The forgotten story of Arjun Maini
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- Arjun Maini was set to be India's next F1 driver, however an unfortunate series of events led to him disappearing off the radar...
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For those who don't know the instance with the radio message was during a championship race. After the race officials checked his car and it was only running at 60% of the power due to broken components meaning the team didn't do an engine check before the race and instead wrote it off as good. They treated him like shit and completely neglected mechanical care of his car don't blame him for being mad af
sadge
Uhh not 60% but 40%
Even worse
@@creeperhs8768 Wasn't it at 60% ? 40% less than the others
Fair enough, but having an emotional melt down on track isn’t the way to go about it. Sad story but he needs to keep himself composed.
Not to mention that ferucci and his dad were racist towards Arjun. Every race weekend they’d make fun of his accent and skin colour
howd u get this info lol
@@akashjayanthan8222 there was a whole investigation. F2 made ferucci apologise to Arjun
@@farhaanamaria291 Worse still, the Feruccis were Trumpists, so you can imagine the hell Arjun went through in F2.
@@pirozcontractor6006 yeah lmao can’t forget that massive ‘make America great again’ sticker that was plastered over the side pods
Good point. Yet another reason to dislike Ferrucci and to root for Maini!
Commentators reaction after that team radio was shocking.
Very inconsiderate. And here I thought F1's commentators were bad.
@@panoskiller1535 they’re British
I hated it since the day it happened in 2018. Those commentators were completely inconsiderate and unprofessional
Yes that's what, I was also thinking of
@Blaze Temp I’m American...
Damn after hearing that radio message for the first time I feel really bad for him.
Having a team that treats you like shit cannot be good for self esteem (e.g. Red Bull screwing Gasly, Kvyat and Albon).
Yeah sure that's true...
Now sometimes I imagine that what shit some great drivers like Vettel, Alonso, Kimi must have gone through, surviving themselves in this ruthless unfair and toxic F1 field. they managed to earn that respect from spectators everytime..despite their teams conditions were .
Of course not ignoring those uncompromising potential rookies who are under development program, must be facing some amount of injustice
Of course we do know half truth,but real innocent potentials are facing these kinds of difficulties just made me think how ridiculously lucky were they who are competing in the F1 right now...
@@aniketmeshram6598 I mean, Alonso was a dick to Ferrari and McLaren so I wouldn't be surprised if they treated him badly.
@@mrtom2854 what do I believe is either Redbull and mercedes overshadowed Alonso's 5 years Career in Ferrari.
Outpacing his teammates almost every year by a good amount of margin, despite their ridiculous 2014 year,
He managed to achieve 2nd position in overall standings 3 times in his 5 year career, missing out his 3rd championship by margin...
Manage to achieve Atleast 6 podiums every year(2014 exception)
Still you think he was Dick in Ferrari?? What else more ferrari was expecting from him
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@@aniketmeshram6598 It was the way he acted, not how he drove.
He spent a lot of the time arguing with his team mates, and whining about any faults, real or imagined, in his car.
I sure hope that no one starts abusing the commentators after this video. I mean, yeah their comments were bloody harsh and mean, but they don't need to be abused for it.
His brother Kush Maini finished 2nd overall in the 2020 B.R.D.C. British F3 Championship.
He raced Indian karting against all of us
British F3 is not a very competitive series.
With that fucking name I'd always vote him dotd
@@seawolf9616 woah settle down buddy, don't need to flex your 194 world titles on us like that
@@ShopeeMarketteam he‘s right the series isn‘t competitive anymore
Could've really been in F1..... his teamradio in france was so f-ing sad
People on twitter saying he's a crybaby, they probably don't even do any exercise lol
"Could've really been in F1"
Uhmm come on he was average at best. When a driver like De vries doesn't get a seat in F1 how is Maini supposed to get it without a billionaire backing him.
@@zebrascanflytoo9496 de vries is an f2 flop
@@marioskapetanakis δεν νομίζω...
