Soheil Ayari


Soheil Ayari is a French-Iranian race car driver born in Aix-les-Bains, Savoie, from an Iranian father and a French mother. He won the French Formula Ford championship of 1994, Formula Three championship of 1996 and the Macau Grand Prix of 1997. From 1997 until 2000, he competed in Formula 3000 where he won two races before moving on to the French Supertouring Championship in 2001 where he became champion in 2002, 2004 and 2005.
In 2006 and 2007, he drove in GT Championship, in GT1 for Team Oreca. He became French champion in 2006 & 2007 and won the European Le Mans séries championship in 2007 with Stephane Ortelli.
In 2008 & 2009, he drove a Corvette GT 1 in French GT 3 championship before joining the Audi ORECA Team in 2010.
In 2011, he raced and won 2 Championships : ILMC LMP2 and International Open GT with JMB Ferrari F458 GT2
during the 2009 24 Hours of Le Mans.
Soheil Ayari is also a famous 24 Hours of Le Mans driver with 11 starts in GT 1, LMP1 & LMP2. Best results over all were 4th in 2004 ) & 2010 ), 5th in 2009 ) and 2nd LMP2 in 2011.
In 2014, he was in the European Le Mans Series, and in 2015, was in the French GT Championship in which he remained in 2016. In 2017, he switched to the GT4 European Southern Cup and in 2018, moved into French GT's again. Ayari also works as a journalist specialising in track tests and races in historic events.

Racing record

Complete International Formula 3000 results

YearEntrant123456789101112DCPoints
1997Team AstromegaSIL
Ret		PAU
6		HEL
1		NÜR
19		PER
Ret		HOC
Ret		A1R
10		SPA
Ret		MUG
6		JER
Ret		8th12
1998Durango FormulaOSC
Ret		IMO
Ret		CAT
5		SIL
Ret		MON
DNQ		PAU
Ret		A1R
1		HOC
Ret		HUN
Ret		SPA
3		PER
3		NÜR
Ret		5th20
1999Cica Team OrecaIMO
Ret		MON
Ret		CAT
10		MAG
8		SIL
4		A1R
2		HOC
12		HUN
4		SPA
Ret		NÜR
4		7th15
2000Coloni MotorsportIMO
14		SIL
6		CAT
Ret		NÜR
Ret		MON
Ret		MAG
22		A1R
Ret		HOC24th1
2000WRT RacingHUN
13		SPA
14		24th1

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Complete World Touring Car Championship results

YearTeamCar1234567891011121314151617181920DCPoints
2005Peugeot Sport DenmarkPeugeot 407ITA
1		ITA
2		FRA
1		FRA
2		GBR
1		GBR
2		SMR
1		SMR
2		MEX
1		MEX
2		BEL
1
23		BEL
2
Ret		GER
1		GER
2		TUR
1		TUR
2		ESP
1		ESP
2		MAC
1		MAC
2		NC0

FIA GT Series results