Mumbai Falcons
Mumbai Falcons is an Indian motorsports team established by Ameet Harjinder Gadhoke, Navjeet Singh Gadhoke[1] and Teja Ranade Gadhoke in November 2019.[2] Moid Tungekar is the CEO of Mumbai Falcons.[3][4] Its main headquarters is located in Pune, Maharashtra.[5] The team originally debuted in the year 2019 as X1Racing at the Buddh International Circuit and the Madras Motor Race Track[6] followed by the 2021 F3 Asian Championship held in the United Arab Emirates.[7] It operates under a technical partnership with Italian team Prema Racing.[8]
Founded | 2019 |
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Base | Pune, Maharashtra, India |
Team principal(s) | Armaan Ebrahim, Arianna Gadhoke |
Current series | Formula Regional Middle East Championship Formula 4 UAE Championship |
Former series | F3 Asian Championship Formula Regional Asian Championship X1 Racing League |
Current drivers | Formula Regional Middle East Championship 7. Lorenzo Fluxá 8. Rafael Câmara 10. Dino Beganovic 12. Andrea Kimi Antonelli 28. Kirill Smal Formula 4 UAE Championship 8. Tuukka Taponen 10. Muhammad Ibrahim 13. James Wharton 28. Rishon Rajeev |
Teams' Championships | 2nd Runner up in 2021 F3 Asian Championship , 1st in 2022 Formula Regional Asian Championship. 1st in 2023 Formula Regional Middle East Championship |
Website | https://www.mumbaifalcons.net/ |
History
The team was founded in November 2019 by Gadhoke Group. They made their debut in November 2019 in the X1RL league with their 5 drivers Kush Maini, Mikkel Jensen, Pippa Mann, Karthik Tharani and Sohil Shah. They entered F3 Asian championship in 2021.[9] The team became the first Indian team to compete[10] and finish in the top 3[11][12][13] in F3 Asian Championship with the drivers Kush Maini and Jehan Daruvala.[14][15] The team had Armaan Ebrahim as team principal. It is also mentored by Kapil Dev.[16] The team's cars were operated by Prema Powerteam.
On 20 February 2022, Mumbai Falcons secured a historic double victory in the Formula Regional Asian Championship held at UAE winning both the Driver and Teams Championship.[17] Greater success came in 2023, winning both titles in the inaugural Formula Regional Middle East Championship with Andrea Kimi Antonelli,[18] and the F4 UAE Championship with James Wharton.[19]
Current series results
F3 Asian Championship/Formula Regional Asian Championship
Year | Car | Driver | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Points | D.C. | T.C. |
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2021 | Tatuus F3 T-318 | Jehan Daruvala | 15 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 192 | 3rd | 3rd |
Kush Maini | 15 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 55 | 11th | |||
2022 | Tatuus F3 T-318 | Arthur Leclerc | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 218 | 1st | 1st |
Dino Beganovic | 15 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 130 | 5th | |||
Sebastián Montoya | 9 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 92 | 7th | |||
Oliver Bearman | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 15th |
Formula Regional Middle East Championship
Year | Car | Driver | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Points | D.C. | T.C. |
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2023 | Tatuus F3 T-318 | Andrea Kimi Antonelli | 15 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 192 | 1st | 1st |
Rafael Câmara | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 131 | 3rd | |||
Lorenzo Fluxá | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 122 | 4th | |||
Dino Beganovic | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 62 | 11th | |||
Kirill Smal | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 15th |
Formula 4 UAE Championship
Year | Car | Driver | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Points | D.C. | T.C. |
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2022 | Tatuus F4-T421 | Sohil Shah | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24th | N/A[lower-alpha 1] |
Yash Aradhya | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35th | |||
Kyle Kumaran | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38th | |||
Ruhaan Alva | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40th | |||
2023 | Tatuus F4-T421 | James Wharton | 15 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 232 | 1st | 1st |
Tuukka Taponen | 15 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 212 | 2nd | |||
Muhammad Ibrahim | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 26th | |||
Rishon Rajeev | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35th |
Former series results
X1 Racing League
Year | Car | Drivers | Races | Podiums |
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2019 | Mygale FB02 | Sohil Shah Kush Maini Pippa Mann Mikkel Jensen Karthik Tharani |
8 | 6 |
Timeline
Current series | |
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Formula Regional Asian Championship | 2021–present |
Formula 4 UAE Championship | 2022–present |
Formula Regional Middle East Championship | 2023–present |
Formula Regional Indian Championship | 2023–present |
F4 Indian Championship | 2023–present |
Former Series | |
X1 Racing League | 2019 |
Notes
- Mumbai Falcons by Xcel wasn't classified in the Teams' Championship. Instead the scored points were counted towards Xcel Motorsport.
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