Yasser Shahin

Yasser Shahin (born 24 September 1976) is an Australian-Palestinian racing driver and businessman, currently competing in the FIA World Endurance Championship.^[2]

Yasser Shahin
The No. 91 Porsche 911 GT3 R, driven by Yasser Shahin, at the 2024 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps
Nationality	Australian Palestinian via dual nationality[1]
Born	(1976-10-24) 24 October 1976 (age 48) Adelaide, South Australia
FIA World Endurance Championship – LMGT3
Racing licence	FIA Bronze
Years active	2024
Teams	Team WRT
Car number	31
Former teams	Manthey EMA
Starts	8
Wins	3
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	2024 in 2nd
Previous series
2013–2014 2015, 2018 2016–2019, 2021–2023 2018–2019 2019 2019 2019, 2022 2020 2022 2023	Australian Sports Racer Series Radical Australia Cup GT World Challenge Australia Audi R8 LMS Cup Cue Enduro Super Series GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup Intercontinental GT Challenge Gulf Radical Cup GT World Challenge Asia Asian Le Mans Series
Championship titles
2019 2021, 2022	Audi R8 LMS Cup GT World Challenge Australia

Shahin is a two-time GT World Challenge Australia champion and a director of the Peregrine Corporation alongside brother and fellow racing driver Sam, a company which owns mostly South Australian companies including The Bend Motorsport Park.^[3][4][5][6]

In 2024, Shahin became the first LMGT3 category winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, taking the victory alongside Richard Lietz and Morris Schuring.^[7]

Career results

Summary

Season	Series	Position	Team	Car
2013	Australian Sports Racer Series	17th	Yasser Shahin	Radical SR3
2014	Australian Sports Racer Series	15th	Peregrine Corporation	Radical SR3
2015	Radical Australia Series	18th	Peregrine Corporation	Radical SR3
2016	Australian GT Championship	NC	Peregrine Corporation	Lamborghini Gallardo R-EX
2017	Australian GT Championship	11th	M Motorsport	Lamborghini Gallardo R-EX
2018	Audi R8 LMS Cup	3rd	Melbourne Performance Centre	Audi R8 LMS GT3
	Australian GT Championship	18th	Peregrine Corporation	Mercedes-AMG GT3
	Radical Australia Cup	8th		Radical SR3
2019	Audi R8 LMS Cup	1st	Peregrine Corporation	Audi R8 LMS GT3
	Cue Enduro Super Series	19th		Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo
	Australian GT Championship	11th		Mercedes-AMG GT3
	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup - Am	29th	Audi Sport R8 LMS Cup	Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo
2020	Gulf Radical Cup	23rd	?	Radical SR3
2021	GT World Challenge Australia	1st	Melbourne Performance Centre	Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo
2022	GT World Challenge Australia	1st	Melbourne Performance Centre	Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo2
	GT World Challenge Asia	20th	Team X Works	Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo2
2023	Asian Le Mans Series - LMP2	7th	United Autosports	Oreca 07
	GT World Challenge Australia	3rd	EMA Motorsport	Porsche 911 GT3 R
2024	FIA World Endurance Championship - GT3	2nd	Manthey Racing / EMA Motorsport	Porsche 911 GT3 R
	Lamborghini Super Trofeo Asia	NE	Absolute Racing	Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo Evo2
2025	FIA World Endurance Championship - GT3	In progress	Team WRT	BMW M4 GT3

Bathurst 12 Hour results

Year	Team	Co-drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Overall position	Class position
2018	Peregrine Corporation	Tomáš Enge Luke Youlden	Lamborghini Gallardo R-EX	Pro-Am	219	DNF
2019	Scott Taylor Motorsport Erebus Motorsport	David Reynolds Luke Youlden	Mercedes-AMG GT3	Pro-Am	156	DNF
2020	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Anton de Pasquale Nick Foster Sam Shahin	Mercedes-AMG GT3	Pro-Am	0	WD
2022	Melbourne Performance Centre	Ricardo Feller Markus Winkelhock	Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo2	Pro-Am	285	7th	7th
2023	Melbourne Performance Centre	Ricardo Feller Christopher Mies	Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo2	Pro-Am	320	9th	2nd
2024	Manthey Racing / EMA Motorsport	Harry King Alessio Picariello	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	Pro-Am	274	9th	1st
2025	Manthey Racing / EMA Motorsport	Laurin Heinrich Morris Schuring Sam Shahin	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	Pro-Am	303	10th	2nd

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Rank	Points
2024	Manthey EMA	LMGT3	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6	QAT 15	IMO 16	SPA 1	LMS 1	SÃO 12	COA 3	FUJ 14	BHR 5	2nd	105

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class pos.
2024	Manthey Racing / EMA Motorsport	Richard Lietz Morris Schuring	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	LMGT3	281	27th	1st
2025	The Bend Team WRT	Timur Boguslavskiy Augusto Farfus	BMW M4 GT3 Evo	LMGT3	168	DNF	DNF