Armaan Ebrahim (born 17 May 1989) is an Indian car racer from Chennai. He is the vice-president of MECO Motorsports.
Background and personal life Ebrahim was born in an Indian Muslim family, the son of Akbar Ebrahim, a former F3 champion. The family is based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
In December 2021, Ebrahim married Anushpala Kamineni, daughter of Anil and Shobana Kamineni. Anil Kamineni is a Hyderabad-based businessman and Shobana is the daughter of Prathap Reddy, the founder of Apollo Hospitals.
Anushpala has one sister, Upasana, who is married to Telugu film star Ram Charan, himself the son of superstar Chiranjeevi.
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 six races, before the team was disbanded due to lack of funds. He again drove for A1 Team India for the 2006–07 A1 Grand Prix season, once again on a partial schedule. In 2007, he also drove in Formula V6 Asia, where he captured five race wins and finished second in points.
Ebrahim drove for the David Price Racing team in the 2008 GP2 Asia Series where he finished 26th in points with a best finish of ninth position.
On 12 December 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 Ebrahim as the "Driver with the Best Race Form". On an average, he overtook eight cars per race in Formula 2. The second best driver was Edoardo Piscopo who managed an average of five. 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.Fan Force United Enters Series with Ebrahim , eFormulaCarNews, 3 January 2012. Retrieved 12 January 2012 Ebrahim and the team mutually parted ways after five races. He had a best finish of eighth 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 1 April 2013.
Ebrahim competed in 2014 Blancpain Sprint Series season with Team Fortec Motorsport where he secured seven podiums in the Silver Cup.
Ebrahim has competed in the Lamborghini Super Trofeo Asia series. In his first season of Lamborghini Super Trofeo Asia series in 2015, he raced with Dilantha Malagamuwa for Dilango Racing
In the 2016 season of Lamborghini Super Trofeo Asia Series, Ebrahim raced for team Dilango Racing with Dilantha Malagamuva. He won in the Pro-Am Class championship and finished fourth overall. In 2017, Ebrahim stepped up to the Pro class with FFF Racing Team, partnering British racing driver Jack Bartholomew. For the 2018 season, he competed with team Team Top Speed partnering with rookie Anindith Reddy. The duo managed to take a second place finish in their very first outing at Sepang.
X1 Racing In 2019, with fellow Indian driver, Aditya Patel, Ebrahim created the X1 Racing League, the world's first professional franchise-based motorsport league.
Racing record
Career summary SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPolesF/LapsPodiumsPointsPosition 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 NC 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 German Formula Three Championship Van Amersfoort Racing200000NC† 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 Indy Lights Fan Force United 5 0 0 0 0 97 13th2013 FIA GT Series - Pro-Am BMW Sports Trophy Team India600022814th2016Lamborghini Super Trofeo Asia - Pro-AmDilango Racing2017Lamborghini Super Trofeo Asia - ProFFF Racing Team80002546thLamborghini Super Trofeo Asia - Pro-Am20002227th2018Lamborghini Super Trofeo Asia - ProTop Speed Racing Team40002366thLamborghini Super Trofeo Asia - Pro20012247th † 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 Ref 2005–06 India GBRSPR GBRFEA GERSPR GERFEA PORSPR PORFEA AUSSPR AUSFEA MYSSPR MYSFEA UAESPR UAEFEA RSASPR RSAFEA IDNSPR IDNFEA MEXSPR MEXFEA USASPRUSAFEA CHNSPR CHNFEA 24th 0 2006–07 NEDSPR NEDFEA CZESPR CZEFEA CHNSPR CHNFEA MYSSPR MYSFEA IDNSPR IDNFEA NZLSPR NZLFEA AUSSPR AUSFEA RSASPR RSAFEA MEXSPR MEXFEA CHNSPR CHNFEA GBRSPR GBRSPR16th13
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 UAEFEA UAESPR INDFEA INDSPR MALFEA MALSPR BHRFEA BHRSPR UAEFEA UAESPR 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 VAL1 VAL2 BRN1 BRN2 SPA1 SPA2 BRH1 BRH2 DON1 DON2 OSC1 OSC2 IMO1 IMO2 CAT1 CAT2 17th 7 2010 SIL1 SIL2 MAR1 MAR2 MNZ1 MNZ2 ZOL1 ZOL2 ALG1 ALG2 BRH1 BRH2 BRN1 BRN2 OSC1 OSC2 VAL1 VAL1 10th 78 2011 SIL1 SIL2 MAG1 MAG2 SPA1 SPA2 NÜR1 NÜR2 BRH1 BRH2 RBR1 RBR2 MNZ1 MNZ2 CAT1 CAT2 15th 16
American open–wheel racing results (key)
Indy Lights Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Rank Points Ref 2012 Fan Force UnitedSTPALALBHINDYDETMILIOWTOREDMTROBALFON13th97
References
External links Armaan Ebrahim's Official Website Armaan Ebrahim's Official Facebook Page