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Daniel Morad
Nationality	Canadian
Born	(1990-04-24) April 24, 1990 (age 34) Markham, Canada
Pirelli World Challenge career
Debut season	2017
Racing licence	FIA Gold
Car number	2
Starts	26
Wins	4
Poles	3
Fastest laps	2
Best finish	1st in 2017/2018
Previous series
2008–2009 2008 2006–2007	A1GP Atlantic Championship Formula BMW USA
Championship titles
2007	Formula BMW USA

Daniel Morad (born April 24, 1990) is a Canadian racecar driver. He is notable for winning the 2007 American Formula BMW championship; the 2010 World Championship in the Rotax Max Challenge Grand Finals in La Conca, Italy; the 2016 Ultra 94 Porsche GT3 Cup Platinum Cup; and the 2017 Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona with Alegra Motorsports.

Career

Karting and Formula BMW

Morad was born in Markham, Ontario, Canada. His career began in his native country during 1998 competing in several karting 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 Formula racing the following year in the form of Formula BMW, competing in its American series. In his début season, in which he participated in all fourteen rounds, he picked up a win in Mid-Ohio, a pole position, a fastest lap and a podium at the Lime Rock Park meeting. With a collection of 75 points, Morad finished 6th overall in the Drivers' Championship.

He switched teams the following year, joining the Italian EuroInternational. 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 Mexican Esteban Gutiérrez. 2007 also saw Morad drive for the Canadian A1 Grand Prix team taking the role of test driver at the South African, Mexican, Chinese and British meetings.

Atlantic Championship

With his Formula BMW USA title on his Résumé, Morad managed to get a drive at the EuroInternational Atlantic Championship team alongside Venezuelan Luis Schiavo. 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 Long Beach and the Grand Prix de Trois-Rivières.

A1 Grand Prix – The World Cup of Motorsport

Morad raced for A1 Team Lebanon in the 2008–09 season. Although having previously driven in rookie sessions for A1 Team Canada, his grandfather was Lebanese and his father also was born in Lebanon so he was able to switch teams. ^[1] 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 Status Grand Prix in the GP3 Series for 2010. He finished 12th in the GP3 series standings, and won the Silverstone sprint race. After sitting out the first round of the 2011 GP3 Series season, Daniel Morad signed on to contest the remainder of the season with Carlin Motorsport. ^[2] However, Morad parted ways with the team in July and was replaced by Callum MacLeod. ^[3]

Indy Lights

Morad raced in the 2011 Firestone Indy Lights series with Team Moore Racing for one event in Edmonton. ^[4]

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 Canadian Tire Motorsport Park. 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 Toronto 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 NASCAR Pinty's Series events in 2016. He made his debut at Toronto driving the No. 06 Dodge, he started 3rd and finished 7th after leading 5 laps. Morad returned at Circuit Trois-Rivières, 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. ^[5] 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 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship with Alegra Motorsport driving the #28 Porsche 991 GT3 R. ^[6] He won the Rolex 24 at Daytona in the GTD category for Alegra Motorsports together with Carlos de Quesada, Jesse Lazare, Michael de Quesada and Michael Christensen ^[7] and finished 9th in the GTD drivers Championship. ^[8]

In 2018 he drove two IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship races with two different teams. He competed in the 2018 Sahlen's six hours of the Glen driving the #71 Mercedes-AMG GT3 for P1 Motorsports with Loris Spinelli and JC Perez. ^[9] They retired after 48 laps. ^[10] He also drove the #29 Audi R8 LMS with Kelvin van der Linde and Christopher Mies for Montaplast by Land Motorsport at the 2018 Petit le mans, finishing the race 26th overall and 6th in class. ^[11]

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 Rolex 24 at Daytona for WRT Speedstar Audi Sport driving the #88 Audi R8 LMS GT3 with Rolf Ineichen, Mirko Bortolotti and Dries Vanthoor. They ended up finishing 20th overall and 3rd in class. ^[12]

For the 2023 24 Hours of Daytona, Morad was drafted in to replace Lucas Auer for Winward Racing after Auer suffered a back injury in a practice crash. ^[13]

Personal life

Morad was born in the spring of 1990 in Ontario to Robin and Ramsin Morad. He has one sister, Kayla.^{[ citation needed]}

