Zaid Ashkanani
Zaid Ashkanani | |
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Nationality | Kuwaiti |
Born | 24 May 1994 |
GP3 Series career | |
Debut season | 2015 |
Current team | Campos Racing |
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 (born 24 May 1994) is a Kuwaiti racing driver.
Career
Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Middle East
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
On February 12, 2015 Campos Racing announced that Ashkanani would join the team for 2015.[1]
Racing record
Career summary
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 | ||
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC‡ | |||
2018 | Porsche Supercup | MRS GT-Racing | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 83 | 9th |
Porsche Carrera Cup Germany | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC‡ | ||
2019 | Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup | Dinamic Motorsport | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 8th |
FIA Motorsport Games GT Cup | Team Kuwait | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | N/A | 14th |
‡ Not eligible for points.
Complete Porsche Supercup results
(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
(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
- ^ 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
- Official website
- Zaid Ashkanani career summary at DriverDB.com