Armaan Ebrahim’s MSPORT team for F3 Asian Championship certified by FIA

INDIAinF1 Desk April 6, 2018

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Bengaluru, April 6: An Indian team, MSPORT, headed by one of country’s finest racing talents, Armaan Ebrahim and partnered by well-known race engineer Patrick Roberts, will be participating in the newly-launched F3 Asian Championship certified by FIA. The five-round, 15-race championship, the brain-child of Shanghai-based company, Top Speed, will be only the second ‘Regional F3’ in the World with the F3 Americas Championship which was launched last year.

Ten teams, including MSPORT, which is the arm of Meco Motorsport, have already registered for the championship which is set to commence in Malaysia during the July 13-15 weekend. In all, 24 cars are expected to be on the start grid.

Armaan, who had participated in Formula 2 and FIA GT series, said: “MSport will have a two-driver line-up which we will announce in due course. It is an exciting venture and we are hopeful of putting up a good show in the new championship.”

With countless victories both at home and across Asia, MSPORT is made up of a strong team of experienced professionals, and, as part of the Meco Group, it also provides a wide range of driver development services.

The team line-up for the Championship also includes China’s Absolute Racing, Black Arts Racing (BAR) and Zen Motorsport; Eurasia from Hong Kong, Super License from Japan and Pinnacle Motorsport from the Philippines.

Italy-based SVC Asia and UK’s Hitech GP are the two European teams to have confirmed for the championship, along with Los Angeles-based Chase Own Racing.

Davide De Gobbi, General Manager, Top Speed, said: “We are thrilled to announce such a strong line-up of 10 professional and experienced teams for the F3 Asian Championship certified by FIA. Never before has an Asia-based single-seater championship been given such a ringing endorsement by some of sport’s most respected teams.”

The provisional calendar:

July 9-10: Official test, Sepang International Circuit, Malaysia; July 13-15: Round 1, Sepang; Aug 31-Sept 2: Round 2, Ningbo International Speedway, China; Sept 21-23: Round 3, Shanghai International Circuit, China; Oct 12-14: Round 4, Ningbo International Speedway, China; Nov 23-25: Round 5, Sepang International Circuit, Malaysia.