Yasser Shahin

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Yasser Shahin
Nationality 
GT World Challenge Australia

Yasser Shahin (born 24 September 1976) is an Australian-Palestinian racing driver and businessman, currently competing in the FIA World Endurance Championship.[2]

Shahin is a two-time

GT World Challenge Australia champion and a director of the Peregrine Corporation alongside brother and fellow racing driver Sam, a company which owns mostly South Australian companies including The Bend Motorsport Park.[3][4][5][6]

Career results

Summary

Season Series Position Team Car
2013 Australian Sports Racer Series 17th Yasser Shahin Radical SR3
2014 Australian Sports Racer Series 15th Peregrine Corporation Radical SR3
2015 Radical Australia Series 18th Peregrine Corporation Radical SR3
2016 Australian GT Championship NC Peregrine Corporation Lamborghini Gallardo R-EX
2017 Australian GT Championship 11th M Motorsport Lamborghini Gallardo R-EX
2018 Audi R8 LMS Cup 3rd Melbourne Performance Centre Audi R8 LMS GT3
Australian GT Championship 18th Peregrine Corporation Mercedes-AMG GT3
Radical Australia Cup 8th Radical SR3
2019 Audi R8 LMS Cup 1st Peregrine Corporation Audi R8 LMS GT3
Cue Enduro Super Series 19th Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo
Australian GT Championship 11th Mercedes-AMG GT3
Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup - Am 29th Audi Sport R8 LMS Cup Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo
2020 Gulf Radical Cup 23rd ? Radical SR3
2021 GT World Challenge Australia 1st Melbourne Performance Centre Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo
2022 GT World Challenge Australia 1st Melbourne Performance Centre Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo2
GT World Challenge Asia 20th Team X Works Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo2
2023 Asian Le Mans Series - LMP2 7th United Autosports Oreca 07
GT World Challenge Australia 3rd EMA Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R
2024 FIA World Endurance Championship - GT3 Manthey EMA Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R

Bathurst 12 Hour results

Year Team Co-drivers Car Class Laps Overall
position
Class
position
2018
Australia Peregrine Corporation Czech Republic Tomáš Enge
Australia Luke Youlden
Lamborghini Gallardo R-EX Pro-Am 219 DNF
2019 Australia Scott Taylor Motorsport
Australia Erebus Motorsport
Australia David Reynolds
Australia Luke Youlden
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Pro-Am 156 DNF
2020 Australia Triple Eight Race Engineering Australia Anton de Pasquale
Australia Nick Foster
Australia Sam Shahin
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Pro-Am 0 WD
2022 Australia Melbourne Performance Centre Switzerland Ricardo Feller
Germany Markus Winkelhock
Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo2 Pro-Am 285 7th 7th
2023 Australia Melbourne Performance Centre Switzerland Ricardo Feller
Germany Christopher Mies
Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo2 Pro-Am 320 9th 2nd
2024 Germany Manthey Racing /
Australia EMA Motorsport
United Kingdom Harry King
Belgium Alessio Picariello
Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Pro-Am 274 9th 1st

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Rank Points
2024 Manthey EMA LMGT3 Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 QAT
15
IMO SPA LMS
SÃO
COA
FUJ
BHR
NC* 0*

References

  1. ^ "YASSER SHAHIN". United Autosports. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
  2. ^ "Yasser Shahin to race in WEC". Speedcafe. 25 January 2024.
  3. ^ "EXCLUSIVE: Billionaire businessmen behind South Australia's largest company bid to buy Supercars". Nine's Wide World of Sports. 11 August 2023.
  4. ^ "From one petrol station to a $1.1b payday". Australian Financial Review. 5 April 2023.
  5. ^ "Yasser Shahin Claims GTWC Australia Championship On Streets Of Adelaide". DailySportscar. 5 December 2022.
  6. ^ "Yasser Shahin Portfolio Investments". CB Insights. Retrieved 13 February 2024.

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