RACER MAINI JOINS ITALIAN TEAM TRIDENT FOR F2 SEASON
Young racer Arjun Maini on Wednesday confirmed his association with the Trident team for the upcoming 2018 FIA Formula 2 season. Maini moves to the F2 after competing in the GP3 Series where he achieved a historic victory in Barcelona, as the first Indian to win a race in the GP3 Series.
He followed the victory with a podium in Race 1 at the seasonending Abu Dhabi round. His victory in Barcelona was also judged the best win of the year by the GP3 paddock.
Testing in the post-season FIA F2 as a rookie, Arjun also displayed remarkable pace, topping two out of the six sessions, making the transition to Formula 2 a natural progression.
“I’m very excited to be competing in the FIA Formula 2 championship with Trident Motorsport. I felt we were quite competitive during the post-season test and given that the series is using all new cars for the coming season, I’m quite excited for the year ahead,” Maini said.
“Trident is a very strong team and I’m sure if we work hard we’ll be in for some strong results during the course of the season.”
Trident, a team based in Italy, began competing in the GP2 Series (now FIA Formula 2) in 2006 and was founded by Italian entertainment mogul Maurizio Salvadori.
The team has a strong pedigree having run ex-Formula One driver Gianmaria Bruni in its first year of racing and featured several notable names in motorsport, including the likes of former Formula One driver and race winner Pastor Maldonado and ex-Ferrari Driver Academy star Raffaele Marciello.
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