Dubai, UAE, 4 April, 2013: The 2013 Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge comes to life on Saturday afternoon when a world-class field of drivers and riders tackle a super special spectator stage on Yas Island before embarking on five days of action-packed cross country rallying in the UAE’s Western Region of Al Garbia. The 23rd edition [...]

Thursday, March 28th, 2013- HA’IL (Saudi Arabia): Leading Czech driver Miroslav Zapletal and Polish co-driver Maciej Marton clinching a shock victory in the Ha’il International Rally, Saudi Arabia’s flagship FIA-sanctioned cross-country rally, after nearly 1000km of competition and four days of desert rallying. The international crew began the final leg on Thursday trailing Saudi Arabia’s [...]

Muscat, Oman, 13 March, 2013: After winning the greatest battle of his life, Yaqdhan Al Rashdi has to pinch himself these days to believe he has a role as one of Oman’s new generation of rally drivers and road safety ambassadors. “I have loved motor sport since I was a kid, but I never thought [...]

Abu Dhabi, 14 March, 2013: The UAE’s Bader Al Jabri, who faces one of the biggest tests of his rallying career in Kuwait next week, is relishing the chance to continue his development as a driver with Abu Dhabi Racing in the FIA Middle East Championship. Contesting the new Group N championship which has been [...]

Abu Dhabi, 11 March, 2013: Sheikh Khalid Al Qassimi has told the four young Emirati drivers contesting the FIA Middle East Rally Championship with Abu Dhabi Racing to keep their feet on the ground in the build-up to the second round of this year’s regional series in Kuwait. Al Qassimi has urged Mohammed Al-Sahlawi, Mohammed [...]

Muscat, Oman, 6 March, 2013: After weeks of intensive training and preparation, the four teams contesting the inaugural Oman Youth Rally Cup go into competitive action for the first time this weekend, as they look to make their mark in local motor sport on route to a much bigger target. The OYRC runs as a [...]

Dubai, UAE, 5 March, 2013: Qatar’s Nasser Al Attiyah, who is tackling one of the most demanding campaigns of his career this season, is aiming for victory in next month’s Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge to reinforce his bid for a second Dakar Rally triumph. Al Attiyah will contest the second round of the FIA World [...]

Jan 3rd, Doha: The 2013 Qatar International Rally will use new stages, a brand new service park and a revised route, when it gets an exciting new era of FIA Middle East Rally Championship underway on January 24th-26th.   Officials at the Qatar Motor and Motorcycle Federation (QMMF) have been piecing together a new format [...]

Wednesday, April 18th 2012:- Qatar’s Nasser Saleh Al-Attiyah, Spain’s Marc Coma and the UAE’s Atif Al-Zarouni set the fastest times in their respective car, bike and quad sections on the first 330.51km special stage of the Sealine Cross-Country Rally through the southern Qatar desert on Wednesday. Al-Attiyah extended his 8.7-second overnight lead to a staggering [...]

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 [...]