Mar.31 (Tal Mureeb, Abu Dhabi) Team X-Raid’s Leonid Novitskiy starts day five, the Qasr Al Sarab stage (Thursday) of the Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge more as a formality having virtually sealed victory in the Auto category in a chase that has got increasingly difficult for his rivals to match. In a mirrored performance, KTM’s Marc [...]
Mar.31 (Riyadh) Saudi Arabia’s Prince Abdulaziz Al Faisal scored a dramatic victory in the penultimate round of the Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Middle East today a week after being crowned champion. After claiming his 6th pole position of the twelve round championship, Bahrain’s Sheikh Salman Bin Rashid Al Khalifa had looked certain to score his [...]
Mar.26 (Kirkistown, Ireland) Dubai based 14 year old Shahaan Engineer became the youngest Indian driver to test a Formula Renault 2.0 in Europe, when he got into the cockpit for his first test on 26 March 2010 in Kirkistown, Ireland. Following on the back of an outstanding karting season, Shahaan who lives in Dubai with [...]
Mar.31 (Riyadh) Bahrain’s Sheikh Salman Bin Rashid Al Khalifa was in record-breaking form as he grabbed his sixth pole position in the Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Middle East at Reem International Circuit outside Riyadh today. Battling Saudi’s Bandar Alesayi for runner’s up spot in the series, he was fastest in qualifying for the 11th and [...]
Mar.31 (Riyadh) Bahrain’s Sheikh Salman Bin Rashid Al Khalifa set the early pace today as the Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Middle East moved towards its climax in Saudi Arabia. Sheikh Salman was fastest in official practice for this afternoon’s penultimate round of the 12-round series with a time of 1:16.354 at Reem International Circuit outside [...]
Mar.31 (Dead Sea, Jordan) The BP Ford Abu Dhabi and Citroën Total World Rally Teams will resume their duel for supremacy in the FIA World Rally Championship (WRC) at the lowest place on earth in the Jordan Rally on Thursday. The three-day event is the third round of the world’s premier off-road motor sport series [...]
Mar.30 (Tal Mureeb, Abu Dhabi) Leonid Novitskiy of Team X-Raid built a watertight lead at the end of day three, the Nissan Stage of the Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge leaving the door open for a close finish for the second and third positions in the Auto category. There was also little change in the Moto [...]
Mar.30 (Dubai) Friday, 2 April 2010, will be an historic day for motorsport in the UAE at Dubai Autodrome with the first running of the UAE GT100. For the first time at national racing level the Total UAE GT Championship receives headline billing and deservedly so. Also on the bill will be UAE Sportbike Championship [...]
Mar.30 (Dead Sea, Jordan) The Jordan Rally’s Dead Sea service park was a hive of activity on Tuesday afternoon, as leading teams completed their timed reconnaissance and mechanics and team management carried out last-minute preparations for the third rounds of the FIA World and Middle East Rally Championships. Jordan has attracted an impressive entry, the [...]
Mar.29 (Tal Mureeb, Abu Dhabi) Team X-Raid’s Leonid Novitskiy extended his overall lead for a second day in the Auto category of the Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge gaining a wide margin over his nearest rival Laurent Rosso on Monday (March 29 2010). Meanwhile, the Moto category remains unchanged with Marc Coma and Francesco Lopez at [...]
