Car No. 17 — Bahrain
Abdallah
Abdallah
Beshara
Nationality: Bahraini / American
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Age: 27
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Abdallah Beshara is a 27-year-old dual national — Bahraini and American. He found racing early, cutting his teeth on Bahrain’s karting circuit before graduating into the Formula Gulf Academy, the UAE-based single-seater feeder programme that has produced some of the Gulf’s sharpest young drivers.
At 17 he stepped into his first car race at Yas Marina Circuit and podiumed on debut — a result that impressed his coach, ex-Formula Renault and Le Mans 24 Hours class winner Tommy Erdos, enough to call it early. From there it was a full Formula Gulf 1000 season, a stint training in Europe, and a step up to Formula 4 South East Asia in 2019, racing for Malaysian squad Meritus.GP under car No. 17.
Now he’s coming back. Managed by BreakAway Motorsport, Abdallah is targeting GT4 racing in the United States — the next chapter after a single-seater career built between Bahrain and Southeast Asia.
EARLY
Karting
First laps, first trophies — cut his teeth in Bahrain’s karting scene before graduating to the Formula Gulf Academy.
2016
Debut weekend, Yas Marina
His first car race, at 17. Qualified from the second row and recovered from a lap-2 mistake to pass Omar Gazzaz for third — the Gulf Oil Trophy on debut. In race two he went around the outside of both front-row starters into Turn 1 and briefly led, before settling for fourth.
GulfSport driver coach and Le Mans 24 Hours class winner Tommy Erdos said the Kingdom of Bahrain had found “a potential champion racing driver.†Tommy Erdos, via Gulf News
2016
Full season
Finished 7th in the standings from two starts that year, with two podiums to show for it — a strong points-per-lap return for a rookie campaign.
2018
Training abroad
Took the programme overseas — wet-weather kart rounds and track walks in Europe alongside his brother, Talal Beshara, also a Bahraini racer, sharpening car craft ahead of a step up in category.
2019
Step up, Sepang
Guest-entered car No. 17 for Malaysian squad Meritus.GP in a Mygale M14-F4, running alongside Talal in car No. 20. A one-off round against the championship regulars, best result a 10th.
The comeback car. Abdallah is targeting GT4 racing in the United States, managed by BreakAway Motorsport — production-based GT cars from the world’s biggest manufacturers, balanced for performance and shared by two drivers. Coming up through Formula 4 South East Asia and Formula Gulf 1000, a full-bodied GT car gives a partner far more canvas than a single-seater ever did.
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What Abdallah brings to a partner off the track.
Bahraini and American — a driver who reads naturally to Gulf and US audiences at once, without translation.
By his own description: racing driver, entrepreneur, athlete. He keeps a hand in building outside the cockpit, not just racing in it.
Raced alongside his brother Talal Beshara at Sepang — two Bahraini-American drivers on the same grid, cars No. 17 and No. 20.
Open to partnership conversations, press enquiries, and anyone who wants to talk racing. Your brand goes on the car and the helmet, and shows up in every result posted from the weekend.
All partnership, media and appearance enquiries go through Abdallah’s management.
Career facts and results are drawn from public race databases and motorsport press — nothing here is invented.