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Nico Christodoulou
Canadian racing driver (born 2005)
Nicholas "Nico" Christodoulou (born 16 February 2005), is a Canadian racing driver currently competing in the USF2000 Championship, driving for Velocity Racing Development. He competed in the first two rounds of the 2022 Formula Regional Americas Championship with Velocity Racing Development (VRD),[1] and made his debut in the GB3 Championship later in the year as a result of the collaboration between VRD and Arden Motorsport.[2]
| Nico Christodoulou | |
|---|---|
| Nationality |  Canadian |
| Born | Nicholas Christodoulou (2005-02-16) 16 February 2005 (age 19) King City, Ontario, Canada |
| GB3 Championship career | |
| Debut season | 2022 |
| Current team | Arden Motorsport |
| Car number | 22 |
| Starts | 21 (21 entries) |
| Wins | 0 |
| Podiums | 0 |
| Poles | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
| Best finish | 16th in 2022 |
| Previous series | |
| 2022 2021, 2020 2020 2019-20, 2018-19 2018 2018 | FR Americas F4 United States U.S. F2000 F4 NACAM F2000 Championship Series Atlantic Championship Series |
Karting
In 2019, Christodoulou competed in the Junior ROK category of the Florida Winter Tour with Goodwood Kartways, where he came 37th with 355 points.
NACAM Formula 4
Christodoulou competed in the NACAM Formula 4 Championship in the 2018-19 season with FyF Racing, and continued in the championship in the 2019-20 season, with Scuderia Martiga EG.[3] He was 4th in the 2018-19 standings, and second in the 2019-20 standings, with three wins.
U.S. F2000 National Championship
Christodoulou competed in the Road America round and the New Jersey Motorsports Park round of the 2020 U.S. F2000 National Championship with DEForce Racing.[4]
Formula 4 United States Championship
Christodoulou raced in the 2020 Formula 4 United States Championship with DEForce Racing, where he came 7th in the overall championship standings. He switched to Velocity Racing Development for 2022,[5] where he finished 4th in the standings with two wins.
Formula Regional Americas Championship
Christodoulou continued with Velocity Racing Development into 2022, where he competed in the 2022 Formula Regional Americas Championship.[1] However, he withdrew from the championship after the second round.
GB3 Championship
Following the collaboration announcement between Velocity Racing Development and Arden Motorsport,[2] Christodoulou joined Arden in the 2022 GB3 Championship from Round 3.[6]
Karting career summary
| Season | Series | Team | Points | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Florida Winter Tour - Junior ROK | Goodwood Kartways | 355 | 37th |
Racing career summary
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Atlantic Championship Series | ? | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC† |
| F2000 Championship Series | ? | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC† | |
| 2018-19 | NACAM Formula 4 Championship | JLBernal Racing | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 243 | 4th |
| Scuderia Martiga EG | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | ||||
| 2019-20 | NACAM Formula 4 Championship | Scuderia Martiga EG | 20 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 280 | 2nd |
| 2020 | U.S. F2000 National Championship | DEForce Racing | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 21st |
| Formula 4 United States Championship | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 82 | 7th | ||
| 2021 | Formula 4 United States Championship | Velocity Racing Development | 16 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 174.5 | 4th |
| 2022 | Formula Regional Americas Championship | Velocity Racing Development | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 9th |
| GB3 Championship | Arden Motorsport | 18 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 163 | 16th | |
| 2023 | GB3 Championship | Arden VRD | 23 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 261 | 8th |
| USF2000 Championship | Velocity Racing Development | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 48 | 21st | |
| 2024 | USF2000 Championship | Velocity Racing Development | |||||||
| USF Pro 2000 Championship |
† As Christodoulou was a guest driver, he was ineligible for championship points.
* Season still in progress.
American open-wheel racing results
USF2000 Championship
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) (Races with * indicate most race laps led)
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | Rank | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | DEForce Racing | ROA 1 17 |
ROA 2 11 |
MOH 1 |
MOH 2 |
MOH 3 |
LOR |
IMS 1 |
IMS 2 |
IMS 3 |
MOH 4 |
MOH 5 |
MOH 6 |
NJMP 1 12 |
NJMP 2 16 |
NJMP 3 15 |
STP 1 |
STP 2 |
21st | 34 | |
| 2023 | Velocity Racing Development | STP 1 |
STP 2 |
SEB 1 |
SEB 2 |
IMS 1 |
IMS 2 |
IMS 3 |
IRP |
ROA 1 |
ROA 2 |
MOH 1 |
MOH 2 |
MOH 3 |
TOR 1 5 |
TOR 2 1 |
POR 1 |
POR 2 |
POR 3 |
21st | 48 |
*Season still in progress.
Complete GB3 Championship 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 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Arden Motorsport | OUL 1 |
OUL 2 |
OUL 3 |
SIL1 1 |
SIL1 2 |
SIL1 3 |
DON1 1 Ret |
DON1 2 11 |
DON1 3 15 |
SNE 1 13 |
SNE 2 8 |
SNE 3 103 |
SPA 1 Ret |
SPA 2 15 |
SPA 3 10 |
SIL2 1 7 |
SIL2 2 7 |
SIL2 3 18 |
BRH 1 5 |
BRH 2 10 |
BRH 3 112 |
DON2 1 9 |
DON2 2 7 |
DON2 3 44 |
16th | 163 |
| 2023 | Arden VRD | OUL 1 11 |
OUL 2 10 |
OUL 3 18 |
SIL1 1 Ret |
SIL1 2 15 |
SIL1 3 27 |
SPA 1 12 |
SPA 2 8 |
SPA 3 163 |
SNE 1 Ret |
SNE 2 9 |
SNE 3 89 |
SIL2 1 7 |
SIL2 2 8 |
SIL2 3 C |
BRH 1 13 |
BRH 2 13 |
BRH 3 25 |
ZAN 1 4 |
ZAN 2 3 |
ZAN 3 193 |
DON 1 8 |
DON 2 12 |
DON 3 47 |
8th | 261 |
* Season still in progress.
- "Velocity Racing Development Adds Nico Christodoulou to FR Americas Driver Lineup". FR Americas. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
- "Alex Quinn to race in USF2000 through Arden link-up with VRD". Formula Scout. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
- "Nolan Siegel joins #Martiga for the remainder of the @FIAF4Nacam Season, along teammate Nicholas Christodoulou! Welcome Nolan!". Twitter. 11 December 2019. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
- "Nico Christodoulou joins Velocity Racing Development for 2021". RTD Media. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
- "Nico Christodoulou moves to Velocity Racing Development for 2021". Formula Scout. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
- "Nico Christodoulou to complete GB3 season with Arden". Formula Scout. 10 June 2022. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
- Official website
- Nico Christodoulou career summary at DriverDB.com