Jehan Daruvala

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Jehan Daruvala (born 1 October 1998) is an Indian racing driver competing in the FIA Formula 2 Championship with Carlin Motorsport. He was a protégé of the Force India F1 team, after being one of three winners of a 'One in a Billion hunt' organized by the team in 2011.^[1] He is currently a member of the Red Bull Junior Team.

Early life

Daruvala was born in Mumbai to Khurshed and Kainaz Daruvala, a Parsi family. He studied at Bombay Scottish School, Mahim.^[2] His father Khurshed is the current MD of Sterling & Wilson, an associate company of Shapoorji Pallonji.^[3]

Career

Karting career

Daruvala started karting at the age of thirteen in 2011, winning titles as champion and vice champion across Asia and Europe.Template:Citation needed He was coached by Rayomand Banajee who recognised his talent early on and was instrumental in laying the foundations for his future success.^[4]

Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0

In 2015, Daruvala stepped up to single-seaters with Fortec Motorsport in the Formula Renault 2.0 championships. He claimed fifth place in the Northern European Cup and partook as a guest driver in the Eurocup and Alps series.

The following year, Daruvala switched to reigning series champions Josef Kaufmann Racing and took his first pole position and win in the Northern European Cup to finish fourth overall. In Eurocup, he finished ninth.

European Formula 3 Championship

In November 2016, Daruvala stated his intention to switch to the European Formula 3 Championship for the 2017 season.^[5] He signed to race with Carlin the following month.^[6] He won one race at the Norisring and finished sixth in the championship, outscoring every one of his teammates apart from champion Lando Norris.

FIA Formula 3 Championship

In 2019, Daruvala competed in the inaugural Formula 3 season for the Prema Powerteam. He won two races: the sprint race at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya and the feature race in France. He scored seven podiums and was in second position throughout most of the season, but eventually finished third in the championship, only one point behind his teammate Marcus Armstrong.

FIA Formula 2 Championship

In February 2020, Daruvala reunited with Carlin to contest the 2020 season^[7] alongside Red Bull Junior Team member Yuki Tsunoda and was also named as a new recruit to the Red Bull Junior Team.^[8] He ended the season with his first win in the Formula 2 Sprint Race at Sakhir, Bahrain. He is the only current Indian driver in Formula 2.^[9] He continues in the 2021 season with Carlin alongside Dan Ticktum.

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2015	Formula Renault 2.0 NEC	Fortec Motorsport	16	0	0	1	3	194.5	5th
	Formula Renault 2.0 Alps		7	0	1	0	2	0	NC†
	Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0		7	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
2016	Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0	Josef Kaufmann Racing	15	0	1	0	1	62	9th
	Formula Renault 2.0 NEC	Josef Kaufmann Racing	15	1	1	1	5	223	4th
	Toyota Racing Series	M2 Competition	15	3	1	3	6	789	2nd
2017	FIA Formula 3 European Championship	Carlin	30	1	1	0	3	191	6th
	Macau Grand Prix	Carlin	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	10th
	Toyota Racing Series	M2 Competition	15	2	5	2	9	781	5th
2018	FIA Formula 3 European Championship	Carlin	30	1	1	1	5	136.5	10th
	Macau Grand Prix	Carlin	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	12th
	GP3 Series	MP Motorsport	2	0	0	0	0	0	26th
2019	FIA Formula 3 Championship	Prema Racing	16	2	1	2	7	157	3rd
2020	FIA Formula 2 Championship	Carlin	24	1	0	1	2	72	12th
2021	FIA Formula 2 Championship	Carlin	12	0	0	1	2	56	9th*
2021	F3 Asian Championship	Mumbai Falcons India Racing Ltd.	15	3	3	3	8	192	3rd

^† As Daruvala was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.
^* Season still in progress.

