My latest guest on ‘10 Questions’ is Indy Lights star Kyffin Simpson!
The 17 year old Bajan-American driver is currently seventh in the championship standings, as he continues a rapid rise through the American feeder series to the NTT IndyCar Series, in which he’s caught the eye of IndyCar giants Chip Ganassi Racing, joining the team’s development set up.
Kyffin also turned down the opportunity to race in the Japanese based Super Formula series for 2022, due to Japan’s ongoing COVID-19 travel restrictions.
So far this season, the 17 year old has taken 8 top 10 finishes from 10 races, as well as competing in the IMSA Weathertech Sportscar Championship in three rounds at Daytona, Sebring and Watkins Glen.
📸 Kyffin in IMSA action.
Onto Kyffin’s answers!
1. Hairpins or chicanes? Hairpins.
2. Long straights or slow corners? Long straights.
3. Understeer or oversteer? Oversteer.
4. Fast circuits or technical circuits?Technical circuits.
5. Wet races or wet/dry races? Wet/dry races.
6. What’s your favourite circuit you’ve raced? COTA.
📸 COTA, or Circuit of the Americas; Austin, Texas.
7. Favourite you’ve NOT raced? Laguna Seca.
📸 Laguna Seca features ‘The Corkscrew’, a downhill, blind crested, left-right chicane, pictured here in 2000.
8. Your favourite F1 livery ever? The current Alpha Tauri livery.
📸 This year’s Alpha Tauri, in striking navy and white.
9. Your favourite helmet design ever? My current helmet design!
📸 Black, light blue and white and silver touches, Kyffin’s helmet looks electric.
10. Who is the best driver you’ve raced against? Linus Lundqvist.
📸 A tough opponent; Swedish racer Linus Lundqvist.
Massive thanks Kyffin for taking the time out for a chat, I can hopefully speak with him again soon! Best of luck to the Barbados born driver for the rest of the season.
📸 Image credit(s): NTT IndyCar Series, IMSA, Formula Motorsport Limited, Indy Lights.
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