Salva Marjan Quick Facts: Here's All You Need to Know About Kerala Girl Who Can be the 1st Female F1 Racer From India
At 25, Salva Marjan from Kerala is set to become the first woman from Kerala to participate in the Formula 1 Academy organised by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) in January 2025. Now that she is at the touching distance from her dreams, fans are eager to know how Salva made such a journey possible from India. Fans will get the entire information here
Formula 1 is one of the most popular sports in the world. The thrill of speed, the precision of control, and the sheer determination of it all inspires fans to follow the sport and take it up, aspire to be a F1 driver one day. In a similar manner, a young girl from a rural area in Kozhikode, Kerala inspired to become a F1 driver and with her hardwork, passion and love for the sport, she is now very close to become one. At 25, Salva Marjan from Kerala will become the first woman from Kerala to participate in the Formula 1 Academy organised by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) in January 2025. 'F1' Release Date Confirmed: Brad Pitt's High-Octane Racing Drama Set to Hit Theatres on June 25, 2025 (Watch Video).
The path to her dreams was not easy. Salva took on multiple jobs and even ventured into entrepreneurship, all to accumulate enough savings to fund her racing aspirations. Her family remained supportive throughout despite criticisms for the community. With F1 being a sport with physical challenges, enough to push a person at the brink of their physical limit, there were moments when she considered giving up, but her passion for racing always pulled her back. Now that she is at the touching distance from her dreams, fans are eager to know how Salva made such a journey possible from India. Fans will get the entire information here.
Salva Marjan Quick Facts
# Salva Marjan belongs from Perambra, a rural area in Kozhikode, Kerala.
# She was born in 1999 and is currently 25 years old.
# Salva is a graduate in business management.
# Salva's family includes father Chembra Panachingal Kunjamu, mother Subaida, and siblings Sahla, Sinan, and Sabith.
# She started her dream to pursue formula racing in 2018.
#Salva's journey into the world of formula racing began in India with Formula LGB, a popular entry-level racing series.
# With her talent and performance, she qualified into the F4 Indian Championship in 2023.
# She also competed in the F4 UAE Championship in 2023, completing 150 laps, 119 of which she finished successfully.
# Salva recently relocated to the United Arab Emirates for better preparation and is eyeing the challenge upfront, the F1 Academy.
#Salva Marjan is the brand ambassador for Next Level Racing, a brand that partially sponsors her training expenses.
# Salva’s end goal remains the same, that is to represent India in Formula 1, breaking new ground for women in motorsport.
Despite India making progress towards being a sporting nation, it stays behind in motorsports with only the likes of Narain Karthikeyan, Karun Chandhok, Jehan Daruvala, Arjun Maini and Mahaveer Raghunathan as examples. As Salva stands close to making history by qualifying as the first female F1 racer from India, she will definitely inspire generations of female across the nation to take up motorsports.
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