Complete Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	DC	Points
2015	Fortec Motorsports	MNZ 1 Template:Small	MNZ 2 Template:Small	SIL 1 Template:Small	SIL 2 Template:Small	RBR 1 Template:Small	RBR 2 Template:Small	RBR 3 Template:Small	SPA 1 Template:Small	SPA 2 Template:Small	ASS 1 Template:Small	ASS 2 Template:Small	NÜR 1 Template:Small	NÜR 2 Template:Small	HOC 1 Template:Small	HOC 2 Template:Small	HOC 3 Template:Small	5th	194.5
2016	Josef Kaufmann Racing	MNZ 1 Template:Small	MNZ 2 Template:Small	SIL 1 Template:Small	SIL 2 Template:Small	HUN 1 Template:Small	HUN 2 Template:Small	SPA 1 Template:Small	SPA 2 Template:Small	ASS 1 Template:Small	ASS 2 Template:Small	NÜR 1 Template:Small	NÜR 2 Template:Small	HOC 1 Template:Small	HOC 2 Template:Small	HOC 3 Template:Small		4th	223

Complete Formula Renault Eurocup results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Pos	Points
2015	Fortec Motorsport	ALC 1	ALC 2	ALC 3	SPA 1	SPA 2	HUN 1	HUN 2	SIL 1 Template:Small	SIL 2 Template:Small	SIL 3 Template:Small	NÜR 1 Template:Small	NÜR 2 Template:Small	LMS 1	LMS 2	JER 1 Template:Small	JER 2 Template:Small	JER 3 Template:Small	NC†	0
2016	Josef Kaufmann Racing	ALC 1 Template:Small	ALC 2 Template:Small	ALC 3 Template:Small	MON 1 Template:Small	MNZ 1 Template:Small	MNZ 2 Template:Small	MNZ 1 Template:Small	RBR 1 Template:Small	RBR 2 Template:Small	LEC 1 Template:Small	LEC 2 Template:Small	SPA 1 Template:Small	SPA 2 Template:Small	EST 1 Template:Small	EST 2 Template:Small			9th	62

^† As Daruvala was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.

Complete FIA Formula 3 European Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	DC	Points
2017	Carlin	Volkswagen	SIL 1 Template:Small	SIL 2 Template:Small	SIL 3 Template:Small	MNZ 1 Template:Small	MNZ 2 Template:Small	MNZ 3 Template:Small	PAU 1 Template:Small	PAU 2 Template:Small	PAU 3 Template:Small	HUN 1 Template:Small	HUN 2 Template:Small	HUN 3 Template:Small	NOR 1 Template:Small	NOR 2 Template:Small	NOR 3 Template:Small	SPA 1 Template:Small	SPA 2 Template:Small	SPA 3 Template:Small	ZAN 1 Template:Small	ZAN 2 Template:Small	ZAN 3 Template:Small	NÜR 1 Template:Small	NÜR 2 Template:Small	NÜR 3 Template:Small	RBR 1 Template:Small	RBR 2 Template:Small	RBR 3 Template:Small	HOC 1 Template:Small	HOC 2 Template:Small	HOC 3 Template:Small	6th	191
2018	Carlin	Volkswagen	PAU 1 Template:Small	PAU 2 Template:Small	PAU 3 Template:Small	HUN 1 Template:Small	HUN 2 Template:Small	HUN 3 Template:Small	NOR 1 Template:Small	NOR 2 Template:Small	NOR 3 Template:Small	ZAN 1 Template:Small	ZAN 2 Template:Small	ZAN 3 Template:Small	SPA 1 Template:Small	SPA 2 Template:Small	SPA 3 Template:Small	SIL 1 Template:Small	SIL 2 Template:Small	SIL 3 Template:Small	MIS 1 Template:Small	MIS 2 Template:Small	MIS 3 Template:Small	NÜR 1 Template:Small	NÜR 2 Template:Small	NÜR 3 Template:Small	RBR 1 Template:Small	RBR 2 Template:Small	RBR 3 Template:Small	HOC 1 Template:Small	HOC 2 Template:Small	HOC 3 Template:Small	10th	136.5

^† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.
^‡ Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed.

Complete Macau Grand Prix results

Year	Team	Car	Qualifying	Quali Race	Main race
2017	Template:Flagicon Carlin	Dallara F317	19th	16th	10th
2018	Template:Flagicon Carlin	Dallara F317	19th	17th	12th

Complete FIA Formula 3 Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	DC	Points
2019	Prema Racing	CAT FEA Template:Small	CAT SPR Template:Small	LEC FEA Template:Small	LEC SPR Template:Small	RBR FEA Template:Small	RBR SPR Template:Small	SIL FEA Template:Small	SIL SPR Template:Small	HUN FEA Template:Small	HUN SPR Template:Small	SPA FEA Template:Small	SPA SPR Template:Small	MNZ FEA Template:Small	MNZ SPR Template:Small	SOC FEA Template:Small	SOC SPR Template:Small	3rd	157

^† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

Complete FIA Formula 2 Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	DC	Points
Template:F2	Carlin	RBR FEA Template:Small	RBR SPR Template:Small	RBR FEA Template:Small	RBR SPR Template:Small	HUN FEA Template:Small	HUN SPR Template:Small	SIL FEA Template:Small	SIL SPR Template:Small	SIL FEA Template:Small	SIL SPR Template:Small	CAT FEA Template:Small	CAT SPR Template:Small	SPA FEA Template:Small	SPA SPR Template:Small	MNZ FEA Template:Small	MNZ SPR Template:Small	MUG FEA Template:Small	MUG SPR Template:Small	SOC FEA Template:Small	SOC SPR Template:Small	BHR FEA Template:Small	BHR SPR Template:Small	BHR FEA Template:Small	BHR SPR Template:Small	Template:F2stat	Template:F2stat
Template:F2	Carlin	BHR SP1 Template:Small	BHR SP2 Template:Small	BHR FEA Template:Small	MCO SP1 Template:Small	MCO SP2 Template:Small	MCO FEA Template:Small	BAK SP1 Template:Small	BAK SP2 Template:Small	BAK FEA Template:Small	SIL SP1 Template:Small	SIL SP2 Template:Small	SIL FEA Template:Small	MNZ SP1	MNZ SP2	MNZ FEA	SOC SP1	SOC SP2	SOC FEA	JED SP1	JED SP2	JED FEA	YMC SP1	YMC SP2	YMC FEA	9th*	56

^* Season still in progress.

Complete F3 Asian Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	DC	Points
2021	Mumbai Falcons India Racing Ltd.	DUB 1 Template:Small	DUB 2 Template:Small	DUB 3 Template:Small	ABU 1 Template:Small	ABU 2 Template:Small	ABU 3 Template:Small	ABU 1 Template:Small	ABU 2 Template:Small	ABU 3 Template:Small	DUB 1 Template:Small	DUB 2 Template:Small	DUB 3 Template:Small	ABU 1 Template:Small	ABU 2 Template:Small	ABU 3 Template:Small	3rd	192

References

↑ Overdrive: In Conversation With F3 Championship Second Runner Up Jehan Daruvala(26 October 2019).
↑ City boy to race where F1 legends made it big(20 June 2011). Retrieved 20 August 2018.
↑ JEHAN DARUVALA.
↑ Mumbai boy Jehan Daruvala zooms to victory with Formula 3 win | Mumbai News - Times of India, Jun 10, Debarati S. Sen | TNN | Updated. The Times of India. Retrieved 2019-06-10.
↑ Daruvala chooses European F3 for 2017 season(17 November 2016). Retrieved 20 November 2016.
↑ Carlin sign Jehan Daruvala for FIA Formula 3 European Championship(8 December 2016). Retrieved 8 December 2016.
↑ CARLIN SIGN NEW RED BULL ACADEMY RECRUIT DARUVALA(February 20, 2020). Retrieved February 21, 2020.
↑ The Red Bull Junior Team welcomes Jehan Daruvala(February 20, 2020). Retrieved February 21, 2020.
↑ Formula Two: Jehan Daruvala wins race, F1-bound Mick Schumacher claims drivers’ championship. Scroll.in. Retrieved 2020-12-07.

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[1] Overdrive: In Conversation With F3 Championship Second Runner Up Jehan Daruvala(26 October 2019).

[2] City boy to race where F1 legends made it big(20 June 2011). Retrieved 20 August 2018.

[3] JEHAN DARUVALA.

[4] Mumbai boy Jehan Daruvala zooms to victory with Formula 3 win | Mumbai News - Times of India, Jun 10, Debarati S. Sen | TNN | Updated. The Times of India. Retrieved 2019-06-10.

[5] Daruvala chooses European F3 for 2017 season(17 November 2016). Retrieved 20 November 2016.

[6] Carlin sign Jehan Daruvala for FIA Formula 3 European Championship(8 December 2016). Retrieved 8 December 2016.

[7] CARLIN SIGN NEW RED BULL ACADEMY RECRUIT DARUVALA(February 20, 2020). Retrieved February 21, 2020.

[8] The Red Bull Junior Team welcomes Jehan Daruvala(February 20, 2020). Retrieved February 21, 2020.

[9] Formula Two: Jehan Daruvala wins race, F1-bound Mick Schumacher claims drivers’ championship. Scroll.in. Retrieved 2020-12-07.

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