Qatar’s Nasser Saleh Al-Attiyah completely dominated the 2021 Jordan Rally to confirm an historic 14th victory on the event by the winning margin of 17min 04.8sec yesterday.
Nasser Saleh Al Attiyah cruised into a massive lead of 8min 32.1sec after an opening leg of six gruelling special stages of the Jordan Rally that were held in punishing heat and decimated the field yesterday.
Al Attiyah, Al Thefiri aim to defend series leads in Jordan
28 May 2021 - 10:24
Nasser Saleh Al Attiyah
holds the Palestinian flag
ahead of Jordan Rally.
The Peninsula - Dead Sea
The 2021 Jordan Rally got underway on the shores of the Dead Sea yesterday.
Twelve cars and competitors from eight nations will now tackle 10 demanding gravel stages today and tomorrow in the Dead Sea, Mount Nebo and Jordan River areas close to the lowest geographical point on earth.
Nasser Saleh Al Attiyah will be hoping to extend his eight-point lead in the FIA Middle East Rally Championship in the absence of closest rivals, Abdulaziz Al Kuwari and Khalid Al Suwaidi, who pushed him hard at the opening round in Qatar at the end of January.
Al Attiyah cruises to record 15th win
01 Feb 2021 - 8:39
The podium winners of the Qatar International Rally, Nasser Saleh Al Attiyah, Matthieu Baumel; Abdulaziz Al Kuwari, James Fulton and Khalid Al Suwaidi and Hugo Magalhães celebrate on the podium.
The Peninsula
Doha: Nasser Saleh Al Attiyah continued to rewrite his own history by securing a comfortable victory in the Qatar International Rally yesterday.
The Qatari and French co-driver Matthieu Baumel managed the pace perfectly over the closing stages and guided their Autotek Motorsport Volkswagen Polo GTi R5 to a winning margin of 1min 48.4sec over Abdulaziz Al Kuwari and his new Irish co-driver James Fulton.