HA’IL (Saudi Arabia): Saudi Arabian driver Yazeed Al-Rajhi and Portuguese co-driver Filipe Palmeiro clinched an emphatic victory in the 2012 Saudi Arabia Ha’il Desert Challenge after the final 148.71km special stage in the An Nafud desert on Friday. Leading by an amended 15min 52.5sec when original results were re-examined at the overnight halt, Al-Rajhi managed [...]

HA’IL (Saudi Arabia): The 2012 Saudi Arabia Ha’il Desert Challenge gets underway at the Maghwat Conference Centre in Ha’il, north-central Saudi Arabia, on Wednesday afternoon (tomorrow) with the ceremonial start and short timed super special stage. The bulk of Saudi’s premier desert off-road rally will then take place on Thursday and Friday in the An-Nafud desert [...]

Saturday, January 28th, 2012- AL-WAKRA (Qatar): Qatar’s Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari held his nerve and drove in a cool and measured way to secure a stunning victory in the Qatar International Rally, the opening round of the 2012 FIA Middle East Rally Championship (MERC), in Doha on Saturday. Despite fierce pressure from Nasser Saleh Al-Attiyah over the second [...]

Friday, January 27th, 2012- AL-WAKRA (Qatar): Abdulaziz and Nasser Al-Kuwari were the surprise leaders of a thrilling Qatar International Rally after six dramatic special stages in the Qatar desert on Friday. Abdulaziz won two of the morning’s three specials in his new Tok Sport-run Mini S2000, but differential problems cost the Qatari valuable time and a [...]

DOHA (Qatar): The two-day Qatar International Rally gets underway at the Qatar Motor and Motorcycle Federation (QMMF) in Doha on Friday morning and kick-starts a new season of FIA Middle East Rally Championship action. The seven round series takes in events in Qatar, Kuwait, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Cyprus and Dubai and annually attracts the cream [...]