Multi-category race winner Nikita Bedrin will join VRD Racing for a GB3 Championship title challenge in 2026. 

The 19-year-old has won races in every category he has contested, including Formula 4, Formula Regional Middle, and the FIA F3 Championship. 

Following a 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 while completing 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. When his schedule allowed, 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 across recent weeks with the VRD Racing team. 

Career highlights

2025
Formula Regional European Championship - 11th
Formula Regional Middle East Championship - 11th 
FIA Formula 3 Championship - two races

2024
FIA Formula 3 Championship - 19th 
F4 UAE Championship - fifth 
Formula Regional European Championship - 16th
Eurocup-3 

2023
Formula Regional Middle East Championship - eighth
FIA Formula 3 Championship - 18th
Formula Regional European Championship

2022
F4 United Arab Emirates Championship - 4th
ADAC Formula 4 Germany - 4th
Italian Formula 4 Championship - 11th 

2021
F4 United Arab Emirates Championship powered by Abarth - 11th
ADAC Formula 4 Championship - 5th
Italian Formula 4 Championship - 8th 

2016-2020
Karting - eight major titles