Alpine Announce Kush Maini As Test And Reserve Driver For 2025

Alpine Academy driver Kush Maini will expand his role with the team in 2025 by becoming a Test and Reserve Driver. The Indian racer will also compete in Formula 2 with DAMS. Maini first joined the Alpine Academy in October 2023 and raced in the 2024 F2 season, during which he scored five podium finishes, including a race win in Budapest. 

As he enters his third Formula 2 campaign, Maini will also Serve as the Alpine F1 team's test and reserve driver.

As part of his role, the 24-year-old will use the driver-in-loop simulator at the squad’s Enstone base to support their car development and set-up objectives and participate in the TPC programme (Testing of Previous Cars) to continue improving his skills.

Kush Maini said, “I am looking forward to getting more track time in Formula 1 machinery in this role and to build on what I have already learned with the team in 2024.”

Julian Rouse, Alpine Academy Director, said, “Kush has impressed the team with his TPC performances and Formula 2 results while we have been working with him, and we expect him to continue to do so in 2025.”

Maini joins a pool of reserve drivers at Alpine, including Paul Aron, Ryo Hirakawa, and former Williams super-sub Franco Colapinto.