Abu Dhabi, 10 April, 2012: Some of the world’s and the region’s best motorsport racers competed this past Sunday in the Etihad Airways Head2Head Challenge at Abu Dhabi’s Yas Marina Circuit. As the first pan-GCC, multi-disciplinary motorsport challenge, the Etihad Airways Head2Head Challenge saw 13 drivers from 8 countries team up in a battle to [...]
Abu Dhabi, 6 April, 2012: This weekend Aussie V8 Supercar drivers Craig Lowndes and Lee Holdsworth are making a special trip to Abu Dhabi as guests of Yas Marina Circuit. While motorsport will be on the agenda, the champion duo will be in the capital 6-9 April to participate in a bucket list of activities [...]
Abu Dhabi, 23rd March 2012- Lebanese driver Joe Ghanem came out on top of the inaugural Maserati Trofeo JBF RAK series after two sensational races at the Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi. Patrick Zamparini managed to secure two race victories after race-long battles with his closest rivals, it was Ghanem’s consistent running throughout the weekend [...]
“Mission accomplished,” declared Umair Khan after he won both races in Class 2 of the Total UAE Touring Car Championship at Yas Marina Circuit today (Friday, 23 March) and thus claiming his third consecutive Total UAE Touring Car Championship title in as many years. The Lap57 Honda driver was calm and serene after a productive [...]
The region’s best young racing drivers make their way to Abu Dhabi this weekend for the penultimate event in the 14-race Formula Gulf 1000 championship. Lebanese driver Joe Ghanem (Orient Racing) holds a championship points lead (53) over nearest rival Mohammed Al Mutawaa, after winning six of the ten rounds to date. But he will [...]
UAE: March 21st 2012: Rookie Emirati racing driver Haytham Sultan Al Ali enters the penultimate round of the UAE’s single-seaterFormulaGulf series brimming with confidence. After an eight week break from racing activity till early March this year, the drivers are all revving themselves up for the last two rounds of the championship which culminates on [...]
Abu Dhabi, UAE, 29 January 2011: Following the success of last year’s Yas Pro Drag Racing Series, organizers have announced that the series will return to Yas Marina Circuit for a second season. The season will consist of four rounds commencing in March, and running through until May. With a full count of cars, the [...]
Abu Dhabi, 27th January 2012- At the home of Formula One in the UAE, young Lebanese driver Joe Ghanem scored a double victory in Round 3 of the Maserati Trofeo JBF RAK. Competition in the one-make race series was intense with action across the field in both 30-minute races. The first qualifying session took place [...]
27 January 2012-Total UAE Touring Car Championship Report Yas Marina Circuit, on Friday 27 January, hosted the DAMC organized Round 5 of both the Total UAE Touring Car Championship and the NGK UAE GT Championship, with some thrilling racing on the Northern Circuit configuration of the splendid Grand Prix venue. In Race 1 of [...]
25 January 2012 – Yas Marina Circuit plays host, on Friday 27 January, to the DAMC organized Round 5 of both the Total UAE Touring Car Championship and the NGK UAE GT Championship. It’s back to business for the UAE’s best race drivers in the first UAE national race meeting of the new year. The [...]
