Abdulla Al Qubaisi takes first pole of the season
Doha, Qatar: Qatar's Abdulla Al Qubaisi took the first pole position of the season and his first-ever pole position in the opening round of Qatar Superstock 600 at Losail International Circuit.
Al Qubaisi dominated all the sessions of the day and he will start Saturday from the front of the grid with a lap time of 2:04.100 The young Qatari rider is very happy with his first performance.
"My plan for this season is to dominate all the sessions from the beginning. The bike is working perfectly and hope tomorrow I have the same feeling during the race and get the win," said Al Qubaisi.
Mashel Al Naimi, did the second-best time at the Superpole, with a time of 2:04.701 and defending QSTK600 champion Saeed Al Sulaiti will start third.
Newcomer Bulgarian rider Mihail Florov classified in fourth position.
In the QSTK Trophy, the fastest rider was the French rider Jeremy Parola , who is taking part in the championship for the first time.
Rayad Al Emadi and Kuwaiti rider Alexander Qabazard finished second and third respectively in their category.
In the Qatar Touring Car Championship, Qatar's Saadon Al Kuwari clinched the first pole position of the season with a lap time 2:24.191.
Al Kuwari, who is driving a Toyota GT86, will be followed by Ibrahim Al Abdulghani and Ghanim Al Maadeed.
Defending QTCC champion and three-time winner Abdulla Al Khelaifi had a problem with his Honda S2000 car and didn't want to take any risk in qualifying, preferring to check the car and start tomorrow from the end of the grid.
Tomorrow, QSTK Race 1 starts at 11:30 and Race 2 at 14:00. For QTCC, the first race is scheduled at 13:00 and the second race at 15:45.
QNA