Muscat – Oman’s number one racing driver, Ahmad Al Harthy, makes his return to the scene of one of the most sensational results of his successful motorsport career this week, when round two of the 2026 GT World Challenge Europe powered by AWS Endurance Cup takes place at Monza in Italy.

Following a competitive start to the new season at Circuit Paul Ricard in France last month with sixth place in the Bronze class with the No.42 BMW M4 GT3 EVO, Al Harthy and the Oman Racing by Century Motorsport squad are relishing the three-hour Monza race next Sunday.

The world-famous Italian track, one of the fastest in the world, has long been a happy hunting ground for Al Harthy in his international motor racing career. No result, though, is more famous than the astonishing, headline-grabbing outright GTWCE Endurance Cup race victory he achieved in 2024 with then teammates Sam De Haan and Jens Klingmann. 

Becoming the first non-Pro class entry to claim an overall success in the category’s history, the result was one of the proudest moments of the Omani’s career and a sporting achievement of immense magnitude for the Sultanate and Al Harthy’s many prestigious partners and supporters.

“Monza is such an amazing track, there is so much history, and it’s always a joy to race there so I’m very excited to be back,” said Al Harthy.

“This will be my first time returning since the incredible win of 2024, I can still feel the exhilaration of that moment and the pride of standing on the top step of the overall podium with the Omani flag flying high. Truly incredible memories!

“The Oman Racing by Century Motorsport guys made a good a start to this season at Paul Ricard, and after a good couple of days testing at Spa last week I know we’re carrying some good confidence into this weekend. We’ll all be putting in maximum effort as always,” Al Harthy added.

Going into round two of this season’s GTWCE, Al Harthy and his 2026 team-mates Calan Williams and Javier Sagrera are focused on building on the top six Bronze Cup result achieved in the campaign opening six-hour race in the south of France. 

Al Harthy’s performance was impressive, moving from ninth in Bronze at the start to take the class lead midway through the second hour of his double stint. Delivering strong pace, excellent racecraft and eye-catching overtaking, the Omani is determined to produce more of the same this weekend.

Last week the team joined the other GTWCE contenders at Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium for the traditional two-day test prologue for this season’s Crowdstrike 24 Hours of Spa – round three of the Endurance Cup campaign which will take place at the end of June. 

OQ, Omantel, Oman LNG, Oman Ministry of Culture, Sports and Youth and BMW Oman supported Al Harthy was pleased with the work completed across the two days in the Ardennes, which has given additional confidence.