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Kyle Aditya Kumaran is a racing driver of Indian Origin from the state of Tamil Nadu based in Dubai, UAE. He is the Vice World Champion (DD2 Category) in Rotax Grand Final at Bahrain held on 18 Dec 2021. He is currently the only Indian to have won a trophy at a world karting event. He won the Senior Max title in the Meco FMSCI National Karting Chamship Rotax Max class 2021 at the Meco Kartopia Track in November. Kumaran also won the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Nations Cup in DD2 class.[1][2][3][4][5]
Career
Karting career summary
Season | Series | Position |
---|---|---|
2018 | SWS World Finals – Junior | ? |
IAME International – Senior | ? | |
2019 | British Grand Prix – Senior | ? |
Rotax International Trophy – DD2 | ? | |
Rotax Max Challenge Grand Finals – DD2 | ? | |
2021 | MENA Karting Championship – DD2 | 1st |
Indian Karting Championships – Rotax Max Senior | 1st | |
RMC Grand Finals – DD2 | 2nd[6] | |
2022 | RMCIT | 4th |
UAE Championships
- Champion – Junior, Sodi World Series (SWS) 2017
- Champion – MAX (Senior), RMC 2017-18
- Champion ( x2 )
- DD2, RMC 2019-20 & 2021-22
- Champion ( x2 ) – Senior, SWS 2020 & 2021
- Champion ( x2 ) – Endurance, SWS 2020 & 2021
- Champion – Senior, IAME Summer Series 2021
- Champion – DD2, Dubai O Plate 2022
- Vice Champion – Junior, IAME X30 2017-18
- Vice Champion – DD2 RMC 2018-19
- 3rd – Senior, IAME X30 2018-19
- 3rd – Senior, IAME X30 2021-22
- 3rd – Senior, IAME X30 Middle East Cup 2021
- 4th – Senior, IAME X30 2019-20
- 5th - 2018 (Junior) & 2019 (Senior), Dubai O Plate
Racing record
Career summary
Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2022 | Formula 4 UAE Championship | Mumbai Falcons by Xcel | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38th |
2022-23 | MRF Formula 2000 | MRF Racing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11th |
2023 | Indian Racing League | Bangalore Speedsters | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 78‡ | 4th‡ |
‡ Team standings
References
- ^ "Kyle Kumaran wins Sr National Rotax Karting title, Peregrine Racing claim overall honours". The Times of India. PTI. 29 November 2021. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
- ^ Dutta, Debopam; Kundu, Poulomi (31 December 2021). "Kyle Kumaran- the 'speed junky' making India proud on international racing circuit".
- ^ "Kyle Kumaran wins the senior title in National Karting Championship Rotax Max". thebridge.in. 29 November 2021.
- ^ Datla, Anand (15 July 2022). "The F1 dream: motorsport is seeing revived interest in India, but funds and facilities are hard to come by". The Hindu – via www.thehindu.com.
- ^ "Wade and Hannam excel at UAE Rotax Max Challenge 7th round". www.gulftoday.ae.
- ^ "Red-hot Kyle Kumaran reigns supreme in Novice Cup". 19 September 2022.
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