Enaam Ahmed

Enaam Ahmed (born 4 February 2000) is a British racing driver of Pakistani descent.[1] Ahmed currently competes in the 2019 Japanese Formula 3 Championship with B-Max Motopark (after splitting with the ThreeBond Racing team).[2] Ahmed has previously competed in the 2018 FIA Formula 3 European Championship with Hitech GP,[3] the 2017 BRDC British Formula 3 Championship with Douglas Motorsport,[4] and the 2016 BRDC British Formula 3 Championship with Douglas Motorsport.[5]

Enaam Ahmed
Nationality	British
Born	4 February 2000 London, United Kingdom
FIA Formula 3 Championship career
Car number	27
Former teams	Carlin Buzz Racing
Starts	6 (6 entries)
Wins	0
Podiums	0
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	32nd in 2020
Previous series
2019 2019 2018 2017 2016–17 2016 2015 2015	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

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^[6] 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.[7]

BRDC Formula 3 Championship

In January 2017, it was announced Ahmed would switch to Carlin for a second season of British F3.[8] 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.[9][10] 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.[11] He ended up signing for Carlin Buzz Racing to partner Clément Novalak and Cameron Das in the 2020 FIA Formula 3 Championship. On July 30th, after 6 races, Carlin announced that Ahmed and his sponsors had departed from the team, being replaced by Ben Barnicoat.

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
2020	FIA Formula 3 Championship	Carlin Buzz Racing	6	0	0	0	0	0	32nd

† 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
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 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

References

1. "British Pakistani rising motorsport star meets the High Commissioner". High Commission of Pakistan, London. August 09, 2017. Retrieved June 10, 2018.
2. Wood, Elliot (2019-03-01). "Enaam Ahmed joins ThreeBond for Japanese F3". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2019-07-13.
3. "Ahmed latest F3 driver to head to Japan". www.motorsport.com. Retrieved 2019-07-13.
4. "Enaam Ahmed talks Racing Cars & Being a BRDC British F3 Champion". DESIblitz. 2018-02-26. Retrieved 2019-07-13.
5. "British F3 Driver - Enaam Ahmed #65". BRDC British F3 Championship. 2016-06-16. Retrieved 2019-07-13.
6. "BRDC F4 News – DOUGLAS MOTORSPORT SIGNS ENAAM AHMED". British Formula Three Championship. 2 March 2016. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
7. "Trio of Kiwis to battle strong international line-up in TRS". December 19, 2016. Retrieved December 27, 2016.
8. "Ahmed back with Carlin for British F3 2017 assault". January 11, 2017. Retrieved January 11, 2017.
9. Wood, Elliot (March 1, 2019). "Enaam Ahmed swaps Europe for Japanese F3 with ThreeBond". FormulaScout. Retrieved October 18, 2019.
10. Simmons, Marcus (March 29, 2019). "Enaam Ahmed switches to Motopark in Japanese F3 reshuffle". Autosport. Motorsport Network. Retrieved October 18, 2019.
11. Benyon, Jack (October 18, 2019). "F3 champion Prema names post-season test line-up". Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved October 18, 2019.

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