6th of July, 1951. He first sat on a motorcycle at 12 and in 1966 was invited to play for Moscow's motoball team. His first race was in 1968, and in 1973 he started taking part in circuit racing. In 1977 he took the 3rd place in the Moscow Speedway championship, after which he was taken on the national team. He took an active part in bringing back motorcycle circuit racing to Russia, by helping organising the Russian national championship. A 20-time USSR champion, winner of tens of international and domestic competitions and owner of many awards and titles, in 2003 Alexander become one of the organisers of «Vector Racing Team».