Enaam Ahmed, who proudly waves the Pakistani flag around the Formula Racing track, has broken the previous records of Formula One drivers Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen by being the first and only Pakistani to win a World Championship in Karting.
Enaam Ahmed also holds the title of British Formula 3 Champion, is the first Pakistani to win a high-level Formula Championship, and broke Ayrton Senna’s record of 13 victories in a single season.
The 23-year-old is creating waves around the globe with his winning streaks on the challenging tracks, travelling at an average speed of 200 mph while making sure that both the British and Pakistani flags are displayed on his vehicle. Enaam is one of the most talented and intriguing young racers in all of motorsport. From the age of 14, he has been competing in championships and setting records. Because he is also regarded as the most successful British Formula 3 driver in history, Enaam Ahmed is also the most successful Pakistani-descent racing driver in the history of motorsport.
In London, Enaam Ahmed was born 23 years ago to Pakistani parents. He first developed an interest in racing at the age of eight. His parents began supporting their son’s interest by enrolling him in local kid-friendly Go-Karting tracks, but they had no idea that their son would go on to win the European and World Championships at the age of 14 — one year younger than Lewis Hamilton, who was 15 at the time.
When Enaam’s parents learned of his decision to pursue car racing, they informed him that they would no longer be supporting him and that he would have to learn to support himself in order to pursue his opportunities or return to normal life in order to finish his degree and then pursue whatever his heart desires.
Enaam Ahmed quickly left his comfortable household to live in Japan, Spain, Italy, New Zealand, and the United States in order to concentrate on his career as a professional driver. He has not looked back ever since.
The prominent racer talked about his accomplishments in an interview. I won five championships in a single year when I was just 14 years old, he claimed. The European Championship in Go-Karting and the World Cup are the two most significant ones. Lewis Hamilton had won when he was 15 years old, but I had won when I was 14 years old. I won the British Formula 3 Championship at the age of 17, becoming the first Pakistani to ever take home a major motorsports title and breaking Ayrton Senna’s previous record.
Naturally, Enaam Ahmed felt very proud when he beat Lewis Hamilton’s record at the age of 14 in Go Karting which is the most competitive racing one can do at that age and beating Lewis Hamilton’s record was a huge achievement. There was a lot of pressure on him to win those competitions for himself so he could make his name but also to impress his parents and to show them he made the right decision of leaving home at a very young age – when most of his childhood friends played around the nearby Hyde Park.
The most important factor for Enaam Ahmed has been to win these accomplishments as a Pakistani origin racer. He says with pride:” For me it matters the most that I won these races at the world stage as a Pakistani and races at the world championship level and at the European Championship level as a Pakistani. Not just to do it but to win it, this makes me very proud and there is a long way to go.”
Enaam Ahmed has a driving simulator set up at his home in London when he’s with his parents. He’s in the United States where he spends most time as that’s where he drives cars as a professional. He said: “The training is usually twice a day. That’s not the hardest part though. The most difficult thing to do is to go out at that young age and get sponsors as these are sponsors who fund races. I always have to perform and to win in order to stay in the game. If you don’t perform there are no sponsors behind you to move forward. For example right now I race in the United States in the series called Indy Nxt which is leading me to IndyCar – the biggest series in the US.
“I am the first ever and the only Pakistani to take part in these races. Alhamdullilah, I am lucky that I have big sponsors from America who are sponsoring me this year to race in America and they have enabled me to live my dream and get to the top in the two biggest racing series.”
