Khalil Beschir
Lebanese racing driver
Khalil Beschir (born 18 June 1982) is a Lebanese former racing driver turned manager, commentator, and motorsport entrepreneur. He was the first Arab racing driver to compete in a single-seater world championship. From 2005 to 2008, he raced for Lebanon in the A1 Grand Prix series.
After retiring from racing, Beschir was a pundit for BeIN Sports and the F1 commentator for the Saudi channel MBC. More recently, he has been the manager for Mexican driver Sergio Pérez, helping to engineer his return to Formula One racing with the Cadillac Formula One team.
Early life and training
Beschir was born in Bhersaf, Lebanon. He enrolled at a racing school in Magny Cours, France in 2001.
Racing career
Beschir started his racing career in karting.
In 2004, Beschir made his professional racing debut at Belgium's Circuit Zolder, finishing in the top 10 after competing against the cream of Europe's single-seater talent.
With money scarce, Beschir sold his car and began working as a race team mechanic in Belgium to gain more testing mileage and to pull together the budget for further race outings. In his third race, at Belgium's Spa-Francorchamps, a problem in qualifying relegated him to 42nd on the grid – but an outstanding comeback drive saw him climb back to sixth position, earning fastest lap in the process.
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