Salman Owega
| Salman Owega | |
|---|---|
Owega in 2024 | |
| Nationality | German |
| Born | 25 May 2005 Cologne, Germany |
| Related to | Jusuf Owega (brother) |
| Racing licence | FIA Silver |
| Championship titles | |
| 2023, 2025 2021 2021 | ADAC GT Masters GTC Race – GT3 Semi-Pro GT60 Race – GT3 Semi-Pro |
Salman Owega (born 25 May 2005) is a German racing driver who last competed for Haupt Racing Team in ADAC GT Masters.
Personal life
Owega is the younger brother of fellow racing drivers Hamza and Jusuf Owega.[1] Owega is also the son of Dr. Amman Owega, who founded Owega Racing in 2014.[2]
Career
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 record
Karting career summary
| 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] | |||
Racing record
Racing career summary
| 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 | 0 | 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 | ||
| Sources:[30][28] | |||||||||
† 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)
| 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 | ||
Complete GT World Challenge Europe results
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup
(Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| 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 |
References
- ^ "Hamza und Jusuf Owega sind die neuen Tabellenführer". nringinfo.de (in German). 20 August 2019. Retrieved 30 November 2025.
- ^ "Team Owega Racing". owega-racing.com. Retrieved 30 November 2025.
- ^ "Salman Owega and Finn Wiebelhaus – a profile of the champions". adac-motorsport.de. 4 October 2025. Retrieved 30 November 2025.
- ^ "Fünf Doppelsieger beim ADAC Bundesendlauf". kart-magazin.de. 13 October 2014. Retrieved 30 November 2025.
- ^ "Salman Owega mit GT3-Debüt im GTC Race". speed-magazin.de (in German). Retrieved 30 November 2025.
- ^ "Salman Owega gewinnt Goodyear 60 dominant". gt-place.com (in German). 28 August 2021. Retrieved 30 November 2025.
- ^ "Die Meisterschaftsstände im Goodyear 60". gt-place.com (in German). 18 September 2021. Retrieved 30 November 2025.
- ^ "Mit Tim Heinemann und Salman Owega – PROsport Racing kehrt ins ADAC GT Masters zurück". gt-place.com (in German). 14 October 2021. Retrieved 30 November 2025.
- ^ "Unfallschaden – Rennwochenende von zweiten Phoenix Racing Audi vorzeitig beendet". gt-place.com (in German). 5 November 2021. Retrieved 30 November 2025.
- ^ "ADAC GT Masters: Christopher Haase und Salman Owega starten für MONTAPLAST by Land-Motorsport". gt-place.com (in German). 10 March 2022. Retrieved 30 November 2025.
- ^ "ADAC GT Masters Sachsenring 2022: ZVO-Sieg und Marciello-Matchball". motorsport-total.com (in German). 25 September 2022. Retrieved 30 November 2025.
- ^ "Landgraf präsentiert Auto und Fahrer für ADAC GT Masters: "Um Titel kämpfen"". motorsport-total.com (in German). 5 June 2023. Retrieved 30 November 2025.
- ^ "ADAC GT Masters Norisring 2023: Sieg-Premiere für Owega und Seppänen". motorsport-total.com (in German). 8 July 2023. Retrieved 30 November 2025.
- ^ "18-Jähriger glänzt auf Nürburgring". sport1.de (in German). 15 July 2023. Retrieved 30 November 2025.
- ^ "Stars shine at the Sachsenring: Mercedes-AMG drivers Owega and Seppänen make it back-to-back wins". endurance-info.com. 11 September 2023. Retrieved 30 November 2025.
- ^ "Owega und Seppänen sind die ADAC GT Masters-Champions 2023". motorsport-life.com (in German). 23 October 2023. Retrieved 30 November 2025.
- ^ "Haupt Racing Team bestätigt Schumacher und Owega". speedweek.com (in German). 7 March 2024. Retrieved 30 November 2025.
- ^ "David Schumacher feiert Debütsieg im ADAC GT Masters". speedweek.com (in German). 13 July 2024. Retrieved 30 November 2025.
- ^ "ADAC GT Masters: Haupt Racing Team gewinnt Jubiläumsrennen". gt-place.com (in German). 14 July 2024. Retrieved 30 November 2025.
- ^ "Titelentscheidung bei Haupt Racing Team-Sieg". speedweek.com (in German). 19 October 2024. Retrieved 30 November 2025.
- ^ "HRT Wins Chaotic, Red-Flagged NLS4". sportscar365.com. 5 August 2024. Retrieved 30 November 2025.
- ^ "HRT Confirms Multi-Series, Multi Car 2025 Campaign With Ford". dailysportscar.com. 31 January 2025. Retrieved 30 November 2025.
- ^ "Debütsieg für den Ford Mustang GT3 im ADAC GT Masters". motorsport-xl.de (in German). 13 July 2025. Retrieved 30 November 2025.
- ^ "ADAC GT Masters: Dominanter Sieg vom Haupt Racing Team". gt-place.com (in German). 14 September 2025. Retrieved 30 November 2025.
- ^ "Salman Owega und Finn Wiebelhaus - die Champions im Portrait". de.motorsport.com (in German). 6 October 2025. Retrieved 30 November 2025.
- ^ "ROWE BMW Wins N24 After Manthey Penalty". sportscar365.com. 22 June 2025. Retrieved 30 November 2025.
- ^ "Spa 24H: Pre-Race Notes & Round-Up". dailysportscar.com. 28 June 2025. Retrieved 30 November 2025.
- ^ a b "Salman Owega | Racing career profile | Driver Database". www.driverdb.com. Retrieved 30 November 2025.
- ^ "Owega Salman". kartcom.com. Retrieved 30 November 2025.
- ^ "Salman Owega Results". motorsportstats.com. Retrieved 30 November 2025.
External links
- Salman Owega career summary at DriverDB.com