Karim Ojjeh

Karim Ojjeh
Karim Ojjeh
	Ojjeh at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in 2024
Nationality	Saudi Arabian
Born	27 August 1965 (age 60); Geneva, Switzerland
Racing licence	FIA Silver (until 2013); FIA Bronze (2012–)
Years
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years	2005 – 2011
Teams	Paul Belmondo Racing; Barazi-Epsilon; Trading Performance; GAC Racing Team; Team Bruichladdich; Greaves Motorsport
Best finish	8th (2011)
Class wins	1

Karim Ojjeh (Arabic: كريم عجة; born 27 August 1965 in Geneva) is a Saudi businessman and racing driver. He is the younger brother of Mansour Ojjeh and son of Akram Ojjeh. He is a director of TAG Finance S.A. In his spare time he races in the Le Mans Series and the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Racing career

Between 1991 and 1994, Ojjeh attended the Jim Russell Racing Driver School. He raced in Formula Palmer Audi between 2002 and 2004. He made his Le Mans Series debut in 2004 in a Ferrari 360 Modena.^[5] In 2005, he competed full-time in the series for Paul Belmondo Racing in an LMP2 Courage-AER, winning two races. Ojjeh and the team finished second in class at the 2005 24 Hours of Le Mans. Ojjeh continued racing with the team in 2006, but for 2007, he moved to Barazi-Epsilon, winning two LMS races in their Zytek. For 2008, Ojjeh competed in a Zytek 07S/2 for the Trading Performance team. In 2009, Ojjeh raced the Zytek under the G.A.C Racing Team banner, and for 2010 raced the updated Ginetta-Zytek GZ09S/2 for Team Bruichladdich.

In 2012, Karim drove the McLaren MP4-12C GT3 of ASM Team in the Blancpain Endurance Series.^[6]

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2005	Paul Belmondo Racing	Claude-Yves Gosselin Adam Sharpe	Courage C65-Ford	LMP2	300	21st	2nd
2006	Paul Belmondo Racing	Claude-Yves Gosselin Pierre Ragues	Courage C65-Ford	LMP2	84	DNF	DNF
2007	Barazi-Epsilon	Juan Barazi Michael Vergers	Zytek 07S/2	LMP2	252	DNF	DNF
2008	Trading Performance	Claude-Yves Gosselin Adam Sharpe	Zytek 07S/2	LMP2	22	DNF	DNF
2009	G.A.C Racing Team	Claude-Yves Gosselin Philipp Peter	Zytek 07S/2	LMP2	102	DNF	DNF
2010	Team Bruichladdich	Tim Greaves Gary Chalandon	Ginetta-Zytek GZ09S/2	LMP2	341	10th	5th
2011	Greaves Motorsport	Olivier Lombard Tom Kimber-Smith	Zytek Z11SN-Nissan	LMP2	326	8th	1st
Sources:^[7]^[8]

^ During the 2012–2013 period, Ojjeh simultaneously held an FIA WEC categorisation of silver and an FIA GT3 categorisation of bronze.^[1]^[2] He was downgraded to bronze by FIA WEC in 2014.^[3] When both lists merged in 2015, he remained bronze.^[4]

^ "2013 FIA WEC - Liste des catégorisations des pilotes" (PDF). nextgen-auto.com. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 7 November 2012. Retrieved 9 January 2026.
^ "2014 GT3 Driver Categorisation" (PDF). fia.com. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 16 October 2014. Retrieved 8 January 2026.
^ Dagys, John (6 November 2013). "Revised Driver Ratings, Categorizations Revealed". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 4 March 2026.
^ "2015 DRIVERS' CATEGORIZATION LIST" (PDF). fia.com. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 3 December 2014. Retrieved 10 January 2026.
^ "Karim Ojjeh" (PDF). Le Mans Series. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-11-19. Retrieved 2010-06-06.
^ "Karim Ojjeh : "Le potentiel de la McLaren est bien là!"" (in French). Archived from the original on 2017-02-26. Retrieved 2025-11-28.
^ "Karim Ojjeh". Automobile Club de l'Ouest. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
^ "Karim Ojjeh Results". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 13 May 2023.