Jehan Daruvala was born on 1 October 1998 and is an Indian racing driver currently driving for MP Motorsport in Formula 2 and acting as reserve driver for the Mahindra Racing Formula E team.
107 Facts About Jehan Daruvala
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Jehan Daruvala was a protege of the Force India F1 team, after being one of three winners of a 'One in a Billion hunt' organized by the team in 2011.
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Jehan Daruvala is a former member of the Red Bull Junior Team.
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Jehan Daruvala started karting at the age of thirteen in 2011, participating in many events across his karting career.
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Jehan Daruvala won the 2012 Asia-Pacific Championship and 2013 Super 1 National Championship titles as champion and many other series as vice champion across Asia and Europe.
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Jehan Daruvala was coached by Rayomand Banajee who recognised his talent early on and was instrumental in laying the foundations for his future success.
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In 2015, Jehan Daruvala stepped up to single-seaters with Fortec Motorsport in the Formula Renault 2.0 championships.
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Jehan Daruvala partook as a guest driver in the Eurocup and Alps series.
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Jehan Daruvala took an opening pole position at Monza, and in the second race, he took a podium.
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Three wins and three more podiums helped Jehan Daruvala become vice-champion to Lando Norris.
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Jehan Daruvala returned to the Toyota Racing Series for the 2017 season.
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Jehan Daruvala claimed the most pole positions of any driver and claimed two wins, one of which was the New Zealand Grand Prix.
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In November 2016, Jehan Daruvala stated his intention to switch to the European Formula 3 Championship for the 2017 season.
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Jehan Daruvala signed to race with Carlin the following month.
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At the first Monza race, Jehan Daruvala took his first pole position in the series and would convert it into a second place, having led the majority of the race.
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Jehan Daruvala scored another podium at the Hungaroring before finally taking his maiden win at the Norisring, passing polesitter Maximilian Gunther on the first lap from second.
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Jehan Daruvala participated in the 2017 Macau Grand Prix, finishing tenth in the race after starting 16th.
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Jehan Daruvala achieved a third place in the opening weekend at Pau, during the third race.
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Jehan Daruvala scored his only win of the year in the first race of the Spa-Francorchamps round, taking pole position and the fastest lap.
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Jehan Daruvala participated in the 2018 Macau Grand Prix.
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Jehan Daruvala finished two places lower than the previous year in 12th, having started 17th.
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Jehan Daruvala joined MP Motorsport in the Yas Marina GP3 finale, taking Niko Kari's seat.
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In 2019, Jehan Daruvala competed in the inaugural Formula 3 season for the Prema Powerteam, alongside Robert Shwartzman and Marcus Armstrong.
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Jehan Daruvala made a good start in the second race to pass polesitter Niko Kari at the start.
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Jehan Daruvala made a slow start, but later passed Hughes later in the race to take his second successive win.
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Jehan Daruvala pressed hard in the second race to take a third place, his third podium in four races.
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Jehan Daruvala maintained his qualifying form in Silverstone, doing so in third.
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Piquet retired on the spot, while Jehan Daruvala came to a halt at the first corner just a few moments later.
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Jehan Daruvala had his worst qualifying of the year in Hungary, qualifying in 17th place.
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Jehan Daruvala progressed up to tenth in the first race, but on the final lap was passed by Logan Sargeant, therefore scoring no points.
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Jehan Daruvala regrouped for the Spa-Francorchamps round, achieving his maiden pole position.
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Jehan Daruvala was unable to pass Piquet, and eventually was passed by teammate Shwartzman.
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Jehan Daruvala lost another place to Juri Vips and eventually finished sixth.
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Jehan Daruvala was promoted back to fifth after Vips was penalized.
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Jehan Daruvala was set to start in fourth for the second race, but stalled during the formation lap.
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Jehan Daruvala battled his way through the field to end the race in 14th.
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Jehan Daruvala was set to compete in the 2019 Macau Grand Prix, but was forced to pull out due to an injury, he was replaced by the 2019 Formula Regional European champion Frederik Vesti.
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In February 2020, Jehan Daruvala reunited with Carlin to contest the 2020 season alongside Red Bull Junior Team member Yuki Tsunoda.
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Jehan Daruvala finally made his debut at the Red Bull Ring round following a delayed start to the season.
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Jehan Daruvala finished 16th in the sprint race, his highlight of the race being punting Luca Ghiotto out of the race.
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Jehan Daruvala had an atrocious start in the sprint race, falling to ninth by the first lap.
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Jehan Daruvala kept his top 10 qualifying streak, ranking seventh in Silverstone.
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Jehan Daruvala had another poor start, falling to tenth in the first few laps.
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Jehan Daruvala pitted early and was back up in seventh, but when drivers behind on fresher tyres passed him, Daruvala dropped to tenth at the flag.
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Jehan Daruvala fell to 12th at the start, but made an opportunity to pit under the safety car.
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Jehan Daruvala made passes to end the race in fifth, after Guanyu Zhou spun on the last lap.
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Jehan Daruvala's weekend was uneventful, finishing 12th in the feature race and just missing points in 9th in the sprint race.
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Jehan Daruvala had another uneventful and poor weekend in Spain, qualifying 12th and finishing both races in 17th.
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Jehan Daruvala finished 16th in the sprint race, which was his third non-scoring weekend.
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Jehan Daruvala went on the alternate strategy during the feature race and was down in 12th after his pit stop.
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Jehan Daruvala benefitted from many retirements to finish seventh in the sprint race, before being promoted to sixth.
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Jehan Daruvala finished the race in 11th, but was elevated to tenth after Tsunoda was penalized.
