The first round of Ramadan Karting Championship which is sponsored by Peugeot took place yesterday on Jordan Speed Center circuit. 19 participants started with warm up sessions, where the Jordan Championship leader Mohammad Bustami came in first, followed by Ahmad Sukhtian sponsored by Jordan Bank, while the 07 Ramadan Champion Faisal Bustami came in third position.

After the warm session, a technical examination for all participating karts was conducted under the supervision of Jordan’s Champion, Tarek Sukhtian. The test included weighing the karts, numbering the tires, and checking on the general safety of the kart.

Initial results took a turn in the qualifying session that determines the starting positions, as Ahmad Sukhtian advanced to the first place, followed by Mahmoud Marabah, and the young driver Abdullah Bustami, while Mohammad Bustami came in fourth.

On the starting grid of the first round, Mohammad Bustami retired due to a technical problem. Ahmad Sukhtian maintained his first position until he had to retire for a technical problem as well while the competition was intense between Mahmoud Marabah and Faisal Bustami, until Bustami was able to take over.

On the seventh lap, Khaled Hataba and Terry Farah crashed and the race was stopped by the race director. Hatabah was moved to the Hospital.

The stewards of the race decided to cancel the pre-final and take the results of the final race as the official results. The competition of the first position was very intense between Ahmad Sukhtian and Mahmoud Marabah, until Sukhtian had to withdraw due to a technical problem again. Faisal Bustami was in the second place, without any competitors close by, while a fierce competition was on the third place between Mohammad Bustami, Anwar Malas, and Faisal Abdelhadi, which ended with Bustami winning the position. The competition on the other positions remained between Haitham Qoqa, Othman Abu Samra, and Izz Bustami who was the fastest between them. Nabih Muammar withdrew on the start line due to a mechanical fault, followed by Mazin Khateeb and Sulaiman Zaza.

The karting commissioner Hasan Tabbaa gave out the trophies for the race winners. The top drivers also won prized presented by Bridgestone, Liqui Moli, and Jordan Speed Center.

Final Results:

Mahmoud Marabah	Sponsored by Al Nahda Press
Faisal Bustami
Mohammad Bustami	Sponsored by Jordan Karting / Bridgestone
Anwar Malas
Faisal Abdul Hadi	Sponsored by Hobby Center
Izz Bustami	Sponsored by Bridgestone
Othman Abu Samra	Sponsored by Naqel Group

 

Official Testing

First Session	: 09.30 – 10:30
Second Session	: 11:00 – 11:30

21 drivers registered for the first round of the Ramadan Karting Challenge the coming Friday. In the official testing, more than ten teams were testing their karts’ engines and setup. The local championship leader, Mohammad Bustami, only ran for five laps before his engine seized. Those laps were enough to warm up his tires and set the fastest time for the first session. Saif Abdelhadi, sponsored by Hobby Center was 2nd fastest followed by Ahmad Sukhtian, who is running on a Rotax engine for the first time. Last year’s RMC champion Anwar Malas is running on ICA engine this year and was 4th fastest followed by the junior drivers Abdullah Bustami and the MEKC Champion Othman Abu Samra.

More drivers tested in the second session. Mohammad Bustami mounted his spare engine and was even faster than the first session and set a new track record (36:311). Abdullah Bustami was much quicker than the first run and moved up to 2nd place followed by 07 Ramadan Champion Faisal Bustami. Anwar Malas came in 4th, Saif Abdelhadi 5th and Ahmad Sukhtian dropped to 6th place. Faisal Abdelhadi and Terry Farah faced technical problems and couldn’t benefit from the 2nd testing session.

