Salman Owega

Owega is the younger brother of fellow racing drivers Hamza and Jusuf Owega.^[1] Owega is also the son of Dr. Ammar Owega, who founded Owega Racing in 2014.^[2]

Owega began karting at the age of six, competing until 2017.^[3] During his karting career, Owega most notably won the 2014 ADAC Kart Bundesendlauf in the Bambini light class.^[4]

In 2021, Owega stepped up to car racing, joining Phoenix Racing to race in the GTC Race sprint and endurance series in the GT3 Semi-Pro class.^[5] In his first season of car racing, Owega won the Semi-Pro title in both GTC sprint and Goodyear 60 championships after scoring all but one class wins.^[6][7] Towards the end of the year, Owega also made his ADAC GT Masters debut for PROsport Racing,^[8] and was also set to race for Phoenix Racing in the season finale, but the team withdrew following a crash in practice which left the car with excessive damage.^[9]

Remaining in GT3 competition for 2022, Owega joined Audi-affiliated Montaplast by Land Motorsport for his first full season in ADAC GT Masters alongside Christopher Haase.^[10] In the seven-round season, Owega scored a best result of fourth at Sachsenring to end the year 28th in points.^[11]

Owega stayed in ADAC GT Masters for 2023, joining Elias Seppänen at Mercedes-affiliated Landgraf Motorsport.^[12] In his sophomore season in the series, Owega scored his maiden series win at the Norisring,^[13] before winning at the Nürburgring and both Sachsenring races,^[14][15] on his way to his first ADAC GT Masters title.^[16]

Switching to Mercedes-affiliated Haupt Racing Team for 2024, Owega was joined by David Schumacher for his third full season in ADAC GT Masters.^[17] Alongside Schumacher, the pair won both races at the Nürburgring,^[18][19] and scored their third win of the season at Hockenheimring as they concluded the season third in the standings.^[20] During 2024, Owega also made his debut in the Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie for the same team, in which he won the NLS4 alongside Schumacher and Hubert Haupt.^[21]

Despite Haupt Racing Team switching to Ford for 2025, Owega remained with the team partnered up with Finn Wiebelhaus as the pair became Ford Performance GT3 Juniors.^[22] The pair scored their first win of the season at the Nürburgring,^[23] before scoring further wins at the Red Bull Ring and Hockenheimring en route to Owega's second and Wiebelhaus' first ADAC GT Masters title.^[24][25] During 2025, Owega also won the SP9 Pro-Am class of the 24 Hours of Nürburgring,^[26] and also made his GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup debut with the same team at the 24 Hours of Spa.^[27]

Karting career summary

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Season	Series	Team	Position
2014	Kartclub Kerpen Winterpokal – Bambini Light		2nd
	ADAC Kart Bundesendlauf – Bambini Light		1st
2015	ADAC Kart Masters – Bambini		17th
2016	ADAC Kart Masters – Bambini		13th
2017	WSK Champions Cup – OK-J	KSM Schumacher Racing Team	NC
	WSK Super Master Series – OK-J		61st
	South Garda Winter Cup – OK-J		NC
	Karting European Championship – OK-J		51st
Sources:[28][29]

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Racing career summary

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Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2021	GTC Race – GT3 Semi-Pro	Phoenix Racing	4	4	0	0	4	34.16	1st
	GT60 Race – GT3 Semi-Pro		4	3	0	0	4	29.29	1st
	ADAC GT Masters		0	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
		PROsport Racing	2	0	0	0	0
	BMW M2 Cup Germany							88	7th
2022	ADAC GT Masters	Montaplast by Land Motorsport	11	0	0	0	0	20	28th
2023	ADAC GT Masters	Landgraf Motorsport	12	4	2	2	6	181	1st
	Porsche Endurance Trophy Nürburgring Cup – CUP3	Team Mathol Racing e.V.	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2024	ADAC GT Masters	Haupt Racing Team	12	3	2	2	5	172	3rd
	Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie – SP9 Pro	Team ADVAN x HRT	3	1	0	1	1	0	NC
	24 Hours of Nürburgring – SP9 Pro-Am		1	0	0	0	0	—N/a	5th
	Intercontinental GT Challenge		1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Porsche Endurance Trophy Nürburgring Cup – CUP3	Speedworxx Automotive	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2025	Middle East Trophy – GT3	Haupt Racing Team	3	0	0	0	0	10	11th
	ADAC GT Masters		12	3	2	2	7	212	1st
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	HRT Ford Performance	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup – Silver			0	0	0	0	14	26th
	Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie – SP9 Pro-Am		1	0	0	0	1	8	NC
	24 Hours of Nürburgring – SP9 Pro-Am		1	1	0	0	1	—N/a	1st
2026	24H Series – GT3	Optimum Motorsport
Sources:[30][28]

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^† As Owega was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.

Complete ADAC GT Masters results

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

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Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	DC	Points
2021	PROsport Racing	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	OSC 1	OSC 2	RBR 1	RBR 2	ZAN 1	ZAN 2	LAU 1	LAU 2	SAC 1	SAC 2	HOC 1 17	HOC 2 21			NC†	0†
	Phoenix Racing	Audi R8 LMS Evo													NÜR 1 DNS	NÜR 2 DNS
2022	Montaplast by Land Motorsport	Audi R8 LMS Evo II	OSC 1 17	OSC 2 17	RBR 1 17	RBR 2 DNS	ZAN 1 13	ZAN 2 15	NÜR 1 Ret	NÜR 2 14	LAU 1 18	LAU 2 18†	SAC 1 15	SAC 2 4	HOC 1 WD	HOC 2 WD	28th	20
2023	Landgraf Motorsport	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	HOC1 1 Ret3	HOC1 2 32	NOR 1 11	NOR 2 4	NÜR 1 12	NÜR 2 8	SAC 1 11	SAC 2 1	RBR 1 DSQ	RBR 2 6	HOC2 1 9	HOC2 2 3			1st	181
2024	Haupt Racing Team	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	OSC 1 6	OSC 2 Ret1	ZAN 1 62	ZAN 2 3	NÜR 1 1	NÜR 2 11	SPA 1 Ret	SPA 2 7	RBR 1 2	RBR 2 4	HOC 1 1	HOC 2 7			3rd	174
2025	Haupt Racing Team	Ford Mustang GT3	LAU 1 22	LAU 2 42	ZAN 1 5	ZAN 2 Ret	NÜR 1 22	NÜR 2 11	SAL 1 72	SAL 2 32	RBR 1 2	RBR 2 11	HOC 1 9	HOC 2 1			1st	212

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Complete GT World Challenge Europe results

GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup

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

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Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Pos.	Points
2025	HRT Ford Performance	Ford Mustang GT3	Silver	LEC	MNZ	SPA 6H 29	SPA 12H 30	SPA 24H 35†	NÜR	BAR	26th	14

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