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Birthdate: April 12, 2007
Birthplace: Haifa, Israel
Residence: Israel
Height/Weight: 6'0"/143 lbs.
Education: High School Graduate
HOBBIES: Speeding through life, unraveling the mysteries of physics, pretending to understand business and finance, and making computers do what I want at least most of the time
FAVORITE SPORTS TO WATCH: Racing
FAVORITE SPORT TO PLAY: Racing
TALENT I WISH I HAD: The magical ability to make money appear out of thin air.
FAVORITE PLACE TO VISIT: F1 Cockpit
DRIVER TRAINING PREFERENCE: Karting
BUCKET LIST ITEMS: Conquer Indycar or F1 (preferably both), Launch my own investment fund and watch it grow faster than my lap times, Live happily in the holy land of Israel
ONE PERSON YOU WOULD MOST LIKE TO MEET: Kimi Raikkonen so i can ask if he's really as cool as it seems or is it just the Finnish air?
RACING GOAL: F1
RACING HERO: Kimi Raikkonen
INTERESTING NOTE ABOUT ME: I am constantly flying between Israel and the United States for races apparently, jet lag is just a part of the package deal.
RACING HISTORY
2024: Finished fourth in his rookie season of USF Juniors Presented by Continental Tire... claimed three race wins, three additional podium finishes, four pole positions and two fastest race laps... led a series high nine races and a total of 65 laps... posted new qualifying lap records at Barber Motorsports Park and Virginia International Raceway... set a new race lap record at Portland International Raceway. 2023: Finished 17th in the Italian F4 Championship Powered by Abarth with five top-10 finishes… competed in the final round of the F4 United States F4 Championship powered by Honda at Circuit of The Americas, claiming a second, a fourth, a pole position and a fastest race lap… won the opening round of the Formula Inter F4 series at Homestead-Miami Speedway… finished fourth in the SuperKarts USA SuperNationals in Las Vegas. 2022: Won the Italian IAME (karting) championship with two wins and four podium finishes… karting bronze medalist representing Israel at the FIA World Motorsports Games… finished third in the SKUSA SuperNats in Las Vegas. 2021: IAME Karting race winner in both the Italian and Benelux championships… finished third in the final round of the ACI Italian Karting Championship. 2020: Israeli Karting Champion… CIK FIA Academy Trophy race winner… won the “Excellent Sportsman” award from the Israel Automobile Karting Association. 2019: Israeli Karting Champion… double podium finisher at the ACI Italian Karting Championship… finished sixth in the World Series Karting Champions Cup. 2018: Israeli Karting Champion… finished fifth in the RoK World Championship.