QatarTribune Qatar_Tribune Iga Swiatek QatarTribuneChannel qatar_tribune eyes Henin feat as Nadal out to rule again at French Open PAGE 14 SUNDAY, MAY 30, 2021 Unstoppable Al Attiyah romps to historic 14th win in Jordan Rally El Fakih sustained a flat Runner-up tyre 16km into the first test of the morning and drove on the Meshari Al rim to the finish before chang- ing the wheel and suffering Thefiri holds off front differential issues in the Alex Feghali to second one. A disgruntled Al Atya said: win MERC2 “We push in the first stage and catch Shadi (El Fakih) in TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK the middle of the stage. In the DEAD SEA (JORDAN): dust we went into the grass off the road. We lost maybe half a Qatar’s Nasser Saleh Al Atti- minute and we reversed and yah completely dominated the then we catch again and lose 2021 Jordan Rally to confirm maybe a minute more in the an historic 14th victory on the dust. But we managed to pass event by the winning margin him before the end of the stage of 17min 04.8sec on Saturday. and then caught him again in The Volkswagen Polo GTi the second one...” driver and his Andorra-based After restarting under the co-driver Matthieu Baumel Rally2 regulation, Al Saif was won each of the 10 special back into a quick pace and stages in the Dead Sea and moved up to seventh overall Mount Nebo areas to extend at the expense of Al Shorafa their leads in the FIA Mid- and Aref. Kahy also restarted dle East Rally Championship under Rally2 at the rear of the (MERC). Attiyah is bidding field, but engine damage had for a record-breaking 17th forced the permanent retire- regional title this year, as he ments of Ahmad Khaled and secured a 78th career MERC Abdullah Al Rawahi on Friday. event win and Baumel sealed Khaled Juma held a 3min personal win number 27. 16.9sec lead over Shaban on Attiyah said: “This is a Qatar’s Nasser Saleh Al Attiyah and his French co-driver Matthieu Baumel in their Volkswagen Polo GTi on way to winning the Jordan Rally on Saturday. Attiyah won each of the 10 special the second round of the Jordan good feeling. A good day. It stages in the Dead Sea and Mount Nebo areas to extend lead in the FIA Middle East Rally Championship (MERC). Al Attiyah is bidding for a record-breaking 17th regional title this year. National Rally Championship. was a nice rally for us. A win A cautious Attiyah was 1.4 again, 14 times in Jordan, and seconds slower than his first we have a good lead in the Results pass on the re-run of Jordan Middle East Championship. 2021 Jordan Rally – positions after SS10: River, while El Fakih’s morn- The next step will be Lebanon 1. Nasser Saleh Al-Attiyah (QAT)/Matthieu Baumel (FRA) Volkswagen Pole GTI 2hr 49min 06.0sec ing differential woes proved 2. Meshari Al Thefiri (KWT)/Nasser Al-Kuwari (QAT) Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X 3hr 06min 10.8sec Rally and we try to defend our 3. Alex El Feghali (LBN)/Georges Deaibess (LBN) Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X 3hr 08min 36.6sec costly and the Lebanese in- title.” 4. Shadi Sheban (JOR)/Emad Juma (JOR) Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 3hr 24min 38.9sec curred time penalties for start- Kuwait’s Meshari Al The- 5. Nasser Khalifa Al-Atya (QAT)/Giovanni Bernacchini (ITA) Ford Fiesta 3hr 39min 13.1sec ing the second loop late. firi beganthe day with a 6. Saleh Al Saif (SAU)/Feisal Al-Suwayh (SAU) Can-Am Maverick X3 3hr 52min 03.5sec That time loss pushed him 7. Ihab Al Shourafa (JOR)/Yousef Juma (JOR) Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 3hr 56min 33.1sec 40.8-second cushion at the 8. Asem Aref (JOR)/Ahmed Jankhot (JOR) Renault Clio RS 4hr 12min 33.0sec behind Al Atya and into sixth head of the MERC2 category 9. Henry Kahy (LBN)/Carlos Hanna (LBN) Škoda Fabia 1.6 4hr 48min 49.4sec before he eventually retired in and the second-placed Mit- 2021 Jordan National Rally Championship – round 2 result: stage nine. 1. Khaled Juma (JOR)/Yazan Juma (JOR) Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII 1hr 39min 19.2sec subishi Lancer Evo X driver Attiyah managed his pace 2. Shadi Sheban (JOR)/Emad Juma (JOR) Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 1hr 45min 48.2sec confirmed another ‘show- 3. Amjad Al Anasweh (JOR)/Amer Mousa (JOR) Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 1hr 51min 11.8sec through the final stage to se- room’ class success after near- 4. Sami Fleifel (JOR)/Mohammed Atari (JOR) Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V 