First Session Results:

	Race #	Driver	Time	Chassis	Class	Age	Sponsor
1	98	Mohammad Bustami	37:445	Tony Kart	Pro	17	Jordan Karting
2	2	Saif Abdelhadi	37:938	Intrepid	Pro	17	Hobby Center
3	46	Ahmad Sukhtian	37:970	Intrepid	Max	21	Bank of Jordan
4	3	Anwar Malas	37:988	CRG	Pro	16
5	95	Abdullah Bustami	38:357	Tony Kart	Pro Jr.	12	Bridgestone Tires
6	67	Othman Abu Samra	39:140	Tony Kart	Max	13	Naqel Group
7	16	Hashem Tabba	39:402	Trulli Kart	Pro	14
8	63	Suleiman Zaza	55:032	Tony Kart	Pro Jr.	11	Al Nahda Press

 

Second Session Results

	Race #	Driver	Time	Chassis	Class	Age	Sponsor
1	98	Mohammad Bustami	36:311	Tony Kart	Pro	16	Jordan Karting
2	95	Abdullah Bustami	36:722	Tony Kart	Pro Jr.	13	Bridgestone Tires
3	1	Faisal Bustami	37:309	Tony Kart	Pro	18
4	3	Anwar Malas	37:474	CRG	Pro	16
5	2	Saif Abdelhadi	37:607	Intrepid	Pro	17	Hobby Center
6	46	Ahmad Sukhtian	37:701	Intrepid	Max	21	Bank of Jordan
7	16	Hashem Tabbaa	38:045	Trulli Kart	Pro	14
8	67	Othman Abu Samra	38:211	Tony Kart	Max	12	Naqel Group
9	19	Haitham Quqa	39:078	CRG	Max	14
10	56	Faisal Abdelhadi	39:241	Tony Kart	Pro Jr.		Hobby Center
11	10	Omar Bustami	40:726	CRG	Max	14	Bridgestone Tires
12	7	Terri Farah	3:09:048	CRG	Pro Jr.	12

The Rotax Max Challenge is a series of five races. The Winner of the Challenge is determined by the total number of points collected though the five races.

Round 1	: 12 September
Round 2	: 19 September
Round 3	: 26 September
Round 4	: 4 October
Round 5	: 10 October

 

Rotax junior

1st place	: Gold Trophy
2nd place	: Silver Trophy
3rd place	: Bronze Trophy

Rotax Senior

1st place	: Gold Trophy
2nd place	: Silver Trophy
3rd place	: Bronze Trophy

Rotax Class winner:
The winner from each class will represent Jordan at the RMC Grand Finals in Italy

 

Rotax MAX Challenge

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
Points	12	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2

 

Contact info:

For information regarding the Rotax Max Challenge please contact:

Rania Ibrahim

Phone   :           +962 79 9222600
E-mail   :           Rania.Ibrahim@jsc-kart.com

After the huge success of Ramadan Karting Challenge last year, we are now preparing to launch the series again but extended to include more categories and drivers! We invite you all to compete or watch the competition at Jordan Speed Center on the following dates:

Round 1           : 12 September
Round 2           : 19 September
Round 3           : 26 September

The races start at 9:00pm and will stay on till midnight.

For more information about the series, the regulations are available to download at www.jordan-karting.com as well as the Entry Forms. For further inquiries, please contact the series coordinator Mr. Nicola Fanous by:

Phone  : +962 (79) 5600700
Email   : info@jordan-karting.com

With lots of accidents this weekend, Mohammad Bustami managed to lead the race starting from the Qualifying till the end of the race. M Bustami set the fastest time during qualifying in his last lap followed by Faisal Bustami who was fastest in first two rounds. The Sukhtian brothers came in 3rd and 4th followed by their team mate, Sanad Shannak.

In the pre final race, the pole man had a great start and flew to widen the gap. Current champion Tarek Sukhtian retired few laps after the start due to a crack in his chassis. Faisal Bustami and Ahmad Sukhtian were competing on the 2nd place. Nadim Haddad, one of the new drivers to the championship had an accident with Mahmoud Dajani which resulted in missing few laps of the race. Saif Abdelhadi also had some technical problems and had to leave the race early.