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Jehan Daruvala finished the sprint race in sixth, benefitted from a collision by the Hitech Grand Prix drivers.
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Jehan Daruvala dropped to third at the start after being overtaken by Mick Schumacher.
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Jehan Daruvala was then undercut by Callum Ilott and Luca Ghiotto to end the race in fifth.
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From eighth in Bahrain, Jehan Daruvala had a good start, making up two places in the feature race start.
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Jehan Daruvala soon faded down to tenth, and pitted early.
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Jehan Daruvala defended hard from Schumacher in the late stages of the race to come through for his maiden Formula 2 podium.
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Jehan Daruvala was up in third during the sprint race opening lap.
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Jehan Daruvala then hunted down Dan Ticktum and overtook him.
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Jehan Daruvala then took his first Formula 2 victory ahead of Tsunoda.
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Jehan Daruvala finished the championship with 72 points, in 12th place, far behind teammate Tsunoda in third who graduated to Formula One.
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Jehan Daruvala continued in the 2021 season with Carlin alongside Dan Ticktum.
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Jehan Daruvala finished in second place in the first sprint race at Bahrain, after passing David Beckmann and a retirement for Theo Pourchaire.
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Jehan Daruvala pressured race leader Liam Lawson in the end but was unable to pass him.
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Jehan Daruvala followed it up with fourth place after a slow start in the second sprint race and sixth in the feature race.
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In Monaco, during the first sprint race, Jehan Daruvala ran in eleventh place after Christian Lundgaard had retired.
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However, at the penultimate corner on the final lap, Jehan Daruvala was divebombed by Marcus Armstrong and so, lost reverse pole from him.
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Fortunately, race winner Lawson was disqualified and Jehan Daruvala was promoted to 8th, scoring a point.
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Jehan Daruvala rounded out his difficult weekend with a retirement, after making contact with Gianluca Petecof after pitting.
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Jehan Daruvala managed to escape the start chaos in the second sprint to move into 4th.
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Jehan Daruvala would remain in that position for the remainder of the race.
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Jehan Daruvala was given a 10-second time penalty for the incident and finished in 19th.
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Jehan Daruvala would start in ninth for sprint race 1, which was where he finished, after pitting midway through the race.
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Jehan Daruvala felt that his win was "overdue" due to him being "quick in the races, not so much in qualifying".
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Jehan Daruvala experienced a poor start in the feature race, sinking to fourth as Zhou and Lawson both passed him.
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Jehan Daruvala pushed his way up into fifth in the sprint race.
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Jehan Daruvala 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.
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Jehan Daruvala made a move into the final corner during the first sprint, overtaking both Lundgaard and Piastri, eventually finishing in fifth.
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However, Jehan Daruvala was given a five-second time penalty for overtaking Ticktum off-track and gaining an advantage.
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Jehan Daruvala was demoted to 10th, but was given reverse pole for the second sprint.
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Jehan Daruvala was given a five-second time penalty for doing so.
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Jehan Daruvala climbed to fifth in an action-packed second sprint, but was overtaken by Drugovich and Lawson towards the end.
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Jehan Daruvala achieved a total of 113 points including two race victories, a fastest lap and five podiums.
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Jehan Daruvala progressed to third during the sprint race start.
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On lap 16, Jehan Daruvala battled with 2nd-placed Ralph Boschung in which the Indian driver won out on lap 18 and hence take second place.
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Jehan Daruvala finished the sprint race in ninth, but was elevated to seventh after Boschung and Jake Hughes were penalized.
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Jehan Daruvala pitted early on lap 7 during the feature race, and his strategy would pay off, overtaking a few drivers to take a surprise third place.
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Jehan Daruvala was unable to pass race leader Marcus Armstrong and had to settle for second.
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Jehan Daruvala went on the alternate strategy during the feature race; starting on the hards and later pitting for softs.
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However during after the second safety car period, Jehan Daruvala locked up and Vesti sneaked past him, leaving him to content with second place.
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Jehan Daruvala started on pole in the sprint race having qualifying tenth in Silverstone.
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Jehan Daruvala was overtaken by Roberto Merhi late in the race, but the Spaniard was penalised for track limits.
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Jehan Daruvala eventually finished in second place and stood on the podium, but later was given a 20-second penalty due to a track-drying infringement and dropped to 12th.
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Jehan Daruvala started on reverse pole by qualifying tenth in France.
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Jehan Daruvala led the race until after the safety car restart, where Liam Lawson soared past him for the lead.
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Jehan Daruvala eventually settled for second place for his seventh podium of the year.
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Jehan Daruvala was set to start second in the sprint race, however a technical issue pre-race brought his day to a close.
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Jehan Daruvala made up two places during the start of the sprint race, and then later passed Ayumu Iwasa to take third place.
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Jehan Daruvala was given a reprimand for the incident, but no penalty.
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Jehan Daruvala was unable to score any points in the feature race, finishing 13th.
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Jehan Daruvala again finished seventh in the championship, achieving one win, seven more podiums and 126 points.
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In 2023, Jehan Daruvala switched to reigning champions' MP Motorsport for his fourth season, whilst still having Dennis Hauger as his teammate.
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Jehan Daruvala made an electric start, jumping to the points positions and later pressuring Theo Pourchaire but was unable to find a way past, finishing sixth.
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Whilst running in the top 5 in the sprint race, Jehan Daruvala was an unlucky bystander, collecting Victor Martins' crashed car after a safety car restart.
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Jehan Daruvala was announced as member of the Red Bull Junior Team, prior to driving in the 2020 Formula 2 Championship.
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At the start of 2023, it was confirmed that Jehan Daruvala had been released from the Red Bull Junior Team roster after three years.