Rami Serry

Rami Serry

(born 28 February 1980)
is an Egyptian racing driver. His career suffered a temporary setback when he was wrongly accused of manslaughter after several onlookers were killed in an accident during an illegal offtrack race in 2005.

Early years :
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Serry was born in Cairo. From a very young age, he showed signs of extraordinary driving skills and quickly gained respect in the world of motor sport. After studying in the United States in 1998 he returned to Egypt in 2001 to pursue his goal of becoming the Egyptian Autocross champion. With limited choices in racing events around the country, Serry stuck to the Egyptian Autocross and quickly impressed the audience with his extreme driving style, which gained him many fans and admirers around the country.

Street-racing accident :

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However, his fame turned against him in 2005 when an illegal street race^[1] took place on the main airport road in Cairo. One of the drivers lost control of his car and crashed into the crowd, injuring 12 and killing 6. The next day Serry was arrested at his home in Heliopolis as a suspect in the lethal accident, his name having been given to the police by a few witnesses who alleged that he was driving the silver BMW involved. Serry was charged with racing in the illegal race and when it was proven that he had not done so, was then charged with organizing it.

After spending 34 days in prison, Serry was able to prove his innocence^[2] and was interviewed on the TV show Al-Qahira Al-Youm with Amr Adib. He received direct apologies from many high-ranking officials around the country for being falsely accused. Serry's fame rocketed after his vindication and he became a household name around the country.

Later career :

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After his release Serry was determined to build a race track in Egypt to prevent similar accidents. After many unsuccessful attempts to achieve this, he concluded that the country was not yet ready for motorsport, and moved to Bahrain, considered to be the home of motorsport in the Middle East, where he became editor of Arabia Motors, a popular motoring magazine in the Gulf. For two years Serry worked and raced in Bahrain, gaining valuable experience. He participated for a full season in Formula BMW at the Bahrain International Circuit [1] and also in drift challenges around the Gulf, extending his fame to other areas of the Middle East. Serry then moved back to Egypt to start his own magazine [2] and TV show. Since his arrival he has ventured out into numerous pursuits which included experiments in BioGeometry [3] with Dr. Ibrahim Karim. They both teamed up to introduce the technology to both the automobile and motorsport industries. After promising results, Serry was offered a chance to speak about his experiences and the new technology at the infamous TED [4] event which took place at the American University in Cairo [5] under the name of TEDxCairo [6]. Rami currently works for LINKonLINE [7] in a senior marketing position.