Racing record

Racing career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2006	Bridgestone Racing Academy - F2000	Ultra 94	7	7	7	7	7	195	1st
	Formula BMW USA	AIM Autosport	14	1	1	1	2	72	6th
	Formula BMW World Final		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	4th
2007	Formula BMW USA	EuroInternational	14	6	3	6	10	524	1st
	Formula BMW World Final		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
2008	Atlantic Championship	EuroInternational	8	0	0	0	0	95	12th
2008–09	A1 Grand Prix	A1 Team Lebanon	14	0	0	0	0	8	17th
2010	GP3 Series	Status Grand Prix	16	1	0	1	1	15	12th
2011	GP3 Series	Carlin	4	0	0	0	0	0	33rd
	Indy Lights	Team Moore Racing	2	0	0	0	0	34	26th
2015	Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Canada - Platinum	Alegra Motorsports	10	1	0	1	9	165	2nd
	Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain	Samsung SUHD TV Racing	4	0	0	0	0	27	18th
2016	NASCAR Pinty's Series	Carlos de Quesada	2	0	0	0	0	77	30th
	Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Canada - Platinum	Porsche Centre Oakville / Alegra Motorsports	12	5	6	1	10	205	1st
	Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge USA - Platinum	Alegra Motorsports	4	1	3	3	4	72	12th
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - Prototype		1	0	0	0	0	21	35th
2017	Pirelli World Challenge - GT	CRP Racing	10	2	0	0	3	172	13th
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD	Alegra Motorsports	12	1	0	0	3	281	8th
2018	Pirelli World Challenge - GT	CRP Racing	15	1	3	2	4	237	6th
	IMSA Prototype Challenge - LMP3	Extreme Speed Motorsports	1	0	0	1	1	30	35th
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD	P1 Motorsports	1	0	0	0	0	40	43rd
		Montaplast by Land-Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0
2019	Blancpain GT World Challenge America	Alegra Motorsports	10	0	0	0	0	62	12th
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GT	Montaplast by Land-Motorsport	4	0	0	0	1	92	28th
2020	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD	WRT Speedstar Audi Sport	1	0	0	1	1	51	34th
		AIM Vasser Sullivan	1	0	0	0	0
2021	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD	Alegra Motorsports	9	0	0	1	0	1515	16th
2022	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	Al Manar Racing by HRT	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Intercontinental GT Challenge	Al Manar Racing by HRT	1	0	0	0	0	25	11th
		Mercedes-AMG Team Craft-Bamboo Racing	1	1	0	0	1
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD	Alegra Motorsports	4	0	0	0	0	620	36th
2023	GT World Challenge America - Pro/Am	TR3 Racing	8	0	0	2	1	62	11th
	GT World Challenge America - Pro		2	2	1	0	2	50	7th
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD	Winward Racing	1	0	0	0	0	189	61st
	Michelin Pilot Challenge - GS		10	2	0	0	3	1770	14th
2024	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	Mercedes-AMG Team Mann-Filter
	Michelin Pilot Challenge - GS	Winward Racing
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD
	GT World Challenge Asia - GT3	Craft-Bamboo Racing

^* Season still in progress.

Complete GP3 Series results

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

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	DC	Points
2010	Status Grand Prix	CAT FEA Ret	CAT SPR 22	IST FEA 5	IST SPR 5	VAL FEA 19	VAL SPR 12	SIL FEA 7	SIL SPR 1	HOC FEA Ret	HOC SPR 9	HUN FEA 22	HUN SPR 12	SPA FEA Ret	SPA SPR 16	MNZ FEA 9	MNZ SPR 7	12th	15
2011	Carlin	IST FEA	IST SPR	CAT FEA 24	CAT SPR 14	VAL FEA 15	VAL SPR Ret	SIL FEA DNS	SIL SPR DNS	NÜR FEA	NÜR SPR	HUN FEA	HUN SPR	SPA FEA	SPA SPR	MNZ FEA	MNZ SPR	33rd	0

Complete Indy Lights results

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Rank	Points
2011	Team Moore Racing	STP	ALA	LBH	INDY	MIL	IOW	TOR	EDM 15	EDM 11	TRO	NHM	BAL	KTY	LVS	26th	34

Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results

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

Year	Team	Class	Make	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Pos.	Points
2016	Alegra Motorsports	P	Riley Mk XXVI DP	Dinan ( BMW) 5.0 L V8	DAY	SEB 11	LBH	LGA	BEL	WGL	MOS	ELK	COA	PET			35th	21
2017	Alegra Motorsports	GTD	Porsche 911 GT3 R	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	DAY 1	SEB 10	LBH 12	AUS 7	BEL 10	WGL 7	MOS 15	LIM 3	ELK 11	VIR 9	LGA 16	PET 2	8th	281
2018	P1 Motorsports	GTD	Mercedes-AMG GT3	Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8	DAY	SEB	MOH	BEL	WGL 12	MOS	LIM	ELK	VIR	LGA	PET		43rd	40
	Montaplast by Land-Motorsport		Audi R8 LMS	Audi 5.2 L V10	DAY	SEB	MOH	BEL	WGL	MOS	LIM	ELK	VIR	LGA	PET 6
2019	Montaplast by Land-Motorsport	GTD	Audi R8 LMS Evo	Audi 5.2 L V10	DAY 22	SEB 4	MDO	DET	WGL 8	MOS	LIM	ELK	VIR	LGA	PET 2		28th	92
2020	WRT Speedstar Audi Sport	GTD	Audi R8 LMS Evo	Audi 5.2 L V10	DAY 3	DAY	SEB	ELK	VIR	ATL	MDO	CLT	PET	LGA	SEB		34th	51
	AIM Vasser Sullivan		Lexus RC F GT3	Lexus 5.0 L V8	DAY	DAY	SEB	ELK	VIR	ATL 10	MDO	CLT	PET	LGA	SEB
2021	Alegra Motorsports	GTD	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8	DAY 9	SEB 12	MDO 10	DET 10	WGL 5	WGL 5	LIM	ELK	LGA	LBH	VIR 8	PET 4	16th	1515
2022	Alegra Motorsports	GTD	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8	DAY 20	SEB 9	LBH	LGA 9	MDO	DET	WGL	MOS	LIM	ELK	VIR	PET	36th	620
2023	Winward Racing	GTD	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8	DAY 13	SEB	LBH	MON	WGL	MOS	LIM	ELK	VIR	IMS	PET		61st	189
2024	Winward Racing	GTD	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8	DAY 1	SEB	LBH	LGA	WGL	MOS	ELK	VIR	IMS	PET

References

External links

• Official website
• Daniel Morad career summary at DriverDB.com
• Daniel Morad driver statistics at Racing-Reference
• Profile on ChampCar Atlantic Official website
• Profile on imsa.com
• https://www.driverdb.com/championships/standings/porsche-gt3-cup-challenge-canada/2016/

Sporting positions
Preceded by Robert Wickens	Formula BMW USA Champion 2007	Succeeded by Alexander Rossi (Formula BMW Americas)