Arjun Maini
Arjun Maini (born December 10, 1997 in Bangalore ) is an Indian automobile racing driver . He will start in the FIA Formula 2 Championship in 2018 .
Career
Maini began his motorsport career in 2003 in kart racing , in which he remained active until 2013. Among other things, he won the Indian Junior Championship in 2011. Maini took in 2011 to that of Force India organized competition One From a trillion (German: One of a billion ) part. Force India was looking for a talented, young Indian who would be supported by the Formula 1 racing team over the next few years . Maini won the competition and as a result took part in European kart races.
In 2013 Maini switched to formula racing . He started for Meritus in the AsiaCup Series . With four podium finishes, he finished the season in fourth place. In 2014 Maini competed for Lanan Racing in the BRDC F4 Championship . Maini won four races and went into the final race weekend as championship leader. Maini finished fifth while his teammate George Russell won and won the title. Maini finished second overall, three points behind.
At the beginning of 2015 , Maini took part in the Toyota Racing Series in India. Starting for M2 Competition , he won two races and was on the podium five times. He finished the season in fourth place. Maini then competed for Van Amersfoort Racing in the European Formula 3 championship in 2015 . With a fourth place as the best result, he was 18th in the drivers' championship. In 2016 , Maini switched to Threebond with T-Sport within the European Formula 3 championship . He left the racing series after the fourth race weekend and was 21st overall at the end of the season. Instead, he switched to Jenzer Motorsport in the GP3 series . There, with a second place as the best result, he reached tenth place in the overall ranking. In the 2017 GP3 series , Maini stayed with Jenzer Motorsport. He won a race and was third on the podium again. In the championship he finished ninth.
In 2018 he started for Trident in the FIA Formula 2 Championship . He finished 16th in the championship standings.
Personal
Maini's father Gautam Maini and his brother Kuss Maini are also automobile racing drivers.
statistics
Career stations
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Individual results in the European Formula 3 championship
year | team | engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14th | 15th | 16 | 17th | 18th | 19th | 20th | 21st | 22nd | 23 | 24 | 25th | 26th | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30th | 31 | 32 | 33 | Points | rank |
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2015 | Van Amersfoort Racing | Volkswagen |
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27 | 18th | ||||||||||||||||||||||
DNF | 14th | 16 | 15th | DNF | 13 | 12 | 4th | 5 | 10 | 20th | 20th | 17th | 23 | 16 | DNF | 14th | 17th | 13 | 15th | 17th | 21st | 15th | 22nd | 28 | 24 | 16 | 8th | 12 | 16 | 29 | 14th | 17th | |||||
2016 | Threebond with T-Sport |
ThreeBond Neil Brown Engineering |
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3 | 21st | |||||||||||||||||||||||
DNF | 13 | 16 | 14th | 15th | 15th | 18th | 10 | 9 | DNF | DNF | 18th |
Individual results in the GP3 series
year | team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14th | 15th | 16 | 17th | 18th | Points | rank |
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2016 | Jenzer Motorsport |
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50 | 10. | |||||||||
8th | 19th | 8th | 2 | 7th | 5 | DNF | 16 | 14th | 6th | 4th | 7th | 14th | 14th | ||||||||
2017 | Jenzer Motorsport |
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72 | 9. | ||||||||||
7th | 1 | 10 | 16 | 6th | 5 | DNF | 8th | 4th | 6th | 16 * | C. | 17th | 12 | 3 | 6th |
Individual results in the FIA Formula 2 Championship
year | team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14th | 15th | 16 | 17th | 18th | 19th | 20th | 21st | 22nd | 23 | 24 | Points | rank |
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2018 | Trident |
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24 | 16. | ||||||||||||
15th | 14th | DNF | 5 | DNF | 13 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 14th | 10 | 14th | 13 | 12 | 14th | 14th | 8th | DNF | 9 | 15th | 15th | DNF | DNS |
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colour | abbreviation | meaning |
gold | - | victory |
silver | - | 2nd place |
bronze | - | 3rd place |
green | - | Placement in the points |
blue | - | Classified outside the point ranks |
violet | DNF | Race not finished (did not finish) |
NC | not classified | |
red | DNQ | did not qualify |
DNPQ | failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify) | |
black | DSQ | disqualified |
White | DNS | not at the start (did not start) |
WD | withdrawn | |
Light Blue | PO | only participated in the training (practiced only) |
TD | Friday test driver | |
without | DNP | did not participate in the training (did not practice) |
INJ | injured or sick | |
EX | excluded | |
DNA | did not arrive | |
C. | Race canceled | |
no participation in the World Cup | ||
other | P / bold | Pole position |
SR / italic | Fastest race lap | |
* | not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered |
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() | Streak results | |
underlined | Leader in the overall standings |
Le Mans results
year | team | vehicle | Teammate | Teammate | placement | Failure reason |
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Oreca 07 |
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not classified |
Web links
- Career statistics from Arjun Maini (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Binoy Parikh: F4 Racer Arjun Maini Is Truly One From A Billion. redbull.com, March 26, 2014, accessed March 10, 2015 .
- ↑ Sven Haidinger: 14-year-old wins Mallya's offspring screening. Motorsport-Total.com, October 28, 2011, accessed March 10, 2015 .
- ↑ Peter Allen: George Russell wins BRDC F4 title decider to steal crown. paddockscout.com, October 26, 2014, accessed March 8, 2015 .
- ↑ Sakshi Gupta: F1 is Just Around the Corner for India's Arjun Maini. newindianexpress.com, October 29, 2014, accessed March 10, 2015 .
- ↑ Peter Lampp: India's Arjun Maini, France's Brandon Maisano prepared for NZ Grand Prix. stuff.co.nz, February 14, 2015, accessed March 10, 2015 .
- ↑ Valentin Khorounzhiy: Arjun Maini chooses Van Amersfoort for F3 move. paddockscout.com, February 24, 2015, accessed March 7, 2015 .
- ↑ Peter Allen: Arjun Maini to continue with T-Sport for 2016 European F3 season. paddockscout.com, December 21, 2015, accessed January 3, 2016 .
- ↑ Darshan Chokhani: Maini sticks with Jenzer for full-time GP3 move. motorsport.com, February 28, 2017, accessed February 28, 2017 .
- ^ Peter Allen: Trident signs Haas juniors Ferrucci and Maini for F2. formulascout.com, February 21, 2018, accessed April 30, 2018 .
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Maini, Arjun |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Indian racing car driver |
DATE OF BIRTH | December 10, 1997 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Bangalore , India |