Zaahir Essa #71

Zaahir Essa is a South African development driver who contested his 5th Formula
Vee season in 2011. After entering the sport in 2007 with the Lotto Development
Team, he has been gathering speed and experience to challenge at the head of the field
and finished as the runner up to the 2010 championship by a single point.

The 2011 season ended with Zaahir battling it out with an underperforming car yet again.
After leading the championship initially, he was plagued by bad luck and unfortunately
dropped to finished 4th in the championship despite some spirited driving. He will be
looking to make amends in 2012 however! Watch this space!