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Armaan Ebrahim Steps Up To Pro Class Of Lamborghini Super Trofeo Asia Series

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Chennai, TAMIL NADU :

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Indian racer Armaan Ebrahim has progressed to the highly competitive Pro Class of the Lamborghini Super Trofeo Asia Championship for the 2017 season. After two successful seasons in the Pro-Am class of the championship, the promotion is a major push for the Indian racer’s career and his dream of competing in the FIA World Endurance Championship. Armaan joined team FFF Racing and will partner with UK’s Jack Bartholomew in the race spec Lamborghini Huracan. FFF Racing will also have a second Huracan in the championship that will be piloted by teammates Carrie Schreiner and Richard ‘Spike’ Goaddard.

The 2017 Lamborghini Super Trofeo Asia series is a five round championship and commences this weekend on 7th April at Sepang, Malaysia. The next three rounds of the championship will be held at the Buriram circuit, Thailand; followed by Suzuka and Fuji tracks in Japan. The final race for this season will be held in Imola, Italy.

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Armaan won the 2016 Lamborghini Super Trofeo Asia series in Pro-Am class

For Armaan, the step up to the Pro-Class was only logical after winning the Pro-Am class in the Lamborghini Super Trofeo Asia series last year. The Indian driver along with Sri-Lankan partner Dilantha Malagamuwa managed to win 7 of 12 races in the 2016 season.

Speaking on his progress to the Pro-Class in the championship, Armaan said, “After winning the title last year, it was natural for me to get into the Pro Class. I have a good teammate and I am looking forward to making 2017 a grand one.”

Speaking on having Armaan on board, FFF Racing Team owner, Sean Fu Songyang said, “We are delighted to have Armaan in our Super Trofeo Asia programme. He is a proven race winner and, along with Jack, will be the car to beat”

Before making it big in the Lamborghini Super Trofeo Asia Championship, Armaan started his racing career winning the Formula LGB championship as a 16-year-old, and went on to race in Formula BMW Asia, Formula V6, GP2 Asia and A1GP. Armaan also raced in three season of Formula 2 before heading to the Super Trofeo Asia series in 2015.

source: http://www.auto.ndtv.com / NDTV.com / Home> CarandBike> Home> News / by Sameer Contractor / April 05th, 2017

Double podium for Indian racer Armaan Ebrahim in Thailand

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Armaan Ebrahim was off a fine start and went into the lead exiting Turn-1 and maintained the one-second advantage till he pitted for Dilantha to take over. (Source: IndiainF1)
Armaan Ebrahim was off a fine start and went into the lead exiting Turn-1 and maintained the one-second advantage till he pitted for Dilantha to take over. (Source: IndiainF1)
 Thailand :

In the double header, Armaan Ebrahim and Dilantha Malagamuwa, driving team Dilantha Racing, finished third in the first race on Saturday.

Indian racer Armaan Ebrahim, along with Sri Lankan Dilantha Malagamuwa, notched a fine double in the Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo Asia series here this weekend.

In the double header, Armaan and Malagamuwa, driving team Dilantha Racing, finished third in the first race on Saturday and went one better today with a second place finish.

Armaan had qualified second for the first race, just a 10th off the pole position while Dilantha, suffering from an indisposition, was placed sixth for the second outing.

Armaan was off a fine start and went into the lead exiting Turn-1 and maintained the one-second advantage till he pitted for Dilantha to take over.

Dilantha, however, lost one spot and eventually finished third which was creditable considering that the Sri Lankan was on drips going into the weekend due to food poisoning.

In the second race, Dilantha, feeling much better, jumped two spots to move into fourth and gained another place when the car in front ran wide. After the mandatory pit-stop, Armaan took over and put in some blistering laps to move into second spot, but could not make any progress as he had too much a gap to make up.

Reflecting on his weekend, Armaan said: “We were a bit unfortunate in the first race after I came in when in the lead as Dilantha had not fully recovered from food poisoning that had him on the drips. Considering this, we were happy to finish second.

“In race two, Dilantha had to start since he qualified and luckily was feeling better. He got a good start and moved into fourth and after a couple of laps of applying pressure. The car in front of him ran wide allowing him to get through.

“Dilantha held third for the rest of his stint, but the gap to the leaders was considerably huge. Once I got in, I had to drive like a quali and managed to catch the car in P2 and pass him. I started making time on the leader, but the gap was too big and we ran out of time which meant we finished a strong second.”

source: http://www.indianexpress.com / Indian Express / Home> Express Sports> Sports> Motor Sports / by PTI  ,  Buriram / July 24th, 2016

Double podium for racer Armaan Ebrahim in Shanghai

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Shanghai :

Indian driver Armaan Ebrahim, along with Sri Lankan team-mate Dilantha Malagamuwa, started his campaign in the Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo Asia Series on a bright note by finishing second in both the races here on Sunday.

Having qualified second for the first race, 27-year-old Chennai-based Armaan, driving for Dilantha Racing, was quick off the blocks and soon took the lead, but could not push any more as he encountered problems with the brakes and dropped to second, a position he held to the finish line.

In the next race, Dilantha who had qualified sixth, opened the proceedings and quickly moved to the third spot. However, he was hit from behind which cost him track positions. He soon pitted for Armaan to take over.

Armaan could not make headway thereafter and opted to hold position to complete a successful weekend.

Reflecting on his performance, Armaan said in a release: “We could have probably won both the races, but not a bad way to start the championship. I am happy to have points in the bag. We had a few issues with the car, but overall, it was a good weekend.”

–IANS—  sam/vt

source: http://www.business-standard.com / Business Standard / Home> News-IANS / Shanghai – May 22nd, 2016