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Akhil Rabindra | |
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Nationality | Indian |
Born | Bangalore, Karnataka, India | 22 May 1996
GT4, Formula 3 career | |
Debut season | 2010 |
Current team | PROsport Performance |
Racing licence | FIA Silver |
Car number | 18 |
Former teams | 3Y Technology / Black Bull Garage 59 / Lanan Racing |
Championships | 4 |
Best finish | 1st in 2014 & 2015 |
Previous series | |
2011 RED BULL Kart fight JK Tyre MMS Rotax Max Rookie Championship Amaron Karting Challenge 2012 JK Tyre Racing Championship JK Tyre Asia Racing Series 2013 Toyota Vios Cup Thailand Toyota Etios Motor Racing (EMR) Toyota Etios Colombo night Race 2014 2014 Formula Masters China JK Tyre Racing Championship 2015 2015 BRDC Formula 4 Championship JK Tyre Racing Championship 2016 2016 BRDC British Formula 3 Championship JK Tyre Racing Championship 2017 2017 British GT Championship 2018 GT4 European Series 2018 24H GT Series 2019 GT4 European Series 2019 24H GT Series 2019 Michelin Pilot Challenge X1Racing | |
Championship titles | |
2013 & 2014 2014 | JK Tyres Racing Championship 2014 Toyota Etios Motor Racing 2013 Totota Ethios Colombo Night Race2013 |
Akhil Rabindra (born 22 May 1996) is an Indian racing driver.
Along with racing on track, Akhil is also associated with the Sean Edwards Foundation [1] where he is a safety ambassador.
He is a graduate from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland.
Rabindra started his motorsports career by racing in National Go Karting Championship and Formula LGB Swift in India and by winning the JK Tyres MMS Rotax Max National Rookie Championship 2011, in the same year he also was crowned the Vice Championship of Amaron National Karting Challenge [2] along with Red Bull Kart Fight as Champion. [3] Akhil made his Racing debut in 2012 with JK Tyre National Racing Championship in the LGB Formula-Swift, the entry-level single-seater series. In the same year Rabindra also made two guest appearances in the JK Racing Asia Series finishing a creditable 7th in 3 of the races.
He was the Vice Champion in JK Tyre National Racing Championship 2014. [4] [5] [6] 2014 saw Akhil competing in the JK Tyre National Racing Championship [7] driving the ex-Formula BMW cars previously raced by the likes of Sebastian Vettal, Nico Rosberg, Daniel Riccardo, Sebastien Buemi and many more. Rabindra gained 9 podium places in the 4 rounds and emerged as the runner-up. Rabindra also raced in a limited programme in the Formula Masters China Series driving the more powerful Tatuus FA010 chassis with a 2.0 Formula engine providing 180 HP with a best finish of 4th. [8]
In 2014 Rabindra was nominated by the FMSCI to represent India for the FIA Institute Young Drivers Excellence Academy, where he won his place for the Asia-Pacific region. [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] Rabindra was the Winner of FIA Institute Young Driver Excellence Award 2014. [10] [9]
In 2015, Rabindra competed in BRDC Formula 4 Championship in the United Kingdom with Wayne Douglas Motorsport, a series for young drivers from all over the world driving the new MSV F4-013, 2-litre Ford Durance engine and paddle shift gearbox. Having to learn a new car and new tracks Rabindra scored 203 points finishing 14th overall. Along with his main programme in BRDC F4 Rabindra also raced in the JK Tyre National Racing Championship.
2016 saw a step up to 2016 BRDC British Formula 3 Championship with the Championship winning team Lanan racing driving the all new Tatuus chassis with adjustable aerodynamics, F1 style splitters and powered by a 2-litre 230 bhp spec Cosworth engine, competing against other young drivers on F1 circuits such as Spa Francorchamps and Silverstone. Rabindra scored 124 points, finishing the series in 18th place overall.
He is the winner of Toyota Etios Colombo Night Race 2013, [14] [15] and the Vice Champion in Toyota Etios Motor Racing (EMR) 2013. [16]
In 2012 Rabindra alongside racing in Single seater car, debuted in touring cars driving the Toyota Etios Racing Series, and was the youngest finalist in the saloon car category in the championship and managed a podium finish at the Exhibition Race in Chennai and a strong finish in the race of Champions in Delhi ensuring his place at the Columbia Night Race 2013 [17] He was titled Vice Champion in the Toyota Etios Motor Racing "Toyota Etios Motor Racing". Archived from the original on 4 February 2017. 2013. [16] Rabindra won the event from Pole position and was crowned Columbo Night Race Champion.
