India’s youngest National Karting Champion Arshi Gupta has become world’s youngest driver to win the Rotax MAX Challenge (RMC) Mini title. She won the Mini Max category of The Federation of Motor Sports Clubs of India- FMSCI RMC India National Karting Championship 2026 held in Bengaluru yesterday.
The title follows Arshi’s 2025 triumph in the Micro Max category, making her one of the rare drivers to win two successive Rotax MAX Challenge categories in consecutive years. Speaking at a press conference in New Delhi today, 10 year old Arshi who is from Faridabad shared her journey, achievements and ambitions in motorsports. She expressed her happiness at winning the Indian National Karting Championship 2025 and 2026.
Arshi is the youngest driver globally to be selected for the F1 Academy Discover Your Drive programme, a recipient of the FIA President’s Medal, and a podium finisher in the United Arab Emirates and the United Kingdom.
