Al-Balooshi, Megre and Prata locked in three-way battle for FIM Bajas World Cup heading to Qatar

LUSAIL (Qatar): MX Ride Dubai’s Mohammed Al-Balooshi and his Portuguese rivals David Megre and Pedro Bianchi Prata are locked in a three-way battle for supremacy in the FIM Bajas World Cup as the eight-round series heads to Qatar this week.

The Qatar Motor and Motorcycle Federation (QMMF) is hosting the fifth round of the series on October 30th-November 2nd and the event has attracted 62 motorcycle riders and five quads competing under the auspices of the FIM.

Al-Balooshi (KTM) and Megre (Kawasaki) are currently tied on 47 points apiece with four rounds still to run in Qatar, Portugal, Jordan and Dubai. Prata is a mere four points behind in third place in the 450cc standings on his Honda CRF 450RX.

Martim Ventura and Bruno Santos have not made the trip to Qatar and their absence has opened the door for Kuwait’s Abdullah Al-Shatti, Saudi rider Abdulhalim Al-Mogheera and Lebanon’s Rafic Eid to close in on the top three from their current positions of sixth, seventh and 10th in the championship standings.