Keyvan Andres

Keyvan Andres Soori
Nationality Germany German
Born (2000-03-08) March 8, 2000
Cologne, Germany
FIA Formula 3 European Championship career
Debut season 2017
Current team Van Amersfoort Racing
Car no. 15
Former teams Motopark
Starts 57
Wins 0
Poles 0
Fastest laps 0
Best finish 21st 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.

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 Lastochkin 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.

In December 2016, Soori was named as part of the Giles Motorsport line-up for the Toyota Racing Series. Two months later, he was signed to Motopark for the 2017 European Formula 3 Championship.[8]

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
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 27 0 0 0 1 18 18th*

* Season still in progress.

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

Complete FIA European Formula 3 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 SIL
1
15		 SIL
2
14		 SIL
3
16		 MNZ
1
15		 MNZ
2
12		 MNZ
3
Ret		 PAU
1
12		 PAU
2
15		 PAU
3
Ret		 HUN
1
14		 HUN
2
18		 HUN
3
16		 NOR
1
14		 NOR
2
17		 NOR
3
14		 SPA
1
13		 SPA
2
12		 SPA
3
13		 ZAN
1
12		 ZAN
2
13		 ZAN
3
15		 NÜR
1
17		 NÜR
2
19		 NÜR
3
14		 RBR
1
15		 RBR
2
14		 RBR
3
Ret		 HOC
1
20		 HOC
2
Ret		 HOC
3
14		 21st 0
2018 Van Amersfoort Racing Mercedes PAU
1
Ret		 PAU
2
14		 PAU
3
14		 HUN
1
16		 HUN
2
15		 HUN
3
13		 NOR
1
10		 NOR
2
3		 NOR
3
Ret		 ZAN
1
20		 ZAN
2
18		 ZAN
3
17		 SPA
1
10		 SPA
2
12		 SPA
3
20		 SIL
1
16		 SIL
2
18		 SIL
3
16		 MIS
1
19		 MIS
2
18		 MIS
3
17		 NÜR
1
10		 NÜR
2
12		 NÜR
3
15		 RBR
1
18		 RBR
2
Ret		 RBR
3
13		 HOC
1
 HOC
2
 HOC
3
 18th* 18*

* Season still in progress.

References

  1. ↑ "Championat Regional PACAC 2011 Minimes" (PDF). Karting Sud. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. 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.
  8. ↑ "New Signing for the FIA Formula 3 European Championship: Keyvan Andres Soori". February 9, 2017. Retrieved February 10, 2017.
Sporting positions
Preceded by
Jake Eidson		 Skip Barber Winter Series Champion
2013–14		 Succeeded by
Timo Reger
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