Kush Maini joins Alpine System 1 group as check and reserve driver | Racing Information

File photograph of Motor Racing driver Kush Maini. (ANI)

Indian racing driver Kush Maini has been appointed as a reserve driver for the Alpine System 1 group earlier than the season opener in Melbourne on March 16. The 24-year-old from Bengaluru, who at the moment races in System 2joined Alpine’s junior program in October 2023 and can now work alongside Franco Colapinto, Paul Aron, and Ryo Hirakawa as reserve drivers.
Alpine defined Maini’s new duties in a press release: “Maini’s duties will contain providing priceless help to the group’s automobile improvement and set-up goals utilizing the driver-in-loop simulator at Enstone, in addition to taking part in its TPC (testing of earlier automobiles) Programme geared toward bettering expertise on the wheel of a recent, trendy System One automobile.”
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System 1 groups have developed from having only one reserve driver all through most of their 75-year historical past to now sustaining a number of reserve drivers.
This promotion marks a big step for Maini in his pursuit to turn into the third Indian System 1 Driver After Naraain Karthikeyan and Karun Chandhok.
Maini will proceed racing for DAMS in System 2, coming into his third season which runs alongside choose System 1 occasions. His earlier seasons noticed him end eleventh and thirteenth within the drivers’ standings, securing 5 podiums together with a victory in Hungary.
“Since becoming a member of the Alpine Academy forward of final 12 months, I’ve been extremely welcomed in all the Alpine household and I’m grateful to Flavio and Oliver for his or her continued help. I’m trying ahead to getting extra monitor time in System One equipment on this function and to construct on what I’ve already realized with the group in 2024. I am very excited to start the function as quickly as doable however for now my focus is on my third season in System 2 kicking off this weekend in Australia,” stated Maini.
Alpine Academy director Julian Rouse praised Maini’s skills: “Kush has impressed the group throughout his TPC performances and System 2 outcomes while we’ve been working with him and we count on he’ll proceed to take action in 2025. His wider function permits us to additional broaden our pool of driving expertise who can present help and useful resource to the entire group through the busy season.”