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Adam Khan

Adam Khan

British racing driver

This article is about the British-Pakistani racing driver. For other articles with similar titles, see Adam Khan (disambiguation).

Adam Langley-Khan (born 24 May 1985)[1] is a British racing driver of Pakistani descent.

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History

Khan began racing with an intensive course at the BRDC Silverstone Racing School in 2001, and jointly competed in several Junior Formula Ford races.[2]

The following year he participated in four races through a scholarship class in the BRDC Formula 3 Winter Series.[2]

In May 2003, Eddie Jordan endorsed Adam Khan's career when Khan was 17 years of age for the 2003 Formula Renault V6 Eurocup.[2] In October same year, he joined Performance Racing programme.[3]

Grand Prix

2005–06

After the launching of A1 Team Pakistan, Nur Ali was the first driver to be named in the inaugural 2005–06 A1 Grand Prix season, but was replaced before the first round with Adam Khan.[4]

In the first race at Brands Hatch, Khan qualified in 7th place and finished the sprint race in 8th. The team had problems in the pit stop in the feature race and resulted in Khan finishing 13th. Following this, the team failed to score a point until the final race in China where Khan finished fifth. The team missed three rounds after Khan was injured in a practice crash in South Africa, although Enrico Toccacelo was drafted in as a non-scoring substitute driver for said weekend.[5] Pakistan finished 20th in the standings with a total of 10 points.[6]

In the second edition, Khan left the team, and Nur Ali was recalled to race in season two. Khan took a break from racing, instead concentrating on his business studies at King’s College London.[7][8][9]

2007–08

Adam Khan with A1 Team Pakistan during a pit stop in GP 2007.

Khan returned to the squad for season three.[6][10] Khan's only point of the season came when he finished 10th in the sprint race in New Zealand.

2008–09

On August 2008, Khan prepared for the new A1GP season.[11] On 10 September 2008, Khan was announced as both the driver and team seat holder for the 2008–09 season. Team Craft took over the running of the team. The team failed to appear at any events that season, initially due to problems with Khan fitting in the new chassis and later due to date-clashes with Khan's duties as demonstration driver for the Renault F1 Team.[12][13]

Euroseries 3000

Having competed in the Euro3000 series in 2008 finishing third, and despite missing the first four races he narrowly missed out on the championship. His performances were spotted by the bosses at Renault F1 and he became their F1 test and demonstration driver in 2009 alongside Fernando Alonso and Nelson Piquet Jr.[8][14][15]

Personal life

Khan was born in Bridlington, Yorkshire to a British Pakistani family.[7] He was appointed as an official government ambassador for motor sports in Pakistan, and in 2006 was presented with a young achievers award by the country’s president Pervez Musharraf.[7]

Racing record

Career summary

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† At the Durban round he was injured after crash in practice sessions.

Complete A1 Grand Prix results

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Complete GP2 Series results

Complete GP2 Asia Series results

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References

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    "Driver: Adam Langley-Khan | Driver Database". www.driverdb.com. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
  2. [2]
    "Jordan endorses Langley-Khan". au.motorsport.com. 2 May 2003. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
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    "Langley-Khan tests Performance". Crash. 16 October 2003. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
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    "Team pakistan aiming to change a nation's image". The Telegraph. 23 September 2005. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
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    "Sports, NOS, The News International". jang.com.pk. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
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    Zuberi, Anwar (4 November 2007). "Adam Khan aims to excel for A1 Team Pakistan". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
  7. [7]
    "A1GP: Khan takes the reins of Pakistan team | Brits on Pole". www.britsonpole.com. 16 September 2008. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
  8. [8]
    "F1: Adam Khan gets a break with Renault | Brits on Pole". www.britsonpole.com. 28 January 2009. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
  9. [9]
    "Pakistan News Service - PakTribune". 11 March 2007. Archived from the original on 11 March 2007. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
  10. [10]
    "Khan secures RC drive". Crash. 29 January 2007. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
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    https://archive.today/20081009235314/http://www.a1gp.com/News/NewsArticle.aspx?newsId=41912
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    "Khan to lead and race for Pakistan". a1gp.com. 10 September 2008. Archived from the original on 17 September 2008. Retrieved 10 September 2008.
  13. [13]
    http://www.indiacar.net/news/n70229.htm%5B%5D
  14. [14]
    "Renault adds Khan to line-up". Crash. 28 January 2009. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
  15. [15]
    Autoracing1 (27 January 2009). "Adam Khan joins Renault". AutoRacing1.com. Retrieved 30 September 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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