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Local leaders in Saudi Toyota Desert Rally Championship; Rd 4

Nov 29, 2019


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AL-RAJHI, AL-OMAR & AL-MASOUD LEAD AFTER OPENING STAGE OF RIYADH RALLY

RIYADH (Saudi Arabia): Saudi Arabia’s Yazeed Al-Rajhi, Sufyan Al-Omar and Sultan Al-Masoud led their respective car, motorcycle and quad categories after the opening Toyota super special stage at the Riyadh Rally, round four of the Saudi Toyota Desert Rally Championship, on Thursday afternoon.

Al-Rajhi and Ulster co-driver Michael Orr opened their account with the fastest time of 2min 20.6sec for the four-kilometre stage and that put the Toyota Hilux crew 17.8 seconds quicker than Yasir Seaidan in his new MINI JCW Buggy. The current leader of the Saudi Toyota Desert rally series finished the stage in fifth position.

Dakar legend Stéphane Peterhansel was forced to switch co-drivers at the 11th hour after his wife Andrea failed a stringent pre-race medical check in Germany. Her place in one of two X–raid Buggies was taken by Portugal’s Paulo Fiuza. The Frenchman carded a time of 2min 28.9sec to hold third.

As Peterhansel explained: “Right after the press conference last week in Paris, we had our yearly X-raid medical check. As there was not so much time left until the rally in Saudi Arabia we, X-raid and the doctor, decided to wait for the results and evaluations before Andrea gets back in a rally car. I have known Paulo for a long time through X-raid. We also know each other from the X-raid team trainings and he knows the terrain in Saudi Arabia from past events.”

Czech driver Miroslav Zapletal completed the stage in second place in his self-designed Ford F-150 Evo, 6.7 seconds behind leader Al-Rajhi. ED Racing’s Essa Al-Dossari was fourth and Ahmed Al-Qashimi rounded off the top six.

Reda Al-Shammeri led the T2 section for series-production cross-country vehicles by just 1.5 seconds from Yousef Al-Suwaidi.

Shaker Al-Tuwaijry topped the times in T3 in his Can-Am and Saleh Al-Saif led the NUTV category by 2.9 seconds in his Can-Am Maverick X3 from Yousef Al-Dhaif. Majed Al-Tuwaijri and Khalil Al-Tuwaijri tied to round off the top three.

Local rider Sufyan Al-Omar rode his Yamaha to the fastest time in the motorcycle section from Kuwait’s Abdullah Al-Shatti and fellow Saudi Abdullah Al-Malki. Abu Dhabi’s Mohammed Al-Balooshi, Saudi Arabia’s leading rider Mishal Alghuneim, Kiwi Philip Wilson and Al-Balooshi’s brother Sultan rounded off the top six.

Sultan Al-Masoud set the unofficial quickest time amongst the quads to head Majed Al-Shegawi and series leader Abdulmajeed Al-Khulaifi at the overnight halt.

The Saudi trio of Ibrahim Al-Muhanna, Osama Al-Sanad and Raed Abo Theeb completed the stage in a Mercedes truck entered in the T4 category in 3min 33.2sec.

Forty-four cars, 12 NUTVs, 19 motorcycles, 18 quads and one truck passed all the scrutineering and technical checks and started the event, which is being organised by the Saudi Automobile and Motorcycle Federation (SAMF), under the chairmanship of H.R.H. Prince Khalid bin Sultan Al-Abdullah Al-Faisal and supervision of former FIA Middle East champion Abdullah Bakhashab.

The rally runs with the support of the Saudi Automobile and Motorcycle Federation, the General Sport Authority, Abdul Latif Jameel Motors (Toyota), the MBC Group, Al-Arabia outdoors and the Saudi Research and Marketing Group.

Tomorrow (Friday), competitors will tackle a challenging 307km selective sections through the deserts around neighbouring Rumah.

