F1: Shaikh Ahmed and Al Najjar clinch back-to-back wins – Gulf Digital News

  • Date: 08-Feb-2022
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F1: Shaikh Ahmed and Al Najjar clinch back-to-back wins – Gulf Digital News





Shaikh Ahmed bin Saqer Al Khalifa and Khaled Al Najjar both came away with back-to-back victories in the second and third rounds of the 2022 Bahrain Rotax MAX Challenge (BRMC), held over the weekend at Bahrain International Karting Circuit (BIKC) as part of the Bahrain Karting Sprint Championship.

Shaikh Ahmed took first place in the Micro MAX category in both meetings, while Al Najjar did the same in the Mini MAX class.

Fahad Alkhaled and Shaikha Haya bint Duaij bin Salman Al Khalifa shared the honours in the Senior MAX races, while Mohammed Wally and Tye Mejia claimed a win apiece in the Junior MAX category.

The successive days of karting sprints took place along BIKC’s 1.414-kilometre CIK-FIA track. The highly competitive field of BRMC competitors battled it out in their very own Rotax karts across the four competition categories.

In the BRMC’s second round held on Friday, Shaikh Ahmed claimed a dominant Micro MAX win from pole position. He completed the nine-lap Final in a winning time of nine minutes 27.858 seconds, enjoying a big 26.598s gap ahead of runner-up Yousif Alghaith. Mohammed Waleed finished third. Al Najjar took his Mini MAX win in 8:56.889, also over nine laps.

In the 15-lap Junior