
Mumbai Falcons is an Indian
motorsports
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team established by Ameet Harjinder Gadhoke, Navjeet Singh Gadhoke and Teja Ranade Gadhoke in November 2019. Moid Tungekar is the CEO of Mumbai Falcons.
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
Kush Maini (, ; born 22 September 2000) is an Indian racing driver, who competes in the FIA Formula 2 Championship for DAMS as part of the Alpine Academy, and serves as a reserve driver in Formula One for Alpine F1 Team, Alpine and in Formula E ...
,
Mikkel Jensen,
Pippa Mann, Karthik Tharani and Sohil Shah. They entered
F3 Asian championship in 2021. The team became the first Indian team to compete and finish in the top 3 in F3 Asian Championship with the drivers
Kush Maini
Kush Maini (, ; born 22 September 2000) is an Indian racing driver, who competes in the FIA Formula 2 Championship for DAMS as part of the Alpine Academy, and serves as a reserve driver in Formula One for Alpine F1 Team, Alpine and in Formula E ...
and
Jehan Daruvala. The team had
Armaan Ebrahim as team principal. It is also mentored by
Kapil Dev
Kapildev Ramlal Nikhanj (pronunciation: Help:IPA/Hindi and Urdu, É™pil deËÊ‹born 6 January 1959) is an Indian former cricket team captain. He is regarded as one of the greatest all-rounders in the history of cricket, he was a Fast bowling, ...
. The team's cars were operated by
Prema Powerteam
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.
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.
Greater success came in 2023, winning both titles in the inaugural
Formula Regional Middle East Championship with
Andrea Kimi Antonelli
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, and the
F4 UAE Championship with
James Wharton.
Current series results
Formula Regional Middle East Championship
Formula Trophy UAE
F4 Middle East Championship
Former series results
X1 Racing League
F3 Asian Championship/Formula Regional Asian Championship
Formula 4 UAE Championship
Timeline
Notes
References
External links
* {{Official website, https://www.mumbaifalcons.net
Indian auto racing teams
Formula Regional Indian Championship
F4 Indian Championship
Formula BMW teams
Auto racing teams established in 2019
Formula Regional teams