Dr. Mohammed Ben Sulayem, President of the Automobile and Touring Club of the UAE (ATCUAE) has said that UAE motorsport can play a pivotal role reducing accidents on the country’s roads. According to the Ministry of Interior, there were 6,454 serious accidents on the UAE’s roads in 2012, resulting in 7,586 injuries and 628 …
Day two of the Kartdrome double header weekend featuring races for the UAE 2012/2013 Rotax Max Challenge and the 2013 SWS Sprint Series for juniors ended on a high note as bumper fields tuned out to do battle for the second day running at Dubai’s premier karting venue. The Max Seniors class is proving …
Dubai, UAE, 30th November 2012: Qatar’s Nasser Al Attiyah refuses to relax his grip on the Dubai International Rally, although the UAE’s hopes of a home victory are still alive at the half way point in the final and deciding round of the 2012 FIA Middle East Championship. Aiming for his sixth straight win …
The scene is set for Dubai’s first ever Arab Motocross Championship, with a seven-man Emirati team all vying to take out the inaugural crown on home territory for the first time. Led by two-time UAE Motocross champion Mohammed Al Balooshi, the UAE contingent will be among the strongest in a line-up of more than …
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After an extremely busy opening round at Dubai Autodrome a fortnight ago the UAE karting circus travels south to the garden city of Al Ain. Al Ain Raceway is the home of the UAE Rotax MAX Challenge and on Friday 19th October will play host to the second round of the 2012/13 championship. The DD2 …
Multiple UAE karting champion Maurits Knopjes is no stranger to the local karting scene and inevitably is the man to beat on any given race day. This year his rivals will make a double take, make that a triple take, when three Knopjes hit the karting championships with eight year old Sem and four year …
While it comprises some of the most sensible vehicles extant, the mid-size-sedan segment is fiercely comparable. Rather amazingly, Hyundai has coordinated to penetrate the lucrative market over the past few years, wedging the Sonata between the customary favorites and buyer’s wallets. To hold sales booming, the Korean automaker expressed the Sonata in for a tech …
A team from the ATCUAE’s training and education division, the Motorsport Knowledge Institute (MKI), attended a three-day FIA workshop in Cancun, Mexico on 8 August to explain its role as an FIA Institute Approved Regional Training Provider. The ATCUAE is contracted by its FIA-approved counterparts in Colombia, Chile and Bolivia to deliver intensive training programmes, …
Spanish rider, Marc Coma today secured his fourth successive Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge title, and sixth in total, as he safely negotiated the final 287 kilometre leg to finish 9 minutes 33 seconds ahead of fellow countryman Joan Barreda-Bort, with an overall time of 20h 33m 35s. Coma rubber-stamped his superiority in the best …
Yas Marina Circuit plays host, on Friday 27 January, to the DAMC organized Round 5 of both the Total UAE Touring Car Championship and the NGK UAE GT Championship. It’s back to business for the UAE’s best race drivers in the first UAE national race meeting of the new year. The biggest field of the …
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