At the grid of the Final Race, Faisal Bustami’s kart had some electric problems in the engine to he couldn’t start the race. Tarek Sukhtian managed to weld his chassis so he can at least finish the race to get some valuable points for his overall standings. Mohammad Bustami started in first place, followed by Ahmad Sukhtian but on the 7th lap of the race, Sanad Shannak flipped over and the race was stopped. Shannak was taken to the hospital for check and the race was restarted.

On the restart of the race, Mohammad started in first place and  again flew to widen to win the race and this time to set the fastest lap as well. Faisal Abdelhadi jumped to 2nd place right on the start of the race, but it was east to Ahmad Sukhtian to take the position back. Tarek Sukhtian spun off but managed to restart. Tarek had to take it easy and was aiming to finish the race only.

Final Results:

 

1st	:	Mohammad Bustami	Makaseb / Jordan Karting
2nd	:	Ahmad Sukhtian	Bank of Jordan
3rd	:	Faisal Abdelhadi
4th	:	Mahmoud Dajani
5th	:	Nadim Haddad
6th	:	Tarek Sukhtian

 

Seniors Race:

Organizer’s penalty forced Tarek Sukhtian, leader of Bank of Jordan Karting Team, to start his race from the back of the grid, but this did not stop the local champion from winning both the pre-final and final races!  His brother, Ahmad Sukhtian, was fastest during qualifying session and started the race in pole position followed by Faisal Bustami and Mohammad Bustami.

In the pre-final race, Tarek had a great start and jumped to 6^th place then started his battle with the drivers ahead. Faisal Bustami and Sanad Shannak had technical problems and couldn’t finish the pre-final. The new comer, Saif Abdelhadi, spun off but still managed to restart and finish his race and won the beginners cup. The Sukhtian brothers came in first and second place followed by Mohammad Bustami.

In the Final race, Tarek started first and started to widen the gap after the 15^th lap. Faisal Bustami faced technical problems again, so he lost couple of laps to go out to the pits fix his kart and returned back to the circuit to mark the fastest lap of the race. Mahmoud Dajani sponsored by Jordan Kuwait Bank had a smooth race and finished both the pre-final and final races in 4^th place.

Two races passed and two podiums for Mohammad Bustami. The Makaseb driver managed to finish the race in 3^rd place.

Mohammad Abdeen was going easy and finished the race to win the Group B Cup.

Lina Hadidi, daughter of local champion Abeer Baitikhi faced so many technical problems and had to retire from the race.

 

 

Local champion Tarek Sukhtian won the first round of the Jordan Karting Championship after a great battle with Faisal Bustami who won the pre-final round of the race. Sukhtian who was in pole position lead the pre-final up to the 10th lap when Faisal Bustami took the lead and started to widen the gap. Tarek also lost his 2nd position to his brother Ahmad Sukhtian and finished in 3rd place.

Mohammad Bustami, sponsored by Jordan Karting, qualified in 4th place but had a terrible start. He bumped into the kart in front and was passed by the entire field. Although he restarted from the back of the grid, he pushed hard and managed to put himself again in the top five.

In the final race, Tarek and Faisal were fighting for the lead with many attempts by Faisal to overtake, but unfortunately he spun and dropped back to 4th. Mohammad Bustami did a better job on the finals start and he was so close to the race leaders and finished in 2nd place.

Ahmad Sukhtian made it to the podium although he had a very bad start. Anwar Malas, local champion for the Rotax Max series, was competing with Group B champion, Mahmoud Dajani who retired due to technical problems.

Race Final Results:
Tarek Sukhtian
Mohammad Bustami
Ahmad Sukhtian
Faisal Sukhtian
Anwar Malas

 

 

Photos by:
Hasan Dirani - Karaz Photos

The Jordanian Karting Team presented by the Jordan Champion Hamza Dirani and Othman Abu Samra finished the Middle East Karting Championship in top positions. Despite of the technical problems that Dirani first, he finished the race in 3^rd place. The junior driver Othman Abu Samra took the lead in the final race and won the Middle East Karting Championship.

