Poland’s Jakub Przygonski beat Qatar’s Nasser Saleh Al-Attiyah by 69 seconds to claim the fastest time on the second 314km selective section of the Hail Cross-Country Rally on Thursday morning. But the bonus point that the Qatari collected for setting the second quickest time, coupled with the 1.5 points he earned for being fastest on … Read more
Qatar’s Nasser Saleh Al-Attiyah and French navigator Matthieu Baumel comfortably won the opening 258.14km selective section of the Hail Cross-Country Rally on Wednesday morning. The Toyota Gazoo Racing duo steered their Toyota Hilux to a time of 3hr 20min 01sec and duly finished 6min 05sec in front of stage runner-up Denis Krotov. Al-Attiyah’s stage performance … Read more
Competitive action gets underway at the Hail Cross-Country Rally, the final round of the FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Rallies, on Wednesday morning. Qatar’s Nasser Saleh Al-Attiyah and Argentina’s Lucio Alvarez both drive V8-engined Toyota Hiluxes, built in conjunction with Toyota Gazoo Racing and Overdrive Racing, and they will go head-to-head to decide the outcome … Read more
Saudi Arabian and GCC riders dominate the motorcycle and quad entry for this week’s Hail Cross-Country Rally, the four-day finale to the world’s 2021 off-road season. While most attention this week in the north-central region of Saudi Arabia turns to the battle for FIA World Cup glory and the duel between Qatar’s Nasser Saleh Al-Attiyah … Read more
Nine-times World Rally Champion Sebastien Loeb believes that thorough testing in the UAE this week at the wheel of a car powered by a new sustainable fuel can boost his challenge for a first Dakar victory next month. The world’s most successful rally driver and his Bahrain Raid Xtreme (BRX) team-mates Nani Roma and Orlando … Read more
Abdullah Al-Rawahi became the first Omani in motor sport history to claim victory at the Oman Rally Sohar International 2021 on Saturday. Partnered by Jordanian co-driver Ata Al-Hmoud, Al-Rawahi guided his SRT Škoda Fabia Evo to a stunning start-to-finish victory with a winning margin of 21min 22.5sec. In so doing, the talented youngster joined veteran … Read more
Abdullah Al-Ruwahi dominated the opening leg of the Oman Rally Sohar International 2021 and surged into a commanding lead of 13min 40.2sec after six special stages on Friday. Partnered by Jordanian co-driver Ata Al-Hmoud, the Omani won all the day’s twisty and technical timed tests in his new SRT Škoda Fabia Evo and is firmly … Read more
The Hail Cross-Country Rally has attracted a bumper entry of national and international competitors to close out the 2021 FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Rallies. The last off-road event of the FIA calendar year takes centre stage in the north-central region of Saudi Arabia on December 6th-11th. Organised by the Saudi Automobile and Motorcycle Federation … Read more
Abdullah Al-Ruwahi has a superb opportunity to become the first ever local winner of the Oman Rally Sohar International 2021 this weekend. The event has been in and out of the FIA Middle East Rally Championship since 1984 and the closest an Omani of sorts has ever come to winning was when Oman-based Lebanese driver … Read more
Oman Rally Sohar International 2021 gets underway with a ceremonial start at Al-Qurum from 6pm on Thursday (tomorrow) evening. Organised by the Oman Automobile Association, the 12-stage event is the final round of the 2021 FIA Middle East Rally Championship has attracted a dozen crews in the international section and a further 11, who will … Read more