@@marioskapetanakis what? he’s the f2 champion of 2019
DUDE I FEEL SO BAD FOR THE GUY LIKE HE WAS SO SAD BUT REALLY ACTUALLY LEFT
Turn off caps lock mate
Maini should get a good lawyer SUE his team...AND his ex-teammate!
He's actually quite a decent driver, what happened in f2 was horrible and you really have to feel for him, I hope he makes a good career in wec or imsa or something, he's not bad, but Kush Maini seems like the chance in the family
for the name alone Kush Maini deserves a spot in F1
@@joeldean2485 Name?what?
@@bidenssniffingnostrils5300 kush = weed = funni
@@Zildawolf kush means something else here. The name comes from the name of a character in Ramayana. One of Ram's children.
@@joeldean2485 what kind of a name is Dean? Sounds like an abusive head of the department in a uni
The biggest factor about less number of drivers coming out of India is money backing and the infrastructure. It's sad about Arjun but hope his younger brother Kush end up in F1 winning races or even the titles. Kush and Jehan the two who we're counting on from India for now.
That's why I abuse indian companies mahindra mf investing in formula e and tata mf is no where to be seen, I only respect tvs racing for that. Even mf dhoni made a team in sbk superbike. These mf don't invest a single penny in india or on indians and then blab. Even the fastest indian sh!t narain didn't do anything on ground level.
Don't forget samir
If you ever want to make a chance in motorsport, move to Europe
After F1 left India things really went downhill for motorsports in India. However, recently we did have seen several FIA backed motorsports events like Formula-e and Formula regional championship are happening in India. Plus, now it looks like both UP and Central Government are supportive towards motorsports. So, let's hope everything goes fine and F1 make a return in India.
@@THIS---GUYSAMIR , YOURE BREAKING THE CAR
Interesting fact is arjun maini was the winner of force India's one in a billion talent hunt, and jehan daruvala was the second runner-up, now jehan became third overall at F3 for prema racing in 2018, and had a good second half for Carlin at F2 2020. With his second year at F2 in 2021 at carlin with redbull backing. Its going to be difficult for jehan this year. But can we say Arjun did not flourish because of backing?, Talent? And time?. Or even bad teams?
Lol DARUVALA Performed very good in F2 this year(way better than 2020) even our scored LAWSON , POURCHAIR , DRUGOVICH , BOSCHUNG ,LUNGARD and ARMSTRONG .
Scored P7 in standings , could have been P6/P5 if it wasn’t for that stupid-ass penalty in Saudi where he had a lockup
@@mrdude9671 agreed, but f2 is cut throat thus competition is high, so unless you finish in the top 3 of the championship, you are doomed, so next season will be last chance for daruvala
Op o
That radio was so terrifying to hear. The risk of crashing while being 100% focused is already high, I can't imagine how it's like when you're having a full on breakdown
i get what you mean but it was a cooldown lap
Being an Indian and knowing his story i so wished a big you-tuber would make a video on him. Thanks John you earned a subscriber as well as my respect for making a video on a story which needs to be told to everyone.
I think this is getting picked up now
Rishabh made a short about him.
NGL the pronunciation of Bangalore was spot on🤷♀️
Glad to hear it😅
Its called Bengaluru 🤦
@@vinitbhosale8424 most people still do say Bangalore 🤷♀️
@@vinitbhosale8424 Bangalore is literally the official term in the English language tho. Its a bit like mumbai/bombay for the indians and western people. for my own country aswell. The corrupt government changed our country name to Myanmar everybodys says Myanmar know. But we are burmese so we still call our country Burma
@@035gogmofo6 I dont get to lecture you on the politics for your country's name. But, these bombay, calcutta, madras etc names were given to us by our imperialist rulers just because they weren't able to pronounce our native names.. there's nothing "indian" about these names. And if the westerners want to refer to us they can try to say it our way (its really not that difficult) LOL. The city of Mumbai was named after the native godess Mumba Devi, there's no such logic or reasoning behind the word bombay. Just because some white skinned people were too lazy to pronounce it the right way we were forced to change the names officially!
