Английская Википедия:Armaan Ebrahim
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Armaan Ebrahim (born 17 May 1989) is a car racer from Chennai, India. He is the vice-president of MECO Motorsports.
Background and personal life
Armaan was born in an Indian family, the son of Akbar Ebrahim, a former F3 champion. The family is based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
In December 2021, Armaan Ebrahim married Anushpala Kamineni, daughter of Anil and Shobana Kamineni, in an elaborate Hindu religious ceremony. Anil Kamineni is a Hyderabad-based businessman and Shobana is the daughter of Prathap Reddy, the founder of Apollo Hospitals.
Anushpala has one sister, Upasana, who is the wife of Telugu film star Ram Charan, himself the son of superstar Chiranjeevi.
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]
He has competed in the Lamborghini Super Trofeo Asia series. In his first season of Lamborghini Super Trofeo Asia series in 2015 he raced with Dilantha Malagamuwa for Dilango Racing[8] In the 2016 season of Lamborghini Super Trofeo Asia Series he raced for team Dilango Racing with Dilantha Malagamuva. He won in the Pro-Am Class championship and finished 4th overall overall.[9][10] In 2017, Ebrahim stepped up to the Pro class with FFF Racing Team, partnering British racing driver Jack Bartholomew.[11] For the 2018 season he competed with team Team Top Speed partnering with rookie Anindith Reddy.[12] The duo managed to take a second-place finish in their very first outing at Sepang.[13]
X1 Racing
In 2019, with fellow Indian driver, Aditya Patel, Ebrahim created the X1 Racing League, the world's first professional franchise-based motorsport league.[14][15]
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 | NC | |
| 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 |
| German Formula Three Championship | Van Amersfoort Racing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC† | |
| 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 | 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
(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 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005–06 | India | GBR SPR |
GBR FEA |
GER SPR |
GER FEA |
POR SPR Шаблон:Small |
POR FEA Шаблон:Small |
AUS SPR Шаблон:Small |
AUS FEA Шаблон:Small |
MYS SPR Шаблон:Small |
MYS FEA Шаблон:Small |
UAE SPR Шаблон:Small |
UAE FEA Шаблон:Small |
RSA SPR Шаблон:Small |
RSA FEA Шаблон:Small |
IDN SPR Шаблон:Small |
IDN FEA Шаблон:Small |
MEX SPR |
MEX FEA |
USA SPR |
USA FEA |
CHN SPR |
CHN FEA |
24th | 0 |
| 2006–07 | NED SPR Шаблон:Small |
NED FEA Шаблон:Small |
CZE SPR Шаблон:Small |
CZE FEA Шаблон:Small |
CHN SPR Шаблон:Small |
CHN FEA Шаблон:Small |
MYS SPR Шаблон:Small |
MYS FEA Шаблон:Small |
IDN SPR Шаблон:Small |
IDN FEA Шаблон:Small |
NZL SPR |
NZL FEA |
AUS SPR |
AUS FEA |
RSA SPR |
RSA FEA |
MEX SPR |
MEX FEA |
CHN SPR |
CHN FEA |
GBR SPR |
GBR SPR |
16th | 13 |
Complete GP2 Asia Series 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 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | David Price Racing | UAE FEA Шаблон:Small |
UAE SPR Шаблон:Small |
IND FEA Шаблон:Small |
IND SPR Шаблон:Small |
MAL FEA Шаблон:Small |
MAL SPR Шаблон:Small |
BHR FEA Шаблон:Small |
BHR SPR Шаблон:Small |
UAE FEA Шаблон:Small |
UAE SPR Шаблон:Small |
26th | 0 |
Complete FIA Formula Two Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
American open–wheel racing results
(key)
Indy Lights
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Rank | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Fan Force United | STP Шаблон:Small |
ALA Шаблон:Small |
LBH Шаблон:Small |
INDY Шаблон:Small |
DET Шаблон:Small |
MIL | IOW | TOR | EDM | TRO | BAL | FON | 13th | 97 |
References
External links
- Armaan Ebrahim's Official Website Шаблон:Webarchive
- Armaan Ebrahim's Official Facebook Page
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- ↑ Fan Force United Enters Series with Ebrahim Шаблон:Webarchive, eFormulaCarNews, 3 January 2012, Retrieved 2012-01-12
- ↑ Armaan leaves Fan Force United! Шаблон:Webarchive, Auto India Sports, 6 June 2012, Retrieved 2012-06-06
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