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Ahmad Al Harthy
Al Harthy in 2017
Nationality	Omani
Born	(1981-08-31)31 August 1981 (age 44) Muscat,Oman
Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup career
Debut season	2013
Current team	Oman Racing
Racing licence	FIA Silver(until 2015, 2018–2019) FIA Bronze(2016–2017, 2020–)[1]
Car number	97
Starts	24
Wins	1
Poles	2
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	Pro-Am Champion in2017
Previous series
2013–15 2011–12 2011–12 2011 2010–12 2009–10 2007–09 2007 2006	British GT Championship Porsche Supercup Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Middle East Porsche Carrera Cup France Porsche Carrera Cup GB Supercars Middle East Championship Formula Renault BARC British Formula Renault Winter Series Thunder Arabia Middle Eastern Series
Championship titles
2012 2017	Porsche Carrera Cup GB – Pro/Am 1 Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup - Pro/Am

Ahmad Al Harthy (born 31 August 1981 inMuscat,Oman) is an Omani racing driver who currently competes in theFIA World Endurance Championship in the LMGT3 Class in the #46BMW M4 GT3 forBMW M Team WRT alongside nine-timeMotoGP ChampionValentino Rossi andADAC GT Masters champion, two time24 Hours of Nürburgring winner, andDTM vice champion,Kelvin Van Der Linde. He won the 2012Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain Pro-Am 1 Championship and in 2017 became theBlancpain Endurance Cup Pro-Am Champion along with British team-mateJonny Adam.

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Although dabbling withkarting at the age of seven, following a visit with his older brother to his local kart track inOman, it wasn't until Al Harthy reached his early 20s that he was able to set-out on the path to a career in motorsport.^{[citation needed]}

Al Harthy's first car racing experience came in 2006 in theBahrain based Thunder Arabia Championship where he broke new ground as the first Omani born driver to compete in single-seater (orformula) racing. Finishing the season as Vice-Champion with two race wins and ten podiums from 14 races, Al Harthy sought a fresh challenge for the following year and decided to pit himself against the best competition in Britain in theFormula Renault BARC Championship.^[2]

Joining the Hillspeed team at the start of 2007, Al Harthy went on to enjoy a successful three year stint with the squad. Improving steadily throughout his first season, in which he achieved his debutFormula Renault podiums in the end-of-year Winter Championship, he became a consistent front-runner in 2008. Concluding his second season in the category fifth overall, Al Harthy secured three podium finishes along the way and also qualified on pole position twice.^{[citation needed]}

Al Harthy's final year ofFormula Renault BARC action culminated very impressively and he finished the season Vice-Champion with six podiums to his credit and two fastest race laps.^[3] As it later transpired, the 2009 championship would be his last in single-seater racing before switching his attention to the world of sportscar competition.

During 2009 though, Al Harthy also made his debut in theChevrolet Supercars Middle East Championship in the headline SC09 Class where he piloted aChevrolet Lumina during theFormula One Grand Prix support race atSakhir inBahrain. He achieved one podium finish from the two races contested.^{[citation needed]}

For the 2010 motor racing season, Al Harthy chose to move into the ultra-competitive world of sportscar racing by signing to race for theRedline Racing team in thePorsche Carrera Cup Great Britain Championship – a support category to the UK's biggest motor racing series, the Dunlop MSABritish Touring Car Championship.^[4] Easily the most high profile year of action of his career at that point, Al Harthy adapted quickly to the new discipline and became a regular podium contender in the Pro-Am 1 Class of the prestigious championship.