 

Seniors Championship Final Results:
Kevin Rechard	:	Austria
Piero De Marchi	:	Italy
Hamza Dirani	:	Jordan

Juniors Championship Final Results:
Othman Abu Samra	:	Jordan
Pierre Georges	:	Syria
Amin Soufrakis	:	Lybia

 

 

Please take a moment to check www.farahzakaria.com. Farah is 9 years old junior driver. She started karting at age of 7 and won many junior races.

 

The CIK-FIA sanctioned Middle East Karting Cup (MEKC) is a new professional series in the exciting motorsport of karting, considered the stepping stone to Formula One racing. It is one of only six internationally approved international series by the world federation, the CIK-FIA and is included in the yearly racing calendar.

The series takes place from January to April, 2008 over three rounds: two in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, and one in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The three categories are Juniors
(13 – 16 years of age), Seniors (17+), and Masters (32+). A celebrity charity race will accompany the final round of the championship.

Jordan has two registered drivers, Hamza Dirani and Othman Abu Samra, who will compete in the seniors and juniors classes. The team from Jordan is leaving to Sharm Al Sheikh on the 14^th of January to start preparing for the race.

For more information about the championship please visit www.mekc.com

 

Juniors race:
Winner of last round, Taj Abu Namous, was able to set the fastest time in qualifying again and start the race from pole position. On the first turn, Taj and Farah tried to go in together and pushed their selves off the racing line which opened the way to Suleiman Zaza to take the lead.

Suleiman started to widen the gap between him and other drivers. Taj finished in 2^nd place, Farah Zakaria in 3^rd and Khaled Abu Hassan in 4^th.

Suleiman set the fastest time in the race and was crowned the champion of the Tony Kart Ramadan Challenge for Juniors class.

 

Seniors Race:

Six of the thirteen drivers were fighting and all were very close to win the title of the series. In the warm up session, Omar Farrah was fastest followed by Mohammad Muradi and Mahmoud Dajani. Top 5 drivers were competing with in less than one second. Abdullah Bustami, 12 years old, surprised all by being 4^th fastest.

In the qualifying, Faisal Bustami moved up from 5^th place to pole position. Othman Abu Samra, also 12 years old, drove amazingly and was 2^nd fastest. Group B Champion, Mahmoud Dajani came in 3^rd position.

When the race started, the organizers stopped the race because of an accident that blocked the track. In the restart, Faisal took the lead, followed by Othman who kept himself in the 2^nd position. Mohammad Muradi started the race in 6^th position and fought to take the 3^rd position from Dajani in the last lap of the race.

Hayat Abu Samra, the only lady driver finished the race in 6^th position.

 

• Faisal Bustami takes the victory of the 2^nd round in the Tony Kart Ramadan Challenge.
• Taj Abu Namous led the Juniors’ race all the way!

Juniors Race:

The juniors’ race was nothing like the first round. The schedule of the race started with the qualifying for Juniors where Taj Abu Namous came in pole position, sponsored by Makaseb, followed by Suleiman Zaza, Farah Zakaria who won the first round and Khaled Abu Hasan who came in 4^th position.

In the Juniors’ race, Taj led the race from lap one. The competition was on the 2^nd place between Farah and Suleiman. Khaled finished the race in the fourth position.

 

Final Results:

Position	Driver	Sponsor
1	Taj Abu Namous	Makaseb
2	Suleiman Zaza	Al Nahda Press
3	Farah Zakaria
4	Khaled Abu Hassan	Luigi's Pizza

 

Seniors Race:

It was a very competitive round since the testing days. Times were extremely close and everyone was excited to watch the race.  In the warm up session, Ahmad Sukhtian was fastest and was able to break the fastest time set by Mohammad Bustami who was fastest in the testing on Thursday.

