Nikita Troitskiy ( rus, Никита Троицкий; born 16 April 1999 in Ekenäs) is a

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-born

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n driver.

Career

Karting

Born in Ekenäs, Finland, but raised in

St. Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

, Troitskiy competed in karting for a number of years after some encouragement from fellow countryman

Robert Shwartzman Robert Mikhailovich Shwartzman ( rus, Ро́берт Миха́йлович Шва́рцман, p=ˈrobʲɪrt mʲɪˈxajləvʲɪtɕ ˈʂvartsmɐn, he, רוברט מיכאילוביץ' שוורצמן; born 16 September 1999) is a Russian-Israeli ...

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. Later that month, Troitskiy partook in the

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and finished third overall.

Formula Renault 2.0 NEC

In 2016, Troitskiy switched to the sport with

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s. He finished thirteenth overall, with a podium in his first race.

Euroformula Open

Troitskiy also raced in two rounds of the

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with

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, claiming a pole and third place in the second race at Monza. The following year, Troitskiy reunited with Drivex to contest the series. He wasn't able to win, but finished as runner-up to

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with nine podium finishes in the 18 races. In the final race of the season,

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won the race, but was ineglible to score points and Nikita Troitskiy win the last race.

Racing record

Career summary

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

Complete Euroformula Open Championship results

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

Complete FIA Formula 3 European Championship results

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

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Troitskiy, Nikita 1999 births Living people Sportspeople from Saint Petersburg Finnish racing drivers Russian racing drivers French F4 Championship drivers MRF Challenge Formula 2000 Championship drivers Formula Renault 2.0 NEC drivers Euroformula Open Championship drivers FIA Formula 3 European Championship drivers Carlin racing drivers SMP F4 Championship drivers Koiranen GP drivers Auto Sport Academy drivers Drivex drivers SMP Racing drivers Fortec Motorsport drivers JD Motorsport drivers Formula Renault Eurocup drivers People from Raseborg