IMAGE: Nearing the tip of his third Components 2 season, Kush Maini is understandably thrilled about getting within the cockpit of the newest Components 1 automobile.. {Photograph}: BWT Alpine Components One Staff/Instagram
India’s racer Kush Maini will get the style of a contemporary Components 1 equipment for the very first time when he takes the wheel of the present Alpine automobile within the Younger Driver Check at Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi.
The take a look at will happen subsequent Tuesday, two days after the 2025 Components 1 World Champion is set on the identical observe.
“Following the race weekend, Kush will participate in Tuesday’s post-season Younger Driver Check, following the conclusion of the Components 2 race weekend, for his first look in fashionable Components One equipment in an official Components One session,” learn an announcement from Alpine Components 1 group.
The 25-year-old from Bengaluru has beforehand pushed within the group’s Testing Earlier Automobiles (TPC) programme and simulator as a part of his function within the Alpine Academy. He’s additionally one of many reserve drivers on the Enstone based mostly outfit.
Nearing the tip of his third Components 2 season, Maini is understandably thrilled about getting within the cockpit of the newest Components 1
automobile.
“I am unable to wait to participate within the post-season Abu Dhabi take a look at and to have my first correct expertise of the A525. The Yas Marina Circuit is one I do know effectively from Components 2 and it is going to be spectacular to see the extent of efficiency Components One vehicles have round this observe.
“I am very appreciative of the group for trusting me on this function and can purpose to do the very best job attainable with the programme the group provides me,” stated Maini.
Maini, who’s aiming to grow to be the third Indian to compete in Components 1 after Narain Karthikeyan and Karun Chandhok, might be sharing the observe with present Alpine driver Pierre Gasly who might be testing with Pirelli compounds for the 2026 season alongside different established drivers holding an excellent license.
Maini might be within the different automobile which might be used for the younger driver take a look at. A younger driver is outlined as somebody with fewer than two Components 1 begins.
Maini might be competing in his fourth Components 2 season in 2026, successfully his final shot at a Components 1 race seat for 2027.
A season in Components 2 prices greater than Rs 20 crore whereas the finances is far increased for Components 1.
Forward of the ultimate race weekend in Abu Dhabi, Maini is sixteenth within the drivers’ standings with 26 factors.