2:26 maybe... but nothing will ever bet Albon, Russell and Lando doing a PowerPoint presentation for rookie of the year...
more like a rap presentation
The radio message from France is incredibly sad, and then Alex Wurtz (Name officaly butchered) wasnt the nicest of people, he could have done something good.
what did wurz do?
He's decent but driving for Jenzer and Trident suggests a budget issue and was never going to lead to the super license points required. As a person, we've managed to get his autograph on a couple of occasions and he's always seemed a nice guy. Wish him well but I suspect Endurance racing may be where he stays. It''s a shame that radio message may well be the thing he ends up best known for.
If its any solace people will more likely remember how ferrucci treated him and the way the fia/his team failed to inspect his engines. After seeing the clip of his emotional response i went out of my way to learn more about him
1:52 Finally someone is honest about it!
I ain’t gonna waffle about saying I need to feed my 48 kids am I?😉
@@JohnWarren we have a don juan right here
His win in GP3 (Catalunya) in 2017 is still one of the best pieces of racing I have ever seen. That was pure talent.
As an Indian I still believe I’ll be able to see Jehan and Arjun in F1 within the next 10 years.
Jehan has a good chance but with Maini..
Uhh.
Mark my word, we will see both of them in just 5 years
Once you leave F2 it's difficult to comeback to F2 or F1 , jehan is decent and has the backing, and this season is gonna be a make or break for him at redbull via Carlin. But still he was better than arjun , he was the second runner up for prema in F3
we probably would see Jehan in f1 if he keeps succeeding but since Main left f2,he won't have a good chance to get that f1 seat
@@Raveendhana the difference being Jehan drove for Prema. For reference, Prema is the Mercedes of junior racing. Especially that year, the prema was abysmally fast compared to it's competition. Jehan ended as the third of the three prema drivers. So while it's a good achievement, not enough to give him a godly status. But I do hope that Jehan makes it to F1
@@varunnair2663 it doesn't matter now cause he is in redbull driver academy and his competition is Lawson and vips. Right now he is 7th overall which is not that bad but isn't great for redbull to take notice. He surely has the backing and financial, as for talent he is descent with good defensive driving but bad aggressive driving.All that matters now is how he puts together the rest of 5 races there is still good opportunity if he keeps consistency like he did in Baku,Bahrain and not how he did in monaco.
You can hear the frustration in his voice over the radio... So sad
i dont get it guys, i just dont
Why tf the commentators laugh at him, he sounds like he was genuinely sad on the radio, i just dont understand at all
@Blaze Temp looks like you're not getting the point here
@Blaze Temp so angry. Did Ferrucci shoved your behind?
@Blaze Temp what a shitty take on an analogy
@Blaze Temp It's also easy to forget that these are literal kids driving here. A lot of F2 (and some F1) drivers are the same age as high school seniors or early college students - and are constantly under the public eye.
@Blaze Temp well he probably was fine with the harsh word, but that isn't a good gesture at all
Damn. People need to realize its a miracle India could even have the capability to give drivers like Arjun Maini with the shit infrastructure we have for motorsports. He couldn't get into F1. Looks like all hope rests in his brother, Kush Maini and Jehan Daruvala.
Extremely well made video, and more than anything else, very respectful takes on a driver who was pegged to be India's next F1 star (and rightly so). He even came back to Macau in 2019 after a hiatus from F3 and outqualified the likes of Armstrong, Ticktum, Fewtrell , Sargeant, but his race was cut short after an incident (Sargeant punted him out lol).
Worth pointing out that Arjun lost out to Russell by a few points in the British F4 title race, and even had more pole positions than Stroll in his TRS stint when they were teammates! However after that - and rightly pointed out by you - a string of signings with midfield/below midfield teams left his dream in jeopardy; this was more a problem of budget than skill though- Arjun even topped pre season testing with Russian Time in 2018, but due to a lack of budget, had to settle for Trident, where he drove the hell out of that shitbox! He's rated very highly in sportscars circles, and will definitely make a mark for himself there. As for his plans for the upcoming year, something might be brewing soon :) Again, props to you for the way you've put this video out - the last thing the world needs is more negativity :D
I believe Arjun Maini was a very talented driver. During his last F2 season he was first in three F2 testing sessions when Norris and Russel and Albon were there also. For now I just hope he enjoys his racing career wherever he goes. He still has his very old youtube account with a few followers active where he posted races of him in Formula BMW, such a passionate guy. And I'm happy for him his younger brother Kush Maini scored his first podium in a wet race last week in Euro F3 (Hungaroring 2022)
Reaching F1 is just so impossible. The odds of winning millions in a lottery is way way bigger. Specially when drivers like Hamilton and Räikkönen stay for decades. If every driver stayed for 20 years than there would only be space for just one new driver per season on average.
