In 2018, Aleksey Chuklin joined NEFIS By Speed Factory team to compete in European Le Mans Series.

[1] Chuklin, from Barnaul, had a brief Rotax Max karting career in Russia before moving to car racing.

He spent several months in England and Western Europe testing the Formula Renault 2.0 Tatuus car.

[12][13] He then returned to the Formula Renault NEC,[14] and took his first top-ten finish in the series in August, in the second race held at Circuit Zandvoort.

[17][18] Chuklin then returned to the Formula Renault NEC, finishing the remaining races,[19] and took his best result of the season in the penultimate round at Monza; a sixth place.

[29] Chuklin returned to the Formula Renault NEC at the Red Bull Ring round of the series, finishing 25th in the first race, and retiring from the second.

[9][30] Following that event, Chuklin had a viza issues and could not compete in the Formula Renault NEC for the rest of the season.

[23] After successful testing before the season-2013,[36][37][38] it was announced that Chuklin would be entering the European F3 Open Championship with Emilio de Villota Motorsport.

[40][41] Being fourth in his first qualifying in Formula 3, Chuklin had to retire from the first race at Paul Ricard after the crash with Alexandre Cougnaud.

[60] Chuklin drove Wolf GB08 for Avelon Formula[61] along with Ivan Bellarosa and Luca Pirri Ardizzone.

[64] Later in December Chuklin tested Formula 3 car of European F3 Open Championship with Emilio de Villota Motorsport at Barcelona and showed fifth time.

[69] He did not participate in Championnat VdeV after he was proposed to race in European F3 Open Championship with Corbetta Competizioni.

He did not compete at Paul Ricard and achieved 3rd place in the Championnat VdeV with twelve podiums, one victory, one pole, one fastest lap, and 717 points.

[80] In February 2018, it was announced that Aleksey Chuklin will compete in European Le Mans Series with NEFIS By Speed Factory team along with Timur Boguslavskiy and Danil Pronenko in the LMP3 class on Ligier JS P3 with the Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8 engine.