Zaid Ashkanani

Zaid Ashkanani
Zaid Ashkanani
	Zaid Ashkanani at the Red Bull Ring in 2018
Nationality	Kuwaiti
Born	24 May 1994 (age 29); Salwa, Kuwait
GP3 Series career
Debut season	2015
Current team	Campos Racing
Racing licence	FIA Silver
Car number	23
Starts	18
Wins	0
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	24th in 2015
Previous series
2013; 2013; 2013; 2012–15	Porsche Supercup; ADAC Formel Masters; British Formula Ford Championship; Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Middle East
Championship titles
2013–14	Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Middle East

Zaid Ashkanani (Arabic: زيد اشكناني; born 24 May 1994) is a Kuwaiti racing driver. He competed in the 2015 GP3 Series with Campos Racing.

Career[edit]

Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Middle East[edit]

Ashkanani began racing in the Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Middle East in 2012 and already in his first year he managed to get on the podium. In his second season, he became champion having achieved three wins and eight podiums. In the 2014–15 season he lost the championship in the final race. Clemens Schmid became champion that season twelve points in front of Ashkanani.

GP3 Series[edit]

On February 12, 2015 Campos Racing announced that Ashkanani would join the team for 2015.^[1]

Racing record[edit]

Career summary[edit]

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	FLaps	Podiums	Points	Position
2012–13	Porsche GT3 Middle East Championship	BuZaidGT	12	0	0	0	1	169	6th
2013	British Formula Ford Championship	SWB Motorsport	3	0	0	0	0	0	NC‡
	ADAC Formel Masters	HS Engineering	3	0	0	0	0	0	21st
	Porsche Supercup	GT3 Cup Challenge Middle East	2	0	0	0	0	0	NC‡
2013–14	Porsche GT3 Middle East Championship	BuZaidGT	12	3	4	3	8	245	1st
2014–15	Porsche GT3 Middle East Championship	BuZaidGT	12	2	4	4	10	228	2nd
2015	GP3 Series	Campos Racing	18	0	0	0	0	0	24th
2016	Porsche Supercup	Lechner Racing Middle East	10	0	0	0	0	52	10th
2017	Porsche Supercup	MRS GT-Racing	11	0	0	0	1	74	9th
	Porsche Carrera Cup Germany		2	0	0	0	0	9	25th
	Porsche Carrera Cup Germany		2	0	0	0	0	0	NC‡
2018	Porsche Supercup	MRS GT-Racing	10	0	0	0	1	83	9th
2018	Porsche Carrera Cup Germany	MRS GT-Racing	2	0	0	0	0	0	NC‡
2019	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup	Dinamic Motorsport	5	1	0	0	1	31	8th
2019	FIA Motorsport Games GT Cup	Team Kuwait	1	0	0	1	0	N/A	14th
2022-23	Middle East Trophy - GT3	Team Kuwait by MRS GT-Racing

^‡ Not eligible for points.

Complete Porsche Supercup results[edit]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Pos.	Pts
2013	GT3 Cup Challenge Middle East	CAT	MON	SIL	NÜR	HUN	SPA	MNZ	YMC 15	YMC 17			NC‡	0‡
2016	Lechner Racing Middle East	CAT 8	MON 21	RBR 12	SIL 19	HUN 10	HOC 15	SPA 10	MNZ 10	COA 24†	COA 10		10th	52
2017	MRS GT-Racing	CAT 9	CAT Ret	MON 4	RBR 11	SIL 13	HUN Ret	SPA 12	SPA 8	MNZ 2	MEX 14	MEX 6	9th	74
2018	MRS GT-Racing	CAT Ret	MON 6	RBR 6	SIL 6	HOC 8	HUN 4	SPA 2	MNZ 18	MEX 16	MEX 5		9th	83

^‡ As Ashkanani was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.
^† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 75% of the race distance.

Complete GP3 Series results[edit]

(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	Pos.	Pts
2015	Campos Racing	CAT FEA 11	CAT SPR 15	RBR FEA 18	RBR SPR 14	SIL FEA 22	SIL SPR 22	HUN FEA 20	HUN SPR 16	SPA FEA 14	SPA SPR 18	MNZ FEA 13	MNZ SPR 15	SOC FEA 20	SOC SPR 19	BHR FEA 17	BHR SPR 13	YMC FEA 19	YMC SPR 21	24th	0

References[edit]

^ Rook, Aaron (12 February 2015). "Alex Palou and Zaid Ashkanani Join Campos Racing in GP3". thecheckeredflag.co.uk. The Checkered Flag. Retrieved 12 February 2015.

External links[edit]

Official website
Zaid Ashkanani career summary at DriverDB.com

[1] Rook, Aaron (12 February 2015). "Alex Palou and Zaid Ashkanani Join Campos Racing in GP3". thecheckeredflag.co.uk. The Checkered Flag. Retrieved 12 February 2015.

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