Qatar Drift Championship: Atiya reigns supreme in Round 4
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Doha, Qatar: Qatar s Saud Al Atiya claimed top honours in the fourth and penultimate round of the Qatar Drift Championship as engine noises roared at...
Doha, Qatar: Qatar’s Saud Al Atiya claimed top honours in the fourth and penultimate round of the Qatar Drift Championship as engine noises roared at Qatar Racing Club (QRC) at the weekend.
The event is being sponsored by QRC Chairman H E Sheikh Khalid bin Hamad Al Thani.
After the drivers’ free test on Wednesday, the qualifying took place on Thursday in two sessions.
The first day, as usual, was dedicated to qualifying trials, held over two sessions, and in the end, Kuwait’s Salem Al Sarraf managed to take the lead, leaving second place to the overall leader Ahmed Al Amri of Oman. Following them were Riyadh Al-Mabsali and Mohammed Khourshid in third and fourth places, respectively.
As for the qualifying trials in the local category, racer Abdullah Jawad Abdullah managed to take the first place, narrowing the gap with the championship leader Ali Al Jabsheh, who came in second, while the third place went to Al Atiya and the fourth to racer Aladdin Zareef. Overall, the trials resulted in the qualification of the top sixteen drivers for the knockout rounds, which began the next day.
