First Bulgarian to Enter Formula One



Vladimir Arabadziev is the name of the first Bulgarian to join the world of Formula One. He will do test drives with the Lotus Racing team November 16 and 17.

This was made clear, as Lotus Racing has today confirmed its driver line-up for the forthcoming Young Driver Test in Abu Dhabi. The the other youngster to perform test drives is and Rodolfo González (Venezuela). Both drivers will be on track in chassis T127-02, which is the same as the team's senior drivers Jarno Trulli and Heikki Kovalainen.

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We are very pleased to have confirmed that Rodolfo and Vladimir will be driving for us in Abu Dhabi. They both come from countries with growing interest in motor sport, and the chance to give emerging drivers the opportunity to step up to Formula One is central to the Lotus Racing philosophy of embracing young talent,"
Riad Asmat, Lotus Racing Chief Executive Officer, commented.

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I will show 100% of my potential. This is an excellent opportunity and a dream come true!"
the happy young driver said.

''Lotus Racing is a very professional team and this is a huge chance for Vladimir,"
Arabadzhiev's manager, Nigel Gordon-Stuart, added.

Vladimir Arabadzhiev, began his professional carrier in the Italian Formula Three Championship in 2006 before progressing to the Euro-series 3000 championship in 2007. He joined the International Formula Master series in 2008 and stayed for 2009, before racing in the 2009–10 season of the GP2 Asia Series, for the Rapax Team. He also took part in the main series for the 2010 season, moving to Scuderia Coloni. Vladimir will be in the car for the afternoon session on Wednesday 17th November.

Sorry for this, but I hope he can take corners fast.....on the straight we know the Bulgarians are fast, but corners....hmmm!!!


Apart from that I do wish him well, it'll make a change from hearing Dimitar Berbatov all the time. :Good luck:Vladimir Arabadziev

Hi Chris
What did you think of that boreing F1 race
Good job there was a World Championship at stake, because that was the only reason I kept watching it, what about you

Kahl1963 wrote:

Sorry for this, but I hope he can take corners fast.....on the straight we know the Bulgarians are fast, but corners....hmmm!!!


Apart from that I do wish him well, it'll make a change from hearing Dimitar Berbatov all the time. :Good luck:Vladimir Arabadziev

:Howdy:He should be a future Wold Champion if he drives like most Bulgarian's on the open road. He does have at least one advantage as he should be
travelling in the same direction as all the other drivers on the track, thus avoiding a head-on collision

Well however he drives, I wish him all the best and lets hope he makes a good name for Bulgaria

it will make a refreshing change to some of those in F1 who have been there season after season, and got no where, why do they keep them, if you dont succeed then out you must go, but time and time again they are still there. give someone else a chance. good luck to him.

I agree with Starlite good luck to him

This could be a first

A friend of ours knows him and his family, apparently they come from Plovdiv, and his father has loads of money, so he should get on alright, as there are 2 ways to get on in F1 one is to be very talented and the other is to have loads of money behind you, hopefully he has both !!.