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COTFA UAE karting series
2025
[ The Times of India]
Historic pole and podium for Atiqa in F1 Academy-backed COTFA series:
Indian racing prodigy Atiqa Mir stormed to a historic pole position before finishing third on the podium in the opening round of the Formula 1 Academy backed COTFA UAE karting series in Abu Dhabi. The 10-year-old is the first Indian to be supported by Formula 1. Already part of the Champions of the Future Academy (COTFA) international series, Atiqa last month was picked by Formula 1 Academy for the two-round COTFA UAE championship.
YEAR-WISE DEVELOPMENTS
2015: Mohsin is Asian champion
The Times of India, Sep 23 2015
Arvind Chauhan
Agra's Shahan is boys Asian karting champ
Speeding at over 100 kmph at Malaysia's Shah Alam International Kart Circuit, 11-year-old Shahan Ali Mohsin has won a unique laurel, emerging first in the Rotax Asia Max Challenge Kart ng Championship. Shahan, a big fan of F1 driver Fernando Alonso, is a Class VI student at Delhi Public School, Agra. He won the race by 0.648 seconds, beating Singaporean driver Dylan Roger on Sunday afternoon. Shahan completed the 15 ap race, covering 17.55 km in 15:17:233 minutes. His teammate Putera Adam Halim took fourth position. Halim is also the 2014 Asian champion n the Micromax category (812 years).
Mohsin finished the pre-finals in second place, having started in 13th place. He then did one better in the finals, to climb to the very top of the podium.
2025: Atiqa overcomes injury, bad luck for top-10 finish
Indian racing prodigy Atiqa Mir put behind a stroke of bad luck to gain as many as 18 places for an impressive top-10 finish in round one of the IAME UAE Karting Championship. She was forced out of the race due to a crash while attempting an overtake for third place, leaving her with a broken kart and injury to her hand and elbow
