Qatar, Losail,Sat, 7 April 2012-An enthralling first qualifying session of the 2012 MotoGP™ season saw Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha Factory Racing) take pole position for the Commercialbank Grand Prix of Qatar, as the Spanish rider beat reigning World Champion Casey Stoner (Repsol Honda) to the fastest lap by 0.221s on Saturday evening. Lorenzo’s time of 1’54.634 [...]

Commercialbank Grand Prix of Qatar,  Day 2- After Casey Stoner had led the first two practice sessions at the Commercialbank Grand Prix of Qatar, Jorge Lorenzo took control of the final session on Friday to set the best lap in FP3 and raise expectations for an exciting qualifying run on Saturday. The Yamaha Factory Racing rider [...]

Doha.  Qatar’s first encounter with the Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Middle East was a landmark occasion from the start, and a weekend of spectacular race action under the lights of Losail International Circuit saw a champion in waiting clinch his title earlier than expected. Abdulaziz Al Faisal had arrived in Doha in a commanding position, [...]

Omani motor racing star Ahmad Al Harthy will make his first race appearance of 2012 during the fifth event of the Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Middle East this coming weekend, at the Losail International Circuit inQatar. Taking place on Friday, 2nd March, and Saturday, 3rd March, rounds nine and 10 of the 2011/2012 Middle East [...]

Dubai.  The Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Middle East will create its own chapter of motor racing history when the region’s headline series makes a spectacular night-time debut at Qatar’s Losail International Circuit next month. It will be the first Porsche GT3 Cup night racing event staged anywhere in the world since the one-make championship was [...]

Doha, 18th February 2012 - Young Lebanese driver Joe Ghanem once again showed his driving prowess in Round 4 of the Maserati Trofeo JBF RAK, which took place at Losail International Circuit in Qatar this weekend. The factory-backed one-make gentlemen’s driver series once again provided some spectacular on track action in most heart-stopping 30-minute races. Friday [...]

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 [...]