Making six visits to the rostrum over the course of the season, Al Harthy ended the year fourth overall in the Pro-Am 1 Class driver standings and 11th overall in the main championship. Increasing his profile massively throughout the year, Al Harthy's success achieved notable exposure for his strong portfolio of homegrown sponsors.^[5]

One of Al Harthy's personal highlights of 2010 was his involvement in thePorsche Carrera Cup France support event to the legendary24 Hours of Le Mans Race. Becoming the first Omani to ever compete at the world famousCircuit de la Sarthe, his participation was also notable for a further reason – the Porsche race marked the 40th anniversary of the marque's first 24 Hours of Le Mans victory and this coincided with the 40th anniversary of His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said’s reign inOman.^{[citation needed]}

Al Harthy also made selected appearances in theChevrolet Supercars ME Championship once again but several mechanical problems blunted his charge.^{[citation needed]}

In 2011, Al Harthy returned to thePorsche Carrera Cup Great Britain Championship but prior to the start of the season he made headlines and history on the streets of his home city ofMuscat by conducting passenger rides in aPorsche 911 GT3 race car. The carefully arranged event ran in conjunction with the support of the Royal Oman Police and the Oman Automobile Association.^{[citation needed]}

Enjoying a highly successful year, Al Harthy once again competed withRedline Racing but with the team entry branded as the Oman Air Racing Team in deference to title sponsorOman Air. His highly prestigious portfolio of commercial backers also included the Oman Ministry of Tourism, Ministry of Sports Affairs, theNational Bank of Oman andNawras.^{[citation needed]}

Finishing his second season in the championship third overall in the Pro-Am 1 Class, Al Harthy took two wins and a total of 12 podiums. The championship included a visit to the notorious Nürburgring-Nordschleife and the Omani also made an outing inPorsche Carrera Cup France while also debuting in thePorsche Mobil 1 Supercup at Silverstone.^{[citation needed]}

In November 2011, Al Harthy competed in the burgeoning Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Middle East. From six races contested he chalked-up a tally of three podiums including a sensational lights-to-flag victory during theFIA Formula One World Championship support race atYas Marina Circuit inAbu Dhabi.^[6] He also had the opportunity to compete in the UAE GT Championship where he won on his debut, driving aPorsche 911 GT3, partnering James Sutton.^{[citation needed]}

On 21 February 2012 at a press conference in Muscat, Oman, Al Harthy announced his continued participation inPorsche Carrera Cup Great Britain for a third successive year. RetainingOman Air as his title sponsor, the Oman Air Racing Team was once again fielded byRedline Racing. From the outset, Al Harthy was one of the favourites to win the Pro-Am 1 title and he did so in style after a remarkably successful season. Winning 12 races and taking a total of 17 Pro-Am 1 podiums from the 20 races contested, he also secured a string of fastest laps and class pole positions.^[7] Al Harthy also made his second career appearance in thePorsche Mobil 1 Supercup in 2012 during theFIA Formula One World Championship British Grand Prix weekend at Silverstone. An unfortunate puncture resulted in retirement.

In March 2013, Al Harthy and chief sponsorOman Air announced a move from 'sprint' racing into 'endurance' competition after confirming a deal to graduate into the Avon TyresBritish GT Championship with theMotorbase Performance team.^[8] Partnered by reigning British GT Champion Michael Caine, the duo ran under the Oman Air Motorbase banner in a Porsche 997 GT3-R. Al Harthy went on to end his maiden endurance racing campaign an impressive fifth in the championship - he and Caine claimed two race victories along the way, round five atSnetterton Motor Racing Circuit and round eight atCircuit Park Zandvoort in the Netherlands.^[9]

Al Harthy also had the opportunity in 2013 to dovetail his British GT season with a campaign in the pan-EuropeanBlancpain Endurance Series, also at the wheel of a Porsche 997 GT3-R but with the Slovakian ARC Bratislava squad in the GTR Class. Partnering team owner Miro Konopka, and running with headline sponsorship from theNational Bank of Oman, Al Harthy achieved one class victory during the five-round season atSilverstone Circuit in June.^[10]

Al Harthy remained with Motorbase Performance for the 2014 season, racing anAston Martin Vantage GT3 alongsideMichael Caine in the British GT Championship and with Caine andStephen Jelley in the Blancpain Endurance Series.^[11] In the British series Al Harthy and Caine became Vice-Champions with two victories, atOulton Park andSilverstone, and two other podium finishes. The Omani then reunited with Porsche for the 2014/2015 Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Middle East.

