JEDDAH, 27 June 2007 — The third and fourth rounds of the Mobily Karting Race will kick off at Durat Al Arous in North Jeddah today (Wednesday).
According to Abdullah Bakhashab, organizer of the event, the final touches are being given at the venue for the launch of the first official championship in the Kingdom. “This race will act as a stepping stone for the youth toward their participation in F1 competitions,” Bakhashab told the media yesterday.
Main sponsor Mobily said it was very happy to support such sports events across the Kingdom and emphasized its intention to develop such sports activities.
“We aim to make the competition completely similar to F1 races. There will be a qualifying round before the actual event to determine the places of every driver. It will be conducted according to the Saudi motorsport committee rules. We also have chosen best cars like Tony Kart that won the world title in 2004-2005. The race cars are Italian made Fortex,” said Bakhashab.
A race track has been specially laid for this event with a modern technical setup of international standard. The trace will be 1.10 km long with 17 rounds. All safety arrangements are made at the venue where thousands of motor sport fans accompanied by their families and children are expected to attend.
The first and second rounds were successfully organized with a big number of competitors from different teams. Husein Al Shareef of Sport Auto team clinched first place in the first round while Mohanad Bashraheel of Red Speed team took 1st place in the 2nd round after a marvelous challenge for 20 laps between him and Mohamed Kriediah of Sport Auto team.
There are six teams and every team consisted of two drivers except three teams that had one driver. The six teams are Samorai, Red Speed, Sport Auto, Raf Rider, RMC and Naft.
Bridgestone, In 10 so, Mobile 1 and Okaz newspaper are cosponsors of the event.
