Al Qassimi to lead Abu Dhabi Racing challenge at Oman International Rally
ABU DHABI: Sheikh Khalid bin Faisal Al Qassimi and his co-driver Chris Patterson on board the DS 3 RRC will lead the Abu Dhabi Racing (ADR) team’s participation in Oman International Rally this coming weekend.
Racing in the 2WD Citroën DS 3 R3, ADR junior drivers, Saeed Bintouq and Mansoor Belhelei are looking forward to repeating last year’s achievement finishing in top 10.
Commenting on his participation in Oman International Rally, Al Qassimi said: “I am really looking forward to Oman Rally, it’s always nice to come back to Oman, the stages are really beautiful.”
Al Qassimi added: “The terrain in Oman is very rough and challenging, last year in the candidate event we were leading the rally before a broken drive shaft prevented us from winning the event. So we will have a lot of work to do on the RRC car’s setup to ensure it is properly prepared.”
“My aim in Oman will of course be to win the rally, I won the Oman International Rally in 2007 and will do my best to repeat that achievement this weekend.”
The 253.82km long Oman In- ternational Rally will be divided into 13 Special Stages spread over three consecutive days.
There will be one stage on the first day (November 5) tak- ing place over three kms, while the following two days will consist of six stages per day totalling 124.80kms and 123kms respectively.