ATIQA MIR’s Bold F1 Dream: From Karting Bullies to RMC Euro Trophy Top-9

December 17, 2025

• Eleven-year-old ATIQA MIR is rewriting the playbook on how to handle track bullying – not by shrinking back, but by racing harder. The young Indian driver openly admits that boys “obviously don’t like getting beaten by a girl” and respond with brake checks and contact, but her solution is simple: “I always bully them back.” Her matter-of-fact approach to dealing with aggressive competitors shows the kind of mental toughness that separates future champions from weekend warriors.
• The kid’s credentials are backing up her confidence. ATIQA became the first Indian driver supported by the F1 Academy program and just delivered a top-9 finish in her debut RMC Euro Trophy season – one of karting’s most competitive championships. Racing in wet conditions she was still learning to navigate, against European competition that’s notorious for its intensity, she proved this isn’t just another feel-good story about dreams and determination.
• What makes ATIQA’s perspective refreshing is her clear-eyed understanding of the landscape ahead. She knows exactly why no woman has raced in F1 since 1992 – “stereotypes and being male dominated” – but refuses to be intimidated by the math. Her F1 awakening came watching Max Verstappen’s controversial 2021 Abu Dhabi victory, and now she studies his aggressive style as a blueprint for extracting performance from imperfect machinery. We’re watching someone who understands the assignment and has the early results to suggest she might actually complete it.

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