1hr 52min 12.8sec cure a clean sweep of 10 stage est rival Alex Feghali opted to 5. Ihab Al Shourafa (JOR)/Yousef Juma (JOR) Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 1hr 54min 48.6sec wins and seal a 14th outright drive cautiously over the final 6. Tariq Al Taher (JOR)/Samer Issa (JOR) Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 1hr 55min 09.1sec success in the Hashemite 7. Asem Aref (JOR)/Ahmed Jankhot (JOR) Renault Clio 2hr 07min 36.8sec day to conserve a first ever po- 8. A Hassan Al Khatib (JOR)/Ghaith Kupti (JOR) Toyota FJ Cruiser 2hr 20min 28.4sec Kingdom. Al Thefiri held on dium place on an MERC rally. to secure second and first in “All is good and thank Kuwait’s Meshari Al Thefiri, who finished second, in action on Saturday. MERC2 over the slippery sec- god we passed all the stages sation. The car is working well. through to secure third posi- ond loop, the Kuwaiti complet- and made it to the end,” said a second place over the two Saudi Arabia’s Saleh Al Saturday – as it happened Two stages to go...” tion,” admitted Feghali. “We ing the stages 2min 25.8sec in Feghali. “This is the first time days. Saif restarted under Rally2 Attiyah dominated the first Feghali had vowed to at- are not trying to catch Meshari front of Feghali. we finished this rally and I A flat tyre and front dif- after his accident and drive runs through the 31.57km of tack Al Thefiri onthe second and gain experience for the Khaled Juma prevailed am on the podium, so that is ferential issues cost Lebanon’s shaft woes on Friday and the the Jordan River stage and day and try to make in-roads next events. First rally, first on the second round of the amazing.” Shadi El Fakih a lot of time on Can-Am Maverick X3 driver the insipid heat of Joufeh into the Kuwaiti’s 40.8-second podium, would be amazing.” National Championship, as a Shadi Sheban missed out the opening two stages of the climbed back to sixth place. (26.01km) to extend his mas- hold on the MERC2 lead and After suffering from the cautious Shaban finished the on a second Jordan National final day and he slipped into That pushed local driver Ihab sive lead to 12min 02.5sec. second place. heat and two flat tyres on FIA event as the leading Jor- Rally victory to a resurgent the clutches of Qatar’s Nasser Al Shorafa down to seventh “We like these two stages. But the Lebanese took it day one, Al Atya settled into danian. Amjad Al Anasweh Khaled Juma, but had the con- Khalifa Al Atya after incurring and MERC3 category winner They are long and the organi- easy instead and ceded 32.5 the groove to record two rounded off the podium finish- solation of finishing a career- time penalties for leaving ser- Asem Aref into eighth. sation make a good, good job,” seconds to the defending cham- fourth fastest times to close ers on the second round of the best fourth in the FIA event vice late and then going OTL Defending two-wheel drive said Al-Attiyah. “The second pion in the opener and a further in on El-Fakih’s hold on fifth national series. and being the first Jordanian in stage nine. Al-Atya duly champion Henry Kahy also one was the opposite of yester- 13 in the second one to trail by behind Shaban, who had a The 2021 FIA Middle East home. He also takes an early claimed fifth overall with Ital- restarted under Rally2 and day. We see all the machines 1min 26.5sec on the return to problem with water getting Rally Championship resumes lead in the National Cham- ian navigator Giovanni Ber- rounded off the finishers in (regrading) on the stages. It the Dead Sea service park. into the engine from under with the Rally of Lebanon on pionship following a win and nacchini. ninth overall. was a great job by the organi- “Now we are just cruising the sump guard. September 3rd-5th. A third win in a row for Sheikh Al Shaqab Racing’s Al Wakrah, Abdullah’s Qaiser in France a second winner for Al Wukair TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK DOHA DOHA AL Wakrah (FR) (Al Wukair x OWNED by His Highness the Al Thakhira), a 2-year-old filly Sheikh Abdullah bin Khalifa who represents the Al Shaqab Al Thani, Qaiser (FR) (Charm Racing silk, opened her score- Spirit x Holly Polly) continued card on her second racecourse his winning streak on Saturday start when winning the Prix de when winning the Prix Achille Choisel, a maiden over 1.100 Fould, a Class 1 race over 2400 metres for 2-year-olds at Cha- metres for 3-year-olds at Bor- teaubriant, France on Satur- deaux - Le Bouscat, France.