Qatar- Al Naimi shines as QMMF Racing Team bags three trophies in Spain

9/6/2015 10:59:29 PM

(MENAFN- The Peninsula)QMMF Racing Team’s Qatari rider Mashel Al Naimi (right) poses with the other podium winners at the Superbike European Championship in Albacete Spain yesterday.

Doha: The QMMF Racing Team achieved a milestone when they bagged three trophies following a super run at the Superbike European Championship yesterday at Albacete Spain.

Mashel Al Naimi who made his Spanish Championship debut a decade ago claimed third and a fifth place in yesterday’s two Superbike races in which he showed his talent and took home the trophy for best privateer.

“I am very happy. Today we won three trophies here in Albacete: One for third place in the Superbike class and another two for the two victories in the privateers category” Al Naimi said after the race.

“We had a great weekend in which from the beginning we saw that we could fight for the top positions. I hope we can continue at this level and keep fighting at the front until the end of the season.

“I could not participate in the race at Portimao so I have some disadvantage compared to the other riders who are at a high level but I will prepare for the coming races very well in order to have the opportunity to fight for the privateers title. I want to dedicate the trophies I won today in Albacete to my country and hopefully bring more trophies home in the next few races”.

The excellent results for the Qatari rider were backed up by the work done by Saeed Al Sulaiti who also experienced significant improvement. He was up into eighth place at one point before mechanical issues prevented him from defending the position.

“First of all I want to congratulate Mashel. He has done an awesome job this weekend to get on the podium twice” said Al Sulaiti.

“My start was not good in the first race but I was able to move up from 14th place to 8th. It was then that an electrical problem appeared and that caused the bike to not respond well to the throttle and gradually I began to lose positions. Luckily the chequered flag came quickly and I was able to finish in 12th position. After the first race we had an hour to solve the problem and the team did a great job changing absolutely everything possible to fix it” he added.

“However luck was not on our side today and in the second race the problem appeared again. Although we decided to remove the traction control the problem would not go away and we decided to retire to avoid suffering a crash” said Al Sulaiti.

“We have done a good job during the weekend we are working in the right direction and I hope that in the next race we can take another step forward. I want to thank the team for their excellent work and also QMMF Racing for giving me chance to compete” he added. THE PENINSULA

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