31 March, 2011-This weekend (1/2 April) sees the first round of the 2011 edition of the Motorcity Endurance Karting championship at Dubai Kartdrome, with the 24 Hours of Dubai. This is the first of four rounds of the series, with all rounds counting towards the prestigious Sodi-W-Series global leisure kart rankings, with the top team [...]
ABU DHABI (UAE). Tuesday, March 29, 2011: While the likes of Leonid Novitskiy from Russia, Spaniard Marc Coma and Stéphane Peterhansel from France are set to take the headlines at this year’s Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge, four women are looking to make their mark as they take on some of the world’s toughest and most [...]
Abu Dhabi, UAE, 26th March: Palestinian duo Saad Salman and Rasheed Nashashibi finished in 3rd place in the eighth and final race of the UAE GT Championship, held at the Yas Marina Circuit last weekend, securing a top 3 finish in both the team and driver championship standings. Nashashibi, a Palestinian driver based in Jerusalem, [...]
Abu Dhabi, 28 March 2011 – GCC drivers will be honoured with their own day at Yas Marina Circuit on Friday 8 April. Billed as ‘Local Champions’, the event is a new addition to the 2011 calendar and brings together two of the leading Middle East race series: the Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Middle East [...]
28 March 2011 - Yas Marina Circuit hosted the final rounds of the Cytech UAE GT and UAE Sportscars championships, while also playing host to the penultimate round of the Total UAE Touring Car championship on Saturday, 26 March, as part of the FIA GT1 World Championship race weekend bill. Cytech UAE GT Championship: Al Azhari, [...]
Sat 26th March 2011 - In challenging dusty conditions at Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi, UAE, the two Maserati GranTurismo MC Trofeos competing in the Cytech UAE GT Championship finished the final race with a solid performance. The technical 4.73km corkscrew layout of the Yas Marina Circuit pushed the driving talents of Humaid Al Masaood [...]
Abu Dhabi Sat 26th Mar 2011 – Richard Westbrook and Peter Dumbreck secured an outstanding podium finish in the opening race of the 2011 GT1 World Championship in Abu Dhabi, as the no.22 JRM Racing Nissan GT-R finished a close second in an absolutely enthralling race at Yas Marina. The British duo started on the [...]
Abu Dhabi, 26th March 2011- Clivio Piccione and Stef Dusseldorp scored a maiden victory in the Championship Race at Yas Marina after the Hexis AMR team produced a lightening pitstop that leapfrogged the nr3 Aston Martin DB9 from 5th into the lead. Dusseldorp had to soak up immense pressure from former FIA GT2 Champion Richard Westbrook for [...]
Friday, 25th March 2011- Nicky Pastorelli and Dominik Schwäger scored a maiden pole position for the All-Inkl.com Muennich Motorsport team when Pastoreli set the fastest time of the weekend so far in the nr37 Lamborghini Murcielago 670 R-SV. The five brands competing in the 2011 Championship were all represented in the top 6, with the [...]
Abu Dhabi, 24 March 2011 – The FIA GT1 World Championship has returned to Yas Marina Circuit with a mixture of local UAE National series in support including Touring cars, Sportscars and the UAE GT series, with the prestigious Abu Dhabi Yacht Show also taking place in the adjacent Yas Marina. The opening round of [...]
