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Nikola Tsolov (Никола Цолов,born 21 December 2006) is a Bulgarian racing driver who is currently competing in the F4 Spanish Championship and is a member of the Alpine Affiliate programme.

Karting
Driving one of Kart Republic’s machines for DPK Racing adorned in the colours of Fernando Alonso’s FA Racing outfit, Tsolov was one of the breakout stars this year having gone from Mini to OK-J to OK in successive years.

He won the WSK Open Cup in 60 Mini karts in 2019, came seventh in the junior world championship last year and then was absolutely on it at the senior level in 2021.

Formula 4 Spain
After being under the radar of Fernando Alonso for 2 years, in March 2022 the Two times world champion announced the start of A14 Management with Tsolov and Clément Novalak becoming the first drivers joining the program, with Tsolov granting a place in the F4 Spanish Championship for 2022. On 10 March 2022, Tsolov was announced as a driver of Campos. He started Spanish F4 season at Algarve with double pole. He finished 14th in the first race, after a problem at the start, gained a 5th place on the second and won the third start with setting the fastest lap in every race.

Formula One
Tsolov became a member of the Alpine Affiliate programme in March 2022.

Complete F4 Spanish Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)