Another top three result for Christo

Highly rated Fortec Motorsport driver Riki Christodoulou continues to impress in his maiden ‘Formula Renault UK with Michelin’ season by taking fourth and third positions in the seventh and eighth rounds of the twenty race series respectively last Sunday at the Croft circuit in Yorkshire.

The 18 year old guided his single-seater Renault to another podium position (his third of the year) in the second of two relatively straight-forward drives in sweltering 28 degree temperatures.

The layout proved difficult for the nineteen drivers to overtake but ‘Christo’ showed his speed by being the fastest rookie driver in both eleven-lap heats and setting the quickest circulation both times.

“It was a reasonable weekend,” the Sutton Coldfield resident summarised. “Testing had gone OK but we could have done with some more pace really. I had a couple of steady races and it was hard to get any clean-cut passing opportunities. It was the first time I had driven the Renault in those temperatures and I found that the car moved around a lot in the first race but we made some changes and it was much better in the second; so we learnt a lot at least.”

“I am happy with how the season it going so far and the team are also pleased,” he added. “I just have to keep it going now.”

The teenager is still searching for his first victory in the contest but is getting closer every time and has now finished in the top five in half of his appearances so far. His lowest result steering the FR 2.0 has been an eleventh position taken after running off the track in the second race at Thruxton. He has missed the top ten on only one occasion.

Christo is currently fourth in the standings and just six points from third and the top spot on the rookie Graduate’s Cup.

Rounds nine and ten, reaching the half-way point on the schedule, will take place in three weeks at Oulton Park.

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