28 Facts About Kush Maini

Kush Maini is mentored by two-time Formula One champion Mika Hakkinen.

Kush Maini started his single-seater career in 2016, competing for BVM Racing in the Italian F4 Championship.

Kush Maini's campaign started in a strong fashion, scoring points in the first six races of the year.

Kush Maini finished the season 16th in the standings and ended up fifth in the rookies' championship.

For 2017 Kush Maini moved to Jenzer Motorsport, racing in Italian F4, partnering Giorgio Carrara, Federico Malvestiti, Giacomo Bianchi and Job van Uitert.

Kush Maini hit the ground running with a podium in his first race at Monza, but was unable to replicate such result again throughout the season.

Kush Maini was a consistent points scorer though, and came sixth in the standings with 102 points, as the second highest placed rookie.

Kush Maini was sustained in a title fight with rival Kaylen Frederick, winning three races that season in Brands Hatch, Donington Park and Snetterton.

Kush Maini began 2021 competing for new Indian outfit Mumbai Falcons in the F3 Asian Championship during the winter, partnering Formula 2 driver Jehan Daruvala.

Kush Maini endured a tough start to the season, but a run of seven points finishes in the last nine races, including a podium at the last round in Abu Dhabi, moved him up to 11th place in the standings.

Kush Maini was unable to find a full-time drive for the main season, his sole other race of the year coming at the 6 Hours of Bahrain of the 2021 FIA World Endurance Championship, as a one-off replacement in ARC Bratislava's LMP2 squad.

Kush Maini progressed to the FIA Formula 3 Championship in 2022, driving alongside Caio Collet and Alexander Smolyar at MP Motorsport.

Kush Maini was quoted as saying that he was "excited to join MP Motorsport for [his] first year in FIA F3", and that the team's results the previous year showed "their ability to coach rookie drivers on their way to immediately performing well in the series".

Kush Maini started his season off by qualifying in third place in Bahrain, however Maini would be forced to start from the back of the grid for both races due to him missing the weighbridge during the session.

At the next round in Imola, Kush Maini scored his first points of the season with a fifth-placed finish.

Kush Maini finished third on Saturday, after a mistake from Isack Hadjar ahead, thus scoring his only podium of the year.

Kush Maini followed it up with seventh in the feature race.

However, this would end up being his final points finish of the year, as Kush Maini ended up 14th in the drivers' standings with 31 points.

In November 2022, Kush Maini was confirmed to drive for Campos Racing in the 2023 F2 season, taking part in the 2022 Formula 2 post-season test at the Yas Marina Circuit.

Kush Maini too was unable to in the following two rounds due to incidents and Campos' declining race pace, despite achieving top-4 in both qualifying sessions.

Kush Maini returned to the points with sixth in the Budapest sprint race, despite starting on reverse pole.

Kush Maini returned to his qualifying form in Monza, securing sixth.

Kush Maini ended the season 11th in the drivers' standings, scoring 62 points and one podium, even finishing ahead of countryman and F2 veteran Jehan Daruvala.

Kush Maini started the season in Bahrain with the fastest lap time in qualifying, but was disqualified due to a technical infringement.

In October 2023, Kush Maini was announced to be joining the Alpine Academy.

Kush Maini experienced his maiden Formula One test at the Red Bull Ring, driving the Alpine A522 and describing it as "a dream come true".

In March 2025, Kush Maini was announced as one of the test and reserve drivers for Alpine for the 2025 season, alongside Paul Aron, Franco Colapinto and Ryo Hirakawa.

Kush Maini took part in the Berlin rookie test with the team later that year.