Al-Attiyah Wins Historic FIA World Title
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F1 | Page 4 FFOCUSOCUS | Page 6 Rosberg wins Qatar To Advertise here but Hamilton security Call: 444 11 300, 444 66 621 fi ghts back guard in the for third spot race of his life Monday, August 29, 2016 FOOTBALL Dhul Qa’da 26, 1437 AH Sterling double GULF TIMES maintains Pep’s perfect City record SPORT Page 2 RALLYING Lightning Spear to the fore Al-Attiyah wins historic FIA world title Partnered by French navigator Matthieu Baumel, al-Attiyah adds the 2016 FIA World Cup title to the pair he earned in 2008 and 2015 and gives Overdrive Racing and Toyota a first ever FIA World Cup Drivers’ Championship title Qatar Racing’s Lightning Spear raced to his first win this season by Oisin Murphy in the Celebration Mile (Gr 2) at Goodwood on Saturday. Trained by David Simock, the five year-old was third in the Queen Anne Stakes at Royal Ascot this year. It was far easier for him this time and he ran out an easy winner, registering his first Black Type success. Cheveley Park Stud’s Zonderland came second ahead of Qatar Racing’s Arod. “That’s a massively relief, honestly,” said Simcock. “We’ve always thought the world of him and he was brilliantly nurtured by Olly Stevens. We’ve just picked up the pieces. We were so pleased with his first start in the Queen Anne and watching his last two races, you wouldn’t believe it and you feel sorry for the horse as he’s very, very good. I’m not one to hype horses and I think he’s really talented. He’s got a really good turn of foot. Everything is aimed towards Ascot now and we’ll have a really good go at the QEII.” FOOTBALL/LA LIGA CRICKET Rakitic winner Rain edges Barca past washes Athletic Bilbao out India AFP Results run chase Madrid Las Palmas 5 (El Zhar 22, 68, Boateng 51, Momo 72, Araujo 85) van Rakitic’s fi rst-half header Granada 1 (Boga 45) maintained Barcelona’s 100% Alaves 0 Sporting Gijon 0 start to the La Liga season as the Athletic Bilbao 0 Barcelona 1 champions withstood a wave of (Rakitic 20) Ilate pressure to win 1-0 at Athletic Bilbao yesterday. able deputy for Neymar alongside Rakitic fi nished off an excellent Messi and Suarez. team move after 20 minutes, but The return of Marc-Andre ter with Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez Stegen in goal in place of the depart- uncharacteristically wayward in ed Claudio Bravo to Manchester City front of goal, Athletic nearly grabbed was Barca coach Luis Enrique’s only Nasser Saleh al-Attiyah speaks to the media at the start of yesterday’s action in Szczecin, Poland. a point when Benat Etxebarria’s change from the opening day 6-2 free-kick fl ew just wide late on. thrashing of Real Betis. By A Correspondent Overdrive Racing also supplied edged into a lead of 12 seconds over local Barca join Real Madrid and top Ter Stegen was featuring in La West Indies skipper Carlos Szczecin, Poland a car for the Polish duo of Marcin hero Holowczyc. Dabrowski, Chabot, of the table Las Palmas as the only Liga for just the eighth time in his Brathwaite with the winning Paytm Maluszy ski and Julita Maluszy ska. Maluszy ski, Khalifa al-Attiyah and sides with two wins from their fi rst third season with the Catalan giants trophy after the 2nd and final T20i They reached the fi nish in Szcecin in Muck were fourth, 14th, 17th, 19th and two games. Champions League fi - as Bravo had been fi rst choice in the between West Indies and India verdrive Racing’s Nasser ninth place. 23rd. nalists Atletico Madrid are already league for the past two seasons. in Fort Lauderdale, Florida was Saleh al-Attiyah continues Frenchman Ronan Chabot and his Saturday’s action comprises two four points off the pace after disap- And the German’s notorious de- washed out after the first innings. to rewrite the history books navigator Gilles Pillot were placed just selective sections of 176.33km apiece pointing draws against newly-pro- sire to play out from the back nearly West Indies claimed the two-match Oafter confi rming a third FIA outside the top 10 until Chabot put his in the militarised area around Drawsko moted Alaves and Leganes. cost Barca the opener on 12 minutes series after winning the first game World Cup for Cross-Country Rallies Toyota Hilux on its side in the fi fth stage Pomorskie. Al-Attiyah was not to be Still without Neymar due his ex- when he gifted the ball to Benat, but on Saturday by just one run. drivers’ title by winning this weekend’s and were forced to retire. denied through the fi