Doha: Pavel Nedobity took the pole position today at Losail International Circuit in the fourth round of Qatar Challenge, yesterday in Doha.
The Lotus Exige driver made a best lap time of 2:28.388 and will start in front of the leader of the championship, Mark Holroyd who did a lap time of 2:28.789.
“I am very happy to have qualified in second place , now for me the season is about reliability and keeping my car working. I made an OK lap but I think I can be very competitive in the race’ Holroyd said after the qualifying session.
Holroyd is leading the championship with 89 points and has a gap of 41 points ahead of Peter De Vido who is second in the standings with 48 points.
The race for Qatar Challenge is scheduled at 19:00 at Losail.
In the other championships taking place at Losail, in the Radical Middle East Cup Free practice 2, the french duo Romain Lutter and Ludo Loffreda were the fastest drivers with a time of 2:00.458 and in the Porsche GT3 CUP Middle East Cup
Meanwhile, Ollie Smith and Eric Zimmerman won yesterday the first race of Radical Middle East Cup held at Losail International Circuit.
The duo of car number 95 started in second position in the grid and took the lead immediately after the first lap until the checkered flag.
The second position was for the Russian driver Sergey Shalunov of the team Arloid Intrahouse while the third position in the Supersports category was for the French duo Romain Lutter and Ludo Loffreda who got the pole position yesterday.
In the Clubmans category, the win was for Salman Al Khater from Qatar and the second place was for Catalin Voicu from Romania and Hamad Al Asam from Qatar. John and Matt Illingworth came in third position.
Trophies were presented by Mr.Sultan Zaher Al Morraikhi, QMMF Board Member.
In the Porsche GT3 CUP Challenge ME, the Kuwati driver Zaid Ashkanani won the first race of Round 4. Ashkanani took the pole position yesterday and lead the 12 laps race until the end.
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