| 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.
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]
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]
| 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] | |||
† As Owega was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.
(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 | ||
(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 |