Quick Facts
Biography
Vladimir "Vlado" Arabadzhiev (Bulgarian: Владимир (Владо) Арабаджиев, born 16 March 1984 in Plovdiv) is a Bulgarian racing driver.
Career
Formula Three
Arabadzhiev began his career in the Italian Formula Three Championship in 2006, finishing the season in 11th in the standings, scoring five points.
Formula 3000
Arabadzhiev moved onto the Euroseries 3000 championship in 2007, where he finished seventh in the standings, scoring 23 points.
Formula Master
Arabadzhiev joined the International Formula Master series in 2008, finishing seventh in the standings for JD Motorsport, taking one win. He remained in the series with JD in 2009, where he finished seventh once again. He was awarded a test for World Touring Car Championship team Chevrolet at the Pembrey Circuit in Wales.
GP2 Series
Arabadzhiev raced in the 2009–10 season of the GP2 Asia Series, for the Rapax Team, which took over Piquet GP after the first round. He also took part in the main series for the 2010 season, moving to Scuderia Coloni to partner Alberto Valerio. After sixteen races without scoring a point, he was replaced by Brendon Hartley.
Racing career
Complete GP2 Series results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Scuderia Coloni | CAT FEA 19 | CAT SPR 20 | MON FEA Ret | MON SPR 13 | IST FEA Ret | IST SPR Ret | VAL FEA 13 | VAL SPR 9 | SIL FEA 21 | SIL SPR 17 | HOC FEA 15 | HOC SPR 15 | HUN FEA 18 | HUN SPR 14 | SPA FEA 19 | SPA SPR Ret | MNZ FEA | MNZ SPR | YMC FEA | YMC SPR | 29th | 0 |
Complete GP2 Asia Series results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009–10 | Piquet GP | YMC1 FEA Ret | YMC1 SPR Ret | 20th | 0 | ||||||
| Rapax Team | YMC2 FEA 13 | YMC2 SPR 10 | BHR1 FEA 17 | BHR1 SPR 7 | BHR2 FEA 12 | BHR2 SPR 9 |