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QMMF president Nasser Khalifa al-Attiyah (right) with Lechner Racing and Porsche GT3 Cup Challenger promoter Walter Lechner; (top left) Qatar’s Amro al-Hamad steers his car around the Losail International Circuit; (bottom left) Pavel Nedobity drives his Lotus for Qatar Challenge pole.
By Sports Reporter/Doha
Pavel Nedobity took the pole position for the fourth round of Qatar Challenge (QCH) with a time of 2:27.390 in the qualifying session.
At the Losail International Circuit (LIC), the Lotus driver dominated all the sessions of the day and hoped to take his first win of the season.
Championship leader Mark Holroyd was second fastest, going 1.072 seconds slower than Nedobity.
“I am very happy with the result today, the second place is still a good result,” Holroyd said after yesterday’s qualifying. “Pavel was very quick, so it is going to be interesting if he can keep it for the race tomorrow. I am very happy that now all the drivers are very close together at the front, it is very competitive and makes it exciting. Should be lots of overtaking tomorrow and I hope I do good.”
Peter De Vido and Abdullah al-Kharaan were third and fourth fastest.
The Qatar Challenge race is scheduled for today at 11:55am.
Qatari driver Amro al-Hamad and Rob Wheldon steered their Alpha Shell Qatar Racing team car to the fastest time in the first practice session of the Radical Middle East Cup. The duo posted a time of 1:59.470.
In the second free practice, Ludo Loffreda and Romain Lutter from Lucco Racing team were fastest with a time of 1:59.948.
The first race of the Radical Middle East Cup will begin at 1:45pm, while the second one will be at 4:20pm.
Qatar Motor and Motorcycle Federation president and LIC general manager Nasser Khalifa al-Attiyah said: “It is a great weekend at Losail International Circuit to run three racing events. It is a pleasure to host a round of the Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Middle East for the third time in a row and Radical Middle East Cup for the second year. Both the series have a high reputation and are run to the highest professional standards giving more value to our Qatar Challenge round.”
All the podium ceremonies after the races were cancelled to pay respect to Saudi Arabia’s HRH King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz al-Saud, who passed away early yesterday.
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