🇺🇸 Jazeman Firhan Jaafar

Jazeman Jaafar is a professional racing driver competing in open-wheel single-seaters. He spent the bulk of his indexed career in Formula 3 and Formula V8 3.5, primarily for Carlin, and is currently active in Super GT.[1]

Jaafar's career spans seven seasons from 2010 to 2025. He took two wins across his time in single-seaters: one in the Formula 3 Euro Series in 2011 or 2012, and one in Formula V8 3.5 between 2013 and 2015. His podium finishes clustered in his early years; five came in the FIA Formula 3 European Championship, three in the Formula 3 Euro Series, and seven across his three seasons in Formula V8 3.5. He raced Formula 3 Macau eight times without a podium. His sole indexed Super GT entry came in 2025, where he finished 24th in the championship standings.[2]

Jaafar met the strongest drivers of his era regularly. He raced Carlos Sainz, the 2014 Formula V8 3.5 champion and later a Formula 1 driver, across multiple seasons and ran closely matched with him. William Buller, a professional who shared much of Jaafar's path through Formula 3 and Formula V8 3.5, was another frequent competitor at equivalent pace. Jaafar finished ahead of Pascal Wehrlein, the 2012 Formula 3 Euro Series champion and 2024 Formula E champion, five times in their meetings, and ahead of Pierre Gasly, the 2013 Formula Renault Eurocup champion and Formula 1 driver, three times. His career in professional-level open-wheel racing placed him among drivers who went on to reach elite ranks, though his own path led toward sportscar racing.