Neil Desai is a racing driver who competes in Zenith Racing Series for Round 3 Racing. Desai has recorded 0 wins and 0 podiums from 3 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 2,916 ranks Desai 8830th of 38,983 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the high 8,000s. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file.
| 2026-06-06 | VIRginia International Raceway ZP2 | P4 | +58 |
| 2026-03-15 | Sonoma Raceway ZP2 | P4 | +60 |
| 2026-03-14 | Sonoma Raceway ZP2 | P5 | +25 |
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +60 | Sonoma Raceway 2026 | Zenith Racing Series | P4 |
| +58 | VIRginia International Raceway 2026 | Zenith Racing Series | P4 |
| +25 | Sonoma Raceway 2026 | Zenith Racing Series | P5 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | ▸Zenith Racing Series | Round 3 Racing | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P12 | +1,566 | 2,916 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸 Kevin BoehmFIA Silver | 4,070 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 100% |
| 🇺🇸 Jason Alder | 3,922 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0% |
| 🇺🇸 Josh GreenFIA Silver | 3,831 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 100% |
| 🏳️ Clay Magouyrk | 3,634 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0% |
| 🇺🇸 Kamden Hibbitt | 3,579 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 33% |
| 🇫🇷 Thomas Bellemin | 3,558 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 33% |
| 🏳️ Olivier Piatek | 3,462 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 33% |
| 🇺🇸 Ethan Barker | 3,216 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 33% |
| 🇺🇸 Brandon KiddFIA Silver | 3,137 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 67% |
| 🏳️ Gavin Vaughan | 3,069 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 33% |
| 🇸🇪 Hampus EricssonFIA Silver, 1× champion | 4,128 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50% |
| 🇺🇸 Eric PowellFIA Bronze | 3,788 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8,820 | 🏳️ John Schweitzer | Trans-Am TA2 | 2,918 |
| 8,821 | 🇩🇪 Pascal Holzer Marco | Nürburgring 24 Hours | 2,918 |
| 8,822 | 🏳️ Roland Arnold | GT Winter Series | 2,918 |
| 8,823 | 🇿🇦 Will Moore | GT World Challenge Europe | 2,918 |
| 8,824 | 🏳️ Wolfgang Dess | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 2,918 |
| 8,825 | 🏳️ Brandon Lemke | SKUSA SuperNationals | 2,917 |
| 8,826 | 🇸🇪 Marcus Annervi | GT Winter Series | 2,917 |
| 8,827 | 🇺🇸 Owen Trinkler | IMSA Pilot Challenge | 2,917 |
| 8,828 | 🇬🇧 Tom Edgar | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 2,917 |
| 8,829 | 🇺🇸 John Lowinski-Loh | ARCA Menards Series | 2,916 |
| 8,830 | 🏳️ Neil Desai | Zenith Racing Series | 2,916 |
| 8,831 | 🇫🇷 Oliver Rudolph | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 2,916 |
| 8,832 | 🇺🇸 Vincent Piemonte | 24H Series | 2,916 |
| 8,833 | 🇺🇸 Beltre Curtis | TGRNA GR Cup North America | 2,915 |
| 8,834 | 🏳️ Georg Berlandy | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 2,915 |
| 8,835 | 🇺🇸 Justin Garat | Formula Regional Americas | 2,915 |
| 8,836 | 🇺🇸 Logan Misuraca | ARCA Menards Series | 2,915 |
| 8,837 | 🇬🇧 Luke Pullen | Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by Michelin | 2,915 |
| 8,838 | 🇮🇹 Riccardo Pollastri | Italian F4 | 2,915 |
| 8,839 | 🏳️ John Cloud | Trans-Am TA2 | 2,914 |
| 8,840 | 🇫🇷 Louis Cochet | Spanish F4 | 2,914 |
Neil Desai is a competitive amateur driver at the early stage of a racing career, holding a Racer Rating of 2,945. This places him in the club racing band; he races against professionals rather than among them, though he has shown the ability to beat drivers significantly stronger than his own rating suggests. In his debut season of 2026, Desai has competed in the Zenith Racing Series with Round 3 Racing, taking three starts with a noteworthy average finish position of P4.3 despite scoring no podiums in the series.[1]
The most striking aspect of Desai's early record is his head-to-head performance against established professional opposition. He has beaten both Kevin Boehm and Josh Green in all three races they have shared; both are FIA Silver graded drivers and respective champions of 2025 GT4 America Silver and 2025 GT4 America Pro-Am respectively. Boehm rates at 4,114 and Green at 4,061, placing them firmly in the professional tier. Desai has also registered a single victory over FIA Silver graded Hampus Ericsson, the 2025 Lamborghini Super Trofeo NA Pro champion. Against the field's stronger drivers, Desai has struggled; Jason Alder and Clay Magouyrk, both semi-professionals, have finished ahead of him in all three shared starts. The consistency of these results across his entire three-race sample suggests genuine competitiveness against some professional-level opposition, even if his overall performance has not yet resulted in podium finishes or established a broader pattern of success in the series.