Keyvan Andres Soori

Keyvan Andres Soori (born 8 March 2000, in Cologne, Germany) is a German-Iranian former racing driver.

Career

Karting Andres started his racing career in karting in 2011. He 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, he 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. He 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 Andres. He scored five points in the WSK Super Master Series KFJ class.

Open Wheel United States In 2013, Andres made his debut in formula racing. At the Virginia International Raceway, 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 Lastochkin 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, he won the Skip Barber Winter Series, winning seven out of fourteen races to take the title. Due to his success. Andres graduated into the Mazda Road to Indy program. In 2014, he raced for Cape Motorsports-Wayne Taylor Racing in the USF2000 championship supporting the IndyCar Series. At Indianapolis, he scored his best result finishing in sixth place. For 2015, Andres switched teams joining ArmsUp Motorsports for their USF2000 campaign. He was the first German-registered 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.

New Zealand In December 2016, Andres was named as part of the Giles Motorsport line-up for the Toyota Racing Series. He finished 11th in the standings with a best result of eighth twice.

Europe In 2017, Andres was signed to Motopark for the 2017 European Formula 3 Championship, where he switched to competing under an Iranian license.

Personal life Andres was born in Cologne, Germany on 3 March 2000 to parents with Persian roots. When he was two years old, the family moved to France. In 2013, he moved to Naples, Florida. He attended the Community School of Naples, and graduated in 2017.

Racing record

Career summary Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position 2013–14 Formula Skip Barber N/A 14 7 4 4 12 342 1st 2014 U.S. F2000 National Championship Cape Motorsports w/ Wayne Taylor Racing 14 0 0 0 0 114 17th 2015 U.S. F2000 National Championship ArmsUp Motorsports 16 0 0 0 0 177 11th Atlantic Championship K-Hill Motorsports 7 5 2 2 6 331 5th 2016 Euroformula Open Championship Carlin 16 0 0 0 0 42 12th Spanish Formula 3 Championship 6 0 0 0 0 18 9th 2017 FIA Formula 3 European Championship Motopark 30 0 0 0 0 0 21st Toyota Racing Series Giles Motorsport 15 0 0 0 0 413 11th 2018 FIA Formula 3 European Championship Van Amersfoort Racing 30 0 0 0 1 18 18th Macau Grand Prix 1 0 0 0 0 N/A DNF 2019 FIA Formula 3 Championship HWA Racelab 16 0 0 0 0 0 28th Macau Grand Prix 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 27th

American Open-Wheel racing results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest race lap)

U.S. F2000 National Championship

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 141516 Rank Points 2014 Cape Motorsports Wayne Taylor Racing STP STP BAR BAR IMS IMS LOR TOR TOR MOH MOH MOH SNM SNM 16th 114 2015 ArmsUp MotorsportsSTPSTPNOLNOLBARBARIMSIMSLORTORTORMOHMOHMOHLAGLAG 11th 177

Atlantic Championship Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Rank Points 2015 K-Hill MotorsportsPBIATLATLWGLWGLVIRVIRMOHMOHPITPITNJMPNJMPPITPIT 5th 331

Complete Euroformula Open Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers) Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 DC Points 2016 Carlin Motorsport EST1 EST2 SPA1 SPA2 LEC1 LEC2 SIL1 SIL2 RBR1 RBR2 MNZ1 MNZ2 JER1 JER2 CAT1 CAT2 12th 42

Complete Toyota Racing Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 DC Points 2017 Giles Motorsport RUA1 RUA2 RUA3 TER1 TER2 TER3 HMP1 HMP2 HMP3 TAU1 TAU2 TAU3 MAN1 MAN2 MAN3 11th 423

Complete FIA Formula 3 European Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 DC Points 2017 Motopark Volkswagen SIL1 SIL2 SIL3 MNZ1 MNZ2 MNZ3 PAU1 PAU2 PAU3 HUN1 HUN2 HUN3 NOR1 NOR2 NOR3 SPA1 SPA2 SPA3 ZAN1 ZAN2 ZAN3 NÜR1 NÜR2 NÜR3 RBR1 RBR2 RBR3 HOC1 HOC2 HOC3 21st 0 2018 Van Amersfoort Racing Mercedes PAU1 PAU2 PAU3 HUN1 HUN2 HUN3 NOR1 NOR2 NOR3 ZAN1 ZAN2 ZAN3 SPA1 SPA2 SPA3 SIL1 SIL2 SIL3 MIS1 MIS2 MIS3 NÜR1 NÜR2 NÜR3 RBR1 RBR2 RBR3 HOC1 HOC2 HOC3 18th 18

Complete Macau Grand Prix results Year Team Car Qualifying Quali Race Main race 2018 Van Amersfoort Racing Dallara F317 25th 20th DNF 2019 HWA Racelab Dallara F3 2019 22nd 11th 12th

Complete FIA Formula 3 Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers) Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 DC Points 2019 HWA Racelab CATFEA CATSPR LECFEA LECSPR RBRFEA RBRSPR SILFEA SILSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR SPAFEA SPASPR MNZFEA MNZSPR SOCFEA SOCSPR 28th 0