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Muscat: The Oman Rally Staff’s Abdullah Al-Rawahi is on the picturesque Mediterranean island of Sardinia getting ready to renew his programme of occasions within the aggressive FIA Junior World Rally Championship (JWRC).
This weekend’s (Could Thirty first-June 2nd) Rally Italia Sardegna is the sixth spherical of the FIA World Rally Championship (WRC) and the third within the JWRC calendar after occasions in Sweden and Croatia. Al-Rawahi bought his first ever style of racing on snow between banks within the forests on the season’s opener in Scandinavia however was pressured to overlook spherical two on tarmac due to a again harm.
Along with his normal Jordanian co-driver Ata Al-Hmoud unavailable due to different commitments this week, Al-Rawahi traces up towards 17 JWRC rivals with British co-driver Ross Whittock for the primary time.
Each the Omani and his stand-in co-driver have been in motion eventually week’s Jordan Rally however each retired early: Whittock was sitting alongside Qatar’s Khalid Al-Suwaidi till they crashed within the opening stage and Al-Rawahi and Al-Hmoud have been sidelined with engine injury after an accident on the third gravel stage. The defending FIA Center East rally champions had been main the occasion after the second stage.
Al-Rawahi mentioned: “I’m very excited for this rally. This can be a gravel rally in comparison with the one in Sweden and the second that we missed. I believe we will likely be extra snug on gravel terrain. There’s nonetheless so much to be taught within the World Rally Championship.
“Clearly, the competitors could be very excessive and we’re nonetheless trying to acquire expertise and be taught extra and even be taught from my co-driver as effectively. Possibly we can have a distinct perspective from (stage) notes and stuff. Hopefully, will probably be rally and a protected one too.”
Crews participating within the JWRC use equivalent M-Sport Poland Ford Fiesta Rally3 automobiles operating on Pirelli tyres. Whereas Al-Rawahi is utilizing the opening occasions to achieve expertise on completely different surfaces and towards new competitors, the prize for the winner will likely be an arrive and drive bundle to contest 4 European rounds of the 2025 FIA World Rally Championship in a Ford Fiesta Rally2 automotive.
The Omani’s rivals this weekend embrace the series-leading Estonian Romet Jürgenson, Australia’s Taylor Gill, Romania’s Norbert Maior and different opponents from as far afield as Bolivia, Paraguay, Chile, Perú, South Africa, Kazakhstan, Turkey and Belgium.
The on-stage motion will get underway on Friday afternoon (Could Thirty first) with two passes by way of a pair of gravel phases between Osilo, Tergu, Sedini and Castelsardo to the north of Alghero in northwestern Sardinia.
Saturday’s (June 1st) motion options two passes by way of the Tempio Pausania, Tula-Erula, Monte Lerno-Monti Di Ala and Coiluna-Loelle phases, earlier than an additional two passes by way of the Cala Flumini and Sassari-Argentiera specials rounds off the weekend’s motion on Sunday morning (June 2nd).
Rivals will deal with 266.12 aggressive kilometres in a route of 1,027.90km.
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