{"id":65789,"date":"2026-05-11T10:29:27","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T10:29:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/11\/p6-fastest-lap-racing-prodigy-atiqa-mir-makes-big-impact-on-dream-fia-karting-debut\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T10:29:27","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T10:29:27","slug":"p6-fastest-lap-racing-prodigy-atiqa-mir-makes-big-impact-on-dream-fia-karting-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/11\/p6-fastest-lap-racing-prodigy-atiqa-mir-makes-big-impact-on-dream-fia-karting-debut\/","title":{"rendered":"P6, Fastest Lap: Racing Prodigy Atiqa Mir Makes Big Impact On \u2018Dream\u2019 FIA Karting Debut"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Indian racing sensation Atiqa Mir exceeded expectations on her FIA European Championship debut, finishing a stellar sixth in Race 2 in the \u201cpinnacle\u201d of karting here.<\/div>\n<div>Awarded a wildcard for round two of the championship considering her special talent, the 11-year-old was once again thrown at the deep end and yet again she was able to navigate majority of the challenges that were posed by the best in the business.<\/div>\n<div>Atiqa, India\u2019s first Formula 1 Academy backed driver and also the highest ranked female in the OKNJ class (age 12-14) in the FIA ranking, had to deal with a more powerful equipment in the OKJ category and a tricky set of Maxxis tyres for the first time against 92 world class drivers with much more experience.<\/div>\n<div>Qualifying position is often decisive in a heavily populated field but Atiqa fought her way into the Super Heats of the FIA (world body for four wheel racing) sanctioned series, showing a lot of fight and speed after starting 15th on the grid.<\/div>\n<div>Atiqa\u2019s best race finish of the weekend was P6 in Race 2 and she also got the coveted Fastest Lap in Race 5. A few crashes and penalties notwithstanding, the Indian with roots in J&amp;K qualified for the Super Heats on her debut and attracted attention of the entire paddock.<\/div>\n<div>Voluntarily competing in the higher age category, Atiqa showed she belonged there and collected invaluable experience for the season ahead. Aiming to become the first female in Formula 1 since 1992, Atiqa would also be taking part in the FIA World Cup later in the year.<\/div>\n<div>Reflecting on the special weekend, Atiqa said: \u201cIt\u2019s really special driving in a FIA series, it is a dream come true for me. My pace was good the entire weekend. I raced hard and learnt a lot this weekend. It is fun mixing it up with these guys.\u201d Atiqa\u2019s father Asif Mir, a former India racer himself, was happy with her performance considering the enormous challenge at hand.<\/div>\n<div>\u201cA standout performance from Atiqa. She was a Wild Card entry and amongst the youngest and it was her debut in this category. She had to contend with more power, different tyres and a new team which she handled remarkably well. Qualifying P15 in a massive field and finishing P6 in one of the heat races were among the highlights,\u201d said Asif.<\/div>\n<div>Atiqa would travel to Greece later this month to take part in round two of COTFA International. (Agencies)<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Indian racing sensation Atiqa Mir exceeded expectations on her FIA European Championship debut, finishing a stellar sixth in Race 2 in the \u201cpinnacle\u201d of karting here. Awarded a wildcard for round two of the championship considering her special talent, the 11-year-old was once again thrown at the deep end and yet again she was able [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":65788,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-65789","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65789","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65789"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65789\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65788"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65789"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}