Qatari Mubarak Al Hajiri leads his country’s Rally after the end of day 1. Transmission problems cost favourite and rally legend Nasser Al-Attiyah his overall lead, and made him drop to 2nd in the overall lead.Third position went for Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari; and Khalifa-Saleh fnished fourth. Qatar’s Khalid Al-Suwaidi suffered some engine woes and Kuwait’s Mubarak is out of the rally.
Final Positions after SS6 – end of day one:
1. Mubarak Al-Hajri (QA)/Aref Mohammed Yousef (UAE) Subaru Impreza 1h 01m 59.3s
2. Nasser Saleh Al-Attiyah (QA)/Giovanni Bernacchini (I) Ford Fiesta S2000 1h 02m 46.5s
3. Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari (QA)/Nasser Al-Kuwari (QA) Subaru Impreza 1h 02m 56.2s
4. Khalifa Saleh Al-Attiyah (QA)/Ramy Menhem (RL) Mitsubishi Lancer 1h 04m 15.2s
5. Abdullah Al-Qassimi (UAE)/Steve Lancaster (GB) Ford Fiesta S2000 1h 04m 40.7s
6. Essam Al-Nejadi (KT)/Anwar Al-Sharrah (KT) Mitsubishi Lancer 1h 05m 29.2s
7. Michel Saleh (RL)/Yazan Rijleh (SYR) Subaru Impreza 1h 05m 49.4s
8. Abdullah Al-Rabban (QA)/Adel Hussein (QA) Subaru Impreza 1h 06m 59.3s
9. Jaber Al-Marri (QA)/Jake Carlin (GB) Subaru Impreza 1h 08m 47.4s
10. Sultan Al-Suwaidi (QA)/Basel Ghazzawi (QA) Mitsubishi Lancer 1h 08m 54.8s
11. Ammar Hijazi (HKJ)/Joseph Matar (RL) Skoda Fabia S2000 1h 11m 46.2s
12. Nancy Al-Majali (HKJ)/Nadia Shnoudeh (HKJ) Mitsubishi Lancer 1h 24m 13.8s
13. Fahad Ashkanani (KT)/Husein Gadanfar (KT) Mitsubishi Lancer 1h 33m 55.7s
