Dubai, April 13th 2012: UAQ racing driver Haytham Sultan Al Ali is triumphant in his first season of the inaugural UAE single-seater series taking third overall in the Championship. The Champion title went to experienced Lebanese driver Joe Ghanem with Dubai’s Mohamed Al Mutawaa in second It was a fantastic flourish finish for the NBQ sponsored [...]
Dubai 13th Apr 2012-Joe Ghanem (Orient Racing) became the first Formula Gulf 1000 Champion after winning 8 of the 14 championship races despite a ‘bad day at the office’ at the Dubai Autodrome. By winning such a prestigious single seater title the 21 year old son of Lebanese national rally champion Samir Ghanem marks himself [...]
This coming Friday April 13th will be the last chance to see the region’s best young drivers in action as they battle for championship points and trophies in the inaugural season of Formula Gulf 1000. This ATCUAE sanctioned single seater driver development championship provides karters and young racers with experience of open wheel racing at [...]
Joe Ghanem (Orient Racing) bagged a brace of wins at the Yas Marina Circuit to reinforce his lead in the Formula Gulf 1000 single seater championship for young drivers. However, he did not have an easy time of it as his rivals, 18 year old Malaysian racer Natasha Seatter and FIA Academy driver Mohamed Al [...]
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 [...]
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, 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 [...]
Yas Marina Circuit Abu Dhabi, Dec 16th 2011 – Joe Ghanem (Al Buhaira Insurance) stamped his authority on the Formula Gulf 1000 championship today when he won both races in convincing style at the UAE National Race Day. Held over two days on Yas Marina’s Grand Prix Circuit, the best young drivers in the region [...]
UAE: Umm Al Qaiwain, Dec 15th 2011: Emirati racing driver Haytham Sultan Al Ali has partnered with NBQ (The National Bank of Umm Al Qaiwain psc) in his debut season racing in the UAE Championship Formula Gulf 1000. NBQ (The National Bank of Umm Al Qaiwain psc) is providing sponsorship funding to support Haytham in [...]