The Saudi Automobile and Motorcycle Federation, in cooperation with the Ministry of Sports, has announced a strong entry list for the Saudi Baha 2022 – Hail, which will take place from 10 to 12 November.
The three-day event is the seventh round of the FIA Rallybach World Cup run by the FIA and FIM, the third round of the Middle East Rallybach Cup and the third round of the Toyota Saudi Arabia Cross Country Rally. Championship.
Saudi Yazid Al-Raji and his German co-driver Dirk von Zitzewitz top the entry list, which includes 25 cars, 36 motorcycles and 8 ATVs in the motorcycle section, in addition to 32 cars and one truck in the national rally category.
Al Rajji is one point ahead of Czech rival Miroslav Zapletala ahead of the seventh round of the Baja Rally Championship World Cup as Toyota Hilux-Overdrive driver looks to come out of frustration after losing vital points last week at Baja Portalegre. 500 in Portugal as he tries to increase his lead over Zapletal, competed in both the Baja World Rally Cup and the Toyota Cross Country Rally Championship in Saudi Arabia.
Kuwaiti drivers Salem Al-Dhafiri, Saudis Khalid Al-Fraikhi and Mohammed Al-Tuwaijri will compete for the title in the T1 category, while six drivers will line up in the T3 category for light international desert cars, including Fernando Alvarez, the current leader of this category in the Al-Baha Rally World Cup and his closest competitor, Saudi driver Dania Akil.
Eight teams will compete for the T4 title for light commercial desert cars, including three Can-Am-South Racing cars for Kuwaiti drivers, Meshari Al Dhafiri, Cristiano de Souza Batista of Portugal and Kes of the Netherlands. Colleen, Saudi drivers Saeed Al Mouri and Maha Al Hamli. There are six Saudi riders in the T2 category.
In the motorcycle category, Emirati cyclist Mohammed Al Balushi of the MX Raid Dubai team topped the list on a KTM motorcycle as Mohammed won the category title at the 2020 Ha’il International Rally after winning the category. at the Baja Jordan 2022. He placed second on the Qatar Tour earlier this season. Among his most prominent competitors are Saudi rider Mishaal Al Ghunaim, who won the category title at the 2021 Hail International Rally, where he will race a Husqvarna motorcycle, and young Jordanian rider Abdullah Abu Aisha on KTM. bike.
The motorcycle category includes many prominent contributors, including Bahraini cyclist Salman Farhan, Kuwaiti Abdullah Al Shatti, Saudi Abdul Halim Al Mughira, Emirati Sultan Al Balushi, Briton Barry Howe, Alex McInnes, Maxis Reese-Stavros, Australian Martin Chalmers living in Qatar and Spaniard Margo Lopera.
Saudi riders Abdul Majid Al-Khulaifi, Haytham Al-Tuwaijri and Hani Al-Numisi top the list in the ATV category, which includes eight riders, all riding Yamaha motorcycles.
Ten motorcycles with an engine capacity of more than 450 cubic centimeters will participate in the “Class C” in the category of local motorcycles, among the most prominent participants in this category are the Qataris Sheikh Mohammed Al-Thani, Mohammed Al-Kaabi and Yacoub Azadi, the Austrians Simon Francis, the Emirati Hamdan Al -Ali and Briton Stephen Holt.
The National Baha class will feature 33 teams, including many riders, most notably Abdulaziz Al-Yaish, Abdullah Al-Sanad and Jaafar Al-Qahtani.
Administrative documentation and technical inspection procedures, in addition to the first press conference in Gail, will be held next Wednesday, November 9th, in Gail.
