Pavlo Cherepin
 Pavlo Cherepin at Saaremaa Rally 2010 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality |
 Ukrainian |
| Born | September 30, 1981 |
| World Rally Championship record | |
| Active years | 2011 – present |
| Teams | Ascania Racing, AT Rally, Darnitsa Motorsport |
| Rallies | 27 (WRC2 – 10) |
| Championships | 0 |
| Rally wins | 0 (WRC2 - 2) |
| Podiums | 0 (WRC2 - 4) |
| Stage wins | 1 (WRC2 – 43) |
| Total points | 8 (WRC2 - 124) |
| First rally | 2011 Rally Sweden |
Pavlo Cherepin (Ukrainian: Павло Черепін, born September 30, 1981, in the Ukrainian SSR of the Soviet Union – in present-day Ukraine) is a Ukrainian journalist, TV-commentator, rally co-driver, vice-champion of Ukraine (2010), winner of two rounds of World Rally Championship in WRC-2 (2014).
Career
Career outside motorsport
Pavlo Cherepin's career from the beginning was closely associated with the sport. From 2001 to 2007 he worked as a journalist and TV commentator, created a program "Our football", commented UEFA Champions League, Ukrainian Premier League, UEFA European Championship and FIFA World Cup matches on Ukrainian Inter, Ukrayina, Pershyi Natsionalnyi TV-channels.[1] In 2002 creates the project "ua-football", which became one of the leading online sports media in Ukraine.
From 2005 to 2007, Pavlo Cherepin - Marketing Director of Professional Football League of Ukraine. Since 2008 - a business consultant in the field of sports marketing and online media.
Amateur rally
Relationship with motorsports for Pavlo Cherepin started in amateur rally. In 2007 and 2008 he took part in the several rounds of the FAU Rally Cup for production vehicles, acting on its own Subaru Impreza as the first pilot.[2] Cherepin's professional debut occurred at one of the most popular Ukrainian competitions, Yalta Rally. The crew of Gennady Sanchenko and Pavlo Cherepin overcame the entire race distance, and, according to Pavlo, during the race they several times changed driver's and co-driver's role.[3] However, it was not more than the experiment; serious Cherepin's career as rally co-driver began only three years later.
Professional rally
Ukrainian Rally Championship
Early winter 2010, when Oleksandr Saliuk and Adrian Aftanaziv stopped their collaboration, the current champion of Ukraine starts looking for a new partner. In search of the navigator Saliuk occasionally performs with Oleksiy Mochanov (WRC Rally of Turkey) and Ivan Herman (Rally Bukovyna), but soon starts cooperation with Pavlo Cherepin.[4]
First crew's start ends with failure: near before the finish of Chumatskyy Shlyakh Rally red Mitsubishi Lancer Evo lost the pace and couldn't come back on the road.[5] But it was the only fail of 2010 season – after that crew wins rally Mariupol,[6] Galicia and Kyivska Rus and before the final round of the championship becomes the main contender for the title. Finally Saliuk and Cherepin became 7th on Yalta Rally and Saliuk won the title among the drivers[7]/. At the same time Cherepin, who started season from the second event, didn't collect the needed points and became only vice-champion of Ukraine among the co-drivers.[8]
The same year, the crew makes its debut in foreign competitions, taking part in two rounds of Latvian championship, as well as in the Estonian Rally Saaremaa.[9] By the end of the Rally Latvia Saliuk and Cherepin rank second in class N4, and it remains the best result for the Ukrainian crews in Latvian rally competitions.[10]
The next Ukrainian championship, unlike the previous one, begins successfully for the crew - with a convincing victory in Chumatskyy Shlyakh Rally. However, soon after Saliuk gets a shoulder injury playing squash, so the crew passes the following two rounds of the championship. After an enforced break Saliuk and Cherepin start in the rally Kyivska Rus, but early retires. As a result, in the final standings of the 2011 Ukrainian championship Pavlo Cherepin obtains only 10th position.
After that, the majority of Cherepin's starts accounts for foreign competitions. In Ukrainian rally he appears only once - with Oleksiy Kikireshko on 2012 rally Galicia where the crew takes 4th place overall.
Intercontinental Rally Challenge
The short moment of Cherepin's career – participating in Intercontinental Rally Challenge. Saliuk and Cherepin started in IRC twice with the best result of 7th place in Rallye Açores. But after next race, Rally Islas Canarias, both drivers decided to stop their collaboration.
World Rally Championship
Pavlo Cherepin debuted in World Rally Championship along with Oleksandr Saliuk in 2011. As a part of Mentos Ascania Racing the crew took part in six rounds of Production World Rally Championship in Sweden, Portugal, 2011 Finland, Australia, Spain and Wales. Only once during the season the crew didn't finish the rally turned several times over the roof after a failed jump in Finland. The best results was held in Australia, where Ukrainian tandem took eighth place overall and third in Production WRC.[11]
After the break with Saliuk Pavlo Cherepin starts in WRC episodically during two years. His drivers – Oleksiy Kikireshko and Oleksiy Tamrazov – rarely achieve high results, in most cases, ending the race early. Only honorable mention for Cherepin in this period becomes the 4th place in the WRC2 on Acropolis Rally with Tamrazov.[12]
Quite different events unfold from the beginning of 2014, when Cherepin receives the invitation to become a co-driver of the talented Ukrainian driverYuriy Protasov.[13] At the first start in Rally Monte-Carlo Protasov and Cherepin wins in WRC2 categorie.[14] After two month they repeat it on Rally Mexico and in the middle of season the crew gets the status of season favorite.[15]
Season-2015 starts for Protasov and Cherepin with the brand new car – Citroen DS3 WRC prepared by D-Max Racing. Debut race goes not the best way and after that crew changes car back to Ford Fiesta RS WRC. The second WRC round in Sweden becomes historical for Yuriy and Pavlo: setting the best time overall on special stage 6, they become the first Ukrainian crew able to make it.
