Armaan Ebrahim

Armaan Ebrahim

Ebrahim driving in the 2008 GP2 Asia Series
Nationality  Indian
Born (1989-05-17) May 17, 1989
Madras, Tamil Nadu, India [1]
Blancpain Sprint Series season career
Debut season 2009
Current team Fortec Motorsport
Car no. 6
Former teams A1 Team India, David Price Racing, MotorSport Vision, Fan Force United, BMW Auto Service Team India
Starts 41
Wins 0
Poles 0
Fastest laps 0
Best finish 10th in 2010
Previous series
2005
2005
2005-07
2006
2007–08
2008
2009, 2010 & 2011
2012		 Formula BMW Asia
Formula BMW World Final
A1 Grand Prix
Formula Renault UK
Formula V6 Asia
GP2 Asia Series

FIA Formula Two Championship
Firestone Indy Lights

Armaan Ebrahim (Tamil: அர்மான் ஏப்ரஹிம்; born May 17, 1989) is a car racer from Chennai, India. He is the son of the ex-Indian F3 champion Akbar Ebrahim.

Career

Armaan 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 December 12, 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.[2] 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.[3] 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.[4] Ebrahim and the team mutually parted ways after five races.[5] He had a best finish of 8th in the season opener and ultimately wound up 13th in the championship.

Armaan 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.[6]

Armaan Ebrahim has competed for BMW Auto Service Team India in the FIA GT Series, which began on April 1, 2013.[7]

Armaan Ebrahim competed in 2014 Blancpain Sprint Series season with Team Fortec Motorsport where he secured seven podiums in the silver cup.[8]

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*

* Season still in progress
† 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
17		 POR
FEA
13		 AUS
SPR
17		 AUS
FEA
13		 MYS
SPR
11		 MYS
FEA
EX		 UAE
SPR
20		 UAE
FEA
14		 RSA
SPR
14		 RSA
FEA
Ret		 IDN
SPR
18		 IDN
FEA
15		 MEX
SPR		 MEX
FEA		 USA
SPR		 USA
FEA		 CHN
SPR		 CHN
FEA		 24th 0
2006–07 NED
SPR
Ret		 NED
FEA
Ret		 CZE
SPR
17		 CZE
FEA
18		 CHN
SPR
18		 CHN
FEA
11		 MYS
SPR
16		 MYS
FEA
19		 IDN
SPR
18		 IDN
FEA
Ret		 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
21		 UAE
SPR
Ret		 IND
FEA
Ret		 IND
SPR
9		 MAL
FEA
Ret		 MAL
SPR
19		 BHR
FEA
13		 BHR
SPR
16		 UAE
FEA
19		 UAE
SPR
Ret		 26th 0

Complete Formula Two results

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

Year No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Pos Points
2009 6 VAL
1
15		 VAL
2
16		 BRN
1
6		 BRN
2
6		 SPA
1
DNS		 SPA
2
Ret		 BRH
1
Ret		 BRH
2
10		 DON
1
8		 DON
2
Ret		 OSC
1
9		 OSC
2
13		 IMO
1
Ret		 IMO
2
Ret		 CAT
1
12		 CAT
2
10		 17th 7
2010 6 SIL
1
8		 SIL
2
9		 MAR
1
6		 MAR
2
6		 MON
1
Ret		 MON
2
5		 ZOL
1
5		 ZOL
2
Ret		 ALG
1
7		 ALG
2
Ret		 BRH
1
9		 BRH
2
7		 BRN
1
Ret		 BRN
2
13		 OSC
1
11		 OSC
2
10		 VAL
1
3		 VAL
1
7		 10th 78
2011 3 SIL
1
11		 SIL
2
7		 MAG
1
12		 MAG
2
Ret		 SPA
1
13		 SPA
2
20		 NÜR
1
15		 NÜR
2
13		 BRH
1
9		 BRH
2
6		 SPL
1
14		 SPL
2
Ret		 MON
1		 MON
2		 CAT
1		 CAT
2		 15th 16

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
8		 ALA
12		 LBH
12		 INDY
13		 DET
10		 MIL IOW TOR EDM TRO BAL FON 13th 97

FIA GT competition results

GT1 World Championship results

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Pos Points
2012 Sunred Ford NOG
QR		 NOG
CR		 ZOL
QR		 ZOL
CR		 NAV
QR		 NAV
QR		 SVK
QR		 SVK
CR		 ALG
QR		 ALG
CR		 SVK
QR		 SVK
CR		 MOS
QR
11
 MOS
CR
9
 NUR
QR		 NUR
CR		 DON
QR		 DON
CR		 25th 2

FIA GT Series results

Year Class Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pos. Points
2013 Pro-Am BMW Sports Trophy Team India BMW NOG
QR
14
 NOG
CR
18
 ZOL
QR		 ZOL
CR		 ZAN
QR		 ZAN
QR		 SVK
QR		 SVK
CR		 NAV
QR		 NAV
CR		 TBA
QR		 TBA
CR		 8th* 4*

* Season still in progress.

References

  1. ↑ Maps Of India - bio
  2. ↑ "Armaan Ebrahim signs up for F2". FIA Formula Two Championship. 2008-12-12. Retrieved 2015-02-16.
  3. ↑ "The season so far - 2009 statistics". FIA Formula Two Championship. 2009-10-05. Retrieved 2015-02-16.
  4. ↑ Fan Force United Enters Series with Ebrahim, eFormulaCarNews, January 3, 2012, Retrieved 2012-01-12
  5. ↑ Armaan leaves Fan Force United!, Auto India Sports, June 6, 2012, Retrieved 2012-06-06
  6. ↑ "On pole with David Coulthard". NDTV. 2009-10-31. Retrieved 2015-02-16.
  7. ↑ "Armaan to drive in FIA GT Series". The Hindu. 2013-03-18.
  8. ↑ "Blancpain Sprint Series 2014 Standings". Blancpain GT Series Official Website. Retrieved 20 February 2015.

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