Ebrahim dominates National Race Day
TDT | Manama
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Bahrain International Circuit (BIC), ‘The Home of Motorsport in the Middle East’, hosted over the weekend an action-packed fifth round of National Race Day, featuring two of the Kingdom’s premier circuit racing series.
Isa Ebrahim headlined the list of winners by securing a fantastic double in the Bahrain Touring Car Challenge (BTCC), while Mohamad Alzaidan and Fahad Algosaibi shared the spoils in the Bahrain Motorcycle Championship (BMC), taking victories in their respective classes.
Action in National Race Day was held along BIC’s 2.55-kilometre Inner Track. The event was organised by BIC in cooperation with the Bahrain Motor Federation, the Circuit Racing Commission, the Bahrain Motorcycle Commission, and the Motorsport Marshals Club.
Ebrahim won both the meeting’s BTCC races but Moaaz Elzahrawi had earlier claimed pole position for the opening sprint. He had posted a best lap time of one minute 17.939 seconds during qualifying.
But in the opening event, Ebrahim was able to power ahead in his Honda Civic and take the chequered flag after 15 laps in 22:00.539. Elzahrawi followed as the runner-up 21.233s behind, while Ali Baqer came a distant third with a 49.781s gap.
Baqer was also the winner of BTCC Junior class as all three podium finishers were behind the wheel of their respective Civics.
In race two, Ebrahim struck again, this time winning by a bigger margin of over half-aminute. His total race time was 20:20.631, with Hamad Khamis, also in a Civic, taking second place 32.508s back. Baqer claimed his second podium appearance and once again won the BTCC Junior category after finishing 40.161s from Ebrahim.
Meanwhile, the BMC had plenty of tight racing in both the 600cc and 1,000cc classes.
Alzaidan was the overall winner on his Kawasaki ZX6. He completed the 14-lap race in 16:28.512 and also took first place amongst the 600cc runners.
Algosaibi, who bagged pole with a best lap of 1:10.062, finished second overall and was also the winner in the 1,000cc category. Riding his BMW 1000RR, he finished 13.769s from Alzaidan.
Ali Bou Shehri came third overall 15.165s from first place in his Honda CBR 600RR. He also claimed second amongst the 600cc competitors.
Saif Al Buainain in a Yamaha R6 was third in the 600cc, while joining Algosaibi on the 1,000cc podium were Saud Al Toura on his BMW S 1000RR and Nawaf Al Shuaibi on a Honda CPR 100 RR.
Following all the action, the winners were presented their respective trophies by officials. National Race Day is scheduled to feature seven rounds this 2024/2025 season at BIC, to be held all the way through to May.
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