Zaid Ashkanani

Zaid Ashkanani (Arabic: زيد اشكناني; born 24 May 1994) is a Kuwaiti racing driver. He competed in the 2015 GP3 Series with Campos Racing.

Zaid Ashkanani
Zaid Ashkanani at the Red Bull Ring in 2018
NationalityKuwait Kuwaiti
Born (1994-05-24) 24 May 1994
Salwa, Kuwait
GP3 Series career
Debut season2015
Current teamCampos Racing
Racing licence FIA Silver
Car number23
Starts18
Wins0
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finish24th in 2015
Previous series
2013
2013
2013
2012–15
Porsche Supercup
ADAC Formel Masters
British Formula Ford Championship
Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Middle East
Championship titles
2013–14Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Middle East

Career

Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Middle East

Ashkanani began racing in the Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Middle East in 2012 and already in his first year he managed to get on the podium. In his second season, he became champion having achieved three wins and eight podiums. In the 2014–15 season he lost the championship in the final race. Clemens Schmid became champion that season twelve points in front of Ashkanani.

GP3 Series

On February 12, 2015 Campos Racing announced that Ashkanani would join the team for 2015.[1]

Racing record

Career summary

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles FLaps Podiums Points Position
2012–13 Porsche GT3 Middle East Championship BuZaidGT 12 0 0 0 1 169 6th
2013 British Formula Ford Championship SWB Motorsport 3 0 0 0 0 0 NC‡
ADAC Formel Masters HS Engineering 3 0 0 0 0 0 21st
Porsche Supercup GT3 Cup Challenge Middle East 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC‡
2013–14 Porsche GT3 Middle East Championship BuZaidGT 12 3 4 3 8 245 1st
2014–15 Porsche GT3 Middle East Championship BuZaidGT 12 2 4 4 10 228 2nd
2015 GP3 Series Campos Racing 18 0 0 0 0 0 24th
2016 Porsche Supercup Lechner Racing Middle East 10 0 0 0 0 52 10th
2017 Porsche Supercup MRS GT-Racing 11 0 0 0 1 74 9th
Porsche Carrera Cup Germany 2 0 0 0 0 9 25th
2 0 0 0 0 0 NC‡
2018 Porsche Supercup MRS GT-Racing 10 0 0 0 1 83 9th
Porsche Carrera Cup Germany 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC‡
2019 Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup Dinamic Motorsport 5 1 0 0 1 31 8th
FIA Motorsport Games GT Cup Team Kuwait 1 0 0 1 0 N/A 14th

Not eligible for points.

Complete Porsche Supercup results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Pos. Pts
2013 GT3 Cup Challenge Middle East CAT MON SIL NÜR HUN SPA MNZ YMC
15
YMC
17
NC‡ 0‡
2016 Lechner Racing Middle East CAT
8
MON
21
RBR
12
SIL
19
HUN
10
HOC
15
SPA
10
MNZ
10
COA
24†
COA
10
10th 52
2017 MRS GT-Racing CAT
9
CAT
Ret
MON
4
RBR
11
SIL
13
HUN
Ret
SPA
12
SPA
8
MNZ
2
MEX
14
MEX
6
9th 74
2018 MRS GT-Racing CAT
Ret
MON
6
RBR
6
SIL
6
HOC
8
HUN
4
SPA
2
MNZ
18
MEX
16
MEX
5
9th 83

As Ashkanani was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.
Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 75% of the race distance.

Complete GP3 Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Pos. Pts
2015 Campos Racing CAT
FEA

11
CAT
SPR

15
RBR
FEA

18
RBR
SPR

14
SIL
FEA

22
SIL
SPR

22
HUN
FEA

20
HUN
SPR

16
SPA
FEA

14
SPA
SPR

18
MNZ
FEA

13
MNZ
SPR

15
SOC
FEA

20
SOC
SPR

19
BHR
FEA

17
BHR
SPR

13
YMC
FEA

19
YMC
SPR

21
24th 0

References

  1. Rook, Aaron (12 February 2015). "Alex Palou and Zaid Ashkanani Join Campos Racing in GP3". thecheckeredflag.co.uk. The Checkered Flag. Retrieved 12 February 2015.

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