Jehan Daruvala

Daruvala started karting at the age of thirteen in 2011, winning titles as champion and vice champion across Asia and Europe. He was coached by Rayomand Banajee who recognised his talent early on and was instrumental in laying the foundations for his future success.[4]

In 2015, Daruvala stepped up to single-seaters with Fortec Motorsport in the Formula Renault 2.0 championships. He claimed fifth place in the Northern European Cup and partook as a guest driver in the Eurocup and Alps series.

The following year, Daruvala switched to reigning series champions Josef Kaufmann Racing and took his first pole position and win in the Northern European Cup to finish fourth overall. In Eurocup, he finished ninth.

In November 2016, Daruvala stated his intention to switch to the European Formula 3 Championship for the 2017 season.[5] He signed to race with Carlin the following month.[6] He won one race at the Norisring and finished sixth in the championship, outscoring every one of his teammates apart from champion Lando Norris.

Jehan Daruvala at the 2019 Spielberg Formula 3 round.

In 2019, Daruvala competed in the inaugural Formula 3 season for the Prema Powerteam. He won two races: the sprint race at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya and the feature race in France. He scored seven podiums and was in second position throughout most of the season, but eventually finished third in the championship, only one point behind his teammate Marcus Armstrong.

In February 2020, Daruvala reunited with Carlin to contest the 2020 season[7] alongside Red Bull Junior Team member Yuki Tsunoda and was also named as a new recruit to the Red Bull Junior Team.[8] He ended the season with his first win in the Formula 2 Sprint Race at Sakhir, Bahrain. He finished the championship with 72 points, in 12th place.

Daruvala at Silverstone in 2021

Daruvala continued in the 2021 season with Carlin alongside Dan Ticktum. He finished in 2nd place in the first sprint race at Bahrain, after passing David Beckmann and a retirement for Théo Pourchaire. He pressured race leader Liam Lawson in the end but was unable to pass him.[9] Daruvala followed it up with 4th place after a slow start and 6th. In Monaco, during the first sprint race, Daruvala ran in 10th place after Christian Lundgaard had retired. However, at the penultimate corner on the final lap, Daruvala was divebombed by Marcus Armstrong and so, lost reverse pole from him.[10] During the second sprint, Daruvala was once again on the last lap, this time by Lirim Zendeli for 8th. Fortunately, race winner Lawson was disqualified and Daruvala was promoted to 8th, scoring a point. He rounded out his difficult weekend with a retirement, after making contact with Gianluca Petecof after pitting.

Daruvala qualified 9th and started in 2nd in the first sprint at Baku. However, he was unable to pressure race leader Robert Shwartzman and faded to 4th after being overtaken by Guanyu Zhou and Ticktum. Daruvala managed to escape the start chaos in the second sprint to move into 4th. Following a safety car restart, he managed to get the better of Bent Viscaal and pass him into the first corner for 3rd place. He would remain in that position for the remainder of the race.[11] During the feature race, Daruvala was up in 5th at the end of lap 1, but fell to 7th at the flag. Daruvala qualified a lowly 12th in Silverstone and finished in the same position in sprint race 1. During the second sprint, Daruvala attempted to pass Viscaal into Stowe, but instead made contact and took him out whilst damaging his front wing. Daruvala was soon given a 10-second time penalty for the incident and finished in 19th. The feature race was slightly brighter for him, as he finished 10th, just two tenths behind Zendeli but scoring a fastest lap. Just like Monaco, his weekend was difficult, scoring only 3 points.

Daruvala qualified in 2nd place at Monza, only missing out to Oscar Piastri.[12] Daruvala would start in 9th for sprint race 1, which was where he finished, after pitting midway through the race. Having started in 2nd for the second sprint, Daruvala took the lead from David Beckmann into the first corner. He would control the race from start to finish, and eventually took his first win of the year by six seconds.[13] Daruvala felt that his win was "overdue" due to him being "quick in the races, not so much in qualifying".[14] Daruvala experienced a poor start in the feature race, sinking to 4th as Zhou and Lawson both passed him. After his pit-stops, Daruvala passed Zhou off track and was forced to give it back. But a few laps later, Daruvala was passed by Pourchaire and also later by a resurgent Ticktum. Daruvala eventually finished in 5th. In Sochi, he qualified in 2nd place. Daruvala pushed his way up into 5th in the sprint race. His efforts would be undone however, as he spun and dropped to 12th. In the feature race, a difficult start by Daruvala saw him drop to 4th after being passed by Pourchaire and Ralph Boschung. He remained behind Boschung until lap 22, when Boschung locked up and slid wide, allowing Daruvala to move up into 3rd place and score another podium.[15]

At Jeddah, Daruvala qualified 10th. He made a move into the final corner, overtaking both Lundgaard and Piastri, eventually finishing in 5th. However, Daruvala was given a five-second time penalty for overtaking Ticktum off-track and gaining an advantage. He was demoted to 10th, but was given reverse pole for the second sprint.[16] Following a safety car restart, Daruvala locked up and went off-track, gaining an advantage on second-placed Piastri. He was given a five-second time penalty for doing so. For the later part of the race, Daruvala was involved in a battle with Piastri in which the Australian won on lap 17. Just a lap later, the safety car was brought out following Lawson's crash and the whole field was bunched up. With the penalty applied, Daruvala was dropped to 14th place. His point-less weekend ended in 11th place following a red-flagged feature race. Daruvala qualified in 10th for the season finale at Yas Marina, which gave him reverse pole for the first sprint race. Throughout the race, Daruvala was pressured by Felipe Drugovich but as the race neared its end, Drugovich's challenge faded, allowing Daruvala to score his second win of the 2021.[17] Daruvala climbed to 5th in an action-packed second sprint, but was overtaken by Drugovich and Lawson towards the end. Daruvala ended the season in 11th place. Throughout his 2021 campaign, Daruvala finished 7th in the standings and was outscored by teammate Ticktum. He achieved a total of 113 points including two race victories, a fastest lap and five podiums.

In January 2022, he reunited with reigning champions Prema Powerteam for the 2022 season partnering fellow Red Bull Junior Team member and 2021 FIA Formula 3 champion Dennis Hauger.[18]

^† As Daruvala was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.

* Season still in progress.

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

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

^† As Daruvala was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.

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

^† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.
^‡ Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed.

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)

^† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)

* Season still in progress.

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