There’s space for 2 drivers every season and they’re usually pay drivers. Really in my opinion formula isn’t about racing until you get to top tier teams. The lower tier teams honestly are a bunch of trust fund kids.
@@BarronBarca You mean like Stroll? Who manages to beat Vettel regularly..
Think I read somewhere that after he had the rant and left Trident, they found his engine to be a dud. So he wasn't crying wolf. Disgraceful from the team and disgusting from the commentators.
??? "Think you read somewhere " doesn't count as fact
@@Mark-zk3gu no hes right they fia did an investigation, his car was running at 60% power
@@pkdonkey789 source please
@@Mark-zk3gu Look it up urself. FIA official did the engine inspection and confirmed it was a broken engine
@@demonfire2989 I've looked freaking everywhere for a source. It's a flat out lie.
Actually so angry at the commentators laughing at the radio message. No wonder men are afraid to show emotion! Absolutely disgusting.
Man,how I wished for the dude to represent us Indians in F1 instead of just the lord mahaveer memes.😕
Maine is good but I think that Daruwala would be a better Indian f1 driver
We peaked with lord Mahaveer , we will never achieve that level of greatness 😔
@@sentientspaghetti1898 I still remember the time when lord mahaveer's f2 quali time was slower than daruvala in an f3 car lol
Nah Mahaveer Raghunathan is better xD
You should not talk about the lord in such low ways. Respect him and he shall respect you. He was slow out of respect for his competitors.
Lmao
Aha my boredom of Monday is cured thank you John 😊
Imagine running on only 40% engine power in F2
Maini will be there at Le Mans this year alongside Narain Karthikeyan at LMP2
He is currently driving in DTM for Mercedes alongside Liam Lawson, and Alex albon
And Nick Cassidy
I'm one of the 1500 subscribers you mentioned, motorsports in general are not looked at as sports here. The only mention it had recently was when Jehan won the race in Abu Dhabi, and that's it. We also only had the GP for 3 years because everything was taxed heavily under "entertainment".
But still, other than Japan, I can't think of any other Asian country with as much motorsport history. 2 F1 drivers, 1 F1 team, Indian Grand Prix, some decent talents like maini brothers and Daruvala, participation in 24 Hours of le mans, European le mans and asian le mans with a completely indian team. Surely, there is much more potential but it's not as bad.
Also, Drive to Survive has been a big hit in India. Many young people now follow F1 here regularly, so things might change in 10 years time
Bro when the dude is crying on the radio because of what you guys do, something is wrong in the scenario.
Oh, hi Jake
man that radio broke my heart
6:41 I am so angry
Such people do not deserve the position they have.
I know what you mean, that reaction was as unprofessional as it was inconsiderate.
@@panoskiller1535 it’s even worse that it was Alex Jacques who seems like a stand up guy otherwise.
probably even more annoying for Maini that Ferrucci's career is looking more promising now....still pissing off everyone around him tho.
Being in the back of the field in Nascar Xfinity ?
That message was so sad he seems to have such potential and no one recognizes him I hope he gets into f1 someday
Finally someone has shone a bit of light on this topic.
Arjun was drawing attention to the fact that f2 is meant to be one make, meaning it should be equal, but there is clear evidence that some engines pull better than others, which can mean the difference between getting to F1 or leaving racing forever
Thank you for making a video on Arjun. He will make it to Formula 1 . India roots for him.
