Sheiban Shakeri

Sheiban Shakeri

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About

Sheiban Shakeri has been an avid fan of Formula 1 and the Red Bull Air Race. Since he was a child, he always had a fascination with race cars and airplanes, "so it's natural that I would get into the sporting aspect of it."

In 2008, Shakeri had the opportunity to cover a new sport, the Red Bull Air Race, and since then, he hasn't looked back on it. He has been invited to attend three races so far - Detroit 2008, Abu Dhabi 2009, and Windsor 2009 - and has become a well-known member of the air racing community.

Formerly the Community Leader of Formula 1, Shakeri has decided to move on and help the Red Bull Air Race grow by exclusively covering this new sport. Please help by visiting the section and putting in your views and comments!

Pictured with Alejandro Maclean - Detroit 2008

Short List

  • Favorite Athletes

    Kimi Raikkonen, Michael Schumacher, Wayne Gretzky, Vesa Toskala, Zinedine Zidane, Chris Bosh

  • Favorite Sports Teams

    Ferrari, BMW Sauber, Toronto Maple Leafs, Toronto Raptors, Manchester United, Bayern Munchen, Olympique Lyonnais

  • All-Time Sports Moment

    2005 Japanese Grand Prix when Kimi Raikkonen, who started 17th, overtook Giancarlo Fisichella for first place on the final lap.

  • Most Memorable Game Attended

    Blue Jays game in June 2007. Just a regular season game against the Colorado Rockies, but the game is tied. They go into extra innings and the Rockies are ahead by 2 runs at the top. The Jays come back in the bottom to win the game in extra innings. What a way to finish.

  • Most Unbreakable Sports Record

    91 Grand Prix wins by Michael Schumacher. That's not easy to trump and will stay that way for a long time.

  • Ruth or Mays?

    Give me the Bambino any day.

  • Unitas or Montana?

    Unitas

  • Gretzky or Orr?

    Gretzky

  • Pele or Maradona?

    Pele for skill, Maradona for battling obesity, something that affected me.

  • Tiger or Nicklaus?

    The Tiger

  • Schumacher or Senna?

    Schumacher for numbers, Senna for what could've been

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  • Ryan Wood posted 1400 days ago

    Ryan Wood

    Hi Sheiban,

    Just returned from China/UAE, Dubai was amazing, made a quick trip to Abu Dhabi to look at the track. Fantastic trip.

    Noticed your giving up your F1 community leader role. You've done a sterling job, sad to see you go. The RBAR section is lucky to have you, and will only get better as you focus your attention on it. I will continue to read your RBAR articles.

    Ryan
    The F1 Times

  • Long John Silver posted 1404 days ago

    Long John Silver

    cheers sheb - saw your message and wanted to drop in and say - congrats and good luck, if thats what you wanna do - go for it

  • Lola Judd posted 1444 days ago

    Lola Judd

    What are your picks for the 2009 24 Hours of Le Mans? It is one of the last great races.

    http://www.flickr.com/groups/lemans2009/

    My picks:

    LMP1: #8 Peugeot 908 from the factory Team Peugeot Total squad with Michelin tires

    drivers Sébastien Bourdais, Stéphane Sarrazin, Franck Montagny

    LMP2: #25 Lola B08/80 from the British RML team with a turbocharged Mazda I-4 with Michelin tires

    drivers Chris Dyson, Thomas Erdos, and Mike Newton

    GT1: #63 Chevrolet Corvette C6.R from the factory Corvette Racing team with Michelin tires

    drivers Johnny O'Connell, Antonio Garcia, and Jan Magnussen

    GT2: #92 Ferrari F430 GTC from the new JMW Motorsport team with Dunlop tires

    drivers Rob Bell, Tim Sugden, and Andrew Kirkaldy

    http://www.planetlemans.com/le-mans-2009-le-mans-24-entry-list/

  • Rocky Getters posted 1456 days ago

    Rocky Getters

    Hello Sheiban, my latest article, "Sports in the year 2032 AD!" ... a must read! I hope you'll find time to read it, thanks! Have a great day. :)

    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/187448-sports-in-the-year-2032-ad

  • Frazz Martello posted 1497 days ago

    Frazz Martello

    hi sheiban

    unfortunately not on site at this stage but thanks for the offer!

    enjoy the final! matt hall has really impressed me!

    frazz

  • Mosang Miles posted 1498 days ago

    Mosang Miles

    No problem at all Sheiban. I'm taking a look at your play-by-play piece right now!

  • Goutham Babu posted 1500 days ago

    Goutham Babu

    Hello pls read my second part of Funniest soccer quotes ever..i think you read the first one so here is the second..
    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/155881-funniest-soccer-quotes-ever-pt-2

  • Nick Barnowski posted 1503 days ago

    Nick Barnowski

    Hi Sheiban,

    I love your Air Race articles! I went to the Detroit event last year and was planning on writing an article for my own site but never got around to it. I plan on going again this year to the Windsor race. Very cool that you got to go last year and meet the pilots!

    Thanks

  • Andrew Damico posted 1518 days ago

    Andrew Damico

    Ahh! Your article about Hamilton being penalized 5 places was prophetic! Please dont curse him again! :(

  • Mike Kent posted 1530 days ago

    Mike Kent

    Thanks for the POTD

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