On the next rounds of Championship in Mexico and Argentina Protasov and Cherepin return to Ford Fiesta RRC. Both times heading the WRC 2, the crew managed only to finish outside top-three due to technical problems (engine overheating in Mexico and broken suspension in Argentina).
Career results
WRC results
| Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | Pos. | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Mentos Ascania Racing | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX | SWE 32 |
MEX | POR 20 |
JOR | ITA | ARG | GRE | FIN Ret |
GER | AUS 8 |
FRA | ESP 30 |
GBR 25 |
24 | 4 |
| 2012 | Mentos Ascania Racing | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX | MON | SWE | MEX | POR | ARG Ret |
GRE Ret |
NZL Ret |
FIN | GER | GBR | FRA | ITA | ESP | NC | 0 |
| 2013 | AT Rally | Ford Fiesta RS WRC | MON | SWE 32 |
MEX | POR | ARG | НК | 0 | ||||||||
| Ford Fiesta RRC | GRE 14 |
ITA | FIN | GER | AUS | FRA | ESP | GBR | |||||||||
| 2014 | Darnitsa Motorsport | Ford Fiesta R5 | MON 10 |
SWE 15 |
MEX 10 |
POR 31 |
FIN 43 |
26th | 2 | ||||||||
| Ford Fiesta RRC | ARG Ret |
ITA 13 |
POL | AUS 13 |
GBR 20 | ||||||||||||
| M-Sport WRT | Ford Fiesta RS WRC | GER 11 |
FRA 16 |
ESP 11 |
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| 2015 | D-Max Racing | Citroen DS3 WRC | MON 16 |
15th* | 2* | ||||||||||||
| Darnitsa Motorsport | Ford Fiesta RS WRC | SWE 9 |
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| Ford Fiesta RRC | MEX 13 |
ARG 13 |
POR | ITA | POL | FIN | GER | AUS | FRA | ESP | GBR |
* Season in progress.
PWRC results
| Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Pos. | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Mentos Ascania Racing | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX | SWE 7 |
POR 6 |
ARG | FIN Ret |
AUS 3 |
ESP 5 |
GBR 8 |
8 | 43 | |
| 2012 | Mentos Ascania Racing | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX | MON | MEX | ARG Ret |
GRE Ret |
NZL Ret |
GER | ITA | ESP | NC | 0 |
WRC 2 results
| Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | Pos. | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | AT Rally | Ford Fiesta RRC | MON | SWE | MEX | POR | ARG | GRE 4 |
ITA | FIN | GER | AUS | FRA | ESP | GBR | 27 | 12 |
| 2014 | Yuriy Protasov | Ford Fiesta R5 | MON 1 |
SWE 5 |
MEX 1 |
POR 14 |
4th | 90 | |||||||||
| Ford Fiesta RRC | ARG Ret |
ITA 3 |
POL | FIN | GER | AUS 3 |
FRA | ESP | GBR | ||||||||
| 2015 | Darnitsa Motorsport | Ford Fiesta RRC | MON | SWE | MEX 5 |
ARG 4 |
POR | ITA | POL | FIN | GER | AUS | FRA | ESP | GBR | 5th* | 22* |
* Season in progress.
Podiums
| # | Rally | Season | Class | Pos. | Co-driver | Car |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Rally Australia |
2011 | PWRC | 3 | Oleksandr Saliuk, Jr. |
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX |
| 2 |  Monte Carlo Rally |
2014 | WRC 2 | 1 | Yuriy Protasov |
Ford Fiesta R5 |
| 3 |  Rally Mexico |
2014 | WRC 2 | 1 | Yuriy Protasov |
Ford Fiesta R5 |
| 4 |  Rally d'Italia |
2014 | WRC 2 | 3 | Yuriy Protasov |
Ford Fiesta RRC |
Interesting facts
Pavlo Cherepin is the first Ukrainian co-driver who won the single special stage in WRC overall – it has happened on SS6 of 2015 Rally Sweden.
Pavlo Cherepin is the only Ukrainian co-driver who scored the points in World Rally Championship. This achievement is hard to repeat because Cherepin gains the points with two different drivers – Oleksandr Saliuk Jr. and Yuriy Protasov.
References
- ↑ Павел Черепин: «Лучшие условия для комментирования на Селтик-Парке»
- ↑ Павел Черепин: Пришел в гонки, чтобы научиться ездить
- ↑ История одного Эво
- ↑ Женский взгляд – Павел Черепин
- ↑ Валерий Горбань виыграл первую гонку за четыре года
- ↑ Александр Салюк выиграл ралли «Мариуполь»
- ↑ Стали известны победители Prime Yalta Rally 2010
- ↑ Чемпионат Украины по ралли 2010 года
- ↑ До Таллинна уже недалеко
- ↑ Ралли Латвии. Салюк показал высокий пятый результат
- ↑ Павел Черепин: Стал опытнее на 10 сезонов
- ↑ Павел Черепин: Это Греция...
- ↑ Павел Черепин: «Вопрос не в условиях»
- ↑ Павел Черепин о ралли Монте-Карло и многом другом
- ↑ Pavlo Cherepin's career on EWRC-results