ATIQA MIR Joins JK Tyre As India’s Rising International Karting Star

August 27, 2026

• ATIQA MIR, 11, signs with JK Tyre after dominating European karting—winning in Greece with a historic sweep of qualifying, heats, and final. She’s FIA’s highest-ranked female in OKNJ category, following father Asif’s karting legacy.
• First Indian to podium in Champions of the Future Academy’s European leg, ATIQA delivered back-to-back top-10 finishes at FIA European Karting Championship—youngest Indian ever to achieve this benchmark in karting’s premier series.
• Selected as first Indian and Asian female for F1 Academy’s Discover Your Drive programme, ATIQA joins JK Tyre’s elite roster alongside F1 veterans Narain Karthikeyan and Karun Chandhok, marking growing women’s presence in motorsport.

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