Founded | 2019 |
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Base | Pune, Maharashtra, India |
Team principal(s) | Armaan Ebrahim, Arianna Gadhoke |
Current series | Formula Regional Middle East Championship Formula 4 UAE Championship |
Former series | F3 Asian Championship Formula Regional Asian Championship X1 Racing League |
Current drivers | Formula Regional Middle East Championship 7. Lorenzo Fluxá 8. Rafael Câmara 10. Dino Beganovic 12. Andrea Kimi Antonelli 28. Kirill Smal Formula 4 UAE Championship 8. Tuukka Taponen 10. Muhammad Ibrahim 13. James Wharton 28. Rishon Rajeev |
Teams' Championships | Formula Regional Asian Championship : 2022 Formula Regional Middle East Championship : 2023 Formula 4 UAE Championship : 2023 |
Drivers' Championships | Formula Regional Asian Championship : 2022: Arthur Leclerc Formula Regional Middle East Championship : 2023: Andrea Kimi Antonelli Formula 4 UAE Championship : 2023: James Wharton |
Website | https://www.mumbaifalcons.net/ |
Mumbai Falcons is an Indian motorsports team established by Ameet Harjinder Gadhoke, Navjeet Singh Gadhoke [1] and Teja Ranade Gadhoke in November 2019. [2] Moid Tungekar is the CEO of Mumbai Falcons.
The team was founded in November 2019 by Gadhoke Group. They made their debut in November 2019 in the X1RL league with their 5 drivers Kush Maini, Mikkel Jensen, Pippa Mann, Karthik Tharani and Sohil Shah. They entered F3 Asian championship in 2021. [3] The team became the first Indian team to compete [4] and finish in the top 3 [5] [6] [7] in F3 Asian Championship with the drivers Kush Maini and Jehan Daruvala. [8] [9] The team had Armaan Ebrahim as team principal. It is also mentored by Kapil Dev. [10] The team's cars were operated by Prema Powerteam.
On 20 February 2022, Mumbai Falcons secured a historic double victory in the Formula Regional Asian Championship held at UAE winning both the Driver and Teams Championship. [11] Greater success came in 2023, winning both titles in the inaugural Formula Regional Middle East Championship with Andrea Kimi Antonelli, [12] and the F4 UAE Championship with James Wharton. [13]
Year | Car | Driver | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Points | D.C. | T.C. |
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2021 | Tatuus F3 T-318 | Jehan Daruvala | 15 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 192 | 3rd | 3rd |
Kush Maini | 15 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 55 | 11th | |||
2022 | Tatuus F3 T-318 | Arthur Leclerc | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 218 | 1st | 1st |
Dino Beganovic | 15 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 130 | 5th | |||
Sebastián Montoya | 9 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 92 | 7th | |||
Oliver Bearman | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 15th |
Year | Car | Driver | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Points | D.C. | T.C. |
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2023 | Tatuus F3 T-318 | Andrea Kimi Antonelli | 15 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 192 | 1st | 1st |
Rafael Câmara | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 131 | 3rd | |||
Lorenzo Fluxá | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 122 | 4th | |||
Dino Beganovic | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 62 | 11th | |||
Kirill Smal | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 15th | |||
2024 | Tatuus F3 T-318 | Rafael Câmara | 15 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 128 | 3rd | 3rd |
James Wharton | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 111 | 6th | |||
Ugo Ugochukwu | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 105 | 7th | |||
Arvid Lindblad | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 13th |
Year | Car | Driver | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Points | D.C. | T.C. |
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2022 | Tatuus F4-T421 | Sohil Shah | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24th | N/A [lower-alpha 1] |
Yash Aradhya | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35th | |||
Kyle Kumaran | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38th | |||
Ruhaan Alva | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40th | |||
2023 | Tatuus F4-T421 | James Wharton | 15 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 232 | 1st | 1st |
Tuukka Taponen | 15 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 212 | 2nd | |||
Muhammad Ibrahim | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 26th | |||
Rishon Rajeev | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35th | |||
2024 | Tatuus F4-T421 | Freddie Slater | 15 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 172 | 1st | 1st |
Kean Nakamura-Berta | 15 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 168 | 2nd | |||
Alex Powell | 14 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 105 | 6th | |||
Dion Gowda | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 11th |
Year | Car | Drivers | Races | Podiums |
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2019 | Mygale FB02 | Sohil Shah Kush Maini Pippa Mann Mikkel Jensen Karthik Tharani | 8 | 6 |
Current series | |
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Formula 4 UAE Championship | 2022–present |
Formula Regional Middle East Championship | 2023–present |
Former Series | |
X1 Racing League | 2019 |
Formula Regional Asian Championship | 2021–2022 |
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