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 Renault 3.5 Series as part of the World Series by Renault from 2005 to 2015. Renault Sp ...
.
Career
At the age of nine, Khateeb started
karting
Kart racing or karting is a road racing variant of motorsport with open-wheel, four-wheeled vehicles known as go-karts or shifter karts. They are usually raced on scaled-down circuits, although some professional kart races are also held on fu ...
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
Formula Ford, also known as F1600 and Formula F, is an entry-level class of single seater, open-wheel formula racing. The various championships held across the world form an important step for many prospective Formula One drivers. Formula Fo ...
at Castle Combe
Castle Combe is a village and civil parish within the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in Wiltshire, England. The village is around north-west of Chippenham. A castle once stood in the area, but was demolished centuries ago.
The vil ...
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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 fo ...
series to complete rookies practice sessions.[Alex Khateeb]
at ''lebanon.a1gp.com'' He raced in two events, replacing Khalil Beschir
Khalil Beschir (born 18 June 1983) is a Lebanese motorsport entrepreneur and Motorsport development consultant, as well as a former racing driver.
Early years
Beschir was born in Bhersaf, Lebanon. As a child, he started to watch Formula 1 on te ...
. He races with the Lebanon team because of his Lebanese
Lebanese may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to the Lebanese Republic
* Lebanese people
The Lebanese people ( ar, الشعب اللبناني / ALA-LC: ', ) are the people inhabiting or originating from Lebanon. The term may al ...
descent with his family originating in Tyre, Lebanon
Tyre (; ar, صور, translit=Ṣūr; phn, 𐤑𐤓, translit=Ṣūr, Greek ''Tyros'', Τύρος) is a city in Lebanon, one of the oldest continually inhabited cities in the world, though in medieval times for some centuries by just a tiny pop ...
.
Khateeb is now involved in professional Drifting
Drifting may refer to:
*Drifting (motorsport)
*Pipe drift or drifting, measuring a pipe's inner roundness
Film
* ''Drifting'' (1923 film), a film directed by Tod Browning
* ''Drifting'' (1982 film), the first Israeli gay-themed film
* ''Drifting'' ...
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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