Arjun Maini

Arjun Maini 2017

Arjun Maini at the first Formula 2 race in Spielberg 2018

Arjun Maini at Spa-Francorchamps in the European Formula 3 Championship 2015

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

2003-2013: karting 2013: AsiaCup Series (4th place) 2014: BRDC F4 Championship (2nd place)

2015 : Toyota Racing Series (4th place) 2015 : European Formula 3 (18th place) 2016 : European Formula 3 (21st place)

2016 : GP3 series (10th place) 2017 : GP3 series (9th place) 2018 : Formula 2 (16th place) 2019 : Formula 2 (24th place)

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
2015	Van Amersfoort Racing	Volkswagen	SIL			HO1			PAU			MNZ			SPA			NOR			ZAN			SPI			POR			ONLY			HO2			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	LEC			HUN			PAU			SPI			NOR			ZAN			SPA			ONLY			IMO			HOC						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
2016	Jenzer Motorsport	ESP		AUT		GBR		HUN		GER		BEL		ITA		MAS		UAE		50	10.
						8th	19th	8th	2	7th	5	DNF	16	14th	6th	4th	7th	14th	14th
2017	Jenzer Motorsport	ESP		AUT		GBR		HUN		BEL		ITA		ESP		UAE				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
2018	Trident	BRN		AZE		ESP		MON		FRA		AUT		GBR		HUN		BEL		ITA		RUS		UAE		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

Legend
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
	()	Streak results
	underlined	Leader in the overall standings

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
2019	RLR Msport Tower Events	Oreca 07	John Farano	Norman Nato	not classified

Web links

Commons : Arjun Maini  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Career statistics from Arjun Maini (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Binoy Parikh: F4 Racer Arjun Maini Is Truly One From A Billion. redbull.com, March 26, 2014, accessed March 10, 2015 . 
2. ↑ Sven Haidinger: 14-year-old wins Mallya's offspring screening. Motorsport-Total.com, October 28, 2011, accessed March 10, 2015 . 
3. ↑ Peter Allen: George Russell wins BRDC F4 title decider to steal crown. paddockscout.com, October 26, 2014, accessed March 8, 2015 . 
4. ↑ Sakshi Gupta: F1 is Just Around the Corner for India's Arjun Maini. newindianexpress.com, October 29, 2014, accessed March 10, 2015 . 
5. ↑ 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 . 
6. ↑ Valentin Khorounzhiy: Arjun Maini chooses Van Amersfoort for F3 move. paddockscout.com, February 24, 2015, accessed March 7, 2015 . 
7. ↑ Peter Allen: Arjun Maini to continue with T-Sport for 2016 European F3 season. paddockscout.com, December 21, 2015, accessed January 3, 2016 . 
8. ↑ Darshan Chokhani: Maini sticks with Jenzer for full-time GP3 move. motorsport.com, February 28, 2017, accessed February 28, 2017 . 
9. ^ Peter Allen: Trident signs Haas juniors Ferrucci and Maini for F2. formulascout.com, February 21, 2018, accessed April 30, 2018 .