He will be back ....I believe....# thanks John to make an amazing video on ARJUN. $ much love from INDIA
In 2021 Asian le mans, that team result doesn't reflect Arjun Maini's strength. For me Arjun Maini was 2nd or 3rd fastest driver from around 20 drivers in same class. The only reason team finished in lower position was they also had the slowest driver in class. Otherwise team would have achieve atleast 1 podium because at a point they were leading the race but then slowest driver came who was lapping 6 secs slower than others & podium place gone.
Arjun will always be the better driver they treated him like shit he deserves much much better
Isk if we'll ever get to see Maini back in F2/F1, but it would be great to see Jehan Daruvala make it to F1.
Arjun is racing in DTM this season. I wish him all the best and will cheer for him.
It really is baffling as an Indian myself, being from a country with such a large population and so little drivers that are capable enough to qualify for F1, though I believe that if Car Racing is focused more in India (or other sports in that matter) rather than Cricket all the time, we'd raise some of the best drivers you guys would ever see. I can bet.
It's not crickets mistake tell me when did companies like tata and mahindra get into motorsports on ground level in india. Fuck these both companies. They will put money on other countries to promote thier shitty products but won't put a single penny in grass route level motorsports in homeland. That's why such a huge divide. For eg vw polo helps privateers in inrc and track racing events but tata launched altros its neither in inrc nor in track racing.
Expensive sport lol
Man, If a driver cries on the radio because of the way the rest of team treats him, something is seriously wrong,also fuck those Commentators,who would laugh at a young man having a mental breakdown ?
I looked up this video after seeing his meltdown on instagram… i really cant fcking believe that the comentatora even laughed at him… his radio was absolutely heartbreaking.. he must have been under so much stress
Isn’t he now in DTM? I’d say that’s pretty good going. You don’t have to be in F1 to have a good career in motorsports. Just like you don’t need to be in the Premier League to have a good career in football. Career paths are heavily based on opportunities, and not everyone has the same opportunities (through many reasons). I’d say he’s carving a good career out of motorsport, and good luck to him for the future.
next video idea : the forgotten story of rio haryanto
In india racing is considered entertainment. Not a sport. You will never get any encouragement nor is there any infrastructure. The way commentators made fun of him. My heart just melted. And the way the team treated him. Seriously this world is not a place for aspiring people who don’t have money. I really wish the commentators bad luck. You can’t make fun of a man who is crying on the fucking team radio.
Fia confirmed that his car’s engine power was reduced. Rumours say CD lord santi paid the team:(
Brendon Hartly is well known
True... thanks to me😉
Joking obviously haha
@@JohnWarren if you wanna make a joke about a Hartley shouldnt it be Brendons less successful older brother?
Bring back F1 in India I swear my country needs it
yes
THANKS MATE I WAITED FOR THIS VID FOR SO LONG, AND FINALLY SOME MADE A VIDEO ABOUT THIS STORY!!
1:09 STOP USING MY CRYING MAN ;)
Doesn’t look like you😉
If he likes video editing you should have collaborated with him on a video about him
Damn, missed a trick there!
For me that radio is the one where first know about him and gave me a change in views on the commentary
Same way I found out about him.
Why didn't u talked abt the one in a billion hunt done by force India where him, jehen and Tarun were selected
Good point - just didn’t know enough about it I’m afraid😅
@@JohnWarren I think u also forgot abt this part of this lads forgotten tale 😂...when I saw the last pic of the video which was hulk I thought now u will talk abt the hunt but then the video ended 😂😂😂...no worries brother keep up the good work
2:05 "maini comes from a family of racists"
*robot rock by daft punk plays*
The f1 2020 game jokes never get old haha
Great video buddy, keep it up!
Glad you think so haha. Thanks man, will do! :)
That message was for the FIA and F2 management as well as his car had a lot of problems
6:22 The most ironic driver finishing order ever with that rant:
FUK
MAI
BOS
😂😂🤣
Maini has the skill, he needs to polish it a bit. But main do I wish he could’ve continued in Formula 2. And it must be impossible to have Santino Ferrucci as a teammate because he thinks crashing and ruining the ending of the Virtual Indy 500 is funny. Such a fuckin child. And that radio message was truly so sad.
