(Motorsports news) Kush Maini is all set to become the second Indian to participate in the F3 format as he joined the MP Motorsports racing team. Maini has experience racing in the regional F3 championships. He may be an unknown quality in the FIA sector but he's achieved a lot at a very young age. His most notable finish was when he finished second overall in the 2020 British F3 championship and then went on to compete in the 2021 F3 Asian Championship for the Mumbai Falcons. The 21-year-old is backed by JK Tyre and this season, he will drive alongside Alexander Smolyar and Caio Collet at MP Motorsport.
Kush rosh the ranks of the karting ladder, Maini made his single-seaters debut in 2016 and subsequently took his first podium in the Italian F4 Championship. He then moved up to the British F3 in 2019, finishing third overall that year. In 2019 he briefly switched to the Formula Renault Eurocup series, but then he returned to British F3 in 2020 but this time he finished as a runner- up in the Championship. After competing in the 2021 F3 Asian Championship alongside Jehan Daruvala, he then went on to compete in the World Endurance Championship. Racing runs in the Maini family as Kush’s older brother is Arjun Maini, who just recently signed with Mercedes-AMG backed alongside team HRT for his second season in the DTM and he also took part in the F2 season back in 2018.
The first racing he ever did was on Karts and his karting career actually kicked off in 2011 with the Indian national title at Rotax Micromax level, followed by coming second in the 2013 WSK Euro Series at 60 Mini level, fourth in the 2014 CIK-FIA World KF Junior Championship and fourth in the 2015 KF Junior WSK Champions Cup. While competing in the Italian F4 with which he had been selected for ADAC F4 rounds which took him to eighth in the 2017 Italian series. His highest racing point till now was last year in 2021, when the Indian youngster combined the Asian F3 championship with an LMP2 drive in the FIA World Endurance Championship.
“I’m excited to join MP Motorsport for my first year in FIA F3. In 2021, MP proved to be race winners and in the final standings they were the only FIA F3 team to have two rookies finish in the top-ten. This shows their ability to coach rookie drivers on their way to immediately performing well in the series. I can’t wait to get going for pre-season testing and the first round at Bahrain!”said Main.
MP Motorsport Team Principal Sander Dorsman added: “I’m pleased to welcome Kush to our FIA F3 team. In the past few years, Kush has proved himself extremely well at regional F3 levels, now it’s time for him to step up to FIA F3. I’m sure he will mix well with Alex and Caio, and we will do our best to help him shine during each of the nine race weekends coming up in the championship.”
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