Riyadh Rally – positions after SSS1 (cars – unofficial):
1. Yazeed Al-Rajhi (SAU)/Michael Orr (GBR) Toyota Hilux Overdrive 2min 20.6sec
2. Miroslav Zapletal (CZE)/Marek Sykora (SVK) Ford F-150 Evo 2min 27.3sec
3. Stéphane Peterhansel (FRA)/Paulo Fuiza (PRT) MINI JCW Buggy 2min 28.9sec
4. Essa Al-Dossari (SAU)/Sébastien Delaunay (FRA) Nissan Navara 2min 29.3sec
5. Yasir Seaidan (SAU)/Alexei Kuzmich (RUS) MINI JCW Buggy 2min 38.4sec
6. Ahmed Al-Qashimi (SAU)/Abdullah Al-Rabiah (SAU) Nissan 2min 44.7sec
7. Khalid Al-Feraihi (SAU)/Rafael Tornabell (ESP) Nissan 2min 46.7sec
8. Sami Al-Shammeri (SAU)/Abdullah Al-Shammeri (SAU) Nissan 2min 47.2sec
9. Mutab Al-Qnoon (SAU)/Ali Al-Saiyari (SAU) Nissan 2min 47.5sec
10. Ahmed Al-Malki (SAU)/Raed Al-Assaf (SAU) Nissan 2min 48.2sec
10. Omar Al-Lahim (SAU)/Waleed Al-Fuaim (SAU) Nissan 2min 48.2sec
12. Al-Mashna Al-Shammeri (SAU)/Mazan Al-Shammeri (SAU) Nissan 2min 48.4sec
13. Ahmed Al-Shegawi (SAU)/Waleed Al-Shegawi (SAU) Nissan Patrol 2min 48.5sec
14. Salman Al-Shammeri (SAU)/Rashed Al-Toyawi (SAU) Nissan 2min 48.8sec
15. Faris Moshna Al-Shammeri (SAU)/Musa Djiyerian (JOR) Nissan 2min 48.9sec, etc

Riyadh Rally – positions after SSS1 (NUTVs – unofficial):
1. Saleh Al-Saif (SAU)/Khalid Al-Marshood (SAU) Can-Am 2min 36.0sec
2. Yousef Al-Dhaif (SAU)/Laurent Lichtleuchter (FRA) Can-Am 2min 38.9sec
2. Khalil Al-Tuwaijri (SAU)/Waleed Al-Tuwijri (SAU) Can-Am 2min 38.9sec
4. Majed Al-Tuwaijri (SAU)/Raed Al-Marziad (SAU) Can-Am 2min 39.9sec
5. Zakariya Al-Tuwaijri (SAU)/Bander Al-Saqri (SAU) Can-Am 2min 40.6sec, etc

Riyadh Rally – positions after SSS1 (bikes – unofficial):
1. Sufyan Al-Omar (SAU) Yamaha 2min 38.1sec
2. Abdullah Al-Shatti (KWT) 2min 47.0sec
3. Abdullah Al-Malki (SAU) Kawasaki 3min 00.0sec
4. Mohammed Al-Balooshi (ARE) KTM 3min 03.2sec
5. Mishal Algunheim (SAU) KTM 3min 10.7sec
6. Philip Wilson (NZL) KTM 3min 14.9sec
7. Sultan Al-Balooshi (ARE) KTM 3min 17.8sec, etc

Riyadh Rally – positions after SSS1 (quads – unofficial):
1. Sultan Al-Masoud (SAU) Yamaha 2min 24.0sec
2. Majed Al-Shegawi (SAU) Honda 2min 38.7sec
3. Abdulmajeed Al-Khulaifi (SAU) Yamaha 2min 38.8sec
4. Riyadh Al-Shammeri (SAU) Yamaha 2min 49.3sec
5. Abdulaziz Al-Shayban (SAU) Yamaha 2min 52.8sec, etc

Riyadh Rally – positions after SSS1 (truck – unofficial):
1. Ibrahim Al-Muhanna/Osama Al-Sanad/Raed Abo Theeb (SAU) Mercedes 3min 33.2sec


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