Losail Circuit Sports Club to launch Qatar Motorsport Academy
Doha: Losail Circuit Sports Club (LCSC) will launch the Qatar Motorsport Academy in an effort to find talented young riders and nurture them.
The plans for the academy was announced at a press conference on the sidelines of the MotoGP Grand Prix of Qatar at the Losail International Circuit on Friday.
LCSC Vice President and General Manager Khalid Al Remaihi said the academy will come into effect in October 2018.
Minister of Culture and Sports of Qatar HE Salah bin Ghanem bin Nasser al-Ali, Dorna CEO Carmelo Ezpeleta, General Director Aspire Academy Ivan Bravo, QMMF President Abdulrahman al-Mannai and Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM) President Vito Ippolito were also present at the press conference.
LCSC will work with Dorna Sports, the commercial rights holder for the MotoGP, and Qatar’s Aspire Academy to develop the academy.
“The Qatar Motorsport Academy will more or less be the platform for youngsters to get into the sport. We want to accept 6 to 14-year-old kids into the academy, which includes locals, people of different nationalities living in Qatar and also those who are living around us in the region,” said Al Remaihi, who hailed Dorna Sports and Aspire Academy as the ideal partners.
“What we found out is we need to have an alliance with right partners. This is why Losail Club has tied up with Dorna Sports, who with their vast experience and know-how of the motorcycling racing will create programmes for younger generations that will be their stepping stone into MotoGP. And also Aspire Academy is an icon in sports training, education and excellence in sport. To have that kind of support in Qatar is a great value to us,” Al Remaihi said.
He also thanked QMMF and its’ President Abdulrahman Al Mannai for the support. “We do not want forget the cooperation of local federation QMMF and Abdulrahman al-Mannai and his team, which is essential for what we want to achieve. Hopefully in near future, we will get to see Qatari rider or someone living in Qatar or someone from the region in the MotoGP class,” he said.
