Zaid Ashkanani

Zaid Ashkanani (; born 24 May 1994) is a former Kuwaiti racing driver. He competed in the 2015 GP3 Series with Campos Racing.

Career

Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Middle East Ashkanani began racing in the Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Middle East in 2012 and already in his first year he managed to get on the podium. In his second season, he became champion having achieved three wins and eight podiums. In the 2014–15 season, he lost the championship in the final race. Clemens Schmid became champion that season, twelve points in front of Ashkanani.

GP3 Series On February 12, 2015, Campos Racing announced that Ashkanani would join the team for 2015.

Racing record

Career summary Season Series Team Races Wins Poles FLaps Podiums Points Position 2012–13 Porsche GT3 Middle East Championship BuZaidGT 12 0 0 0 1 169 6th 2013 British Formula Ford Championship SWB Motorsport 3 0 0 0 0 0 NC‡ ADAC Formel Masters HS Engineering 3 0 0 0 0 0 21st Porsche Supercup GT3 Cup Challenge Middle East 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC‡ 2013–14 Porsche GT3 Middle East Championship BuZaidGT 12 3 4 3 8 245 1st 2014–15 Porsche GT3 Middle East Championship BuZaidGT 12 2 4 4 10 228 2nd 2015 GP3 Series Campos Racing 18 0 0 0 0 0 24th 2016 Porsche Supercup Lechner Racing Middle East 10 0 0 0 0 52 10th 2017 Porsche Supercup MRS GT-Racing 11 0 0 0 1 74 9th Porsche Carrera Cup Germany 2 0 0 0 0 9 25th 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC‡ 2018 Porsche Supercup MRS GT-Racing 10 0 0 0 1 83 9th Porsche Carrera Cup Germany 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC‡ 2019 Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup Dinamic Motorsport 5 1 0 0 1 31 8th FIA Motorsport Games GT Cup Team Kuwait 1 0 0 1 0 N/A 14th 2022-23 Middle East Trophy - GT3 Team Kuwait by MRS GT-Racing Not eligible for points.

Complete Porsche Supercup results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Pts 2013 GT3 Cup Challenge Middle East CAT MON SIL NÜR HUN SPA MNZ YMC15 YMC17 NC‡ 0‡ 2016 Lechner Racing Middle East CAT8 MON21 RBR12 SIL19 HUN10 HOC15 SPA10 MNZ10 COA24† COA10 10th 52 2017 MRS GT-Racing CAT9 CATRet MON4 RBR11 SIL13 HUNRet SPA12 SPA8 MNZ2 MEX14 MEX6 9th 74 2018 MRS GT-Racing CAT MON RBR SIL HOC HUN SPA MNZ MEX MEX 9th 83 ‡ As Ashkanani was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points. † Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 75% of the race distance.

Complete GP3 Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Pts 2015 Campos Racing CATFEA11 CATSPR15 RBRFEA18 RBRSPR14 SILFEA22 SILSPR22 HUNFEA20 HUNSPR16 SPAFEA14 SPASPR18 MNZFEA13 MNZSPR15 SOCFEA20 SOCSPR19 BHRFEA17 BHRSPR13 YMCFEA19 YMCSPR21 24th 0