rst pass here ei- ertions in winning Olympic gold and made amends by repelling the mid- Columna Medica Baja Poland, round “This is a very nice feeling to have ther and the Qatari beat Dabrowski by the injured Andres Iniesta, Barca fi elder’s fi erce eff ort with his face. AFP seven of the nine-event series, at Szc- two cars on the podium and to take our 28 seconds to extend his overall advan- demonstrated their greater strength Barca went ahead in fi ne style Fort Lauderdale, USA zecin in northwestern Poland. fi rst major FIA title here,” said a de- tage to 48 seconds and give Overdrive in depth this season as new recruits eight minutes later when Suarez fed Driving a Toyota Hilux, al-Attiyah lighted Overdrive Racing’s CEO Jean- Racing a 1-2 placing at the midday Denis Suarez and Samuel Umtiti Turan down the left and the Turk’s edged into a useful lead early on and Marc Fortin. “This month is the 10th break. shone, whilst Arda Turan proved an cross was met with a bullet header at eavy rain forced the sec- then came under fi erce pressure from anniversary since we started Overdrive the back post by Rakitic. ond Twenty20 inter- the experienced local driver Krzysz- Racing with our fi rst event being the Positions The champions failed to take ad- national between West tof Holowczyc when he slowed slightly Dakar in 2007. Some of the mechanics 1. Nasser Saleh al-Attiyah (QAT)/Matthieu vantage of a series of chances to Indies and India at the over the closing stages to eventually have been here since the start, since the extend their lead either side of the HCentral Broward Regional Park Baumel (FRA) Toyota Hilux Overdrive record a fi fth successive victory with his creation of the company, and this is a 4hr 59min 17sec break as Gorka Iraizoz turned Mes- yesterday to be abandoned as a Overdrive Racing team by the margin of superb result for all of us. 2. Krzysztof Holowczyc (POL)/Lukasz si’s header to safety before Turan no-result. 1min 21sec. “We knew it would not be easy here. Kurzeja (POL) Mini All4 Racing 5hr shot into the side-netting with a After dismissing the world Partnered by French navigator Mat- The Polish drivers know the stages well 00min 38sec furious Suarez waiting for a cross in champions for 143, India were thieu Baumel, al-Attiyah adds the 2016 and they know where to cut and where 3. Marek Dabrowski (POL)/Jacek Czachor the middle. 15-0 in two overs when the rain FIA World Cup title to the pair he earned to put the wheels. It is always like this. (POL) Toyota Hilux Overdrive 5hr 07min Messi and Suarez both fi red inch- came. in 2008 and 2015 and gives Overdrive But Nasser was superb as usual and 36sec es wide when presented with the Ninety minutes later, and with Racing and Toyota a fi rst ever FIA World Marek claimed third place. That is a 4. Jakub Przygoński (POL)/Tom Colsoul type of chances they normally con- the outfi eld soaked, play was Cup Drivers’ Championship title. great result for him to be the best of the (BEL) Mini All4 Racing 5hr 10min 42sec vert early in the second period. abandoned, much to the irritation The Polish duo of Marek Dabrowski ‘unbeatable’ drivers. 5. Martin Prokop (CZE)/Ilka Minor (AUT) Athletic’s attacking threat in- of the thousands of expatriates and Jacek Czachor delivered a measured “Then we have Jes and Khalifa in Ford F150 Raptor 5hr 14min 35sec creased after the introduction of who turned out to watch India’s performance on their return to action in seventh and 10th and Michal in ninth, 6. Miroslav Zapletal (CZE)/Bartosz Mo- Raul Garcia as the former Atletico fi rst ever weekend playing in the the Team Orlen Toyota Hilux and shad- so fi ve Overdrive cars inside the top 10. mot (POL) H3 Evo VII 5hr 19min 48sec Madrid midfi elder fi red inches wide US.West Indies claimed the two- owed al-Attiyah and Holowczyc to the Disappointing obviously that we with- 7. Jes Munk (DEN)/Rafal Marton (POL) before Inaki Williams’s eff ort mo- match series after winning the fi nish in third position. drew Ronan Chabot’s car after he put Toyota Hilux Overdrive 5hr 26min 55sec ments later was placed too close to fi rst game on Saturday by just one Dane Jes Munk and Polish co-driver it on its side this morning, but this has 8. Boris Garafulic (CHL)/Filipe Palmeiro Ter Stegen. run. Rafal Marton reached the fi nish in sev- been a superb weekend nonetheless and (PRT) Mini All4 Racing 5hr 30min 53sec Suarez skewed another huge Earlier, West Indies struggled enth position in a third car and al-At- we can certainly enjoy this result and 9.