Many GP experts and fans are certain that Nikola Tsolov will make his Formula 1 debut next year. The young racing driver from Bulgaria, who is part of the Red Bull Junior Team, is currently putting in strong performances in Formula 2. He is competing in his first full season in the top junior formula series, often described as the stepping stone to Formula 1. <\/p>\n
He leads the overall standings with 167 points, ahead of Gabriele Mini. The Italian has 20 points fewer to his name. And with his three consecutive victories (at the Red Bull Ring and at Silverstone), Tsolov has already secured his place in the history books, as no other Formula 2 driver has ever achieved this before him. He has already triumphed six times this year; another victory would mean he would equal the record for the most Formula 2 wins in a single season.<\/p>\n
No wonder there is so much interest in the teenager. Racing Bulls CEO Peter Bayer emphasised on \u2018Sky Sports F1\u2019: \u2018We\u2019re considering letting him do a test in an old Formula 1 car. He needs a licence to take part in Friday practice sessions in Formula 1, and he\u2019s still a few kilometres short of the required experience.\u2019<\/p>\n
Test in an old GP car at Imola<\/p>\n
He is set to gain this experience during Racing Bulls\u2019 next test at Imola, in one of the Faenza-based team\u2019s GP cars from last year. Speaking to our colleagues at \u2018ServusTV\u2019 about his Formula 1 prospects, Tsolov said: \u201cIt\u2019s a difficult question. I hope I\u2019ll get a seat in Formula 1. But unfortunately, it\u2019s not that simple.\u201d<\/p>\n
At the moment, the 19-year-old insisted he is focusing entirely on his Formula 2 races. \u201cI\u2019m taking it one race at a time, because I know that the better I perform now, the better my chances of moving up. I\u2019m focusing on what\u2019s important right now, and we\u2019ll see where that takes me. I really believe I deserve a chance, and I hope I get it.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Many GP experts and fans are certain that Nikola Tsolov will make his Formula 1 debut next year.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":860217,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[441],"tags":[49,48,578,576,577,82],"class_list":["post-860216","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-formula-1","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-f1","tag-formula-1","tag-formula1","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/860216","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=860216"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/860216\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/860217"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=860216"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=860216"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=860216"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}