30 Sep - It was revealed that Ajith Kumar is realising his dream to have his own racing team by announcing Ajith Kumar Racing. The news was shared by Ajith's manager Suresh Chandra on Instagram, as he shared photos of the actor-turned-racer testing the Ferrari 488 EVO Challenge at the Dubai Autodrome on 28 September. "We are proud to announce the beginning of a new exciting adventure: Ajith Kumar Racing," he expressed. "Fabian Duffieux will be the official racing driver. And the amazing news? Aside of being a team owner, Ajith Kumar is back in the racing seat!"
Ajith is among very few Indians to race in the international arena and in FIA championships, having competed in the 2004 Formula Asia BMW F3 Championships and the 2010 Formula 2 Championship. "The newly racing team will be engaged in various internationals racing series starting with the competitive @24hseries European series in the @porsche 992 GT3 cup category. One of our biggest aims will be to help talented young drivers while providing them a fully supported racing programme. Can't wait to tell you more about this very soon. The win or nothing!" Suresh added. Meanwhile, Ajith has two new films to be released soon - the Magizh Thirumeni-directed "Vidaamuyarchi", and Adhik Ravichandran film, "Good Bad Ugly".