Well here we are again at the Dubai Autodrome for rounds 11 and 12 of the 2011-12 Sportbike Championship. After eight wins Mahmoud had opened up a 26 point lead over the 2nd placed rider in the championship (his team mate Alan). The fight for the runner up position was much closer with only 4 [...]
Formula Gulf 1000,Rounds 9 & 10,Dubai Autodrome,Friday 2nd March 2012- In possibly the most exciting race since the start of this junior single-seater series, 18 year old Natasha Seatter caught and passed Championship leader Joe Ghanem (Orient Racing) to win Round 10 of Formula Gulf 1000 setting fastest lap of the race in the process. This [...]
Dubai, 2nd March 2012 - Round 5 of the Maserati Trofeo JBF RAK at the Dubai Autodrome saw highs and lows for a number of drivers and some of the most spectacular racing seen so far in the Middle East’s only factory-backed race series. The UAE’s Humaid Al Masaood and Italy’s Patrick Zamparini took a win [...]
UAE National Race Day 8 , Dubai Autodrome- Dubai Autodrome hosted the eighth UAE national race day of the 2011/2012 season with an action packed bill on Friday (2 March), featuring: Round 6 of the Total UAE Touring Cars, Round 6 of the Motorcity UAE Sportbikes, Round seven of the NGK UAE CT Championship, Round 6 [...]
UAE Touring Cars, Race Day 8 - Dubai Autodrome hosted the eighth UAE National race day of the 2011/2012 season with an action packed bill on Friday (2 March), featuring: Round 6 of the Total UAE Touring Cars, Round 6 of the Motorcity UAE Sportbikes, Round seven of the NGK UAE CT Championship, Round 6 of the [...]
Dubai, March 1st -After a break of two months, the region’s top single seater championship swings back into action on the challenging 4.3km International Circuit. Still with six races to go, Championship leader Joe Ghanem (Orient Racing) will no doubt be anxious to get on the podium again given the close attentions of Mohamed Al [...]
After a 2 month hiatus from racing due to 2 events being held at the Yas Marina circuit (not certified for bike racing) and the Dubai 24hr race, the UAE Sportbike championship returned to action. A number of riders had been participating in track days to keep their eye in, but track days are not [...]
NRD 7 saw another new event on the card for UAE National Racing: A 1hr mini-endurance race with both GT and Touring cars in the mix. GNSS Racing (Driver: Jonathan Mullan) recently suffered a succession of DNF’s in the Championship due to reliability issues and the main target for this weekend was to thoroughly test [...]
10 February 2012 - Dubai Autodrome hosted NGK UAE National Race Day 7, featuring Motorcity UAE Sportbikes, NGK UAE GT Championship, UAE Radical Cup and Suzuki Swift Cup. The Motorcity UAE Sportbikes contingent were back in action after a two month hiatus and the day belonged to Mahmoud Tannir on his Vendetta Racing Triumph Daytona 675 [...]
6 February 2012- It’s been well over two months since the Motorcity UAE Sportbike riders were out in action and talk in the paddock is they are all itching to get back out on track. This weekend the two wheel brigade returns to business at the NGK UAE National Race Day at Dubai Autodrome, with [...]