Daniel Morad | |
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Nationality | Canadian |
Born |
Markham (Canada) |
April 24, 1990
Ultra 94 Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Canada by Yokohama career | |
Debut season | 2015 Season |
Current team | Alegra/Porsche Centre Oakville Motorsport |
Car no. | 17 |
Starts | 12 |
Wins | 2 |
Poles | 0 |
Fastest laps | 1 |
Best finish | 1st in 2016 |
Previous series | |
2008–2009 2008 2006–2007 |
A1 Grand Prix Atlantic Championship Formula BMW USA |
Championship titles | |
2007 | Formula BMW USA |
Daniel Morad (born April 24, 1990 in Markham, Ontario) is a Canadian racecar driver. He is currently racing in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship in the #24 InSync Riley/BMW Prototype with Alegra Motorsports and in the Ultra 94 Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Canada by Yokohama series with Alegra/Porsche Centre Oakville Motorsport. He is notable for winning the 2007 American Formula BMW championship and the 2010 World Championship in the Rotax Max Challenge Grand Finals in La Conca, Italy
Morad's 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.