Enaam Ahmed

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Enaam Ahmed
Enaam Ahmed Zandvoort 2018.jpg
NationalityUnited Kingdom British
Pakistan Pakistani
via dual nationality
Born (2000-02-04) 4 February 2000 (age 21)
London, United Kingdom
Indy Pro 2000 Championship career
Debut season2021
Current teamJuncos Hollinger Racing
Car number22
Former teamsRP Motorsport
Starts9
Wins0
Podiums1
Poles0
Fastest laps1
Best finish12th in 2021
Previous series
2020
2019
2019
2018
2017
2016–17
2016
2015
2015		FIA F3 Championship
Japanese F3 Championship
Euroformula Open Championship
FIA F3 European Championship
Toyota Racing Series
BRDC British F3 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 racing driver of Pakistani descent.[1][2] Ahmed currently competes in the Indy Pro 2000 Championship with Juncos Hollinger Racing, having previously driven for RP Motorsport earlier in the 2021 season.[3] He previously raced in the 2020 FIA Formula 3 Championship with Carlin Motorsport.

Racing career[]

British F4[]

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[4] in the British Formula Three Championship. He finished fifth overall.

Toyota Racing Series[]

Ahmed began 2017 taking part in the Toyota Racing Series with Giles Motorsport alongside Red Bull Juniors Luis Leeds and Richard Verschoor.[5]

BRDC Formula 3 Championship[]

In January 2017, it was announced Ahmed would switch to Carlin for a second season of British F3.[6] 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 Speedway, before a further two wins at the next round at Snetterton Circuit 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 Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, 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 2017 BRDC British Formula 3 Championship 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.

European Formula 3 Championship[]

In December 2017, it was confirmed Ahmed would contest the 2018 FIA Formula 3 European Championship with Silverstone-based Hitech GP, where he claimed two wins to finish ninth in the championship.

Japanese F3[]

The following year, Ahmed moved to Japan to contest the Japanese Formula 3 championship with ThreeBond Racing but switched to B-MAX Racing with Motopark prior to the start of the season.[7][8] There he claimed two wins at Fuji and Sugo to finish third in the championship behind teammate Sacha Fenestraz and TOM'S driver Ritomo Miyata.

FIA Formula 3 Championship[]

Later that year, Ahmed partook in the FIA Formula 3 post-season test with Prema Powerteam.[9] He ended up signing for Carlin Buzz Racing to partner Clément Novalak and Cameron Das in the 2020 FIA Formula 3 Championship. On July 30, after 6 races, Carlin announced that Ahmed and his sponsors had departed from the team, being replaced by Ben Barnicoat.

Indy Pro 2000[]

On April 2, 2021, Ahmed announced that he would move to the United States to compete in the Indy Pro 2000 championship with RP Motorsport.[10] It was initially announced as a part-time deal as it was unsure whether or not Ahmed would contest the full season due to sponsorship issues. Due to a lack of budget, Ahmed was no longer able to compete in the following races of the championship.[11] However, it was announced on September 29 that Ahmed would compete in the final two races of the 2021 season with Juncos Hollinger Racing, replacing Manuel Sulaimán.[3]

Racing record[]

Career summary[]

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
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 30 2 2 1 4 174 9th
Macau Grand Prix 1 0 0 0 0 N/A DNF
2019 Japanese Formula 3 Championship B-Max Racing with Motopark 20 2 1 1 8 63 3rd
Euroformula Open Championship Motopark 2 0 0 1 2 37 15th
Macau Grand Prix Campos Racing 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 22nd
Kyalami 9 Hours - Pro R-Motorsport 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 13th
2020 FIA Formula 3 Championship Carlin Buzz Racing 6 0 0 0 0 0 32nd
2021 Indy Pro 2000 Championship RP Motorsport USA 7 0 0 1 0 138 12th
Juncos Hollinger Racing 2 0 0 0 1

† As Ahmed was a guest driver, he was ineligible for championship points.

* Season still in progress.

