Keyvan Andres Soori | |
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Nationality | German |
Born |
Cologne, Germany |
March 8, 2000
European Formula 3 Championship career | |
Debut season | 2017 |
Current team | Motopark |
Car no. | 47 |
Starts | 3 |
Wins | 0 |
Poles | 0 |
Fastest laps | 0 |
Best finish | TBA in 2017 |
Previous series | |
2016 2015 2014-2015 2013-2014 2011-2013 |
Euroformula Open Championship Atlantic Championship USF2000 Formula Skip Barber Karting |
Championship titles | |
2013-14 | Skip Barber Winter Series |
Keyvan Andres Soori (born 8 March 2000, in Cologne, Germany) is a German racecar driver. Andres won the Skip Barber Winter Series in the winter of 2013 and 2014. Andres competed in the USF2000 and Atlantic Championship in 2015, then moved onto Euroformula Open Championship for 2016 driving with Carlin.
Keyvan Andres Soori started his racing career in karting in 2011. The German driver competed in the Minimes class of the regional Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur championship. The eleven-year-old also competed in the French Bridgestone Cup. The following year the young German driver joined the Kerpener Kart Challenge in the KF3 class placing fifth in the championship. Andres was entered by Lotus Racing Karts, a subsidiary of Group Lotus. Keyvan also entered the ADAC Kart Masters event at Kerpen racing other future stars like Mick Schumacher. The year 2013 was the final year in karts for the German driver. Andres scored five points in the WSK Super Master Series KFJ class.
In 2013 Keyvan Andres made his debut in formula racing. At Virginia International Raceway Keyvan Andres, racing under the name Keyvan Soori, came in fourth in his first Skip Barber Formula 2000 race. Drivers like Colton Herta, Garth Rickards and Nikita Latochkin also competed in the race. Andres was eventually placed eleventh in the championship winning one race, at Road Atlanta. In the winter of 2013-14 Keyvan Andres won the Skip Barber Winter Series. The young driver won zeven out of fourteen races to take the title. Due to his success Andres graduated into the Mazda Road to Indy program, being the first German driver to do so. In 2014 Andres raced for Cape Motorsports w/ Wayne Taylor Racing in the USF2000 championship supporting the IndyCar Series. On the Grand Prix of Indianapolis track the German driver scored his best result finishing in sixth place. For 2015 Andres switched teams joining ArmsUp Motorsports for their USF2000 campaign. Keyvan Andres was the first German driver since 2006 (Andreas Wirth) to win an Atlantic Championship race. The fifteen-year-old won his debut race in the series at Watkins Glen International.