LONDON: Proudly waving Pakistan’s flag around the world in the Formula racing circuit, Inam Ahmed has become the first Pakistani to win the Go Karting World Championship, beating the records of Formula One drivers Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen.
Not only this, Inam Ahmed is also the British Formula 3 champion, the first high-level Formula Championship winner in Pakistan’s history, who won 13 races in a season, breaking Ayrton Senna’s record.
The 23-year-old has been taking his winning streak to locations around the world on dangerous tracks, driving cars at an average speed of 200mph – making sure his car has both the British and Pakistani flags on it. I am Inam is one of the brightest and most exciting young racing talents in motorsport. He has been winning championships and breaking records since the age of 14.
Inam Ahmed is also the most successful Pakistani heritage racing driver in the history of motor sport as he is also known as the most successful British Formula 3 driver in history.
Inam Ahmed was born 23 years ago in London to Pakistani parents. He started taking interest in racing at the age of eight. His parents supported their son’s hobby by sending him to local go-karting tracks for kids, but they had no idea that their son would become a European and world champion at the age of 14. Lewis Hamilton broke the record of 15 years old. became world champion.
When Inam announced his decision to take part in car racing to his parents, they told him that they would no longer fund him and that he should either find his own opportunities or return to normal life and complete his university degree. You have to learn to stand on your own feet.
Inam Ahmed immediately left the comfort of his home to focus on professional driving in Japan, Spain, Italy, New Zealand and the US. Since then, he hasn’t looked back.
In an interview JEE News, the star racer spoke about his achievements. He said: “I was 14 when I won five championships in one year. At the age of 17, I became the British Formula 3 champion, the first time a Pakistani had won a major motorsport championship, beating Ayrton Senna’s record.
Naturally, Inam Ahmed was very proud when he beat Lewis Hamilton’s record in go-karting at the age of 14, the most competitive racing at that age and beating Lewis Hamilton’s record was a huge achievement. was He was under a lot of pressure to win these competitions to make a name for himself but also to impress his parents and show them that he had made the right decision to leave home at a very young age – when most of his childhood Friends used to play. Around Hyde Park nearby.
The most important factor for Inam Ahmed is to achieve these achievements as a racer of Pakistani origin. He proudly says: “For me it is most important that I won this race as a Pakistani at the world level and raced at the World Championship level and at the European Championship level as a Pakistani. won Not only to do it, but to win, it makes me very proud and there is still a long way to go.
Talking about his tough journey, he said that the hardest thing was going out at a young age and getting sponsors. “I always have to perform and win to stay in the game. If you don’t perform, you have no sponsors behind you to move forward,” he asserted.
The racing star says that driving formula cars is a particularly dangerous sport in America because the average speed is so high there. He explains: “The walls are very close and they’re concrete walls. When you hit a concrete wall at 200 miles an hour, you can kill yourself. Racing in America means people get hurt. Or get killed. It’s dangerous, but danger is what this game is all about.”
Inam Ahmed’s mother does not watch any of his races and avoids watching his races, as she does not want to see her son driving at such dangerous speeds.
“My father told me that when you leave school, you have to find sponsors and your niche. In the beginning I didn’t have any sponsors but I won big races, set and broke records and sponsors came after me, said Inam.
Talking about future plans, he said; “I want to finish this year’s season and race in the Indianapolis 500 next year and be the first Pakistani to do so. Then I will set my sights on entering Formula 1.
