FIA Middle East Rally Champioinship

The UAE's Sheikh Khalid Al-Qassimi and Ulster co-driver Michael Orr clinched a comfortable victory in the 2010 Kuwait International Rally, round two of the FIA Middle East Rally Championship (MERC), on Saturday.

At the wheel of his new Autotek-supported Ford Fiesta S2000, Al-Qassimi gradually extended his 7.7s overnight ...

The UAE's Sheikh Khalid Al-Qassimi and Ulster co-driver Michael Orr held a 7.7-second lead after seven special stages of the 2010 Kuwait International Rally, round two of the FIA Middle East Rally Championship (MERC), on Friday afternoon.

The Ford Fiesta S2000 crew won four of the day's ...

The UAE's Sheikh Khalid Al-Qassimi and Ulster co-driver Michael Orr held a 0.1-second overall advantage after a thrilling opening super special stage of the 2010 Kuwait International Rally, round two of the FIA Middle East Rally Championship (MERC), on Thursday afternoon.

A large crowd gathered to watch the ...

Thirty of the leading rally teams in the Middle East will provisionally line-up at the start of the 2010 Kuwait International Rally, round two of the FIA Middle East Rally Championship (MERC), on Thursday afternoon (tomorrow).

With the exception of defending regional champion, Nasser Saleh Al-Attiyah – who is taking part ...

Sheikh Khalid Al-Qassimi has registered for the 2010 FIA Middle East Rally Championship (MERC) at the 11th hour and entered next week's Kuwait International Rally. The event is based in Kuwait City and takes place on March 4th-6th.

The Emirati's decision could throw the title race wide open ...

Nasser Saleh Al-Attiyah's decision to take part in Rally Mexico instead of the forthcoming Kuwait International Rally has left the door wide open for Qatar's Misfer Al-Marri and Saudi Arabia's Yazeed Al-Rajhi to pick up maximum points on the second round of the FIA Middle East Rally ...

Saudi Arabian driver Yazeed Al-Rajhi and French navigator Matthieu Baumel claimed a superb second successive victory in the Saudi Arabian Ha'il Baja, after comfortably setting the fastest time on the 187.7km third selective section through the An-Nafud desert in the north-central region of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ...

Saudi Arabian driver Yazeed Al-Rajhi and French navigator Matthieu Baumel extended their overall lead in the Saudi Arabian Ha'il Baja to 6m 34.3s after the second 304.5km selective section through the remote An-Nafud desert in the north-central region of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on Wednesday.

The ...

HRH Prince Saud Bin Abdul Mohsen Bin Abdul Aziz, Governor of Ha'il, President of the Supreme Commission for Ha'il Development and the Head of the Supreme Commission of the Ha'il Rally, announced at the start of the 2010 Saudi Arabian Ha'il Baja that the Saudi Arabian ...

Saudi Arabian driver Yazeed Al-Rajhi and French navigator Matthieu Baumel edged into a slender 1.3-second outright lead in the 2010 Saudi Arabian Ha'il Baja, after the opening 6.2km super special stage at Maghwat on the outskirts of Ha'il on Tuesday afternoon.

The gravel stage kick-started a ...

The experienced UAE off-road driver Yayha Al-Helai and navigator Khalid Al-Kendi will lead a provisional international field of 37 cars across the start podium of the 2010 Saudi Arabian Ha'il Baja at the Maghwat Conference Centre in Ha'il on Tuesday afternoon.

The three-day event in the An-Nafud desert ...

The Kuwait Motor Sports Club (KMSC) has confirmed the official timetable and revised format for the 2010 Kuwait International Rally, the second round of this year's FIA Middle East Rally Championship (MERC), which takes place on March 4-6.

The event will run under the patronage of His Excellency the ...

Impressive support from Saudi Arabian and other GCC teams have given the Saudi Arabian Motor Federation (SAMF) a record entry for next week's Ha'il Baja.

The opening round of the 2010 FIA International Cup for Cross-Country Bajas takes place on February 16th-18th under the patronage of HRH Prince ...

Abdullah Bakhashab, Saudi Arabia's most successful rally driver, will make a one-off return to rallying to take part in the Saudi Arabian Ha'il Baja on February 16th-18th.

The Jeddah-based driver has received one-off authorisation from the Saudi Arabian Motor Federation (SAMF) to enter the three-day opening round of ...

The Kuwait Motor Sports Club (KMSC) has announced initial details of the 2010 Kuwait International Rally, the second round of this year's FIA Middle East Rally Championship (MERC), which takes place on March 4-6.

The event returned to the regional series in 2009 after an absence of 13 years ...