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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Sep.29 (Dubai) The curtain raiser for the 2011/2012 UAE National Racing season took place at Dubai Autodrome under the guise of the Media & Test Day, which included a press conference featuring Mohammed Ben Sulayem, President of the Automobile & Touring Club of the UAE and Vice-President of the FIA, along with Dubai Autodrome’s newly [...]
Wed 21st Sept, Beirut – Mohammed Ben Sulayem, Vice-President of the FIA and President of the Automobile & Touring Club of the UAE, today chaired the first ever meeting comprising both Middle Eastern and North African Motorsport National Sporting Authorities (ASNs). The meeting in Beirut marked the first steps in the creation of a new [...]
Dubai, UAE, 2nd Dec 2010: With the FIA Middle East title and a great deal of pride at stake, the 32nd Dubai International Rally is poised to give the regional series a pulsating grand finale over UAE National Day weekend (December 2-4). Taking place under the patronage of H.H. Sheikh Majid bin Mohammed bin Rashid [...]
Dubai, UAE, 29th Nove 2010: The 32nd Dubai International Rally, taking place over UAE National Day weekend (Dec 2-4), is the final and deciding round of the 2010 FIA Middle East Rally Championship following previous rounds in in Qatar, Kuwait, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Syria and Cyprus. One of the region’s most experienced drivers today predicted [...]
FIA Vice President’s report shows way forward for motorsport with new initiatives to be driven at Pan regional level
Dubai, UAE 27th June, 2010: Mohammed Ben Sulayem says the creation of a bigger and stronger FIA Cross Country Rally World Cup will help drive the Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge to another level.
21 June 2010 – The DAMC, in consultation with the ATCUAE, has released sporting and technical regulations for three of the four UAE National Championships for the 2010/2011 motorsport season.
