CLARK AND NASIR ARE HAVING A HARD TIME WITH THIS THREE WEEK BREAK BEFORE THE SECOND RACE OF THE SEASON! INTHEPITLANE.COM PRESENTS MORE GOODIES AND OUR DRIVER INTERVIEW THIS WEEK IS ENAAM AHMED!!

Ahmed made BRDC British Formula 3 Championship history by taking all three wins in the opening round of the season at Oulton Park. He also recorded three fastest laps across the three races to leave the weekend as championship leader with a perfect score of 95 points.

He went on to make it four wins from four races by taking victory in the opening race at Rockingham, before a further two wins at the next round at Snetterton saw Ahmed surpass the total number of wins achieved by a driver throughout the entirety of the 2016 campaign (5). Although Ahmed finished off the top step of the podium for the first time during a weekend in 2017 at Silverstone, two podium finishes allowed Ahmed to extend his lead in the championship standings.

Ahmed claimed his first pole of the 2017 season in a qualifying session at Spa, before going on to record his seventh and eighth wins of the season. A further second place finish stretched the Carlin driver’s lead at the top of the drivers’ standings to 82 points over nearest rival Toby Sowery.

At the next round at Brands Hatch, Enaam went on to take his second successive pole position, before sealing a lights-to-flag victory in the opening race. He recovered from eighth to finish on the podium in third place in the reverse grid race and recorded another lights-to-flag win – his 10th of the season – in the final race of the weekend.

Ahmed sealed the BRDC British F3 title at the penultimate round of the season at Snetterton, having claimed a further two victories to take his tally up to 12 – matching triple F1 world champion Ayrton Senna’s total of wins from his own title-winning campaign in 1983. As a result, the Carlin driver became the series’ youngest-ever champion at just 17 years old.

At the season finale at Donington Park, Ahmed won the 24th and final race of the season – his 13th victory of the campaign – to surpass the total number of wins Ayrton Senna achieved in 1983 (12). He ended the year on 654 points, 164 clear of his nearest rival.

Achievements

Youngest-ever British F3 champion – surpassing win total of triple F1 world champion Ayrton Senna | 2017, age 17

Most points ever achieved (654) and biggest winning margin (164) in British F3 history | 2017, age 17

Record-breaker as youngest driver to win three races and set three fastest laps in single British F3 race weekend | 2017, age 17

Youngest driver ever to win a British F3 title | 2016, age 16

Youngest driver ever to win both World & European KF3 Junior Championships in same year | 2014, age 14 – surpassing five-time F1 world champion Lewis Hamilton, who won it age 15

Made history by winning FIVE championships in one year, exceeding previous karting records set by Max Verstappen and Lance Stroll | 2014

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