Adam Langley-Khan (born 24 May 1985) is a British racing driver of Pakistani descent.
History Khan began racing with an intensive course at the BRDC Silverstone Racing School in 2001, and jointly competed in several Junior Formula Ford races.
The following year, Khan participated in four races through a scholarship class in the BRDC Formula 3 Winter Series.
In May 2003, Eddie Jordan endorsed Khan's career when Khan was seventeen years of age for the 2003 Formula Renault V6 Eurocup. In October same year, he joined Performance Racing programme.
Grand Prix
2005–06 After the launching of A1 Team Pakistan, Nur Ali was the first driver to be named in the inaugural 2005–06 A1 Grand Prix season, but was replaced before the first round with Adam Khan.
In the first race at Brands Hatch, Khan qualified in seventh place and finished the sprint race in eighêth. The team had problems in the pit stop in the feature race and resulted in Khan finishing 13th. Following this, the team failed to score a point until the final race in China where Khan finished fifth. The team missed three rounds after Khan was injured in a practice crash in South Africa, although Enrico Toccacelo was drafted in as a non-scoring substitute driver for said weekend. Pakistan finished 20th in the standings with a total of ten points.
In the second edition, Khan left the team, and Ali was recalled to race in season two. Khan took a break from racing, instead concentrating on his business studies at King’s College London.
2007–08
Khan returned to the squad for season three. Khan's only point of the season came when he finished 10th in the sprint race in New Zealand.
2008–09 In August 2008, Khan prepared for the new A1GP season. On 10 September 2008, Khan was announced as both the driver and team seat holder for the 2008–09 season. Team Craft took over the running of the team. The team failed to appear at any events that season, initially due to problems with Khan fitting in the new chassis and later due to date-clashes with Khan's duties as demonstration driver for the Renault F1 Team.
Euroseries 3000 Having competed in the Euro3000 series in 2008 finishing third, and despite missing the first four races, Khan narrowly missed out on the championship. His performances were spotted by the bosses at Renault F1 and he became their F1 test and demonstration driver in 2009 alongside Fernando Alonso and Nelson Piquet Jr.
Personal life Khan was born in Bridlington, Yorkshire to a British Pakistani family. He was appointed as an official government ambassador for motor sports in Pakistan, and in 2006 was presented with a young achievers award by the country’s president Pervez Musharraf.
Racing record
Career summary SeasonSeriesTeamRaceswinsPolesFast lapsPointsPos. 2002 Spanish Formula Three G-Tec10000- 2003 Formula Renault V6 Eurocup DAMS10000422nd German Formula Three Performance Racing Europe2000223rd 2004 British Formula 3 – Scholarship Class Alan Docking Racing9000786th 2005 British Formula 3 – National Class Performance Racing Europe40001811th German Formula Three Performance Racing Europe2000118th Austrian Formula Three Series 7000406th 2005-06 A1 Grand Prix A1 Team Pakistan†140001020th (1) 2007-08 A1 Grand Prix A1 Team Pakistan20000120th (1) 2008 Euroseries 3000 TP Formula12332553rd Italian Formula 3000 TP Formula6211256th GP2 Asia Series Team Arden4000028th (1) = Team standings. † At the Durban round he was injured after crash in practice sessions.
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 Pakistan GBRSPR GBRFEA GERSPR GERFEA PORSPR PORFEA AUSSPR AUSFEA MYSSPR MYSFEA UAESPR UAEFEA RSASPR RSAFEA IDNSPR IDNFEA MEXSPR MEXFEA USASPR USAFEA CHNSPR CHNFEA 20th 10 2007–08 NEDSPR NEDFEA CZESPR CZEFEA MYSSPR MYSFEA CHNSPR CHNFEA NZLSPR NZLFEA AUSSPR AUSFEA RSASPR RSAFEA MEXSPR MEXFEA CHNSPR CHNFEA GBRSPR GBRFEA 20th 1
Complete GP2 Series results
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 Trust Team Arden UAE1FEA UAE1SPR INDFEA INDSPR MALFEA MALSPR BHRFEA BHRSPR UAE2FEA UAE2SPR 28th 0
References
External links Home Page A1 Team Pakistan RacingPakistan.com Official Racing Pakistan Web Site First win for Khan in Euro 3000