Keyvan Andres Soori

Keyvan Andres Soori
Nationality	German
Born	March 8, 2000 Cologne, Germany
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.

Career

Karting

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.^[1] The eleven-year-old also competed in the French Bridgestone Cup.^[2] The following year the young German driver joined the Kerpener Kart Challenge in the KF3 class placing fifth in the championship.^[3] 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.^[4] 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.^[5]

Formula racing

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.^[6] 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.^[7] 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.

Personal

Keyvan was born in Cologne, Germany on 3 March 2000 to parents with Persian roots. When Keyvan was two years old the family moved to France. In 2013 Keyvan moved to Naples, Florida where he resides today. The young German attends the Community School of Naples.

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

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	14	15	16	Rank	Points
2014	Cape Motorsports Wayne Taylor Racing	STP 10	STP 9	BAR 14	BAR 15	IMS 22	IMS 6	LOR 8	TOR 21	TOR 13	MDO 20	MDO 9	MDO 14	SNM 11	SNM 11			16th	114
2015	ArmsUp Motorsports	STP 16	STP 7	NOL 6	NOL 7	BAR 7	BAR 7	IMS 15	IMS 10	LOR 7	TOR 13	TOR 13	MDO 8	MDO 11	MDO 18	LAG 6	LAG 8	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 Motorsports	PBI	ATL	ATL	WGL 1	WGL 1	VIR 1	VIR 2	MDO	MDO	PIT	PIT 6	NJMP 1	NJMP 1	PIT	PIT	5th	331

References

1. "Championat Regional PACAC 2011 Minimes" (PDF). Karting Sud. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
2. "Bridgestone Cup Finale". CR Kart. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
3. "5. Lauf Kart-Challenge Hahn". Kart Club Kerpen. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
4. "ADAC Kart Masters / MSC Langenfeld" (PDF). ADAC Motorsport. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
5. "WSK Super Master Series - KFJ 2013 standings". DriverDB.com. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
6. "2013 SBF2000 Summer Series Point Standings" (PDF). Skip Barber. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
7. "Skip Barber Winter Series 2014 standings". DriverDB.com. Retrieved 14 June 2015.

External links

• Keyvan Andres Soori on DriverDB.com