Manama, April 3 (BNA) Raed Hammou scored a hard-earned double in the sixth and penultimate round of the 2000cc Challenge 2021/2022, which was held over the weekend at the Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir.
As one of the main contenders for the title in this campaign, Hemo won the two meeting races to take all the points important in the championship standings before the final round of the season.
The race was held along BIC’s 2.55-kilometre indoor circuit, and drivers battled under the lights in their two-liter cars in the Pro and Novice classes.
Ali Al Mansoori started the tour with a best time of 1 minute 16.528 seconds in his Honda Civic. Al Mansouri was competing in the junior class and even outperformed his professional competitors.
Al Mansouri maintained his good form in qualifying and won first place with the fastest lap of 1: 16.158. Al Mansouri narrowly beat Hamo in the leading macula by just 0.085 seconds.
But in the first race, Al Mansouri retired early and Hammou managed to take the lead in the third of 12 laps.
He went on to take the checkered flag with a total win time of 18:15.196.
Behind the wheel of his Honda Civic, he finished narrowly behind runner-up Raed Rafii in the Honda S2000, who was 1.082 seconds behind, while former 2000 cc champion Sheikh Salman bin Isa bin Ibrahim Al Khalifa was ranked third by lap, also driving Honda Civic.
All three were competing in the Pro class.
Four cars were not rated at the end of the race, namely: Sheikh Hamad bin Isa bin Ibrahim Al Khalifa (Honda Civic), Nasser Al Alawi (Honda S2000), Al Mansouri and Andrew Ray (Honda Integra DC2).
Al Mansouri had set the fastest lap of 1:16,682 before he retired.
In the second race, only three drivers managed to climb onto the grid. Hamo won with a time of 15:39.319, 11.847 seconds ahead of Hamad and 52.219 seconds ahead of Rafei.
Himmo set the fastest lap in a race of 1:16,861.
After all the action, the winners of the round were handed their prizes at the coronation ceremony by the officials of the Bahrain International Automobile Center and the Bahrain Automobile Federation.
The meeting was held within the framework of the National Race Day at the Bahrain International Circuit.
The final season of the BIC 2,000cc Challenge is scheduled this weekend on Friday as an overnight event.