Draft:Misha Charoudin

Misha Charoudin, also known as Boosted Boris (born 11 November 1989), is a Dutch-Russian race car driver, test driver, instructor, internet personality and automobile influencer. He is known for his time in Nürburgring.

Early life and education
Charoudin was born in Russia. He spent his growing years in the Netherlands, moving there when he was 11 years old. He completed a degree in International Business from the Moscow State University Business School, and went on to attend Tilburg University, attaining a degree in Business Management in 2013.

Automotive influencer
Charoudin, also known by his alter ego name, Boosted Boris, began his career as a Youtube influencer. He was running 2 Youtube channels, Misha Charoudin and Boosted Boris; both of which were vehicle enthusiast channels. He was approached in Sweden in 2014 to be the host of the Youtube channel Boosted Boris. Andvwas spotted on the channel and employed by Nürburgring based ring taxi firm, APEX Nurberg in 2015. He would go on to become a co-owner of APEX Nurberg, alongside Robert Mitchell. During the same period in 2015, he became an author for Speed Hunters, until 2016. He was also associated with for Ring Garage, which he left in 2017. He stopped posting content on the Boosted Boris channel in 2018, and continued working with the Youtube channel Misha Charoudin. His Youtube channel has over 1.25 million subscribers and over 500 million views. He has over 3 million followers and over 1 billion views across all social media platforms.

In 2020, he began working with Croatian innovator, Mate Rimac's automobile company, Rimac Automobili.

Test driver and racer
He was the first person to test the Porsche Carrera GT on track. He was also the first person to test the Tesla Model 3 on the Nurburgring track, and was one of the first people to test the Rimac Nevera, driving a prototype on a closed circuit track. He has also tested the Polestar 1. During the course of his career, he has crashed a BMW M4 belonging to a customer, a Porsche 993 991 and a Toyota GT 86. He also tested the race car simulation rig created by his former Rimac colleague, Tino Šturlić, under the latter's subsequently founded company, TS Custom.

On 3 June 2023, it was announced that Charoudin will be part of a three-man Bilstein-organized VT2 class entry team driving a heavily modified BMW 330i s by Black Falcon and participating in the Nürburgring Endurance Series for 2024. Other members of the team are Jimmy Broadbent and Steven Alvarez Brown, with Broadbent also releasing a video on YouTube announcing the collaboration.

Instructor and media work
In April 2022, he had took Carwow associated drag racer and youtuber Matt Watson, on a track drive in a Toyota Supra, during the period in which the latter was transitioning from drag race to track racing. He took Robert Kubica on a test of a BMW M4. He has completed the Nürburgring track, as a co-driver, blindfolded and from memory.

He featured, alongside notable motorsport figures Olaf Manthey, Štefan Rosina and Walter Röhrl, in 2022's music video about the Nürburgring, the TF Song (Pineapple King) by British-Austrian rock band the Heizer Monkeys.

Philanthropy
In July 2021, he was scolded by an Audi representative when he ended up using an Audi RS 6, which was given to him for track and speed testing, to aid flood relief efforts in Germany due to flooding in the Nurburg region of Germany. Audi later backtracked and commended his relief effort after the company suffered backlash on social media for placing the aesthetics of their vehicle over human lives. The company later increased their donation to the flood victims.

Personal life
He is engaged to Megi Pejkovic, since January 2023. He had a double jaw surgery.