Nasser Al Attiyah Qatari prince who combines his passion for rallying the Olympic shooting, won the award for her insistence and took his first Dakar after participating in seven editions of the rally. With an unusual mastery of the dunes and a friendly and outgoing character, Al Attiyah avenged last year's fiasco, when he made a great rally but was unable to English Carlos Sainz, who snatched the Dakar tightest car history .
The last stage, between Cordoba and Buenos Aires, ended up in the hands of the driver from Madrid, which beat Qatar in 38 seconds. South African Giniel De Villiers (Volkswagen) was second in the standings, 49 minutes 41 seconds, while Sainz finished in third place.
Born December 21, 1970 in Doha within a leading Qatari families, Al Attiyah is related to the woman who nursed the current Emir of the small Gulf state, a relationship enough to be considered a prince in that country. From a young age showed a talent for driving. Between 1990 and 1995 was awarded five times the Qatar Rally Championship and in 1991 won the Marlboro Desert Fox.
Though his career was going from strength to strength, Al Attiyah was forced to leave the deck during seven years, because the president of the Federation his country belonged to a rival family, preferring to support their families. The setback did not stop the young entrepreneur, lover of the competition, which decided to opt for other sports, shooting Olympic discipline in which he participated in the Sydney and Athens Games, where he stood at the gates of a medal, losing in a playoff against a Cuban athlete. In the 2002 Asian Games, held in South Korea, Al Attiyah took the gold medal.
Prince waited patiently for the wind blowing in his favor in his country and his cousin became president of the Federation of Motor to return to your passion. In 2003 and 2005 achieved its first two tournaments of the Middle East rally, trophy belongs to the International Automobile Federation (FIA).
2006 was a year especially fruitful to Al Attiyah, who took back the Middle East Rally driving a Subaru and the world rally championship car production, another title of the FIA. He won again the Middle East rally in 2007, and the following year won the World Rally Championship Cross Country and Baja Spain, both with a BMW. In 2009, earned his fifth win in the Middle East rally.
In Dakar debut in 2002 driving a Mitsubishi and succeeded in the tenth position, BMW did notice him and trust him a flier for three years. Last year Al Attiyah up a notch in his career as a pilot and joined Volkswagen for a car with a chance of winning the Dakar, one of its major sporting aspirations.
starred in a dour struggle with his teammate Carlos Sainz, with episodes of high voltage and occasional controversy, but was on the threshold of victory. This year, maintained his usual aggressive driving style and it seemed that the Dakar would be resolved in an exciting new hand in hand with Sainz. But the Spaniard had two disastrous days that I got out of the battle and the prince Qatar quietly took his first title of the Dakar.
The last stage, between Cordoba and Buenos Aires, ended up in the hands of the driver from Madrid, which beat Qatar in 38 seconds. South African Giniel De Villiers (Volkswagen) was second in the standings, 49 minutes 41 seconds, while Sainz finished in third place.
Born December 21, 1970 in Doha within a leading Qatari families, Al Attiyah is related to the woman who nursed the current Emir of the small Gulf state, a relationship enough to be considered a prince in that country. From a young age showed a talent for driving. Between 1990 and 1995 was awarded five times the Qatar Rally Championship and in 1991 won the Marlboro Desert Fox.
Though his career was going from strength to strength, Al Attiyah was forced to leave the deck during seven years, because the president of the Federation his country belonged to a rival family, preferring to support their families. The setback did not stop the young entrepreneur, lover of the competition, which decided to opt for other sports, shooting Olympic discipline in which he participated in the Sydney and Athens Games, where he stood at the gates of a medal, losing in a playoff against a Cuban athlete. In the 2002 Asian Games, held in South Korea, Al Attiyah took the gold medal.
Prince waited patiently for the wind blowing in his favor in his country and his cousin became president of the Federation of Motor to return to your passion. In 2003 and 2005 achieved its first two tournaments of the Middle East rally, trophy belongs to the International Automobile Federation (FIA).
2006 was a year especially fruitful to Al Attiyah, who took back the Middle East Rally driving a Subaru and the world rally championship car production, another title of the FIA. He won again the Middle East rally in 2007, and the following year won the World Rally Championship Cross Country and Baja Spain, both with a BMW. In 2009, earned his fifth win in the Middle East rally.
In Dakar debut in 2002 driving a Mitsubishi and succeeded in the tenth position, BMW did notice him and trust him a flier for three years. Last year Al Attiyah up a notch in his career as a pilot and joined Volkswagen for a car with a chance of winning the Dakar, one of its major sporting aspirations.
starred in a dour struggle with his teammate Carlos Sainz, with episodes of high voltage and occasional controversy, but was on the threshold of victory. This year, maintained his usual aggressive driving style and it seemed that the Dakar would be resolved in an exciting new hand in hand with Sainz. But the Spaniard had two disastrous days that I got out of the battle and the prince Qatar quietly took his first title of the Dakar.
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