About Yazan

Date of birth:    1993, April, 8th

Nationality:   Syrian (current residence: London, UK).

Hobbies:  Training, football, basketball, karting, motorsport.

Height/weight:  186 cm/ 75 kg

Results:                  2011:           Saudi Formula BMW championship- Vice champion

                                  2010:            Official Saudi Karting league- Overall Champion

                                  2008-2009:     Cik-FIA Middle east karting cup junior- 3rd overall,    Saudi Vortex ROK championship 4th overall

                                  2007:             Saudi Vortex ROK championship 7th overall, In10so challenge: 3rd place.

Racing Background:  As an 18 year old disadvantaged by the lack of motorsport facilities and support growing up in the Middle east, Yazan has already established himself as one of the best young racing drivers across the world, hence why he was chosen as one of the 30 young and upcoming drivers to participate in the FIA drivers excellence academy shootout in Austria, November 2011. 

 With his uncle being one of the most successful Middle eastern Hill climb and Rally champions, it was just a matter of being old enough to start karting, he has since participated and won races in almost every Arab country so far.  Finishing 3rd in the Middle east karting cup in 2009, only to be followed by clinching the first official Saudi Karting championship in Reem international karting circuit by winning every single round in 2010 competing against a total of 57 other drivers.

His successful streak didn’t stop there and when he graduated to Single seaters, even though it was his first ever car racing season, he won the first two rounds back to back followed by a second place finish, only to be lucked out by mechanical failures for the next 3 rounds where his car failed to finish on one occasion and was suffering from gearbox issues on the other two, and yet, he was crowned vice champion at the end of the season. Yazan continues to prove to himself and to the rest of the world that with the right financial support, his dream of becoming the first ever Arab Formula one driver and champion, is definitely possible.



Do you know Yazan?!
Your favorite kind of music: Trance, House.
Your favorite song: Misgrey (Adam Nickey remix)
Your favorite TV show:  Top gear, Brainiac, Mythbusters.
Your Favorite Driver: Ayrton Senna, James Hunt.
Your favorite video game: Lots of them…
Your favorite dish: Way too many.
Your main quality: Seeing positive in bad situations and being able to dedicate myself.
Your main default: Stubbornness .
Your motto: Be ready when opportunity comes...Luck is the time when opportunity and preparation meet.
Your Favorite Holiday destination: Germany, London.