Nikita Troitskiy

Nikita Troitskiy (Russian: Никита Троицкий; born 16 April 1999 in Ekenäs) is a Finnish-born Russian driver.

Nikita Troitskiy
Nationality	Russian
Born	(1999-04-16) 16 April 1999 (age 26) Ekenäs, Finland
FIA Formula 3 European Championship career
Debut season	2018
Current team	Carlin
Car number	16
Starts	29
Wins	1
Poles	0
Fastest laps	2
Best finish	15th in 2018
Previous series
2016–17 2016 2015–16 2015 2015	Euroformula Open Championship Formula Renault 2.0 NEC MRF Challenge SMP F4 Championship French F4 Championship

Career

Karting

Born in Ekenäs, Finland, but raised in St. Petersburg,^[1] Troitskiy competed in karting for a number of years after some encouragement from fellow countryman Robert Shwartzman.^[2]

Lower formulae

In 2015, Troitskiy graduated to single-seaters in the SMP F4 and French F4 Championships. He claimed a win and finished sixth in the former whilst finishing thirteenth in the latter.^{[citation needed]}

Later that month, Troitskiy partook in the MRF Challenge and finished third overall.^{[citation needed]}

Formula Renault 2.0 NEC

In 2016, Troitskiy switched to the sport with Fortec Motorsports.^[3] He finished thirteenth overall, with a podium in his first race.

Euroformula Open

Troitskiy also raced in two rounds of the Euroformula Open Championship with Drivex, claiming a pole and third place in the second race at Monza.^[4]

The following year, Troitskiy reunited with Drivex to contest the series.^[5] He wasn't able to win, but finished as runner-up to Harrison Scott with nine podium finishes in the 18 races. In the final race of the season, Felipe Drugovich won the race, but was ineligible to score points and Nikita Troitskiy win the last race.

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2015	SMP F4 Championship	Koiranen GP	18	1	0	1	5	149	6th
	French F4 Championship	Auto Sport Academy	9	0	0	0	3	70	13th
	Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0	JD Motorsport	4	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
	Formula Renault 2.0 Alps Series	GSK Grand Prix	2	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
2015–16	MRF Challenge Formula 2000	MRF Racing	14	2	0	0	8	191	3rd
2016	Formula Renault 2.0 NEC	Fortec Motorsports	12	0	0	0	1	116	14th
	Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0		12	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
	Euroformula Open Championship	Drivex School	4	0	1	0	1	36	13th
2017	Euroformula Open Championship	Drivex School	16	0	2	4	9	222	2nd
	Spanish Formula 3 Championship		6	0	1	1	4	0	NC†
2018	FIA Formula 3 European Championship	Carlin	29	1	0	2	1	37	15th

^† As Troitskiy was a guest driver, he was ineligible for championship points.

Complete SMP F4 Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	DC	Points
2015	AHV 1 Ret	AHV 2 6	AHV 3 1	MSC 1 Ret	MSC 2 6	MSC 3 5	SOC 1 DNS	SOC 2 6	SOC 3 2	ALA 1 8	ALA 2 Ret	ALA 3 12	AUD 1	AUD 2	AUD 3	MSC 1 5	MSC 2 3	MSC 3 3	AUD 1 10	AUD 2 4	AUD 3 9	6th	149

Complete French F4 Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	DC	Points
2015	LÉD 1 14	LÉD 2 8	LÉD 3 19†	LMS 1 6	LMS 2 2	LMS 3 2	PAU 1	PAU 2	PAU 3	HUN 1 2	HUN 2 Ret	HUN 3 8	MAG 1	MAG 2	MAG 3	NAV 1	NAV 2	NAV 3	LEC 1	LEC 2	LEC 3	13th	70

Complete Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	DC	Points
2015	JD Motorsport	ALC 1	ALC 2	ALC 3	SPA 1	SPA 2	HUN 1	HUN 2	SIL 1	SIL 2	SIL 3	NÜR 1 21	NÜR 2 31	LMS 1 17	LMS 2 NC	JER 1	JER 2	JER 3	NC†	0
2016	Fortec Motorsports	ALC 1 8	ALC 2 Ret	ALC 3 5	MON 1	MNZ 1 22	MNZ 2 5	MNZ 3 Ret	RBR 1	RBR 2	LEC 1 Ret	LEC 2 17	SPA 1 8	SPA 2 6	EST 1 11	EST 2 16			NC†	0

† As Troitskiy was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points

Complete Formula Renault 2.0 Alps Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Pos	Points
2015	GSK Grand Prix	IMO 1	IMO 2	PAU 1	PAU 2	RBR 1	RBR 2	RBR 3	SPA 1	SPA 2	MNZ 1	MNZ 2	MNZ 3	MIS 1	MIS 2	JER 1 18	JER 2 10	NC†	0

† As Troitskiy was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points

Complete MRF Challenge Formula 2000 Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	DC	Points
2015–16	ABU 1 4	ABU 2 1	ABU 3 6	ABU 4 6	BHR 1 2	BHR 2 3	DUB 1 3	DUB 2 2	DUB 3 2	DUB 4 DSQ	CHE 1 8	CHE 2 1	CHE 3 3	CHE 4 5	3rd	191

Complete Formula Renault 2.0 NEC results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	DC	Points
2016	Fortec Motorsports	MNZ 1 2	MNZ 2 6	SIL 1 14	SIL 2 11	HUN 1 14	HUN 2 13	SPA 1 17	SPA 2 13	ASS 1 10	ASS 2 10	NÜR 1 18	NÜR 2 13	HOC 1	HOC 2	HOC 3	14th	116

Complete Euroformula Open Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	DC	Points
2016	Drivex School	EST 1	EST 2	SPA 1	SPA 2	LEC 1	LEC 2	SIL 1	SIL 2	RBR 1 7	RBR 2 4	MNZ 1 10	MNZ 2 3	JER 1	JER 2	CAT 1	CAT 2	13th	36
2017	Drivex School	EST 1 Ret	EST 2 2	SPA 1 4	SPA 2 6	LEC 1 2	LEC 2 2	HUN 1 3	HUN 2 2	SIL 1 5	SIL 2 5	MNZ 1 2	MNZ 2 6	JER 1 3	JER 2 2	CAT 1 4	CAT 2 2	2nd	222

Complete FIA Formula 3 European Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	DC	Points
2018	Carlin	Volkswagen	PAU 1 15	PAU 2 13	PAU 3 11	HUN 1 11	HUN 2 20	HUN 3 9	NOR 1 22	NOR 2 11	NOR 3 Ret	ZAN 1 11	ZAN 2 13	ZAN 3 1	SPA 1 DNS	SPA 2 8	SPA 3 24	SIL 1 14	SIL 2 Ret	SIL 3 15	MIS 1 18	MIS 2 21	MIS 3 14	NÜR 1 13	NÜR 2 17	NÜR 3 19	RBR 1 16	RBR 2 Ret	RBR 3 17	HOC 1 8	HOC 2 9	HOC 3 21	15th	37