Ryan Sharp (born 29 April 1979 in Newtonhill, Scotland) is a race car driver and team manager.

After winning a number of local and national Karting events his talent was spotted by Dutch businessman Klass Zwart.

The move paid off handsomely, and with a lot of work and input by Jenzer Motorsport, Ryan won the championship by 40 points, and performed well in the Formula Renault Masters event at Donington in October 2003 by winning the first of the 2 races, and finishing third in the second.

Accomplished British racer Lewis Hamilton came over to Germany during the season to race with the German Formula Renault grid.

Running in another competitive field (considered by some to be the most competitive Renault championship in the world) at a circuit new to him in the pouring rain, Ryan went on to win race 1 by 12 seconds and was on course to win the second until he made an error and damaged his car, failing to finish that race but performing well under the wet weather conditions.

2004 saw Ryan continue his relationship with the highly rated Jenzer Motorsport team, but moving up to the Formula Renault V6 Eurocup.

Ryan had a lot to focus on and learn and an amount of inexperience at this level meant his tyres were being worked too hard and he lost pace at the end of both races.

In the 2nd round at Barcelona, Ryan was on course for a 3rd-place finish when his car failed forcing him to start at the back of the grid for the second race.

Leaving the GP2 series, he returned to Jenzer Motorsport to compete in the last few rounds of the Formula Renault 3.5l championship, and almost immediately his performances improved.

A strong finish to the season, including 2 further wins in Adria, in the night race, and by teammate Zolder in the 10th and final round.

This resulted in Ryan and teammate Wendlinger shoot up the standings to finish 2nd in the championship, 4 points behind eventual champion, Tomas Biagi.