India’s Kush Maini on Tuesday joined the younger driver growth programme of the Alpine Formula 1 group.
Before Kush, Jehan Daruvala was one other Indian who was on the motive force programme of a Formula 1 group — Red Bull Racing in his case — however he couldn’t graduate to the very best degree after three blended Formula 2 seasons beneath their wings.
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Kush, 23, is competing in his rookie Formula 2 season.
The Bengaluru-based driver secured his first Formula 2 podium with a 3rd-place end within the Sprint Race in Australia and his finest Qualifying results of second at Silverstone.
He at present sits simply exterior of the highest 10 within the championship standings having secured 11 level-scoring finishes throughout the season. Kush’s brother Arjun was a growth driver with the Haas Formula 1 group however he too couldn’t attain the head of 4-wheel racing.
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Kush will be a part of the rising Alpine Academy line-up which at present options drivers reminiscent of Alpine F1 Team Reserve Driver Jack Doohan and 2022 FIA Formula 3 Champion Victor Martins, and has a bunch of profitable graduates together with present Formula 1 drivers Zhou Guanyu and Oscar Piastri, and Olli Caldwell who at present competes for Alpine Elf Endurance Team.
”It’s a dream come true to be related to a group like BWT Alpine F1 Team, the place I can study and develop to hopefully in the future be able to take the step into Formula 1. An enormous thanks to Alpine for believing in me and giving me this chance,” mentioned Kush.
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Julian Rouse, Alpine F1 Team Interim Sporting Director, added: ”He is a younger expertise who we consider has robust potential and shall be a fantastic asset to our driver growth programme.
”The Alpine Academy will enter its ninth yr in 2024 and at present options 9 drivers of eight nationalities, spanning 4 completely different collection from FIA Formula 2 by way of to European Karting.
”The continuous enlargement of the Academy’s expertise pool runs in parallel to the enlargement of our amenities at Enstone with the event of our new state-of-the-artwork coaching and testing amenities, the AHPC, underway.” Narain Karthikeyan and Karun Chandhok are the one two Indians who’ve made it to Formula 1.
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