Forme𒆙r Formula 2 and Formula E driver Jehan Daruvala ha♎s announced that he will sit out the 2025 racing season.

Daruvala said there were “many circumstꦦances” responsible for his decision to take a sabbatical from active competition, but he strongly hinted at a desire to make a comeback in the future.

The Indian driver made his debut in168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Formula E last year with Maserati but struggled to run near the front, finishing 21st in the standings with jus𒁏t eight points ﷽to his name.

His teammate, Maximilian Guen💮ther, was classified eighth in the championship after scoring victory in the inaugural Tokyo E-Prix and bagging another podium at Misano.

At the end of July last year, Maserati announced that both 💛Guenther and Daruvala will be departing the s🌞quad.

Guenther went on to join DS Penske for the 2024/25 Formula E campaign, while 🔴Daruvala was left without a drive in the all-electric series.

“Update: Unfortunately due to many circumstances I’m currently not racing in 2025,” the 26-year-old, who re🐠cently got engaged to his long-time girlfriend, wrote on X (formerly Twitter).

“It’s the first time in 15 years that I won’t be racing . This is hopefully just a bump in a long 🐽journey ahead.

“My passion ☂and dream is to continue to represent India 🇮🇳 at a global level In motorsport and will be working towards that.

“I want to thank all of you for your continuous support and looking forward towards the future!✨”

Prior to Formula E, Daruvala spent four sea𓆏sons competing in Formula 2, scoring four wins and achieving a best finish of seventh in the championship on two occasions (2021 and ‘22).

Earlier in⛄ his junior racing career, he clinched two race wins and three additional podium fi🐲nishes en route to a strong third position in the inaugural FIA Formula 3 season in 2019.

Daruvala was a member of Force India’s young driver academy and was being▨ groomed to become only the third driver Formula 1 from India after Narain Karthikeyan and Karun Chandhok.

However, the team owned by liquor baron Viꦦjay Ma🍬llya ran into financial issues and was taken over by a consortium led by Lawrence Stroll in the middle of the 2018 season.

Daruvala was also a Red Bull ju🐽nior from 2020-22 in his fir🐎st three years in F2.