Kush Maini admitted to the Alpine Academy

Alpine F1 has announced that Kush Maini, a driver from India who will compete in Formula 2 this season, has been admitted to the Alpine Academy.

By participating in the youth program of the Renault factory team, the 23-year-old driver will continue his career in motorsport under the guidance of experienced mentors, and will also have the opportunity to come into contact with specialists and drivers from the Formula 1 team. team, visit its base in Enstone and practice on the simulator.

Maini is in his debut season in F2 with Campos Racing and has already been on the podium – finishing third in the Melbourne sprint on Saturday. On such a difficult circuit as Silverstone, he showed the second result in qualifying and is in 11th place in the individual rankings one round before the end of the season.

By the way, we recently wrote that Mika Hakkinen, two-time world champion, became Kush Maini’s manager.

Kush Maini: “I am very happy to join the Alpine Academy. It is a dream come true for me to be associated with a team like Alpine F1, where I can learn and develop in the hope of one day reaching Formula 1. I would like to thank Alpine very much for believing in me and for this opportunity.”

Julian Rouse, Acting Sports Director of the Alpine F1 Team: “We welcome Kush to the Alpine Academy. He is young and talented and we think he has good prospects. He will be a perfect addition to our rider training program.

2024 will be the ninth year of operation for the Alpine Academy, which currently trains nine drivers from eight nationalities, competing in various series – from Formula 2 to European karting.”