



Latvian racing driver Ivars Krumins started his career in motocross in 1970s. Since the 1978 till 1990 he raced in various single-seater formulae in the Soviet Union, representing DOSAAF Riga and taking part in USSR Championship, Baltic championship and other domestic series. In 1981 Ivars Krumins became the Baltic and Latvian champion in the Vostok formula class. In 1979 – 1989 he started in the USSR premier formula championship (F3 in 1979, F Vostok in 1980 – 1988 and Formula Mondial in 1989), finishing best overall 4th (Formula Vostok, 1986) and 5th (1982 and 1984, Formula Vostok)
From 1981 to 1989 Krumins was a member of the USSR national team and took part in few races for Peace and Friendship Cup, mostly at his home circuit of Bikernieki, Riga. His best finish in a single Cup race was 11th place at Chaika circuit near Kiev in 1981.
The model represents Krumins in his Estonia 21.10 M from the 1989 season as raced at the international Schleiz Dreieck race in the East Germany. In the 1989 Krumins took part in the Soviet Formula Mondial Championship. He started only in one of three races of the series (at his home circuit of Bikernieki in June), where he finished 5th. Krumins was classified 13th with 40 points in the final standings of the series.
In August, Krumins went to the GDR to participate in the Schleiz races as part of the USSR team. The main race at Schleiz was the stage of the Peace and Friendship Cup. Krumins and his friend Andris Stals were not included in the main team and started as non-championship guest drivers in the GDR championship race, in which cars of the 1300 and 1600 cc classes competed together. In this race, Krumins finished third, behind the Czech Adolf Fesarek and the GDR champion Bernd Kasper.
Note Krumins’ racing number – 175, a combination of his usual number 75 and an additional digit 1. The fact is that at that time the number was assigned to the racer for many seasons. Krumins competed under the number 75, since at the Friendship Cup races the USSR was assigned numbers 60-79, while for the GDR, for example, the numbers were 80-99. When guest racers competed in other competitions abroad, the numbers could overlap with the numbers of other local racers. For example, within the GDR at that time, the number 75 was assigned to Volkmar Stockmann, who raced in the same Schleiz event.
| Season | Series | Event |
| 1989 | Formula Easter | GDR Championship, Schleiz |
| Driver | No. | Entrant |
| Ivars Krumins | 175 | USSR National Team |
| Scale | Manufacturer | Collection |
| 1:43 | Boris Pershin | |
| Cat. No. | Quality | Rarity |
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Conversion of Estonia 21 model be PCT from de Agostini Avtolegendy SSSR Collection