# Nikita Troitskiy

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

## Career
### Karting

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

### 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 MRF Challenge and finished third overall.

### Formula Renault 2.0 NEC

In 2016, Troitskiy switched to the sport with Fortec Motorsports. 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.
The following year, Troitskiy reunited with Drivex to contest the series. 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 |
| 2015 | French F4 Championship | Auto Sport Academy | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 70 | 13th |
| 2015 | Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 | JD Motorsport | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC† |
| 2015 | 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 |
| 2016 | 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 |
| 2017 | Spanish Formula 3 Championship | Drivex School | 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 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 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 |