Professional racer Ajith Kumar, a Tamil actor, has revealed his racing team, Ajith Kumar Racing. On Friday, September 27, the news was revealed by the actor’s manager, Suresh Chandra, who also released images of the actor testing the Ferrari 488 EVO Challenge at the Dubai Autodrome.
Chandra shared information about Ajith’s racing team with the photographs as well, stating, “The new racing team will be engaged in various international racing series starting with the competitive @24hseries European series in the @porsche 992 GT3 cup category (sic).” The team’s official race driver will be Fabian Duffieux.
“One of our biggest aims will be to help talented young drivers while providing them with a fully supported racing program,” the Instagram statement continued. I can’t wait to discuss this with you in more detail soon! (sic).”
Suresh had earlier on Friday uploaded photos of the actor from Tamilia testing the Ferrari 488 EVO Challenge with the caption, “As #AK gets ready for the upcoming European racing season, we’re testing the Ferrari 488 EVO Challenge at @Dubai_Autodrome! I’m also eager to show off the new paint job on my helmet. Get set for an exciting adventure ahead! (sic).”
For those who do not know, Ajith is a racer of sports cars who competed in the MRF Racing series in 2010. He has participated in competitions both domestically in India (Mumbai, Chennai, and Delhi) and abroad in Germany and Malaysia. He also competed in the Formula 2 Championship with Parthiva Sureshwaren and Armaan Ebrahim.
Regarding work, Ajith is now working on two projects. He will play the lead roles in Vidaa Muyarchi by Magizh Thirumeni and Good Bad Ugly by Adhik Ravichandran.