Alexander Abdelmajeed (Alex) Khateeb (born 8 June 1984) is a British racing driver, currently driving in
Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0
Formula Renault Eurocup was a Formula Renault motor racing championship. Eurocup raced only on European circuits.
It served as a support series to the Formula 3.5 V8, Formula Renault 3.5 Series as part of the World Series by Renault from 2005 to ...
.
Career
At the age of nine, Khateeb started
karting
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at
Bristol
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Karting Centre.
History
''khateeb-racing.co.uk'' At the age of 15 he raced for the first time in a Formula Ford
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at Castle Combe
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In the 2006–07 season, Khateeb joined the Lebanon team in the ]A1 Grand Prix
A1 Grand Prix (A1GP) was a "single-make" open-wheel auto racing series that ran from 2005 until 2009. It was unique in its field in that competitors solely represented their nation as opposed to themselves or a team, the usual format in most for ...
series to complete rookies practice sessions.[Alex Khateeb]
at ''lebanon.a1gp.com'' He raced in two events, replacing Khalil Beschir. He races with the Lebanon team because of his Lebanese descent with his family originating in Tyre, Lebanon
Tyre (; ar, صور, translit=Ṣūr; phn, 𐤑𐤓, translit=Ṣūr, Greek language, Greek ''Tyros'', Τύρος) is a city in Lebanon, one of the List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, oldest continually inhabited cities in the world, t ...
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Khateeb is now involved in professional Drifting.
Career results
References
External links
Biography at CircuitArt
Driver Statistics
at ''results.a1gp.com''
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1984 births
English racing drivers
Living people
A1 Team Lebanon drivers
Formula Renault Eurocup drivers
British Formula Three Championship drivers
Sportspeople from Bath, Somerset
British people of Lebanese descent
Carlin racing drivers
A1 Grand Prix drivers
OAK Racing drivers