Keyvan Andres


Keyvan Andres Soori 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. The eleven-year-old also competed in the French Bridgestone Cup. The following year the young German driver joined the Kerpener Kart Challenge in the KF3 class placing fifth in the championship. 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. 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.

Open Wheel

;United States
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. 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. 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 to win an Atlantic Championship race. The fifteen-year-old won his debut race in the series at Watkins Glen International.
;New Zealand
In 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.
;Europe
In 2017, he was signed to Motopark for the 2017 European Formula 3 Championship, where he switched to competing under an Iranian license.

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. The young German attended the Community School of Naples. Keyvan graduated from the Community School of Naples in 2017.

Racing record

Career summary

American Open-Wheel racing results

U.S. F2000 National Championship

YearTeam12345678910111213141516RankPoints
2014Cape 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		16th114
2015ArmsUp MotorsportsSTP
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		11th177

Atlantic Championship

Complete FIA Formula 3 European Championship results

YearEntrantEngine123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930DCPoints
2017MotoparkVolkswagenSIL
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		21st0
2018Van Amersfoort RacingMercedesPAU
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
17		HOC
2
17		HOC
3
20		18th18

Complete FIA Formula 3 Championship results

YearEntrant12345678910111213141516DCPoints
2019HWA RacelabCAT
FEA
28		CAT
SPR
18		LEC
FEA
DNS		LEC
SPR
19		RBR
FEA
27		RBR
SPR
13		SIL
FEA
21		SIL
SPR
26		HUN
FEA
23		HUN
SPR
14		SPA
FEA
14		SPA
SPR
16		MNZ
FEA
19		MNZ
SPR
22		SOC
FEA
19		SOC
SPR
23		28th0