Armaan to make GT1 debut

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India’s young racing sensation Armaan Ebrahim is all set to make his entry into the highly-competitive world of FIA GT1 World Championship at a brand new world-class Moscow Raceway on the outskirts of the Russian capital on September 16.

Armaan, who is JK Tyre’s brand ambassador, will make his GT1 debut as the lone Indian driver on the grid. The Chennai lad will represent Team India and will drive for SunRed Engineering, a leading Spanish team.

“I would firstly like to thank my principal sponsors JK Tyre who have done a lot of work in putting this together, thus giving me the opportunity to drive for Team India in a world championship and most importantly in my own country at the Buddh International Circuit subsequently.

I will have to get used to the GT Cars as I have raced in Formula Cars all my life and to that extent, the test in Barcelona last month was a satisfying experience.

I’m very happy that I’m going to be in the elite company of the best drivers in the world in Moscow,” said Armaan. “I am delighted with this break as I have worked hard to get into the world championship.”

With two races per event, the GT1 championship has 10 events in 10 different countries. Each race runs for 60 minutes and it is mandatory for every car to make a mid-race pit-stop to change tyres and drivers.

The last round of the championship will take place at India’s Buddh International Circuit on December 2.
GT1 features fiercely competitive racing between the world’s most desirable luxury sports car brands.

The entry list has exotic cars from the Aston Martin, DBRS9, Audi R8, BMW Z4, Ferrari 458, and Ford GT, to the Lamborghini Gallardo, McLaren MP4-12C,Mercedes SLS and Porsche 997 GT3 R that compete in the FIA World Champion at the end of the season.

Armaan’s team - SunRed - who are a professional race engineering company, have a successful record of accomplishment in sports and touring car racing at the international level.

The company has been granted the rights to compete within the FIA GT1 World Championship under the designation of Team India.

Joan Orus, team principal of SunRed Racing, added: “We are thrilled to have finalised a contract with young Indian sensation Armaan Ebrahim to drive for our team in the last three rounds. The development will hopefully lead to a full season contract nest year.

“We have been following Armaan’s career closely and he is definitely one of the brightest prospects from India and it is our desire to work hard with Armaan in 2013 to deliver to the world its first Indian world champion.”