Adam Khan

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Adam Khan : biography

24 May 1985 –

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 UAE1FEA18 UAE1SPR15 INDFEARet INDSPR11 MALFEA MALSPR BHRFEA BHRSPR UAE2FEA UAE2SPR 28th 0

Career

At the age of 17, Khan was offered the opportunity to test-drive a bugatti. An intensive five-day driving course at Silverstone followed, where he took part in the Silverstone School Race Series allowing him to gain his competition licence. However he declined it to due to the great news of his cousin ben khan winning a tennis tournament and took a year out to help him train. Once returning he took the opportunity to race in silverstone with a record score

In 2001 he competed in the six-race British Formula Ford series, achieving runner-up position in his first season of professional racing with three podiums.

Eddie Jordan endorsed Adam Khan’s career when Khan was 17 years of age. Khan competed in various races in the British F3 championship whilst undertaking studies at school. Khan contested four races in the 2002/03 British Formula Three Winter Series, finishing runner-up in the Scholarship Class which included a win in his second race and has finished on the podium in the majority of F3 races in which he contested.

In 2005 Adam Khan was selected as the driver for the Pakistani A1 Team for the A1 Grand Prix. Team Pakistan’s 05/06 A1 season started off with an immediate impact with Khan getting up to 3rd position at the season opener at Brands Hatch against vastly more experienced drivers, though a stuck wheel nut during the pit stop put an end to a chance of a podium result. Further costly team errors occurred during races where Khan was in strong positions, however Team Pakistan managed to finish the season on a high note with a 5th place at Shanghai. In 2006 Khan took a break from racing, instead concentrating on his business studies Bsc. course at King’s College London.

Khan stated in 2006 that he was going to wear the Pakistan flag in future races.http://www.paktribune.com/news/index.shtml?142691 He has been officially appointed as the ambassador for motor sports in Pakistan by the government. Khan was awarded a young achievers award by the President of Pakistan in London on 29 September 2006.

In 2007, Khan returned to racing in the World Series by Renault, driving for the Italian RC Motorsport team. After testing with the team, he was given a seat as the third driver. This allowed Khan to test for the Pakistani A1 Team at Silverstone and he look set to rejoin the team for the 07/08 season.

Khan was driving for the Arden team in the 2008 GP2 Asia Series, but left after 2 races to concentrate on A1GP and university work.

In summer 2008 Khan joined the F3000 Euroseries 3000 in June, after missing the start of the season through injury. Khan still had a successful season, in 12 races he won 3 races, two second places and one third place, and finished the season in third. This was the first time Pakistan’s national anthem was heard in a European championship event.

On 10 September 2008, it was announced that Khan would take on the dual role of race driver and seat holder of A1 Team Pakistan for the 2008-09 A1 Grand Prix season.

On 27 January 2009, Khan joined the Renault F1 team to demonstrate their Formula One car at World Series by Renault events and other presentations.