Daniel Morad (born April 24, 1990) is a

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. He is notable for winning the 2007 American

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championship, the 2010 World Championship in the

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Grand Finals in La Conca, Italy, And the 2017

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with Alegra Motorsports.

Career

Karting and Formula BMW

Morad was born in

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, Canada. His career began in his native country during 1998 competing in several

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events. In his eight-year career in karts, Morad picked up a number of trophies, including the ''Canadian Formula Senior'' Championship and a ''Florida Winter Tour champion'' title, in the Pro-Shifter class, both of which were won in his final year in karting, 2005. He then moved up into

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the following year in the form of

, competing in its American series. In his début season, in which he participated in all fourteen rounds, he picked up a win in

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, a

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, a fastest lap and a podium at the

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meeting. With a collection of 75 points, Morad finished 6th overall in the Drivers' Championship. He switched teams the following year, joining the

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. he won the title that year, taking six wins of a possible fourteen and scoring 523 points, more than the previous year albeit with a more generous points system than the previous year, nearly 100 points clear of runner-up

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. 2007 also saw Morad drive for the

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team taking the role of test driver at the

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n, Mexican,

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and

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meetings.

Atlantic Championship

With his Formula BMW USA title on his Résumé, Morad managed to get a drive at the

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team alongside

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. He finished 12th in the championship after leaving the team and the series with three races remaining in the season. He was 10th at the time. His best finish was 6th at

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and the

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A1 Grand Prix – The World Cup of Motorsport

Morad raced for

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in the 2008–09 season. Although having previously driven in rookie sessions for

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, his grandfather was Lebanese and his father also was born in Lebanon so he was able to switch teams. He completed every race for the team and scored 8 points, putting A1 Team Lebanon in 17th overall. Morad's best finish was 6th in the South African feature race.

GP3 Series

With A1GP's closing at the end of the season, Morad did not drive in any other series in 2009 but joined

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in the

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for

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. He finished 12th in the GP3 series standings, and won the Silverstone sprint race. After sitting out the first round of the

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, Daniel Morad signed on to contest the remainder of the season with

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. However, Morad parted ways with the team in July and was replaced by

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Indy Lights

Morad raced in the 2011

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series with

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for one event in

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Ultra 94 Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Canada by Yokohama

Morad was given a second chance at a career when a cold call to the Alegra Motorsports team landed him a spot in the team's line up, just 1 week before the opening race at

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. He scored an impressive double podium in his first race with a roof over his head. He went on to scoring a total of 9 podiums in 10 races, one of which being a dominant win on the streets of

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in torrential conditions. One DNF in Round 3 of the championship ultimately cost him the title in his debut season. Morad's efforts were enough to land him an opportunity to participate in the exclusive Porsche Young Drivers Academy. Morad bounced back to win the 2016 Platinum class championship despite strong challenges from Scott Hargrove and Zacharie Robichon.

Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain

At the end of his 2015 campaign, Morad got a call from championship winning team, Samsung SUHD TV Racing, to sub in for the final 4 rounds of the championship, which helped the team jump from 3rd to 2nd place in the team championship.

NASCAR

Morad competed in two

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events in 2016. He made his debut at

driving the No. 06

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, he started 3rd and finished 7th after leading 5 laps. Morad returned at

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, where he finished 5th.

IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship

In 2016 Daniel Morad competed in the 12 Hours of Sebring driving the #24 Alegra Motorsports InSync Riley/BMW Daytona Prototype. He brought the team up to 3rd place overall, just past the halfway point of the race in difficult conditions. Unfortunately, shortly after Morad jumped out of the car, the team ran into some trouble on track with slower traffic and then some electrical issues. In 2017 he competed full time in the

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with Alegra Motorsport driving the #28 Porsche 991 GT3 R. He won the

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in the GTD category for Alegra Motorsports together with Carlos de Quesada, Jesse Lazare, Michael de Quesada and Michael Christensen and finished 9th in the GTD drivers Championship. In 2018 he drove two

races with two different teams. He competed in the 2018 Sahlen's six hours of the Glen driving the #71 Mercedes-AMG GT3 for

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s with Loris Spinelli and JC Perez. They retired after 48 laps. He also drove the #29

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with

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and

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for Montaplast by Land Motorsport at the

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, finishing the race 26th overall and 6th in class. In 2019 he competed in the Michelin Endurance Cup with Montaplast by Land Motorsport scoring a best finish of 19th overall and 2nd in class at the 2019 Petit le mans. In 2020 he competed in the

for WRT Speedstar Audi Sport driving the #88

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with Rolf Ineichen,

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and

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. They ended up finishing 20th overall and 3rd in class.

Personal life

Morad was born in the spring of 1990 in

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to Robin and Ramsin Morad. He has one sister, Kayla.

Motor racing record

Complete GP3 Series results

(

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) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)

Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results

(

) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)

References

External links

Official website

Profile on Driver Database
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Profile on ChampCar Atlantic Official websiteProfile on imsa.com
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