Armaan Ebrahim


Armaan Ebrahim is a car racer from Chennai, India. He is the son of the ex-Indian F3 champion Akbar Ebrahim.

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 December 12, 2008 Ebrahim was announced as the first 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.
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.
Ebrahim has competed for BMW Auto Service Team India in the FIA GT Series, which began on April 1, 2013.
Ebrahim competed in 2014 Blancpain Sprint Series season with Team Fortec Motorsport where he secured seven podiums in the silver cup.

X1 Racing

In 2019, with fellow Indian driver, Aditya Patel, Ebrahim created the X1 Racing, the world's first professional franchise-based motorsport league.

Racing record

Career summary

† As Ebrahim was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points

Complete A1 Grand Prix results

YearEntrant12345678910111213141516171819202122DCPoints
2005–06IndiaGBR
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		24th0
2006–07IndiaNED
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		16th13

Complete GP2 Asia Series results

YearEntrant12345678910DCPoints
2008David Price RacingUAE
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		26th0

Complete FIA Formula Two Championship results

Year123456789101112131415161718PosPoints
2009VAL
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		17th7
2010SIL
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		10th78
2011SIL
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		15th16

American open–wheel racing results

Indy Lights