Enaam Ahmed Ferrari Academy success has given Pakistan’s motorsport story a fresh chapter. The British-Pakistani racing driver and motorsport entrepreneur has secured a place at the prestigious Ferrari Driver Academy for his young protege, Daniel Miron Lorente, after a year of intensive coaching, mentoring and driver development. Ahmed announced the agreement on social media.
The deal marks a major milestone in Ahmed’s second career as a coach and mentor. For the past 12 months, he has personally managed, coached and developed Lorente through his own driver development programme. The agreement with the Ferrari Driver Academy, which grooms promising young talent with the ambition of preparing drivers for the highest levels of international racing, including Formula 1, is the clearest sign yet that the programme works.
Enaam Ahmed Ferrari Academy deal built on a karting title
The pair already have silverware to show for their work together. Under Ahmed’s guidance, Lorente won this year’s Champions of the Future series, a major international karting championship featuring some of the world’s most promising young racing talents. That title gave the Ferrari Driver Academy a concrete reason to take notice, and it gave Ahmed a strong case in negotiations.
Ahmed’s long-term ambition is to help Lorente climb the motorsport ladder step by step, with a Formula 1 seat with Ferrari as the ultimate goal. The academy route is the proven path for that journey, since it moves young drivers through junior categories while testing them against the best of their age group.
For Pakistan’s small but passionate motorsport community, the news carries a special meaning. Ahmed has always raced with the flag of Pakistan on his car, and a Pakistani-origin mentor placing a driver inside Ferrari’s own development system is a first of its kind.
A record-breaking driver turns mentor
Ahmed’s own racing record explains why the academy deal matters. He became the first Pakistani to win a world karting title, and he won the European karting championship at 14, a year younger than Lewis Hamilton was when he won the same crown. He then became British Formula 3 champion, the first high-level Formula championship winner in Pakistan’s history, winning 13 races in one season and passing a record held by Ayrton Senna.
That record gives his coaching real weight. Lorente is not learning from a theorist. He is learning from a driver who won at every junior level and who knows what it takes to move from karting to single-seater racing.
The switch from driver to mentor is a hard one in motorsport. Many fast drivers struggle to teach what came naturally to them. Ahmed’s approach has been hands-on: a full year of managing, coaching and developing one driver. The Champions of the Future title and now the academy place suggest the method works.
What the Ferrari Driver Academy offers
The Ferrari Driver Academy works with a small group of young drivers each year, giving them coaching, fitness training, simulator work and race support. For a young karter, a place in the academy means structured backing from one of the most storied teams in racing, plus a clear ladder to climb. For Lorente, the next steps will be junior single-seater racing, where results matter more than promise.
Pakistan’s sporting headlines this week have been busy. Saim Ayub left the ODI squad to regain form, the women’s T20 final went down to the last run, Sherbaz Marri won MMA gold in Kazakhstan, and Real Madrid beat Barcelona in the Clasico. Ahmed’s academy deal stands apart because it is about the future, not one match or one medal.
What happens next
Lorente will now prepare for his first season under the academy’s programme, with testing and junior race plans to follow. Ahmed has said he wants to guide his protege all the way to a Formula 1 seat with Ferrari, and the academy place is the first formal step on that road. The full announcement is covered by Geo.
Who is Enaam Ahmed?
Enaam Ahmed is a British-Pakistani racing driver and motorsport entrepreneur, the first Pakistani world karting champion and a former British Formula 3 champion.
Who is Daniel Miron Lorente?
Daniel Miron Lorente is the young racing driver coached and managed by Enaam Ahmed. The pair won this year’s Champions of the Future karting series together.
