Enaam Ahmed
Enaam Ahmed | |
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Nationality |
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Born |
London, United Kingdom | 4 February 2000
FIA Formula 3 European Championship career | |
Debut season | 2018 |
Current team | Hitech Bullfrog GP |
Car no. | 65 |
Starts | 27 |
Wins | 2 |
Poles | 2 |
Fastest laps | 1 |
Previous series | |
2016–17 2016 2015 2015 |
BRDC British Formula 3 Championship BRDC British F3 Autumn Trophy MSA Formula SMP F4 Championship |
Championship titles | |
2017 2016 |
BRDC British F3 Championship BRDC British F3 Autumn Trophy |
Enaam Ahmed (born 4 February 2000) is a British[1] racing driver and the 2017 BRDC British F3 champion.
Racing career
In 2015, Ahmed made his debut in MSA Formula for Arden where he finished eighth overall, winning one race and the Rookie Cup in his first year racing cars. He also made occasional appearances in the SMP F4 Championship where he enjoyed even more success, picking up five wins and two poles.
For 2016, it was announced that Ahmed would be driving for Douglas Motorsport[2] in the British Formula Three Championship. He finished fifth overall.
Ahmed began 2017 taking part in the Toyota Racing Series with Giles Motorsport alongside Red Bull Juniors Luis Leeds and Richard Verschoor.[3] In January 2017, it was announced Ahmed would switch to Carlin for a second season of British F3.[4]
In December 2017, it was confirmed Ahmed would contest the 2018 FIA Formula 3 European Championship with Silverstone-based Hitech GP.
2017
Ahmed made BRDC British Formula 3 Championship history by taking all three wins in the opening round of the season at Oulton Park. He also recorded three fastest laps across the three races to leave the weekend as championship leader with a perfect score of 95 points.
He went on to make it four wins from four races by taking victory in the opening race at Rockingham, before a further two wins at the next round at Snetterton saw Ahmed surpass the total number of wins achieved by a driver throughout the entirety of the 2016 campaign (5). Although Ahmed finished off the top step of the podium for the first time during a weekend in 2017 at Silverstone, two podium finishes allowed Ahmed to extend his lead in the championship standings.
Ahmed claimed his first pole of the 2017 season in a qualifying session at Spa, before going on to record his seventh and eighth wins of the season. A further second place finish stretched the Carlin driver's lead at the top of the drivers' standings to 82 points over nearest rival Toby Sowery.
At the next round at Brands Hatch, Enaam went on to take his second successive pole position, before sealing a lights-to-flag victory in the opening race. He recovered from eighth to finish on the podium in third place in the reverse grid race and recorded another lights-to-flag win – his 10th of the season – in the final race of the weekend.
Ahmed sealed the BRDC British F3 title at the penultimate round of the season at Snetterton, having claimed a further two victories to take his tally up to 12 – matching triple F1 world champion Ayrton Senna's total of wins from his own title-winning campaign in 1983. As a result, the Carlin driver became the series' youngest-ever champion at just 17 years old.
At the season finale at Donington Park, Ahmed won the 24th and final race of the season – his 13th victory of the campaign – to surpass the total number of wins Ayrton Senna achieved in 1983 (12). He ended the year on 654 points, 164 clear of his nearest rival.
Racing record
Career summary
Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
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2015 | MSA Formula Championship | Arden International | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 176 | 8th |
SMP F4 Championship | Koiranen GP | 15 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | NC† | |
2016 | BRDC British Formula 3 Championship | Douglas Motorsport | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 349 | 5th |
BRDC British Formula 3 Autumn Trophy | Carlin | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 99 | 1st | |
Euroformula Open Championship | DAV Racing | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 11th | |
2017 | BRDC British Formula 3 Championship | Carlin | 24 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 18 | 654 | 1st |
Toyota Racing Series | Giles Motorsport | 15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 586 | 6th | |
2018 | FIA Formula 3 European Championship | Hitech Bullfrog GP | 27 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 168 | 8th* |
† As Ahmed was a guest driver, he was ineligible for championship points.
* Season still in progress.
Complete FIA Formula 3 European Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Entrant | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | DC | Points |
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2018 | Hitech Bullfrog GP | Mercedes | PAU 1 6 |
PAU 2 5 |
PAU 3 2‡ |
HUN 1 7 |
HUN 2 1 |
HUN 3 1 |
NOR 1 14 |
NOR 2 15 |
NOR 3 8 |
ZAN 1 16 |
ZAN 2 Ret |
ZAN 3 10 |
SPA 1 19 |
SPA 2 5 |
SPA 3 6 |
SIL 1 3 |
SIL 2 4 |
SIL 3 4 |
MIS 1 21 |
MIS 2 6 |
MIS 3 10 |
NÜR 1 4 |
NÜR 2 Ret |
NÜR 3 9 |
RBR 1 22 |
RBR 2 11 |
RBR 3 18 |
HOC 1 |
HOC 2 |
HOC 3 |
8th* | 168* |
‡ Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed.
* Season still in progress.
References
- ↑ "British Pakistani rising motorsport star meets the High Commissioner". High Commission of Pakistan, London. August 09, 2017. Retrieved June 10, 2018.
- ↑ "BRDC F4 News – DOUGLAS MOTORSPORT SIGNS ENAAM AHMED". British Formula Three Championship. 2 March 2016. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
- ↑ "Trio of Kiwis to battle strong international line-up in TRS". December 19, 2016. Retrieved December 27, 2016.
- ↑ "Ahmed back with Carlin for British F3 2017 assault". January 11, 2017. Retrieved January 11, 2017.
4. Trio of Kiwis to battle strong international line-up in TRS 5. AHMED BACK WITH CARLIN FOR BRITISH F3 2017 ASSAULT 6. McLaren Autosport BRDC Award finalist Sowery stays in BRDC F3
External links
- Official website
- Enaam Ahmed career summary at DriverDB.com
Sporting positions | ||
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Preceded by Ben Barnicoat (BRDC Formula 4) |
BRDC British Formula 3 Autumn Trophy Champion 2016 |
Succeeded by none |
Preceded by Matheus Leist |
BRDC British Formula 3 Championship Champion 2017 |
Succeeded by Linus Lundqvist |
Awards and achievements | ||
Preceded by Lando Norris |
Autosport Awards British Club Driver of the Year 2017 |
Succeeded by Incumbent |