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Trident has announced that Kai Daryanani has joined the team to race in the Formula Regional European Championship and FRegional Middle East this year.
The 20-year-old Indian arrives at the Italian outfit after a busy 2025 in which he raced for three different teams.
He started off in FRME with Evans GP, and came a lowly 22nd in the standings. Next up was GB3 with JHR Developments, and Daryanani took two podiums en route to 11th in the points table.
Alongside that he raced for MP Motorsport in Eurocup-3, making a winter series cameo and coming 17th in the main championship as a part-timer. In 2024, Daryanani won the Formula Trophy title and was eighth in AU4.
“I’m extremely proud to be joining Trident for the upcoming FRegional season,” said Daryanani.
“I’m excited to work closely with the team to push myself and fight for strong results. I’m grateful for the trust they’ve placed in me and can’t wait to get started.”
The FRME season begins next weekend, and Trident’s three-car line-up will be completed by Andrija Kostic and Maksimilian Popov. Both had already been confirmed as racing for the team in FREC this year.
When Popov was announced last October, Trident’s FREC line-up was completed since it had already signed Kostic and Luka Sammalisto. The team has not stated whether its contractual situation with any of those drivers have changed.
Kostic came 10th in E4, 11th in Formula Winter Series and 17th in Italian Formula 4 last year. Popov was sixth in the FWinter Series and Italian F4 standings, and eighth in E4.