Qatar Ahmed Al Kuwari continues impressive run in Action from Round 4 of the Qatar Off -Road Championship organised by Qatar Motor and Motorcycle Federation

Qatari driver Ahmed al-Kuwari

emerged victorious in Auto

Class 1 in Round 4 of the Qatar

Off -Road Championship on Saturday. Driving with his navigator Nasser

al-Kuwari, Ahmed clocked a time of 1

hour 39.06 minutes in the Yamaha YXZ

1000R at a gruelling desert loop in Abu

Sidra to seal the win, their second victory

in four rounds.

The win places them in the second

spot in the points tally as they tied with

Ahmed Allough and Ali Hassan Obaid of

Qatar who have 65 points, posing a threat

to overall Championship leader Abdulla

al-Khelaifi of Qatar.

Ahmed al-Muhannadi and Mubarak

al-Khelaifi fi nished second yesterday in

their Yamaha YXZ 1000R, 38.22 seconds

behind the race winner.

Meanwhile, Abdulla al-Khelaifi and

navigator Abdulaziz al-Jabri fi nished

second in Class 3 behind Abdulaziz alBshayer and Martin Chalmers. Mohamed

Ameer and Tamer Hijazeen came third.

In two-wheelers, Russian rider Gennadii Korolenko topped the time sheet.

Korolenko, completed the route in 2 hours

30.29 minutes in the 450 cc category in

his KTM EXC 450 while his compatriot

and Rossada team-mate Arkadiy Bochinin came second. Qatar’s Ali al-Ansari

completed the podium.

However, Emirati rider Mohamed alBalooshi, despite fi nishing in the fourth

place yesterday, retained the overall lead

in the Championship standings with 70

points.

Meanwhile, Qatar’s Sheikh Mohamed

al-Thani yesterday clinched the victory in the over 450cc class, extending

his brilliant run in the six-round series.

Yesterday’s win, his fourth podium fi nish in a row, took his points tally to 86 at

the points table. Qatar’s Abdulrahman alSheeb came second yesterday while Saudi

rider Ahmed al-Jaber won the third place

in their category.

The penultimate round of the Championship, organised by the Qatar Motor

& Motorcycle Federation (QMMF), will be

held on December 2 and 3 while the season fi nale will be staged on Dec 10 and 11.

RESULTS

Auto: Class 2: 1. Ahmed al-Kuwari &

Nasser al-Kuwari; 2. Ahmed al-Muhannadi & Mubarak Al-Khelaifi

Class 3: 1. Abdulaziz AlBshayer & Martin

Chalmers; 2. Abdulla al-Khelaifi & Abdulaziz al-Jabri

3. Mohamed Ameer & Tamer Hijazeen

Class 4: 1. Abdulla al-Rabban & Mohamed

Abu Hassan; 2. Rashid al-Muhannadi &

Khalid al-Nwaishri

Moto:

450 cc: 1. Gennadii Korolenko; 2. Arkadiy

Bochinin; 3. Ali Al-Ansari

Over 450 cc: 1. Sheikh Mohamed

al-Thani; 2. Abdulrahman al-Sheeb; 3.

Ahmed al-Jaber

Quads: 1. Emiel Stuckens