News - January 2010
Saudi's Yazeed Al-Rajhi set to drive Lancer in Ha'il Baja
Defending Saudi Arabian Ha'il Baja champion Yazeed Al-Rajhi will drive a French-built Lancer in the opening round of the 2010 FIA International Cup for Cross-Country Bajas, which is being organised by the Saudi Arabian Motor Federation (SAMF).
The Kingdom's premier off-road motor sport event takes place on February ...
Qatar's Al-Attiyah takes dramatic victory in thrilling QTEL Qatar International Rally
Qatar's Nasser Al-Attiyah and Italian co-driver Giovanni Bernacchini overcame a potentially costly puncture on the ninth special stage to clinch an eighth successive victory in the Qtel Qatar International Rally and take the early season initiative in the FIA Middle East Rally Championship.
Al-Attiyah pedalled the new Ford Fiesta ...
Al-Attiyah makes superb start to QTEL Qatar Rally Challenge with new Ford Fiesta S2000
Qatar's Nasser Saleh Al-Attiyah and Italian co-driver Giovanni Bernacchini won six of the first eight gravel special stages of the Qtel Qatar International Rally and moved into a 32.6-second advantage at the end of day one of the opening round of the 2010 FIA Middle East Rally Championship ...
QTEL Qatar International Rally gets new Middle East rallying season underway on Doha corniche
Thirty-two of the Middle East's top rally drivers are competing in the Qtel Qatar International Rally and were flagged away from the Doha Corniche start ramp on Thursday afternoon by Mohammed Ben Sulayem, FIA Vice-President for Sport and a nine-time former winner of the Qatar International Rally.
The Emirati ...
New-look QTEL Qatar International Rally gets underway on Thursday
Defending FIA Middle East rally champion Nasser Saleh Al-Attiyah and Italian co-driver Giovanni Bernacchini will lead a 33-car field over the start podium of the Qtel Qatar International Rally on Doha's picturesque Corniche on Thursday afternoon at 3.30pm.
The revised two-day, all-desert, special stage rally will kick-start another ...
Middle East's top drivers carry out QTEL Qatar International Rally route checks
The Middle East's leading rally drivers carried out a full recce of the first day's special stages of the Qtel Qatar International Rally on Tuesday and they will completed their crucial checks of the second day's route on Wednesday. The three-day event gets underway with a ceremonial ...
QTEL Qatar International Rally officials make fundamental changes to 2010 event
The Qatar Motor and Motorcycle Federation (QMMF) has confirmed significant changes to the route format and timetable for the 2010 Qtel Qatar International Rally, which will get the FIA Middle East Rally Championship underway on January 21st-23rd.
Nasser Khalifa Al-Attiyah, the President of the QMMF, has announced that the event ...
Saudi Arabian Motor Federation Announces minor changes to route for Saudi’s Ha'il Baja
The Saudi Arabian Motor Federation (SAMF) has confirmed that the route for next month's Saudi Arabia Ha'il Baja will feature minor changes and improvements, but is based upon the successful format that was so well received by competitors in 2009.
This year's opening round of the 2010 ...
Jordanian ladies team set to tackle 2010 Qtel Qatar International Rally
A Jordanian ladies team is set to tackle the Qtel Qatar International Rally, round one of the 2010 FIA Middle East Rally Championship being hosted by the Qatar Motor and Motorcycle Federation (QMMF), on January 21st-23rd.
Amani Abu Al-Huda and Mirvat Bustami will tackle the two-day, all-desert opening round of ...
Nasser Saleh Al-Attiyah set to run new Ford Fiesta S2000 in QTEL Qatar International Rally
Nasser Saleh Al-Attiyah, the defending FIA Middle East Rally Champion, will kick start his challenge for a seventh regional title in eight years at the wheel of a new M-Sport-built Ford Fiesta S2000 in the 2010 Qtel Qatar International Rally.
The car is currently being built at Cockermouth in England ...