ENAAM AHMED: ALL SET TO STRIKE BACK
Enaam Ahmed looked every inch the next big thing. Stunningly fast, and instantly so. Charismatic, strong analytically, popular in his teams yet possessing other-worldy focus and determination.
In 2017 with Carlin he blitzed British Formula 3, winning 13 races out of 24. Then for 2018 with Hitech he moved to the FIAFormula 3 European championship, for the final season of that parent category to the current Formula 1-supporting F3.
Ahmed started well with two early-season race wins and poles, an especially fine showing for a series rookie. But, from mid-year, he struggled acutely in the wake of Prema’s sudden pace upturn. And it checked Ahmed’s seemingly unstoppable momentum.
“I just started to over drive and get influenced by stupid people,”Ahmed explains to MN of his European F3 campaign two years ago. “I probably wouldn’t have won the championship, but [I was] throwing a really good result in the championship away.”
What promised to be at least a top five in the table turned into an underwhelming
