🇮🇳 Arjun Maini

Arjun Maini is a professional racing driver rated 4,708, competing primarily in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters for HRT Ford Racing, where he has made 64 starts since 2021. He holds FIA Gold grading, the full-professional classification in endurance and sportscar racing. Alongside DTM he contests GT World Challenge Europe and the Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie for the same team, mixing solo sprint racing with shared-car endurance campaigns.[1]

His career began in single-seater racing across FIA Formula 3 European, GP3 Series and Formula 2 between 2014 and 2019, where he recorded one win and nine podiums combined. In that progression he raced against drivers who went on to reach generational standing in Formula 1; in GP3 he competed regularly with George Russell, who won that championship in 2017, though Russell typically finished ahead. His move to touring cars in 2021 marked a shift to DTM, where across six seasons he has taken four podiums from 64 starts. In shared-car endurance racing he has contested the Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie with one podium from nine starts, ADAC GT Masters where he podiumed once in four appearances, and the Asian Le Mans Series in 2023.[2]

In endurance fields that mix amateurs with professionals, Maini competes among Gold and Platinum graded drivers and champions from multiple series. He has finished ahead of Max Verstappen once in the Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie, a generational driver and four-time Formula 1 champion. Against Jack Aitken, an established professional and 2026 IMSA WeatherTech GTP champion with whom he regularly races in DTM, the two are closely matched.