It’s insane to think India is so large and produces so few quality drivers, obviously just isn’t enough expertise in the nation itself to properly nurture and spot promising talent.
I’m sure money is probably also a factor
@@michaelsanderson9562 That’s gotta be a part too.
@@michaelsanderson9562 Money IS the biggest factor. I feel Maini is more talented than Daruvala but Daruvala had backing since his family owns one of the biggest infrastructure companies in India. That's why he could afford a seat with Carlin while Maini's money came from sponsors and they put him in fucking trident
If mainy gets chance to prove his skills in heavy rain
I know every one will nickname him rainy-mainy
It will take Indian business men to take motor sports seriously to produce Indian champions...depending on foreign teams won't help.
Those laugh need to be seriously answered.
He's from my home city.
*That's so cool.*
Sure is! Nearest thing we have to a racing driver is my man going to the shops in her Rover every month😅
@@JohnWarren, well, hey, it’s still something, right?
Indeed! She occasionally goes faster than 25mph!
He is back in F2 this year and is doing really well....
That’s Kush Maini
His brother.
1:02
You didn’t have to call us out that way though.😭
I am still hopeful about seeing him in F1.
8:18 G E K O L O N I S E E R D
lmao
Yes boys
It's an unforgiving world 😔
bruh what a video m8 ur very talented and i hope you achieve all your goals your videos are class
Thank you so much man! Appreciate the support :)
Finally someone spoke about this ..... Appreciated 👏👏👏
he stood on the podium on the Norisring (the German Monaco) in dtm a week ago
The team treated him really badly, they destroyed his career 😔 very disappointing
Trident Racing really should be ejected from the sport and publicly shamed. What a disgrace they are and they still act like nothing happened.
I know nothing of racing but I follow you just cause of how well you commentate
They were doing this from long time one after one. He gave up at last.
3:02 Feel you bro. But you can do something similar to what I do: Try to be the Nico Hülkenberg of F1 online racing by never scoring a podium
Doesn't help that haas is a total shitbox
Thanks for explaining why he complained about the car etc
At least he had a good run on Big Bang theory
Omg 😂😂
I'd like to see Maimi compete in Indycar. An open wheel spec series with none of F1's BS could be a great place for him to show what he can do uninhibited.
I'm sure there's a team that'd be willing to give him a shot with how much experience he has.
Damn. That radio message.
Indians are often underestimated in Motorsports... I can understand why but just laughing at a person crying to his team makes me angry
Damn, since getting into motorsports (mainly F1) I've heard that radio message thrown around in memes and inside jokes plenty of times without really understanding but now knowing where it came from makes the way people make a joke of it feel really gross.
Also, the way the commentators handled that was grade A+ yikes material - like,, you actually hear someone get close to tears on radio because of consistent lack of support from their team to the point where it impedes their performance and your first idea is to mock them? That's some "peaked in high school" type behaviour right there.
*2021* LPMP2 Asia Series. *Maini finished 6th.* in the standings with *ONLY 5 teams participating in his category...*
his teammates were slow
Why would you laugh at a man who's clearly sad on fucking live television?
Don't worry John, I can't win shit in ECR either 🤠🤠🤠
Pog
The commentators laughed because they couldn't comprehend what they just heard. Laughter Is a natural defense mechanism to confusion and shock.
I'd have laughed to.
6:50 I think they were just shocked and didn’t know how to react. In retrospect it seems bad but at the time (especially because of the censoring) it kinda sounded like a strop.
You don't see a lot of Indian racing drivers as it's an really expensive sport. Inspite of having such a high population, the experience of racing sports is only for the rich kids.
6:23 Here it is...
Today he is competing in DTM
We r Indian and that is the reason tnx ferruci ❤️❤️❤️love u m f
I tell people all the time when u rich u got rich enemies and these rich enemies gone pay ya friends to destroy u sometimes . #trustnone
Pretty sure no one has finished this vid yet
His uncle started the company that made Gwiz electric car