For the main 2015 motorsport season, he again combined British GT and Blancpain Endurance Series campaigns with the Motorbase-engineered Oman Racing Team and once again mounted a front-running challenge with the Aston Martin Vantage GT3 - taking a maiden outright top 10 finish in Blancpain during the season finale at theNurburgring in Germany. At the end of the year, Al Harthy made his maiden appearance in the Gulf 12 Hours atYas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi with the Oman Racing Team. Partnered byJonny Adam andDarren Turner, the trio scorched to a fantastic podium finish.^{[citation needed]}

Sticking with the trusty Aston Martin Vantage GT3 for 2016, Al Harthy - along with Adam - focused exclusively on the re-branded Blancpain Endurance Cup. For the longer races, requiring more than two drivers per entry, British driver Devon Modell joined the Oman Racing regulars. Ending the season fourth in the Pro-Am championship, the season highlight was undoubtedly the maiden Pro-Am podium finish achieved during round two at Silverstone Grand Prix Circuit with other major results including seventh in Pro-Am at the world renownedTotal 24 Hours of Spa.^{[citation needed]}

Celebrating the 10th anniversary of 'Oman Racing' in 2017, Al Harthy continued his increasingly strong partnership with Adam but with the engineering of the Aston Martin transferring to British squad TF Sport, headed by ex-racer Tom Ferrier. Beginning the Blancpain Endurance Cup season perfectly with their first Pro-Am victory atMonza in Italy, Al Harthy and Adam finished second in Pro-Am in round two at Silverstone, second again atPaul Ricard in France - where they were joined by Turkish racer Salih Yoluc - and then claimed a magnificent runner-up spot in Pro-Am during July's Total 24 Hours of Spa.^{[citation needed]}

Winning the coveted Pro-Am title with a round to spare, and continuing the squad's 100% podium finishing record for the season, Al Harthy and Adam were again joined by Yoluc for the twice-round-the-clock challenge along with British driver Euan Hankey.^{[citation needed]}

During a break in the Blancpain calendar mid-season, Al Harthy was joined by young British racer Tom Jackson for the prestigious Michelin Le Mans Cup races at theCircuit de la Sarthe in Le Mans, France, which run as part of the support package to the world renownedLe Mans 24 Hours. Winning the GTE class of both contests, which also featured LMP3 'prototype' cars, the Oman Racing duo delivered highly impressive performances in the two 55-minute races.^{[citation needed]}

(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)

^† As Al Harthy was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.

(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position; results initalics indicate fastest lap)

(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position; results initalics indicate fastest lap)

(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position; races initalics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2023	ORT by TF	Michael Dinan Charlie Eastwood	Aston Martin Vantage AMR	GTE Am	312	28th	2nd
2024	Team WRT	Maxime Martin Valentino Rossi	BMW M4 GT3	LMGT3	109	DNF	DNF
2025	Team WRT	Valentino Rossi Kelvin van der Linde	BMW M4 GT3 Evo	LMGT3	156	DNF	DNF

• Official website
• Ahmad Al Harthy career summary at DriverDB.com

• 1981 births
• Living people
• Omani racing drivers
• Formula Renault BARC drivers
• Porsche Supercup drivers
• British GT Championship drivers
• GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup drivers
• 24 Hours of Spa drivers
• Porsche Carrera Cup GB drivers
• Sportspeople from Muscat, Oman
• 24H Series drivers
• Aston Martin Racing drivers
• Le Mans Cup drivers
• Asian Le Mans Series drivers
• FIA World Endurance Championship drivers
• Porsche Carrera Cup France drivers
• 24 Hours of Le Mans drivers
• W Racing Team drivers
• TF Sport drivers
• Hillspeed drivers
• Omani sportspeople
• Omani expatriates in the United Kingdom
• Omani expatriates in Belgium
• European Le Mans Series drivers

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