In the year 2017, he was selected by the McLaren GT Driver Academy [18] [19] to race in the British GT Championship [20] [21] with team Black Bull Garage 59. [22] [23] [24] The academy had chosen him along with 7 other drivers from across the world.
Rabindra drove along with his teammate Dean Macdonald. They finished the series with 7th [25] in silver category and finished the series in 13th overall. [26] Their team Black Bull Garage 59 stood 2nd overall [26] in the series. Their team Black Bull Garage 59 stood 2nd overall in the series. [27] [28]
Rabindra had also participated in the 2018 24H TCE Series, 24-hour Silverstone 2018 [29] with team Excelr8 Motorsport.
He had also participated in the 24H Series, 24 hours Silverstone 2018 [29] with team Excelr8 Motorsport.
In the 2018 Season, Akhil Rabindra joined the French Team 3Y Technology to drive in the GT4 European Series [30] [31] [32] in BMW M4 GT4 Car in the silver class alongside Belgian driver Stephene Leveret and finished 18th in the silver category [33] with a best finish of 4th in Race-3 [34] and a top 10 result in the French GT4 round in Spain. [35] The season began on 6 April 2018 at Zolder and ended on 16 September 2018 at Nürburgring. The Team finished 12th with 147 points. [33]
For the 2019 Season, Akhil Rabindra was selected as the Aston Martin Racing Academy Driver [36] [37] [38] [39] [40] [41] [42] and competed in the GT4 European Series in an Aston Martin Vantage GT4 for PROsport Performance [43] [44] [45] and Rabindra teamed up with 23-year-old Swiss racer Florian Thoma. The 2019 GT4 European Series began at Autodromo Nazionale Monza Italy on 12–14 April where Akhil finished 8th and 7th in 2 races securing 10 points. [46]
He took 2nd in the Race-1 at the GT4 European Series held at Brands Hatch UK on 4 to 5 May 2019 [47] [48] [49] [50] [51] [52] [53] [54]
Akhil Rabindra was among 12 drivers to be retained by the Aston Martin Racing Driver Academy for the 2020 season. [55]
Akhil with his team PROsport Performance achieved the first podium for the New Aston Martin Vantage GT4 by finishing 2nd in the 2019 24H GT Series European held at Mugello Circuit Italy on 29 to 30 March 2019. [56] He won in the 2019 24H GT Series European at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps Belgium on 19 to 20 April [57]
He and his team scored 3rd in the GT4 class at 2019 24H GT Series European held at Brno Circuit Czech Republic on 24 to 25 May. [58] [59] [60] [61]
Akhil Rabindra has been selected by Blackbirds Hyderabad for the Inaugural Season of the X1 Racing League [62]
Further, Akhil debuted in the International Motor Sports Association 2019 Michelin Pilot Challenge held at Road America, United States on 2 to 4 August and the next round held at Virginia International Raceway, on 23 to 25 August. Akhil Rabindra and teammate Ross Gunn raced to a sixth-place finish at Virginia International Raceway for Stoner Car Care on Saturday in the Automatic Racing-prepared No. 09 Stoner Car Care Aston Martin GT4. The results marked the team's best finish of the year as the squad continued to learn more each time out with the all-new Aston Martin Vantage GT4 platform. [63] [64] [65] [66] [67] [68]
Year | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
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2012 | JK Racing Asia Series season | Meco Racing | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
2014 | Formula Masters China | Meco Motorsports | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 17th |
2015 | BRDC Formula 4 Championship | Douglas Motorsport | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 203 | 13th |
2016 | BRDC British Formula 3 Championship | Lanan Racing | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 124 | 18th |
2017 | British GT Championship - GT4 | Black Bull Garage 59 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45.5 | 13th |
2018 | GT4 European Series - Silver | 3Y Technology | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 18th |
French GT4 Cup - Pro Am | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | ||
24H TCE Series - TCR | Excelr8 Motorsport | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | |
2019 | GT4 European Series - Silver | PROsport Performance | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 57 | 8th |
24H TCE Series - SP3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 1st | ||
ADAC GT4 Germany | PROpeak Performance | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 28th | |
Michelin Pilot Challenge - GT4 | Automatic Racing AMR | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 42nd | |
24H GT Series - GT4 | PROsport Performance AMR | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 49 | 3rd | |
2020 | French GT4 Cup - Pro Am | AGS Events | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 9th |
2021 | GT4 European Series - Silver | AGS Events | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
2022 | GT4 European Series - Silver | Racing Spirit of Léman | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 88 | 8th |
Indian Racing League | Hyderabad Blackbirds | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 147 | 1st | |
2023 | GT4 European Series - Pro-Am | Racing Spirit of Léman | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 14th |
Indian Racing League | Hyderabad Blackbirds | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 56‡ | 6th‡ |
‡ Team standings.
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