Positions changed in the qualifying session. Faisal Bustami was able to set the fastest time and placed himself in pole position followed by Ahmad Sukhtian and Mohammad Bustami. During the pre-final session, Faisal Bustami took the lead and finished the round in first position. Ahmad Sukhtian came in 2^nd place and Mohammad Muradi 3^rd. Mohammad Bustami had to retire due to technical difficulties.

Mohammad Muradi, Abdullah Bustami and Sanad Shannak were penalized by dropping them one position back because they did not comply with safety regulations.

Othman Abu Samra and Anwar Hamdan were fighting back to back and the battle ended when Abu Samra won the position.

In the final race, the first 7 laps were extremely aggressive. The top three positions kept on changing non-stop between Faisal Bustami, Ahmad Sukhtian and Mohammad Muradi. Unfortunately, Sukhtian left the battle because of engine seizure. Bustami started to widen the gap between him and Muradi and led the race till the end. Mohammad Muradi broke the track record in his 17^th lap.

Abdullah Bustami did a great job and surprised all the spectators by fighting from 7^th place to place himself on podium. With no racing experience, the 12 years old driver easily overtook experienced and managed to keep on going for better position.

Anwar Hamdan protested against Abdullah Bustami’s weight which was 4 KGs under the minimum weight set by the regulation. The stewards decided to disqualify Abdullah from the race.

 

Final Results

Position	Driver	Time	Sponsor	No.
1	Faisal Bustami	38.022	Bridgestone	21
2	Mohammad Muradi	37.908	Al Nahda Press	33
3	Anwar Hamdan	39.263	Bank of Jordan	81
4	Omar Farrah	39.222		5
5	Mousa Qawasmi	40.054	United Racers	18
	Best lap:
	Mohammad Muradi	37.908

 

 

On the circuit in Mariembourg, our Team lived another unforgettable day gaining the well-deserved World Championship thanks to Marco Ardigò.

The result of the KF1 class is more than clear: our Racing Team showed its solidity for the whole weekend gaining the prefinal pole-position with Gary Catt and placing a great double-barrelled in the queen class of Karting.

During the qualifying our Driverslay the foundation for the victory: Gary and Marco literally fly and monopolize the list of the timing. Catt scores immediately a magnificent and unreachable 53”530, followed by the 53”595 scored by Marco in the second manche of the qualifying.

In the manches Gary gets no penalty and winning three times, he get the pole position of the prefinal and also Marco’s rhythm is very good. Marco is only stopped by the Team-mate and by Sauro Cesetti (Birel-Iame-Bridgestone).

The starting grid of the final is decided at the beginning of the prefinal: at the starting-signal Marco, on the external side of the track, sprang very fast and drove to the finishing line in front of the Team-mate Gary. Behind the green drivers, immediately arrive the blue-cousins of the Kosmic Team, Niko Bollingtoft and Bailly, followed by the other Tony Kart English driver James Calado.  

The result of the final was the decided when the drivers started : Marco is perfect and goes away very fast imposing an incredible rhythm , impossible to be reache by the competitors. Gary looses two positions and he is obliged to display his determination in order to recover and get back to his second position. Our English driver overtakes Kozlinski at first (Crg-Tm-Bridgestone) and Bollingtoft then (Kosmic-Vortex-Bridgestone), trying to follow and catch Marco.

The race is an amazing fight through fastest laps between Marco and Gary, the competitors cannot keep the rhythm and the check-flag kisses the head of Tony Karrt-Vortex-Marco Ardigò. With all the green on the podium, we also have our Team Manager Giacomo Aliprandi, completing the success of a Team in which the armony of the group and the organisation are some of the most important features.

Not so lucky was the race of our Drivers in the KF2 class: the performances of the European Champion Will Stevens were ok, but an ill-fated, stupid failure stopped our Driver when he was ready to get the front line.

