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 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)

Complete GP2 Asia Series results

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

Complete Formula Two results

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

American open–wheel racing results

(key)

Indy Lights

FIA GT competition results

GT1 World Championship results

FIA GT Series results

* Season still in progress.

References

External links

• Armaan Ebrahim's Official Website
• Armaan Ebrahim's Official Facebook Page