Keyvan Andres Soori (born 8 March 2000, in Cologne, Germany) is a German-Iranian former racing driver.
Andres 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, he 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. He 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 Andres. He scored five points in the WSK Super Master Series KFJ class.
In 2013, Andres made his debut in formula racing. At the Virginia International Raceway, 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 2013âÂÂ14, he 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, he scored his best result finishing in sixth place. For 2015, Andres switched teams joining ArmsUp Motorsports for their USF2000 campaign. He 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.
In December 2016, Andres 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 eighth twice.
In 2017, Andres was signed to Motopark for the 2017 European Formula 3 Championship, where he switched to competing under an Iranian license.
Andres was born in Cologne, Germany on 3 March 2000 to parents with Persian roots. When he was two years old, the family moved to France. In 2013, he moved to Naples, Florida. He attended the Community School of Naples, and graduated in 2017.
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