Although these troubles, in the final, Will recovered from the back-lines and demonstrated how big our potential is. For the young Driver there is a important challenge in the next future: he will drive in the KF1 with our Official Team.

Our Customers made also very good performances, especially the Ward Team and the JJ-KS Racing who placed respectively Wernersson and Deschamps in the 4^th and 5^th placement.

The title in the KF1 is the seal of a season that gave us unforgettable satisfactions, giving us also a push to go on with the intense job of research and development of out means.

 

 

Juniors’ Race:

The first round of the Tony Kart Ramadan Challenge was a great success! Thirteen drivers registered for the race to compete in the juniors and seniors races. In the juniors race, Farah Zakria came in pole position and lead the race till the end. Taj Abu Namous and Suleiman Zaza were competing on the 2^nd place. Technical difficulties faced Taj and forced him to retire. Khaled Abu Hassan finished the race in 3^rd position.

Seniors Race:

The competition was very high starting from the warm up of the race. Mohammad Muradi, Sponsored by Al Nahda Press,  was driving a Tony Kart for the first time was able to set the fastest lap on the track. In the qualifying session, Omar Farah was fastest but he was penalized because he was under the minimum weight set by the regulations. Therefore Faisal Bustami, sponsored by Bridgestone, was in pole position followed by Ahmad Ashi and Mohammad Muradi.

On the start of the race, Faisal Bustami maintained his first position and led the race for more than ten laps. Ahmad Ashi took the lead after Bustami had to retire. In 2^nd place came the Jordan Champion for Group B, Mahmoud Dajani and maintained the position till the end of the race. Mohammad Muradi who was one of the fastest drivers lost two laps because of a pit stop but managed to finish the race in 5^th place.

Final Results:

1. Ahmad Ashi
2. Mahmoud Dajani
3. Omar Barakat
4. Omar Farrah
5. Abdullah Bustami
6. Waleed Barakt
7. Mohammad Muradi
8. Hashem Tabbaa – retired
9. Faisal Bustami - retired

 

Under the supervision of Hamza Dirani, Tony Kart Jordan will be organizing series of races in Ramadan on the Jordan Speed Center circuit. The events will have 2 races, juniors and seniors. Winners of each race will get trophies and prizes from Tony Kart, Hobby Center and Liqui Moly. Hamza Dirani will be the head of the organizing team for the Tony Kart Ramadan Challenge.

 

Challenge dates:

Friday   21 September
Friday   28 September
Friday   5 October

 

Challenge schedule:

Time		Description
8:30		Drivers’ Briefing
8:30		Technical Check up
9:00		Warm-up
9:20		Qualifying – Juniors
9:45		Qualifying – Seniors
10:15		Juniors Race – 10 laps
11:45		Seniors race – 15 laps
12:00		Prize Giving

Running of the Race:

• All drivers should attend the drivers’ meeting
• Drivers who do not attend the meeting will be penalized up to exclusion of the race.
• Starting position will be determined by the best lap of each driver in the qualifying session. The fastest driver will be the first on the grid and so on.
• Race 1 (10 laps) for Juniors
• Race 2 (15 Laps) for Seniors

All races will be held at the Jordan Speed Center full circuit. Races one and three will be running clockwise on the circuit. Race two will be running counter clockwise.

One person is allowed on the starting grid to assist in starting the kart with each driver.

 

Prizes

Juniors’ winners:
1st place	:	Gold Trophy
2nd place	:	Silver Trophy
3rd place	:	Bronze Trophy

 

Seniors winners:
1st place	:	Gold Trophy
2nd place	:	Silver Trophy
3rd place	:	Bronze Trophy

 

Top five drivers from the seniors’ class will get gift vouchers from:

Jordan Karting:	Hobby Center
200 USD 150 USD 100 USD 75  USD 50  USD	300 USD 200 USD 150 USD 100 USD 75 USD

 

Optimal Auto Service:
50 USD voucher for top 5 drivers.