The racing events etch a milestone in the territory. To note, this year is the debut of the events in Qatar. As such the Qatar Motor and Motorcycling Federation will be preoccupied to ensure the success of the events. Activities include national rally, superbike, supersport, sprint, motogp and endurance championships.
As well as a couple of private entries, the riders will represent Qatar Moto, J&L, MNM, Extreme Bike, NBK Green Racing, Al Anabi, Future Bike, Redline Racing, VMAX Racing UAE and the Qatar Bike teams in the supersport and superbike races. Carsten Winter, Mark Schuesser (Germany), Anthony Jordan, Tim Stevens, Christopher Bell (all from UK), Zoltan Lajko (Hungary) and Ahmed al-Lanjawi (UAE) make up the international flavor, according to Gulf Times.
QMMF President Nasser bin Khalifa al-Attiyah was quoted as saying the national road racing championship for cars has been included in the calendar responding to the requests from local drivers.
“The championship has been created on the request of local drivers who wanted a road racing event for cars as a competition for bikes was already in existence,” he noted. “We are proud to organize this event and in contributing to develop the skills of local drivers. In the coming years we are hoping for greater support for the championship from local distributors of international car manufacturing companies.”
The QMMF president hoped the Qatari riders would sport their best as the event would serve as a trial to select 3 riders to receive support from the QMMF to train in France.
“We were able to get only a couple of foreign riders this time as it is the first year. But I am confident of having more foreign entries in the coming years. I am also happy that the Qatar event has got FIM approval for the next three years. It is a nice feeling to contribute to guiding the youth into directing their energies onto the race track rather than speeding on the streets,” he concluded. “The main objective of such events is to bring together the residents of the country to enjoy action on the track.”
I will put the purchase of my Acura parts in abeyance so as not to miss the thrills in Losail.