Armaan Ebrahim
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Armaan Ebrahim

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17 May 1989(Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India)
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Introduction

Armaan Ebrahim (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. 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. 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. Ebrahim and the team mutually parted ways after five races. 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.

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

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

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

(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 FIA Formula Two Championship results

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

Year 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Pos Points
2009 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 SIL
1
8
SIL
2
9
MAR
1
6
MAR
2
6
MNZ
1
Ret
MNZ
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 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
RBR
1
14
RBR
2
Ret
MNZ
1
MNZ
2
CAT
1
CAT
2
15th 16

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
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.

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