Joe Ghanem is a racing driver from Lebanon who last raced in Formula Renault Eurocup for Carlin Motorsport. Ghanem has recorded 0 wins and 0 podiums from 6 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 3,435 ranks Ghanem 6017th of 38,983 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the high 8,000s. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file, decayed for time since their last race.
| 2007-09-08 | Donington | P22 | −78 |
| 2007-07-14 | Hungaroring | P21 | −25 |
| 2007-05-05 | Nurburgring | P26 | −74 |
| 2007-05-05 | Nurburgring | P24 | −60 |
| 2007-04-21 | Zolder | P27 | −121 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | ▸Formula Renault Eurocup | Carlin Motorsport | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P23 | +2,085 | 3,435 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇯🇵 Oliver Turvey | 4,776 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% |
| 🇩🇪 Tobias Hegewald | 4,720 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% |
| 🇬🇧 Oliver Oakes | 4,607 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% |
| 🇩🇪 Frank KecheleFIA Silver | 4,369 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% |
| 🇪🇸 Miquel Julià | 3,604 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 33% |
| 🇪🇸 Pablo Montilla | 3,010 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 50% |
| 🇳🇿 Brendon HartleyFIA Platinum | 6,002 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% |
| 🇫🇷 Charles Pic | 5,231 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% |
| 🇨🇭 Fabio Leimer | 5,146 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% |
| 🇲🇨 Stéphane RichelmiFIA Gold | 4,998 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% |
| 🇧🇷 César RamosFIA Gold | 4,922 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| 🇯🇵 Andrea CaldarelliFIA Platinum, 4× champion | 4,681 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6,007 | 🇺🇸 Mike Swaim Jr. | NASCAR Xfinity | 3,437 |
| 6,008 | 🇮🇹 Ruggero Grassi | FIA GT Championship | 3,437 |
| 6,009 | 🇭🇺 Tamás Tenke | FIA World Touring Car Cup | 3,437 |
| 6,010 | 🇺🇸 Tim George Jr. | NASCAR Truck | 3,437 |
| 6,011 | 🇮🇹 Eddie Cheever III | GT World Challenge Europe | 3,436 |
| 6,012 | 🇫🇷 Grégory Guilvert | 24H Series | 3,436 |
| 6,013 | 🇵🇱 Gustaw Wiśniewski | Lamborghini Super Trofeo Asia | 3,436 |
| 6,014 | 🇧🇪 Quentin Joseph | Prototype Winter Series | 3,436 |
| 6,015 | 🇧🇪 Sébastien Ugeux | FIA GT Championship | 3,436 |
| 6,016 | 🇬🇧 Tom Lebbon | GT World Challenge Europe | 3,436 |
| 6,017 | 🇱🇧 Joe Ghanem | Formula Renault Eurocup | 3,435 |
| 6,018 | 🇮🇹 Nicola Michelon | 24H Series | 3,435 |
| 6,019 | 🇬🇧 Branden Lee Oxley | 24H Series | 3,434 |
| 6,020 | 🇦🇹 Florian Janits | Prototype Cup Germany | 3,434 |
| 6,021 | 🇺🇸 Jason Schuler | NASCAR Xfinity | 3,434 |
| 6,022 | 🇦🇹 Karl Augustin | FIA GT Championship | 3,434 |
| 6,023 | 🇮🇹 Marco Pulcini | GT World Challenge Europe | 3,434 |
| 6,024 | 🇩🇪 Reinhold Renger | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 3,434 |
| 6,025 | 🇩🇪 Michael Schrey | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 3,433 |
| 6,026 | 🇺🇸 Frankie Butler | NASCAR Xfinity | 3,432 |
| 6,027 | 🇫🇷 Hugo Herrouin | French F4 | 3,432 |
Joe Ghanem is a semi-professional driver whose rating of 3,402 places him at the competitive amateur to semi-professional boundary; he represents the level of quick, usually self-funded drivers who race at the sharp end of junior single-seater fields without establishing themselves in full-time professional racing. His only season on record came in 2007, when he contested the Formula Renault Eurocup for Carlin Motorsport. Across six rounds, Ghanem failed to score a podium finish and classified 28th overall, averaging a finishing position of 25th from six starts.[1]
His competitive record against the field reveals a driver well outside the pace of the championship's leading contenders. He finished behind Oliver Turvey, Oliver Oakes and Frank Kechele (an FIA Silver-graded professional) in all six shared races. Against Tobias Hegewald, a driver rated 4,746, Ghanem finished ahead only once in six encounters. His most creditable results came in scattered individual races: he finished ahead of Stéphane Richelmi, a two-time champion and FIA Gold driver, on two occasions, and outpointed Andrea Caldarelli, a four-time champion and FIA Platinum professional, once. These isolated outpacings did not translate into consistency; his head-to-head record against stronger drivers remained decisively negative across the season.[2]
Ghanem has been retired from active competition since 2007. His sole professional campaign, contested with Carlin Motorsport at a championship that fielded drivers including future Formula 1 competitor Sebastian Vettel, marked the extent of his racing career on record.