Mumbai Falcons is an Indian

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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. Its main headquarters is located in

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. It aims to develop a sustainable motorsports team and build a world class racing ecosystem that will serve as a hub for motorsports, go-karting, speed summits, formula racing, etc. The team originally debuted in the year 2019 as X1Racing at the

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and the

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followed by the 2021 F3 Asian Championship held in the

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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

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, Mikkel Jensen,

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, Karthik Tharani and Sohil Shah. They entered

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in 2021. The team became the first Indian team to compete and finish in the top 3 in F3 Asian Championship with the drivers

and

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. The team had

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as team principal. It is also mentored by

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. The team's cars were operated by

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. On 19 August 2021, Mumbai Falcons confirmed that they are bringing the Formula Regional Championship to India. The Series will start from March 2022. Mumbai falcons will be represented by Anindith in Formula Regional Championship. This will be India's first FIA-sanctioned tournament. 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.

Current series results

F3 Asian Championship/Formula Regional Asian Championship

Formula 4 UAE Championship

Former series results

X1 Racing League

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