Tamil actor Ajith Kumar, who is a professional racer, has announced his racing team called Ajith Kumar Racing. The actor’s manager, Suresh Chandra, announced the news on Friday, September 27 and shared pictures of the actor testing the Ferrari 488 EVO Challenge at the Dubai Autodrome.

Along with the pictures, Chandra gave information about Ajith’s racing team and wrote, “The new racing team will be competing in the @porsche 992 GT3 Cup category (sic) across various international racing series starting with the @24hseries European Series. ” Fabien Duffix will be the team’s official racing driver.

The note shared on Instagram further mentions, “Our biggest objective will be to help talented young drivers by providing them with a fully supported racing program. Can’t wait to tell you more about it soon.” Could! (sic).”

Earlier on Friday, Suresh had shared pictures of the Tamil actor testing the Ferrari 488 EVO Challenge and captioned them, “Ferrari 488 EVO Challenge at @Dubai_Autodrome as #AK prepares for the upcoming European racing season Testing! Also excited to reveal the new helmet paint scheme is ready for an adrenaline-fueled ride!

For those who are unaware, Ajit is a sports car racer Who competed in the MRF Racing Series in 2010. He has competed on various circuits in India including Mumbai, Chennai and Delhi as well as internationally in Germany and Malaysia. Additionally, he raced in the Formula 2 Championship with Armaan Ibrahim and Parthiva Sureswaran.

On the work front, Ajith has two projects in the pipeline. he will act in More Ravichandran’s Good Bad Ugly and Magizh Thirumeni’s Vida Muyarchi.