Second MERC victory for co-driver Carrera; Ostberg runner-up for the third time Al-Kuwari rounds off podium places; MERC2 success for Oman’s Al-Aamri Nasser Saleh Al-Attiyah and his Spanish co-driver Candido Carrera won five of the 13 special stages on the way to a resounding victory in the Qatar International Rally on Saturday.A second success of…
Punctures hamper rivals’ challenges; Al-Kuwari holds second place Ostberg snatches third from Al-Rawahi; Oman’s Al-Zubair on top in MERC2 Nasser Saleh Al-Attiyah and his Spanish co-driver Candido Carrera forged into a comfortable lead of 1min 47.3sec after six challenging gravel stages through the northeastern desert at the Qatar International Rally on Friday. The Qatari crushed…
QMMF President Abdulrahman Al-Mannai joined on the podium by legends of the Qatar Rally for presentation of 50 years of the event Nasser Saleh Al-Attiyah and Candido Carrera carded a time of 4min 46.9sec to edge into a 4.1-second lead after the opening 4.36km super special stage of the Qatar International Rally on Thursday evening….
Al-Attiyah heads 28-car field and bids for 18th victory in Qatar The modern and bustling Lusail Boulevard will host the start of the 50th anniversary running of the Qatar International Rally on Thursday evening. Twenty-eight crews and competitors from 19 nations are expected to cross the start podium from 18.00hrs onwards, before tackling a short…
This weekend’s Qatar International Rally is the second round of the FIA Middle East Rally Championship (MERC) but it is also the 50th anniversary of the first ever event to be held in 1975. From that small acorn, the joint third oldest rally in the Middle East – the Rally of Lebanon and Cyprus ran…
Young Qatari drivers Mohammed Al-Marri and Saad Al-Harqan will make their rallying debuts at this weekend’s Qatar International Rally. The two rookies emerged as the winners of recent assessments carried out at Lusail by the Qatar Motorsport Academy and their prize was a drive supported by the Qatar Motor and Motorcycle Federation (QMMF) at the…
Victory number five for his German co-driver Timo Gottschalk Yacopini and Akeel give Overdrive Racing a 1-2-3 finish in Ha’il Overdrive Racing’s Yazeed Al-Rajhi continued where he left off with his recent Dakar Rally victory to earn an eighth career success in the Ha’il Toyota International Rally (Saudi Baja). The Toyota Hilux driver won the…
50th anniversary of the first Qatar International Rally run in 1975 The Qatar Motor and Motorcycle Federation (QMMF) has announced a 29-car entry and competitors from 17 countries for the 2025 Qatar International Rally on February 6th-8th. This year’s 45th event ever to be held will also mark the 50th anniversary of the first Qatar…
Debut MERC win for co-driver Carrera; second place for Al-Rashed Al-Kuwari out on 12th stage; podium finish for Nasser Khalifa Al-Attiyah MERC2 victory for Oman’s Abdullah Al-Zubair and Taha Al-Zadjali Nasser Saleh Al-Attiyah and his new Spanish co-driver Candido Carrera cruised to an emphatic 6min 13.6sec victory in the 28th Oman International Rally on Saturday…
Rakan Al-Rashed holds second place; MERC2 lead for Abdullah Al-Zubair Abdullah Al-Rawahi sidelined with hub and brake damage on second stage Nasser Saleh Al-Attiyah and Candido Carrera romped into a massive 3min 32sec lead after seven special stages of the 28th Oman International Rally on Friday afternoon. The Qatari won each of the day’s six…
