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Pavlo Chabanov
Павлó Чабáнов
Chabanov at the 2023 Gridlife (festival)
BornJuly 2, 1986 (age 38)
Occupation(s)• Professional drifter and circuit racing driver • IT entrepreneur • Developer • Startupper • Investor • Philanthropist
Known forBeing the first Ukrainian to represent the country in the TCR class at the FIA Motorsport Games. Founding of Huragan, Ukraine’s first racing team, which took part in the Formula Drift Pro Championship.
Title- Founder of Huragan racing team

- Founder, CEO of Gliesereum Ukraine

- Founder, CTO of Stels
Websitegliesereum.com stels.io

Pavlo Chabanov (born July 2, 1986) is a Ukrainian motorsport athlete, IT entrepreneur, developer, startupper, investor, and philanthropist[1][2]. He is an FIA-accredited circuit and drift driver, owner of the Huragan racing team[3][4], and co-founder of the humanitarian foundation Huragan Heals[5].

Chabanov is best known for being the first Ukrainian professional racing driver to represent the country[6][7] in the TCR class[3][8] at the FIA Motorsport Games in 2022[9], held in Marseille. He also founded Huragan[10][11], Ukraine’s first racing team, which took part in the Formula Drift Pro Championship in 2023[12][13].

Pavlo is the founder of the blockchain network Gliesereum, the tech platform for market making Stels[14], and the CEO of the IT company Gliesereum Ukraine[13]. He specializes in cybersecurity, neural networks, and big data[15].

Business career

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In 2010, Pavlo joined the BTC development community, deploying 45 technology nodes within a few months. He earned his first bitcoins as a reward for supporting the system[15].

Since 2019 Chabanov’s entrepreneurial and innovative career has been closely associated with Gliesereum Ukraine, blockchain network Gliesereum and various startups[15][16].

He has been a speaker at creative meetups in Kyiv[17], sharing his experiences as a startup founder and businessman[18].

He has also commented in the Ukrainian press on topics such as the creation of the national CBDC (e-hryvnia)[16], the legal regulation[19][20] of the virtual assets market[21][22], and cybersecurity[23].

In 2022, at the Web Summit in Lisbon, Pavlo presented his new startup, Simia, an audio and video P2P platform[24].

He is included in the "40 Under 40 Notable Blockchain Entrepreneurs"[25] ranking as the founder of Gliesereum Ukraine, Simia, and one of Europe’s largest crypto liquidity providers. Chabanov is also known for creating automated market-making systems[13][26] used by the top-10 global crypto exchanges[1].

In 2023, he presented Stels, a tech platform for market making[14], at the Web Summit[27].

Motorsport career

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Pavlo Chabanov on Seat Leon Cupra and with his 2nd place trophy in 2021.

Pavlo began his motorsport career in 2021, competing in three disciplines: circuit racing (Touring[28]), drifting (Pro-Am[29]/Pro[30]), and time attack (R2 Pro[31]). He founded the Huragan racing team[32][33].

Chabanov brought Ukraine its first TCR car, the Seat Leon Cupra, marking a milestone in the country’s motorsport history[34][35]. He competed in several racing series, and took 2nd place[28] in the 4rd round of the Ukrainian Circuit Racing Cup, Touring Car Racing[36].

Pavlo on Audi RS3 LMS TCR at Circuit Paul Ricard, 2022.

Pavlo Chabanov started his preparations for the Formula Drift Pro Championship in 2021.

In 2022 — during the year when the Russian full-scale invasion of Ukraine began — Pavlo was selected for the national motorsport team[37].

Huragan team cars in the US and Europe during the 2023 "Battle On Two Continents" World Racing Tour.

From October 29-31, he made history as the first Ukrainian in the TCR class[38] at the FIA Motorsport Games, held at Circuit Paul Ricard[34]. Chabanov competed in an Audi RS3 LMS TCR[39].

Throughout the 2022-2023 seasons, the Huragan racing team’s cars were wrapped in Ukrainian-themed liveries featuring blue and yellow colors, and the trident[3].

Chabanov running Toyota Supra A90 “Aspida” at the 2023 Hyperfest, Virginia International Raceway.

In 2023, Huragan became the first Ukrainian team to compete in the Formula Drift Pro Championship[10]. The team raced with the Toyota Supra A90 “Aspida” and the Toyota GT86[12][40].

As part of the 2023 "Battle On Two Continents" World Racing Tour, the team participated in three rounds of Formula Drift: Long Beach[41], Atlanta[42], and Orlando[43], as well as various American and European racing series, including Gridlife[44][45], HyperFest[46][47], FuelFest[48][49], HotPit AutoFest[50][51], Drift Kings[52][53], and Drift Open[54][55].

Racing record

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RTR Time Attack Ukraine's National Racing Series results

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Season Round Team Race track Class Car Best time Podiums Pts Pos. Points total Overall standings
2021 1 Huragan Autodrome Chaika Club Sport S1 Volkswagen Golf GTI 1:27.385 0 8 6 48 3rd
2 PRO

R 2

CUPRA León TCR 1:28.834 1 18 2
3 1:32.427 1 18 3
4 1:24.247 0 12 4
Source:[31]

Ukrainian Circuit Racing Cup results

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Season Round Team Race

track

Class Car Podiums Points Position
2021 2 Huragan Autodrome Chaika Super Touring CUPRA

León TCR

0 10 9
4 1 22.5 2
Source:[28]

Chaika Circuit Racing Cup results

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Season Round Team Race

track

Class Car Podiums Points Position
2021 2 Huragan Autodrome

Chaika

Super

Touring

CUPRA

León TCR

0 10 4
3 0 15 4
Source:[28]

Bitlook Ukraine's National Pro-Am Drift Series results

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Season Round Team Race track /

City

Car
2021 2 Huragan Lviv BMW e30 "Bit[OK]"
3 Autodrome

Chaika

BMW z4
4 Odesa
Source:[31]

VEZEM Drift Games Ukraine's Pro-Am Drift Series results

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Season Round Team Race track /

City

Car Best

finish

2021 3 Huragan NoMotors Drift Base,

Kyiv

BMW z4 Top-24
4 Top-24
Source:[56]

PRO Drift Competitions of Ukraine results

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Season Event Team Race

track

Car Best

finish

2021 United Drift Challenge Huragan Autodrome

Chaika

BMW e30 Top-32
RTR Drift Attack -
Source:[57][31]

FIA Motorsport Games Touring Car Cup results

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Season Team Cup Race

track

Car Qualifying,

Best time

Quali race,

Best time

Main race,

Best time

2022 🇺🇦 Team Ukraine TCR Touring Car Circuit Paul Ricard Audi RS3

LMS TCR

18th,

2:19.767

- 14th,

1:38.142

Source:[58]

Pavlo Chabanov is featured in the TCR World Ranking[59].

US motorsports festivals: Drifting

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Season Event Team Race

track

Car
2023 Gridlife At The Glen Huragan Watkins Glen International Toyota Supra A90 “Aspida”
HyperFest Virginia International Raceway
FuelFest Irwindale Speedway
Source:[60][44][46][61][62][48]

HotPit AutoFest Drift Series results

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HotPit AutoFest is a Western USA Pro/Semi-Pro drift series supported by Formula Drift.
Season Round Team Race

track

Car Best

finish

2023 3 Huragan Orange Show Speedway Toyota Supra A90 “Aspida” Top-32
4 Top-16
5 Top-32
Source:[63][64][65][66]

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