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Ebrahim started his career in karting and became Formula LGB Champion in 2004. He later moved to Formula BMW Asia for the 2005 season. During the same year, he represented A1 Team India in the A1 Grand Prix Championship, driving in six races, before the team was disbanded due to lack of funds. He again drove for A1 Team India for the 2006–07 A1 Grand Prix season, once again on a partial schedule. In 2007, he also drove in Formula V6 Asia, where he captured five race wins and finished second in points.[citation needed]
On 12 December 2008, Ebrahim was announced as the first (and ultimately, only) Asian driver to sign up for the rebirth of FIA Formula Two in 2009, driving car number six.[2] He finished seventeenth in points, with two sixth place finishes at Brno being his best results. The Formula Two website rated Ebrahim as the "Driver with the Best Race Form". On an average, he overtook eight cars per race in Formula 2. The second best driver was Edoardo Piscopo who managed an average of five.[3] Ebrahim returned to FIA Formula Two in 2010 driving for MotorSport Vision. He captured his first F2 podium finish at Circuit de Valencia and improved to tenth in points. He returned to the series and team in 2011, but left the series after twelve of the sixteen races. He had a best finish of sixth and finished 15th in points.
In 2012, Ebrahim signed to race in the AmericanFirestone Indy Lights series for the new Fan Force United team owned by former IndyCar Series driver Tyce Carlson.[4] Ebrahim and the team mutually parted ways after five races.[5] He had a best finish of eighth in the season opener and ultimately wound up 13th in the championship.
Ebrahim is popular in the Indian media and featured on a special programme on national television with former F1 superstar David Coulthard, during the latter's visit to India in October 2009.[6]
Ebrahim has competed for BMW Auto Service Team India in the FIA GT Series, which began on 1 April 2013.[7]
In the 2016 season of Lamborghini Super Trofeo Asia Series, Ebrahim raced for team Dilango Racing with Dilantha Malagamuva. He won in the Pro-Am Class championship and finished fourth overall.[10][11]
In 2017, Ebrahim stepped up to the Pro class with FFF Racing Team, partnering British racing driver Jack Bartholomew.[12] For the 2018 season, he competed with team Team Top Speed partnering with rookie Anindith Reddy.[13] The duo managed to take a second place finish in their very first outing at Sepang.[14]