Arjun Maini

Arjun Maini (born 10 December 1997 in Bangalore, Karnataka, India) is an Indian racing driver, who competed in the 2019 FIA Formula 2 Championship. Maini arrived in F2 in 2018 from the GP3 Series, and with support from the Haas F1 Team as a development driver.

Maini would sign up with Trident for his rookie F2 campaign, with the Italian team partnering him with fellow Haas junior Santino Ferrucci. Their inter-team relationship would dominate both of their seasons, with Ferrucci ultimately dropped by the team after deliberately hitting Maini after the 2018 Silverstone Sprint Race. Maini would go on to out-score Ferrucci, although the Indian youth would only claim 24 points and sixteenth in the championship.

After missing out on a seat for the 2019 season, Maini moved into sportscars, only to be called upon midway through the season by Campos Racing. A six race run would follow for Maini, in which he would fail to threaten the points, before the Indian youth was replaced himself by Marino Sato.

Background
Maini's career began in karting in 2007, with the youngster setting new records in his native India for largely for his success at a young age. 2014 would see Maini make his debut in a racing car, fighting with teammate George Russell for the crown in the BRDC Formula 4 championship, ultimately missing out by three points. For 2015 Maini would move to the Toyota Racing Series in New Zealand, while also securing a seat in the FIA Formula 3 European Championship.

European Dreams
Maini impressed in the Toyota Racing Series, ending that campaign fourth, although he would struggle in F3, only taking a handful of points finishes. Regardless, Maini secured a second season in F3 for 2016, only to quit mid-season to join the GP3 Series with Jenzer Motorsport. A strong maiden campaign, despite missing two races, saw Maini get a second season in GP3 for 2017, with the Indian racer claiming his first win in GP3 en-route to ninth at the end of the season.

That performance earned Maini a place in the Haas Development Programme, alongside Santino Ferrucci.

Formula 2 History
Maini tested for Russian Time and Trident at the 2017 Post-season Test, before signing with the latter for 2018. He was duly partnered with fellow Haas backed racer Santino Ferrucci, with the pair completing a quiet debut pair of races in Bahrain. Indeed, Maini would have to wait until the Baku Sprint Race to claim his first points of the season, finishing an impressive fifth.

Campos Call-Up: 2019
Maini initially missed out on a seat in F2 for the 2019 season, and instead switched focus to sportscars in the European Le Mans Series. However, after Dorian Boccolacci ran out of funds to pay for his seat in the #14 Campos, the Spanish squad drafted in Maini to take over the seat ahead of the 2019 Red Bull Ring Feature Race.

Post Formula 2 Career
After losing his F2 seat in 2019, Maini switched focus to racing sportscars, joining the European Le Mans Series with RLR MSport in the LMP2 class, finishing 21st overall. He duly spent the winter in the Asian Le Mans Series, finishing fifth with one win, before repeating those programmes in the 2020 and 2021 seasons.

Full Formula 2 Record
Shown below are a series of tables outlining 's career in Formula 2 in statistical form.

Formula 2 Entries
The list below includes all of the teams and cars, as well as overall finishing positions for during their F2 career:

Career Results
Below is a table showing 's full Formula 2 record.


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