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Nasser bin Saleh Al Attiyah won his seventh win at Kuwait International Rally, fifth in Tawala, 69th in the Middle East Rally Championship, and won the regional title for the 14th time. The International Automobile Federation (FIA) reviewed the tournament's records and recordings and confirmed that the 1989 tournament edition had been canceled as it only included three rounds.
In 1989 Emirati driver Mohammed Bin Sulayem won only one rally in Kuwait, second place in Qatar Rally, behind Qatari driver Said Al Hajri and Dubai behind the late driver Bjorn Valdegaard. The rallies of Jordan, Oman and Lebanon have been canceled. At the time, two-thirds of the season (66.6%) was to be considered a full season, but half of the tournament was canceled. Bin Sulayem is considered the winner of 13 titles.
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In addition, 209 rounds of the Middle East Rally Championship have been held since its launch in 1984. Bin Sulayem has won 60 of the 103 innings that he spent from 1984 to 2002, while Qatar's Al Attiyah in 68 of 106 rounds that he took between 2003 and 2018. Bin Sulayem did not participate in a full program in 1992, 1993 and 1995.
French sailor Matthew Bommel, who sits next to Al Attiyah, won his fourth title at the Middle East Naval Championships and his 17th victory, bringing John Spieler back to third place in the gold record behind Briton Ronan Morgan , his compatriots Chris Patterson and Italian Bernabini.
The 15th victory in 16 seasons for Autotek Motorsport, led by Ken Skidmore, who oversees the preparation of Al Attiyah, contributed to the victory of his compatriot Misfer Al Marri who died in 2010.
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"It's a great result for me and for the whole team, it's the result of another great season, a new record that makes me happy, we had a lot of memories during that time and many battles against big drivers, we can now look ahead, record more records. "
On the other hand, Mashari Al-Dhafiri and Qatar's Nasser Al-Kuwari, after finishing second in the final standings, were fourth in the second category of the "MRC2", previously known as "N". However, Al-Dhafiri is still pursuing a bigger dream: his father, Ahmed, is still the only Kuwaiti driver to win the title of his country's Rally, driving the Datson 160 JT Treble SS or Violet in 1981., Before creation of the Middle East Rally Championship.
Lebanese driver Henri Qa & # 39; i and his Jordanian sailor Musa Jahairian also won the M3C 3 series, with their two front wheels, on the Skoda Fabia, the second consecutive title in this category for Moses as a sailor. Win the title of navigators last season with his compatriot Asim Aref in Renault Clio. He finished seventh overall.
Although Qatari driver Nasser bin Khalifa Al Attiyah no longer participates in the Middle East Championship since 2007, while he was participating in the Dubai International Rally, the former QMF manager in Qatar and former vice president of The International Automobile Federation was able to quickly adapt to the atmosphere of the championship and the difficult conditions for the tour to Kuwait, although it had to withdraw and lose valuable points before the end of the special stages. Yesterday, Friday because of a differential problem intercepted the car of his Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution 10, but returned today with the Italian navigator Nicola Arena, for the Navsat, in an effort to climb on the podium.
Although the hopes of winning the title of Czech striker Vojtik Staeva are over, he had an incredible first season, tremendous pressure on Atiya at times. He also qualified for the tournament title, which could offset the disappointment of his team, who worked hard on Friday to repair his car Shkoda Fabia "R5", damaged after the coup d'etat. 39 State off the track, damaging the front end.
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The problems did not stop at Stevie yesterday: seven international rallies and two national rally teams were out of the race, all but three returned to the competition according to the Rally II law. Jordan's Khalid Jumaa finished fifth, while Omani pilot Abdullah Al-Rawahi's driver, Subaru Impreza, recovered from his problems and ended the rally in sixth place.
Qatari rider Rashid Al Nuaimi fell to tenth place due to the soft sand and retired before the start of the last part of the day, while Jordan's Ihab Al Sharfa and Shadi Shaaban finished eighth respectively. ninth.
In the national rally category, Kuwaiti driver Jassem Al-Makhawi drove his car, Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution, to the Kuwait National Rally, where he was not allowed to compete in the international rally.
The Qatar Rally, the last round of the Middle East Rally Championship, will take place from 15 to 17 November.
Final standings of Kuwait International Rally 2018 (unofficial results):
Driver and Navigator / Car / Timing
1 Nasser bin Saleh Al-Attiyah (Qatar) / Matthew Bommel (France) / Ford Fiesta R5 – 1: 58: 25.8 hours
2 Meshary Al-Dhafiri (Kuwait) / Nasser Al-Kuwari (Qatar) / Evo 10/2: 10: 43.8
3 Nasser bin Khalifa Al-Attiyah (Qatar), Nicola Arena (Italy), Evo 10/2: 26: 28.3.
4 Votik Steev (Czech Republic) / Ladislav Kyocera (Czech Republic) / Skoda Fabia R5 – 2: 29: 30.7.
5 Khaled Juma (Jordan) / Emad Juma (Jordan) / Evo 10/2: 40: 21.3 Q.
Abdullah Al-Rawahi (Oman) / Atta Al-Hamoud (Jordan) Subaru Impreza / 2: 49: 39.7
7 Henry Qa'i (Lebanon) / Musa Jahairian (Jordan) / Shkoda Fabia (R2) / 2: 57: 43.4
8 Ihab Al-Shurafa (Jordan) / Yousif Gomaa / Evo 9/3: 00: 03.5
9 Shadi Shaaban (Jordan) / Tariq Al-Taher (Jordan) / Evo 9/3: 07: 22.6 Q.
Kuwait National Rally 2018 General Classification (unofficial results):
Driver and Navigator / Car / Timing
(Kuwait) / Thamer Al-Mutairi (Kuwait) / Evo 7/2: 26: 47.7 p.
Middle East Rally Championship, provisional general classification at the end of the fourth round (unofficial results):
Driver / Points
Nasser bin Saleh Al – Attiyah (Qatar)
2 Vojtice Steev (Czech Republic)
Meshary al – Dhafiri
Roger Feghali (Lebanon)
Khalid Juma (Jordan)
General classification of the second category "MRC 2" after the fourth round:
Driver / Points
Meshary Al – Dhafiri (Kuwait)
Khalid Juma (Jordan)
3 Sava Sava (Cyprus) / 37
Ihab Al – Shurafa (Jordan)
5 Costas Zenonos (Cyprus) / 30
The overall classification of the third category "MRC 3" after the fourth round
Driver / Points
1 Henry Cowie
Ronnie Canaan
3 Panayotis Xenophontus / 39
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