Coma and Frétigné, as well as the withdrawal of Viladoms, was won by Cyril Despres, new leader in the general standings. He now boasts a lead of 1003 over David Casteu. In the car category, Stéphane Peterhansel picked up his 52nd special stage victory on the Dakar and his 19th on four wheels. In the [...]
On the 2010 Dakar the wind is also blowing in a new direction to the full benefit of Volkswagen, winning its first Dakar special stage thanks to Nasser Al Attiyah. The Qatari driver, who had already won four special stages in a previous life with BMW X-Raid, keeps collecting successes behind the wheels of a [...]
RIYADH (Saudi Arabia), Tuesday, December 29: The Zain Reem international race circuit in Riyadh will play host to rounds of the Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge and Chevrolet Supercars Middle East Championship on Wednesday, January 6th and Thursday, January 7th, 2010. The two-days of motor sport action will mark the start of a hectic few months [...]
FIA Vice President Mohammed Ben Sulayem has welcomed seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher’s decision to come out of retirement and race in the 2010 season. Sulayem, himself a 14-time Middle East Rally Champion, said Schumacher’s decision to once again get behind the wheel of a Formula One car is “good for the sport, media and [...]
Bahraini Raed Raffii, representing leading motorsport solutions specialists Meezer Group, showed his unlimited potential over the past weekend by taking a double podium, including a fantastic victory, in the second round of the Chevrolet Supercars Middle East Championship at Bahrain International Circuit (BIC). On to race one, where Raed steered clear of trouble at turn [...]
Omran Al Owais Car #38 & Umair Khan Car #37 from Team LAP57 race weekend. One of the most ever exciting races we had ever done. Well done guys, we are extremely happy with the driving performance and our tuned up streets fighters Hondas. Congratulations to Omran AlOwais for getting his first ever 1st place [...]
Qatar soon expects to be a regular host of a GP2 Asia series race, Qatar Motor and Motorcycle Federation president Nasser Khalifa al-Attiyah told journalists yesterday. Qatar hosted a leg of the event in February this year as part of the 2008-09 series, but couldn’t secure a deal for the next season because of the [...]
Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority (ADTA) has announced that a new international motorsport event – Rally Abu Dhabi – will debut in the emirate next year as a World Rally Championship (WRC) candidature event with the aim of becoming an official WRC event in 2011 subject to the inaugural rally’s success. The announcement follows the registration [...]
