India, March 12 -- Indian racing driver Kush Maini has joined the BWT Alpine F1 Team as a test and reserve driver.

"I am delighted to step up to the role of Test and Reserve Driver for BWT Alpine Formula One Team this season," Maini said, per the F1 official website.

Born on September 22 in Bengaluru, Kush was born to a family also filled with a racer in his older brother Arjun. On the official Formula 3 website, Maini stated that he spent the initial part of his childhood in Garden City, moved to the UK to practice karting, and spent some time in Italy and Switzerland.

In 2016, Maini began his single-seater career in the Italian F4 championship with BVM Racing. After that, Maini would head to British Formula 3 where he would pick up a...