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Armaan Ebrahim (born 17 May 1989) is a car racer from Chennai, India. He is the son of the ex-Indian F3 champion Akbar Ebrahim.
Career
Ebrahim started his career in karting and became Formula LGB Champion in 2004. He later moved to Formula BMW Asia for the 2005 season. During the same year he represented A1 Team India in the A1 Grand Prix Championship, driving in 6 races, before the team was disbanded due to lack of funds. He again drove for A1 Team India Part Season in the 2006–07 A1 Grand Prix season. In 2007 he also drove in Formula V6 Asia where he captured five race wins and finished second in points.
He drove for the David Price Racing team in the 2008 GP2 Asia Series where he finished 26th in points with a best finish of 9th position.
On 12 December 2008 Ebrahim was announced as the first (and ultimately, only) Asian driver to sign up for the rebirth of FIA Formula Two in 2009, driving car number six.[1] He finished seventeenth in points, with two sixth-place finishes at Brno being his best results. The Formula Two website rated Armaan as the "Driver with the Best Race Form". On an average Armaan overtook 8 cars per race in Formula 2. The second best driver was Edoardo Piscopo who managed an average of 5.[2] Ebrahim returned to FIA Formula Two in 2010 driving for MotorSport Vision. He captured his first F2 podium finish at Circuit de Valencia and improved to tenth in points. He returned to the series and team in 2011 but left the series after twelve of the sixteen races. He had a best finish of sixth and finished 15th in points.
In 2012 Ebrahim signed to race in the American Firestone Indy Lights series for the new Fan Force United team owned by former IndyCar Series driver Tyce Carlson.[3] Ebrahim and the team mutually parted ways after five races.[4] He had a best finish of 8th in the season opener and ultimately wound up 13th in the championship.
Ebrahim is popular in the Indian media and featured on a special programme on national television with former F1 superstar David Coulthard, during the latter's visit to India in October, 2009.[5]
Ebrahim has competed for BMW Auto Service Team India in the FIA GT Series, which began on 1 April 2013.[6]
Ebrahim competed in 2014 Blancpain Sprint Series season with Team Fortec Motorsport where he secured seven podiums in the silver cup.[7]
X1 Racing
In 2019, with fellow Indian driver, Aditya Patel, Ebrahim created the X1 Racing, the world's first professional franchise-based motorsport league.[8][9]
Racing record
Career summary
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Formula BMW Asia | Team E-Rain | 14 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 129 | 5th |
| Formula BMW World Final | Team E-Rain | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | RET | |
| 2005-06 | A1 Grand Prix | A1 Team India | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23rd |
| 2006 | Formula Renault 2.0 UK | Position 1 Racing | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 24th |
| 2006-07 | A1 Grand Prix | A1 Team India | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 16th |
| 2007 | Formula Renault V6 Asia | Team TARADTM | 12 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 116 | 2nd |
| 2008 | Formula V6 Asia | Black Tara | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 59 | 7th |
| GP2 Asia | David Price Racing | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26th | |
| 2009 | FIA Formula Two Championship | MotorSport Vision | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 17th |
| 2010 | FIA Formula Two Championship | MotorSport Vision | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 78 | 10th |
| 2011 | FIA Formula Two Championship | MotorSport Vision | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 15th |
| 2012 | Firestone Indy Lights | Fan Force United | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 12th |
† As Ebrahim was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points
Complete A1 Grand Prix results
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Complete GP2 Asia Series results
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| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | DC | Points |
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| 2008 | David Price Racing | UAE FEA Template:Small |
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26th | 0 |
Complete FIA Formula Two Championship results
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American open–wheel racing results
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Indy Lights
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Rank | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Fan Force United | STP Template:Small |
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MIL | IOW | TOR | EDM | TRO | BAL | FON | 13th | 97 |
References
- ↑ Armaan Ebrahim signs up for F2(2008-12-12). Retrieved 2015-02-16.
- ↑ The season so far - 2009 statistics(2009-10-05). Retrieved 2015-02-16.
- ↑ Fan Force United Enters Series with Ebrahim Template:Webarchive, eFormulaCarNews, 3 January 2012, Retrieved 2012-01-12
- ↑ Armaan leaves Fan Force United! Template:Webarchive, Auto India Sports, 6 June 2012, Retrieved 2012-06-06
- ↑ On pole with David Coulthard(2009-10-31). Retrieved 2015-02-16.
- ↑ Armaan to drive in FIA GT Series. The Hindu(2013-03-18).
- ↑ Blancpain Sprint Series 2014 Standings. Blancpain GT Series Official Website. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
- ↑ X1 league will help change India's motorsport profile:Ebrahim(29 October 2019).
- ↑ 'X1 is extreme, it's extraordinary': Armaan Ebrahim talks about X1, the new franchise based motor racing league. The Economic Times(14 October 2019). Retrieved 23 August 2020.