ABU DHABI (UAE), Thursday, April 5, 2012: The 2012 Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge draws to a close on Friday, April 6, as the international field races north from the Empty Quarter desert and back to the capital for the ceremonial finish next to Abu Dhabi’s Yas Marina Yacht Club at 4.30pm. Over five gruelling days, [...]
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, [...]
DOHA (Qatar)Thursday, February 9th, 2012 - The new-look Sealine Cross-Country Rally, organised by the Qatar Motor and Motorcycle Federation (QMMF), will play host to the third round of this year’s FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Rallies and round two of the six-event FIM Cross-Country Rallies World Championship on April 15th-21st. The two-day event is open to [...]
Wed 8th 2012: Despite very low air and track temperatures at Valencia, lady racer Elena Rossell and her team-mate Damian Cudlin started off with a hot and busy first day of testing for this year’s Moto2 World Championship. Both new riders of QMMF Racing, the team of Qatar’s Motor and Motorcycle Federation, tried to put [...]
Dubai, UAE, 26th January 2012: FIA Vice President Mohammed Ben Sulayem has warned that UAE drivers risk undermining efforts to revive rallying in the region if they do not support the FIA Middle East Championship. Sulayem spoke today of his shock on discovering that the entry list for the Qatar International Rally, which launches the [...]
DOHA (Qatar): As the Middle East’s leading drivers arrive in the State of Qatar to make their final preparations for this weekend’s Qatar International Rally, round one of the 2012 FIA Middle East Rally Championship, officials at the Qatar Motor and Motorcycle Federation (QMMF) have announced changes to the route for the two-day, all-desert rally. [...]
Al-Khobar, November 24th 2011 – Under the patronage and in presence of HRH Prince Mohammed Bin Fahd Bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud, Governor of KSA’sEasternProvince, Red Bull’s knockout Ras B Ras competition wrapped up last night with the crowning of Lebanese Roger Feghali as the undisputed champion. Feghali claimed the title after a final face-off [...]
Nov 17th, Austria – Following a week of intensive testing, Mohamed Al Mutawaa was last night accepted as the UAE’s first ever representative to the FIA Institute Young Driver Excellence Academy, the most prestigious motorsport training academy in the world. The FIA Institute Young Driver Excellence Academy was established in 2010 to train young racing [...]
KSA, 15th November 2011- Under the patronage of HH Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Governor of the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia, and the direct supervision of the Saudi Motorsport Federation and the Eastern Region Tourism Council, Red Bull confirms the participation of the Middle East’s sixteen best motorsports athletes in the Red [...]
Doha, Nov 10th 2011 – Qatar Motor & Motorcycle Federation presented the two teams that will take part in Doha 8hours, QERT I & QERT II. This edition of 8Hours is very important and has a lot of significance as it will be the first time that a team is 100% formed by women riders [...]