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] It aims to develop a sustainable motorsports team and build a world class racing ecosystem that will serve as a hub for motorsports, go-karting, speed summits, formula racing, etc.[6] The team originally debuted in the year 2019 as X1Racing at the Buddh International Circuit and the Madras Motor Race Track[7] followed by the 2021 F3 Asian Championship held in the United Arab Emirates.[8]

Mumbai Falcons
Founded2019
BasePune
Maharashtra
Team principal(s)Armaan Ebrahim, Arianna Gadhoke
Current seriesFormula Regional Asian Championship
Former seriesX1 Racing League, F3 Asian Championship
Current drivers Sebastián Montoya
Arthur Leclerc
Dino Beganovic
Oliver Bearman
Teams'
Championships		2nd Runner up in 2021 F3 Asian Championship , 1st in 2022 Formula Regional Asian Championship
Websitehttps://www.mumbaifalcons.net/
Jehan Daruvala in F3 Asian Championship

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 19 August 2021, Mumbai Falcons confirmed that they are bringing the Formula Regional Championship to India.[17] The Series will start from March 2022. Mumbai falcons will be represented by Anindith in Formula Regional Championship.[18] This will be India's first FIA-sanctioned tournament.[19]

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.

Current series results

F3 Asian Championship/Formula Regional Asian Championship
Year Car Driver Races Wins Poles F/Laps Points D.C. T.C.
2021 Tatuus T-318 Jehan Daruvala 15 3 3 3 192 3rd 3rd
Kush Maini 15 0 0 2 55 11th
2022 Tatuus 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 4 UAE Championship
Year Car Driver Races Wins Poles F/Laps Points D.C. T.C.
2022 Tatuus T-021 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

Former series results

X1 Racing League
Year Car Drivers Races Podiums
2019 FORMULA BMW Sohil Shah
Kush Maini
Pippa Mann
Mikkel Jensen
Karthik Tharani		 8 6

Timeline
Current series
Formula Regional Asian Championship 2021–present
Formula 4 UAE Championship 2022–present
Formula Regional Indian Championship 2022–present
F4 Indian Championship 2022–present
Former Series
X1 Racing League 2019

Notes
  1. Mumbai Falcons by Xcel wasn't classified in the Teams' Championship. Instead the scored points were counted towards Xcel Motorsport.

References
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  13. "2021 F3 Asian Championship: Mumbai Falcons & Jehan Daruvala finish third overall". autoX. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
  14. "Mumbai Falcons Racing Limited confirm driver lineup for Asian Formula 3". Evo India. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
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  16. India, Team Evo. "Mumbai Falcons Racing Limited confirm driver lineup for Asian Formula 3". Evo India. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
  17. "Mumbai Falcons bringing Formula Regional Championship to India". Autocar India. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
  18. "Hyderabad, gear up for F3 circuit". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
  19. Bhadra, Akaash. "Formula Regional Indian and Formula 4 are the first FIA-sanctioned championships in India to qualify for Formula 1 super license points". Evo India. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
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