Website: xavierkokairacing.com
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Birthdate: September 3, 2005
Birthplace: Melbourne, Australia
Residence: Melbourne, Australia
Height/Weight: 5’6”/155 lbs.
Education: Will attend RMIT University in Melbourne
HOBBIES: Road cycling, playing golf, spending time with family and friends
RACING GOAL: Make it to INDYCAR
RACING HERO: Will Power
FAVORITE SPORTS TO WATCH: INDYCAR (Team Penske, Will Power and Scott McLaughlin) and Formula 1 (Daniel Ricciardo and Oscar Piastri)
FAVORITE SPORT TO PLAY: Golf – novice but love the challenge
TRAINING PREFERENCES: Working out in the gym, boxing and road cycling
TALENT I WISH I HAD: Being able to speak multiple languages fluently
BUCKET LIST ITEMS: Compete in the Indianapolis 500
FAVORITE PLACES TO VISIT: Crete and Zakynthos, Greek Islands
THE ONE PERSON I WOULD MOST LIKE TO MEET AND WHY: Will Power, an Australian motor racing legend. We both started racing in the same open-wheel category back home (Australian Formula Ford) and with the same team (Borland Racing Developments)
INTERESTING NOTE: I used to play the saxophone and am a good cook.
RACING HISTORY
2023: Finished fourth in the Australian Formula Ford Championship with one win, three additional podium finishes and one pole position... season highlight was a pole and race win in support of the Australian Supercar Series at Symmons Plains in Tasmania. 2022: Finished eighth in the Australian Formula Ford Championship with the highlight a recovery drive from 14th to second, plus fastest race lap, in the wet on the Phillip Island (Moto GP) Grand Prix Circuit. 2021:Finished ninth in the Victorian Formula Ford Championship, which was cut short due to Covid. 2020: No racing due to Covid restrictions. 2019: A full season of karting with highlights including pole position and race win at the SP Tools Ultimate Club Driver Championship at The Bend in South Australia and second place in the Australasian Kart Championships.