Complete MSA Formula results[]

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

Year Team 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
2015 Arden International BHI
1
9 		BHI
2
Ret 		BHI
3
7 		DON
1
11 		DON
2
19 		DON
3
8 		THR
1
8 		THR
2
7 		THR
3
10 		OUL
1
15 		OUL
2
20 		OUL
3
11 		CRO
1
9 		CRO
2
8 		CRO
3
11 		SNE
1
6 		SNE
2
7 		SNE
3
7 		KNO
1
2 		KNO
2
5 		KNO
3
4 		ROC
1
4 		ROC
2
6 		ROC
3
13 		SIL
1
11 		SIL
2
11 		SIL
3
3 		BHGP
1
4 		BHGP
2
1 		BHGP
3
3 		8th 176

Complete Toyota Racing Series results[]

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

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 DC Points
2017 Giles Motorsport RUA
1
8 		RUA
2
12 		RUA
3
2 		TER
1
5 		TER
2
Ret 		TER
3
8 		HMP
1
5 		HMP
2
1 		HMP
3
9 		TAU
1
7 		TAU
2
7 		TAU
3
11 		MAN
1
6 		MAN
2
Ret 		MAN
3
6 		6th 586

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
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
9 		HOC
2
Ret 		HOC
3
8 		9th 174

‡ Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed.

Complete Macau Grand Prix results[]

Year Team Car Qualifying Quali Race Main race
2018 United Kingdom Hitech Bullfrog GP Dallara F317 17th 15th DNF
2019 Spain Campos Racing Dallara F3 2019 20th DNF 22nd

Complete FIA Formula 3 Championship 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 DC Points
2020 Carlin Buzz Racing RBR
FEA
23 		RBR
SPR
24 		RBR
FEA
19 		RBR
SPR
15 		HUN
FEA
14 		HUN
SPR
21 		SIL
FEA 		SIL
SPR 		SIL
FEA
 SIL
SPR
 CAT
FEA
 CAT
SPR
 SPA
FEA
 SPA
SPR
 MNZ
FEA
 MNZ
SPR
 MUG
FEA
 MUG
SPR
 32nd 0

Complete Indy Pro 2000 Championship 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 DC Points
2021 RP Motorsport ALA
5 		ALA
9 		STP
7 		STP
9 		IMS
13 		IMS
5 		IMS
4 		LOR
Wth 		12th 138
Juncos Hollinger Racing ROA
 ROA
 MOH
 MOH
 GMP
 NJM
 NJM
 NJM
 MOH
8 		MOH
2

References[]

  1. ^ "British Pakistani rising motorsport star meets the High Commissioner". High Commission of Pakistan, London. 9 August 2017. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
  2. ^ "'It's the most undiverse sport in the world.' Meet Enaam Ahmed, the up-and-coming Muslim driver who broke Ayrton Senna's F3 record". The Times. 22 June 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  3. ^ a b Brittle, Cian (2021-09-29). "Ahmed handed Indy Pro 2000 lifeline at Juncos for season finale". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2021-10-03.
  4. ^ "BRDC F4 News – DOUGLAS MOTORSPORT SIGNS ENAAM AHMED". British Formula Three Championship. 2 March 2016. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  5. ^ "Trio of Kiwis to battle strong international line-up in TRS". December 19, 2016. Retrieved December 27, 2016.
  6. ^ "Ahmed back with Carlin for British F3 2017 assault". January 11, 2017. Retrieved January 11, 2017.
  7. ^ Wood, Elliot (March 1, 2019). "Enaam Ahmed swaps Europe for Japanese F3 with ThreeBond". FormulaScout. Retrieved October 18, 2019.
  8. ^ Simmons, Marcus (March 29, 2019). "Enaam Ahmed switches to Motopark in Japanese F3 reshuffle". Autosport. Motorsport Network. Retrieved October 18, 2019.
  9. ^ Benyon, Jack (October 18, 2019). "F3 champion Prema names post-season test line-up". Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved October 18, 2019.
  10. ^ Wood, Ida (2021-04-02). "RP Motorsport signs Enaam Ahmed for Indy Pro 2000". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2021-04-04.
  11. ^ Wood, Ida (2021-05-31). "The driver Meyer Shank Racing is lining up to be its next Indy 500 victor". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2021-06-01.

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