The Ramadan Karting Challenge is becoming more popular year after year! On its 5th year, the series is attracting regional drivers to compete in – with four entries from Lebanon.
Great start for teammates Omar Farah and Izz Bustami. Izz was super fast in the official practice leading by 1 second and maintained his lead to take the pole position. Omar Farah was in 6th place in the official practice, but managed to put himself in the 2nd place on the starting grid ahead of Abdullah Bustami and Othman Abu Samra.
On the start of the pre-final race, Omar and Izz maintained their positions, but Omar managed to overtake his teammate and finish in first place and setting the fastest lap. Othman Abu Samra had a bad start and moved back to 8th place, but he was quick enough to overtake the drivers ahead and gain his position back. Terry Farah won the battle for the 5th place keeping Yousef Jammal and Carl Masaad behind. Ahmad Abdelkhaliq and Abdullah Gokahshaw were competing on the 8th and 9th places. Ayah Doughlah spun on turn 1 where her race ended.
In the final race, again, Omar and Izz took the lead to finish the race in 1-2 for the team. Othman Abu Samra and Abdullah Bustami had a smooth start and finished their race in same position, 3rd and 4th. The Lebanese drivers Yousef and Carl managed to overtake Terry to finish in 5th and 6th places. Ayah Doughlah who started on the back of the grid finished her race in 8th place ahead of Ahmed Abdelkhaliq and Abdullah Gokahshaw.
The juniors’ race was great! New regulations allowed 14hp engines and the juniors were flying! A great battle on the first place between Nafe Jarrar who was in pole position and Roubes Bouchabkeh, which ended for Jarrar after the scrutineering report! Ghassan Abu Hassan was satisfied with 3rd for his first race! Noor Doughlah had a smooth race and finished in 4th place.
For detailed results please visit the results page.
