Doha, Feb 2nd 2012 – QMMF Racing Team is in hot contest for the Moto2 World Championship 2012 as Elena Rosell from Valencia/Spain, the only woman in Grand Prix Racing, signed up to ride for the team of Qatar’s Motorcycle Federation. Whereas the 25-year-old approaches her first complete Grand Prix season as a learning experience, her [...]
Qatar to host Porsche GT3 Cup series Losail International Circuit joins UAE, Saudi, Bahrain in staging Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Middle East The Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Middle East has been given a fresh boost with the news that Qatar has joined the UAE, Bahrain and Saudi Arabia on the championship circuit for the first [...]
Sat 14th Jan 2012 -The Qatar National Road Racing Championship had eleven drivers participate in the second round this weekend. Pole position man on Friday was Qatari Saadoon Al Kuwari. Rob Frijns from the Netherlands, started second on the grid. The Qatari driver with a Porsche 901 clocked the fastest lap with a time of 2.05.033 [...]
Yamaha Racing France GMT 94 Ipone riders David Checa, Kenny Foray and Matthieu Lagrive closed the season with a first victory and hence, offered their French official Yamaha the third place of the 2011 Qtel FIM Endurance World Championship at the last race, in Qatar. Reaching the end of the race through a very fast pace, BMW [...]
Doha, Nov 10th 2011 – Qatar Motor & Motorcycle Federation presented the two teams that will take part in Doha 8hours, QERT I & QERT II. This edition of 8Hours is very important and has a lot of significance as it will be the first time that a team is 100% formed by women riders [...]
QMMF Racing Team riders Mishal Al-Naimi and Ricky Cardús found their rhythm and confidence on the first day of practice for the German Grand Prix. 27-year-old Al-Naimi from Doha, Qatar tried a new set-up on his Moriwaki prototype and felt comfortable on the twists and bends of the unique Sachsenring. He will try to improve [...]
Assen June 23d 2011- QMMF Racing Team rider Ricky Cardús, who had missed both the Barcelona and the Silverstone Grand Prix due to appendicitis, made a promising comeback with 15th place in the first free practice session for the Dutch TT at Assen. The 23-year-old from Barcelona, who had never been on the Assen circuit [...]
QMMF Racing Team rider Ricky Cardús, who had never been on the Le Mans circuit before, impressed the audience with quick lap times early in the first practice session for the French Motorcycle Grand Prix, but then took too many risks and suffered a set-back with a crash. In the afternoon, the 23-year-old Spaniard wasn’t [...]
The Sumo Power GT team were in Qatar last week for a test and demonstration day at Doha’s Losail Circuit. The event was organised in association with the country’s Nissan distributor; Saleh Al Hamad Al Mana and designed to promote the JRM Group (the holding company for Sumo Power GT), the FIA GT1 World Championship [...]
Bol d’Or, Magny-Cours,- The 2011 Qtel FIM Endurance World Championship starts with the 75th Bol d’Or, the opening round on the circuit of Magny-Cours, south of the city of Nevers in France. Six official Teams promise to give a dramatic confrontation, all supported by five major manufacturers and three tyre suppliers. Current FIM Endurance World [...]