Kyle Kumaran

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 International Races
Season Series Position
2018 Junior – SWS World Finals 2018 @ Lignano, Italy
Senior – IAME International 2018 @ Le Mans, France
2019 Senior – British Grand Prix 2019 @ PFI, UK
DD2 – Rotax International Trophy 2019 @ Le Mans, France
DD2 – Rotax Grand Finals 2019 @ Sarno, Italy
2021 MENA Karting Championship 2021 @ Muscat, Oman DD2 Champion
Indian Karting Championships Rotax Max (RMC) 2021 Senior Champion
RMC Grand Finals 2021 @ Bahrain (World Championship) DD2 Vice Champion
2022 RMCIT 2022 @ Le Mans, France 4th

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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[7]

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

References
  1. "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.
  2. Dutta, Debopam; Kundu, Poulomi (31 December 2021). "Kyle Kumaran- the 'speed junky' making India proud on international racing circuit".
  3. "Kyle Kumaran wins the senior title in National Karting Championship Rotax Max". thebridge.in. 29 November 2021.
  4. 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.
  5. "Wade and Hannam excel at UAE Rotax Max Challenge 7th round". www.gulftoday.ae.
  6. "Red-hot Kyle Kumaran reigns supreme in Novice Cup".
  7. "2023 F1 calendar revealed with record 24 races".
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