Adam Khan | |
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Nationality | British Pakistani via dual nationality |
Full name | Adam Langley-Khan |
Born | Bridlington, East Riding of Yorkshire, England | 24 May 1985
Euroseries 3000 career | |
Debut season | 2008 |
Current team | TP Formula |
Car number | 14 |
Starts | 12 |
Wins | 3 |
Poles | 2 |
Fastest laps | 2 |
Best finish | 3rd in 2008 |
Previous series | |
2008 2008 2005–06- 2007–08 2005 2004–2005 2003 & 2005 2003 2002 | Euroseries 3000 GP2 Asia Series A1GP Austrian F3 British F3 German Formula 3 Formula Renault V6 Eurocup Spanish F3 |
Adam Langley-Khan (born 24 May 1985) [1] is a British racing driver of Pakistani descent.
Khan began racing with an intensive course at the BRDC Silverstone Racing School in 2001, and jointly competed in several Junior Formula Ford races. [2]
The following year he participated in four races through a scholarship class in the BRDC Formula 3 Winter Series. [2]
In May 2003, Eddie Jordan endorsed Adam Khan's career when Khan was 17 years of age for the 2003 Formula Renault V6 Eurocup. [2] In October same year, he joined Performance Racing programme. [3]
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. [4]
In the first race at Brands Hatch, Khan qualified in 7th place and finished the sprint race in 8th. 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. [5] Pakistan finished 20th in the standings with a total of 10 points. [6]
In the second edition, Khan left the team, and Nur 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. [7] [8] [9]
Khan returned to the squad for season three. [6] [10] Khan's only point of the season came when he finished 10th in the sprint race in New Zealand.
On August 2008, Khan prepared for the new A1GP season. [11] 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. [12] [13]
Having competed in the Euro3000 series in 2008 finishing third, and despite missing the first four races he 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. [8] [14] [15]
Khan was born in Bridlington, Yorkshire to a British Pakistani family. [7] 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. [7]
Season | Series | Team | Races | wins | Poles | Fast laps | Points | Pos. |
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2008 | Euroseries 3000 | TP Formula | 12 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 55 | 3rd |
2008 | Italian Formula 3000 | TP Formula | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 6th |
2008 | GP2 Asia Series | Team Arden | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28th |
2007–08 | A1 Grand Prix | A1 Team Pakistan | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20th (1) |
2005–06 | A1 Grand Prix | A1 Team Pakistan† | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 20th (1) |
2005 | British Formula 3 – National Class | Performance Racing Europe | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 11th |
2005 | German Formula Three | Performance Racing Europe | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18th |
2005 | Austrian Formula Three Series | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 6th | |
2004 | British Formula 3 – Scholarship Class | Alan Docking Racing | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 78 | 6th |
2003 | Formula Renault V6 Eurocup | DAMS | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 22nd |
2003 | German Formula Three | Performance Racing Europe | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23rd |
2002 | Spanish Formula Three | G-Tech [ disambiguation needed ] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
† At the Durban round he was injured after crash in practice sessions.
(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 |
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2005–06 | A1 Team Pakistan | GBR SPR 7 | GBR FEA Ret | GER SPR Ret | GER FEA 12 | POR SPR Ret | POR FEA 15 | AUS SPR 12 | AUS FEA 11 | MYS SPR 13 | MYS FEA Ret | UAE SPR 16 | UAE FEA Ret | RSA SPR | RSA FEA | IDN SPR | IDN FEA | MEX SPR | MEX FEA | USA SPR | USA FEA | CHN SPR 12 | CHN FEA 5 | 20th | 10 |
2007–08 | NED SPR 18 | NED FEA 17 | CZE SPR 15 | CZE FEA 20 | MYS SPR 17 | MYS FEA 14 | CHN SPR 14 | CHN FEA 14 | NZL SPR 10 | NZL FEA 11 | AUS SPR Ret | AUS FEA 12 | RSA SPR 12 | RSA FEA Ret | MEX SPR Ret | MEX FEA 18 | CHN SPR 16 | CHN FEA 17 | GBR SPR 18 | GBR FEA Ret | 20th | 1 |
(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 |
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2008 | Trust Team Arden | UAE1 FEA 18 | UAE1 SPR 15 | IND FEA Ret | IND SPR 11 | MAL FEA | MAL SPR | BHR FEA | BHR SPR | UAE2 FEA | UAE2 SPR | 28th | 0 |
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