Hristo Nikolov

Hristo Rosenov Nikolov (in Bulgarian: Христо Росенов Николов), born 8 February 2000 in Rousse is a Bulgarian racing driver who currently competes in F3RWRS. He is famous in his country as the first Bulgarian to participate in RWRS.

Racing Career

Before F3RWRS

Hristo's love to motorsport is not accidental. His elder brother is Nikola Nikolov who is considered to be the most successful racing driver from Bulgaria. Nikola is more than 10 years older than Hristo and he was at the end of his career when his younger brother started to compete at pro level. Most likely that is the reason why there is no rivalry between them as Nikola is personal manager and trainer of Hristo. It was Nikola who convinced DSR to invest in Hristo's career, so that the climb to RWRS was not that hard for the driver.

Hristo began in karting at the age of 7 and at the age of 10 he won the popular in Bulgaria Club S1 Karting Championship. Soon after that he jumped to national karting championship and he won it at the age of 12. After that he jumped to European KZ2 championship, which he won in 2014. After that he jumped to KZ1 and won 2 victories to finish 3rd overall. Despite being very talanted, there is some envy in his rivals who are saying that he is always using best kart equipment and best mechanics possible, well-paid by DSR.

F3RWRS

In 2016 DSR Racing decided to make a debut in F3RWRS. It was no surprise that Nikolov was signed as driver and for 2016 season he will be using #66.