Al Daheri makes a clean sweep on debut in China

I never signed so many autographs, he says

UAE prodigy Rashid Al Daheri has further boosted his reputation with a clean sweep of victories in his maiden appearance in China.

The Abu Dhabi schoolboy took part in the China ASEAN ROK Cup at the Nanning International Karting track and was way ahead of the rest in the 60cc Mini Class. The event consisted two back-to-back days of qualifying and racing.

On Saturday, Al Daheri qualified fastest to take pole position by three-tenths of a second over his nearest rival. In both heats, he controlled the pace and emerged as the comfortable winner in the final to score his first victory on Chinese soil.

Yesterday was almost a carbon copy of the previous day, with Al Daheri taking pole again, this time by threequarters of a second. The skies opened up over Nanning in the afternoon just in time for the final, but this did not deter the Emirati youngster, who mustered all his experience of racing in the wet in Italy, to deliver an impressive performance, winning by a minute. His victory on the second day underlined a fine performance where he was unbeaten in the Mini Class throughout the weekend.