Christo fast throughout Barcelona World Series meet
29th Oct 2007
Promising British racing talent Riki Christodoulou again showed impressive pace in the Formula Renault series with some decent lap times around the Circuit de Catalunya just outside Barcelona last weekend for the final round of the 2007 World Series by Renault.
The nineteen year old, who won the last race of the 2007 UK Formula Renault championship in only his first season single-seater racing since his move up from Karting, had a speedy run at his first visit to the venue that holds an F1 GP and is also a popular testing track for the Formula One teams.
‘Christo’, from Sutton Coldfield, set pole position times through qualification and classified second fastest for the second heat on Sunday. The first sprint did not go to plan after an incident in the chrono saw him veer off the track and hit the wall. He nevertheless recovered strongly and drove diligently to come back from a lowly nineteenth position on the grid to register a top ten finish. Starting from second spot on Sunday he ran in third place for most of the race but a rookie mistake on turn three saw him run wide and spin out.
“On the face of it the weekend was a bit of a nightmare,” he said. “However I can take consolation from the fact that I was again on the pace and setting some of the best lap-time even though I had never been to this circuit before. I really enjoyed driving here actually; it was quick and challenging.”
Christodoulou will now prepare for the Formula Renault UK Winter Series that starts this weekend at Donington Park. The second meeting will be at the Croft circuit in North Yorkshire where the former British Karting Champion set a new lap record in tests two weeks ago.
About Riki Christo
Riki Christodoulou has been racing as long as he can remember. Through karts, Formula Renault and now in the British Formula 3 International series. Riki continues to compete in top flight motorsport as one of the UK’s most promising young racing car drivers.
