Keyvan Andres Explained

Nationality:	German Iranian via dual nationality
Full Name:	Keyvan Andres Soori
Birth Date:	8 March 2000
Birth Place:	Cologne, Germany
Current Series:	FIA Formula 3 European Championship
First Year:	2017
Current Team:	Van Amersfoort Racing
Car Number:	15
Former Teams:	Motopark
Starts:	60
Wins:	0
Poles:	0
Fastest Laps:	0
Best Finish:	18th
Year:	2018
Prev Series:	Euroformula Open Championship Atlantic Championship USF2000 Formula Skip Barber Karting
Prev Series Years:	2016 2015 2014–2015 2013–2014 2011–2013
Titles:	Skip Barber Winter Series
Title Years:	2013–14

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

Career

Karting

Keyvan Andres Soori started his racing career in karting in 2011. He 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]

Open Wheel

United StatesIn 2013, Keyvan Andres made his debut in formula racing. At the 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 Soori won the Skip Barber Winter Series, winning seven out of fourteen races to take the title.^[7] 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 Soori scored his best result finishing in sixth place. For 2015 Andres switched teams joining ArmsUp Motorsports for their USF2000 campaign. Soori 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 ZealandIn December 2016, Andres Soori 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 8th twice.

EuropeIn 2017, he was signed to Motopark for the 2017 European Formula 3 Championship, where he switched to competing under an Iranian license.^[8]

Personal life

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. The young German attended the Community School of Naples. Keyvan graduated from the Community School of Naples 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	align=left rowspan=2	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	align=left rowspan=2	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	align=left rowspan=2	HWA Racelab	16	0	0	0	0	0	28th
	Macau Grand Prix	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	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	nowrap	Cape Motorsports Wayne Taylor Racing	STP	STP	BAR	BAR	IMS	IMS	LOR	TOR	TOR	MDO	MDO	MDO	SNM	SNM			16th	114
2015	nowrap	ArmsUp Motorsports	STP	STP	NOL	NOL	BAR	BAR	IMS	IMS	LOR	TOR	TOR	MDO	MDO	MDO	LAG	LAG	11th	177

Atlantic Championship

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)

Complete Toyota Racing Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

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	nowrap	Motopark	Volkswagen	SIL 1	SIL 2	SIL 3	MNZ 1	MNZ 2	MNZ 3	PAU 1	PAU 2	PAU 3	HUN 1	HUN 2	HUN 3	NOR 1	NOR 2	NOR 3	SPA 1	SPA 2	SPA 3	ZAN 1	ZAN 2	ZAN 3	NÜR 1	NÜR 2	NÜR 3	RBR 1	RBR 2	RBR 3	HOC 1	HOC 2	HOC 3	21st	0
2018	nowrap	Van Amersfoort Racing	Mercedes	PAU 1	PAU 2	PAU 3	HUN 1	HUN 2	HUN 3	NOR 1	NOR 2	NOR 3	ZAN 1	ZAN 2	ZAN 3	SPA 1	SPA 2	SPA 3	SIL 1	SIL 2	SIL 3	MIS 1	MIS 2	MIS 3	NÜR 1	NÜR 2	NÜR 3	RBR 1	RBR 2	RBR 3	HOC 1	HOC 2	HOC 3	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)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Championat Regional PACAC 2011 Minimes. Karting Sud. 14 June 2015. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304071139/http://www.karting-sud.com/resultats/resultats2011/championnat/CR-PACAC-2011.pdf. 4 March 2016.
2. Web site: Bridgestone Cup Finale. CR Kart. 14 June 2015.
3. Web site: 5. Lauf Kart-Challenge Hahn. Kart Club Kerpen. 14 June 2015.
4. Web site: ADAC Kart Masters / MSC Langenfeld. ADAC Motorsport. 14 June 2015.
5. Web site: WSK Super Master Series – KFJ 2013 standings. DriverDB.com. 14 June 2015.
6. Web site: 2013 SBF2000 Summer Series Point Standings. Skip Barber. 14 June 2015.
7. Web site: Skip Barber Winter Series 2014 standings. DriverDB.com. 14 June 2015.
8. Web site: New Signing for the FIA Formula 3 European Championship: Keyvan Andres Soori. February 9, 2017. February 10, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170211075333/http://motopark.com/en/newsreader/new-signing-for-the-fia-formula-3-european-championship-keyvan-andres-soori.html. February 11, 2017. dead.