Adam Langley-Khan

Adam Langley-Khan

Infobox racing driver
name = Adam Khan


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nationality = flagicon|Pakistan Pakistani
date of birth = Birth date and age|1985|24|5
place of birth = Bridlington (United Kingdom)
current series = A1GP
first year = 2005-06
current team = A1 Team Pakistan
car number =
former teams =
starts = 32
wins = 0
poles = 0
fastest laps = 0
best finish =
year = 2007-08
prev series = GP2 Asia Series
A1GP
Euroseries 3000
German Formula 3
British F3
prev series years = 2008
2005-06-2007-08
2008
2005
2005
titles =
title years =
awards =
award years =

Adam Khan (born 24 May, 1985), is a British racing driver of Pakistani descent from Bridlington, Yorkshire, who represented Pakistan in the A1 Grand Prix series.

Eddie Jordan endorsed Adam Khan's career when Khan was 17 years of age. Khan competed in various races in the British F3 championship whilst undertaking studies at school. Khan won in the scholarship class in his second ever F3 race at Rockingham motor speedway and has finished on the podium in the majority of F3 races in which he contested, including one off races in the German F3 championship and the British F3 championship at Monza in 2005.

In 2005 Adam Khan was selected as the driver for the Pakistani A1 Team for the A1 Grand Prix. Team Pakistan's 05/06 A1 season started off with an immediate impact with Khan getting up to 3rd position at the season opener at Brands Hatch against vastly more experienced drivers, though a stuck wheel nut during the pit stop put an end to a chance of a podium result. Further costly team errors occurred during races where Khan was in strong positions, however Team Pakistan managed to finish the season on a high note with a 5th place at Shanghai. In 2006 Khan took a break from racing, instead concentrating on his business studies Bsc. course at King's College University of London.

Khan has pledged to wear the Pakistan flag whenever he races in the future, as part of an initiative to integrate Pakistan into the exciting world of professional motor sports, and has been officially appointed as the Ambassador for motor sports in Pakistan by the government. Khan was recently awarded a young achievers award by the President of Pakistan in London on September 29, 2006.

In 2007, Khan returned to racing in the World Series by Renault, driving for the Italian RC Motorsport team [cite news | url = http://www.crash.net/news_View~t~WS--Khan-secures-RC-drive-~cid~7~id~142596.htm | title = Khan secures RC drive. | publisher = crash.net | date = 2007-01-29 | accessdate = 2007-03-05] . After testing with the team, he was given a seat as the third driver. This allowed Khan to test for the Pakistani A1 Team at Silverstone and he look set to rejoin the team for the 07/08 season.

Khan was driving for the Arden team in the 2008 GP2 Asia Series, but left after 2 races to concentrate on A1GP and university work.

In summer 2008 Khan joined the F3000 Euroseries 3000 in June and has had podium finished (one third and two poles and two wins). This was the first time Pakistan's national anthem was heard in a european championship event.

On September 10 2008, it was announced that Khan would take on the dual role of race driver and seat holder of A1 Team Pakistan for the 2008-09 A1 Grand Prix season. [cite news|url=http://www.a1gp.com/News/NewsArticle.aspx?newsId=41988|title=Khan to lead and race for Pakistan|publisher=a1gp.com|date=2008-09-10|accessdate=2008-09-10]

Career results


*(1) = Team standings.

References

External links

* [http://pakistan.a1gp.com/ A1 Team Pakistan]
* [http://paktribune.com/news/index.php?id=142691 Adam Khan pledges to wear Pakistan Flag at races]
* [http://www.euroseries3000.com/new/news.asp?id=493 Khan joins Euroseries 3000]
* [http://www.a1gp.com/News/NewsArticle.aspx?newsId=41912 Khan preparing for new A1GP season]
* [http://www.euroseries3000.com/new/news.asp?id=520 First win for Khan in Euro 3000]


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