Multi-category race winner Nikita Bedrin joins VRD Racing for a GB3 Championship title challenge.
Competing under the Italian flag, he has won races in every category he has contested, including Formula 4, Formula Regional Middle, and the FIA F3 Championship.
Following an impressive karting career that generated eight major titles, he stepped up to F4 in 2021, and won races in Italian and ADAC F4 in his first year. Remaining in the category for the following campaign, he finished fourth in the F4 UAE Championship with two wins, and fourth again in ADAC F4 with another victory.
Confirming his spot on the FIA F3 grid for 2023, he began his year in the Formula Regional Middle East Championship, finishing eighth overall with victories at the Dubai Autodrome and at Yas Marina.
The F3 campaign that followed netted podiums at the Hungaroring and Spa-Francorchamps, and he also secured a podium across four Formula Regional European Championship appearances.
Another busy season in 2024 encompassed nine F4 UAE Championship races and another full FIA F3 campaign, with a victory in the Sprint Race at the Hungaroring a major highlight. He also contested 14 Formula Regional European events and two Eurocup-3 races.
Last season, he completed a full campaign in Formula Regional Europe, with two podiums, claimed four podiums in Formula Regional Middle East, and enjoyed a successful F3 return at Melbourne, taking sixth and then fourth.
Bedrin, who is also a development driver for the DS Penske Formula E team, is now switching his racing focus to the GB3 Championship, having completed several tests with the VRD Racing team.
Career highlights
2026 - DS Penske Formula E Team development driver
2025
Formula Regional Europe / Formula Regional Middle East
FIA Formula 3 (2 races)
DS Penske Formula E Team development driver
2024
FIA Formula 3 – one win
Formula Regional Europe (14 races)
Eurocup-3 (2 races)
F4 UAE (9 races) – fifth with three wins and one additional podium
2023
FIA Formula 3 – two podiums
Formula Regional Middle East – eighth with two wins
Formula Regional Europe (4 races)
2022
Italian F4 (20 races)
F4 UAE – fourth with two wins and four additional podiums
ADAC Formula 4 – fourth with one win and five additional podiums
2021
Italian F4 – eighth with one win and three additional podiums
ADAC Formula 4 – fifth with one win and four additional podiums
F4 UAE (9 races)
2020
Karting - CIK-FIA World Championship (OK)
Karting - CIK-FIA European Championship (OK) – fourth
Karting - WSK Euro Series (OK) – fourth
Karting - WSK Super Master Series (OK) – champion
Karting - Champions of the Future (OK) – champion
Karting - South Garda Winter Cup (OK) – fifth
Karting - WSK Champions Cup (OK) – fourth
2019
Karting - WSK Final Cup (OKJ) – runner-up
Karting - CIK-FIA World Championship (OKJ) – 10th
Karting - CIK-FIA European Championship (OKJ) – fifth
Karting - WSK Super Master Series (OKJ) – seventh
Karting - WSK Euro Series (OKJ) – third
Karting - WSK Open Cup (OKJ) – fifth
Karting - South Garda Winter Cup (OKJ) – seventh
Karting - Italian Championship (OKJ) – champion
2018
Karting - WSK Final Cup (OKJ) – sixth
Karting - CIK-FIA World Championship (OKJ)
Karting - CIK-FIA European Championship
Karting - South Garda Winter Cup (OKJ)
Karting - WSK Champions Cup (OKJ) – eighth
2017
Karting - Asian Open Championship (Mini Rok) – champion
Karting - WSK Final Cup (60 Mini) – sixth
Karting - WSK Super Master Series (60 Mini) – runner-up
Karting - Trofeo Industrie (60 Mini) – champion
Karting - ROK Cup International Final (Mini Rok) – runner-up
Karting - Andrea Margutti Trophy (60 Mini) – runner-up
Karting - WSK Champions Cup (60 Mini) – third
Karting - South Garda Winter Cup (60 Mini) – runner-up
2016
Karting - WSK Final Cup (60 Mini)
Karting - ROK Cup International Final (Mini Rok)
Karting - WSK Night Edition (60 Mini) – champion
Karting - Trofeo Industrie (60 Mini) – champion
Karting - WSK Super Master Series (60 Mini)
Karting - WSK Champions Cup (60 Mini)
Karting - Andrea Margutti Trophy (60 Mini)
Karting - Russian Championship (Super Mini) – champion
