4th round of the Drift UAE, held at Yas Marina Circuit
Round 4 of Drift UAE held at Yas Marina Circuit on the evening of Friday 24th Feb
20 competitors took part in the Drift UAE event with participants from Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Jordan, Lebanon, Kuwait and even Palestine.
Special guest, Graham McNamara, CEO of the Prodrift Series in Europe, not only judged the event, but also advised and guided participants on the art of drifting.
After an evening of action-packed competition, local hero, Emirate Ahmed Alaamri won 1st place in his Toyota Soarer. 2nd went to Abdul Aziz Alyaeesh, a guest drifter from KSA and 3rd was taken by AbdulHadi Alqahtani, also from KSA, in his Ford Mustang, after battling it out for the final podium position with Palestinian Drifter Ahmad Daham in this RWD Subaru Impreza.
Results (Top 10):
Position/Driver/Car/Team/nationality/
1st/Ahmad Alaamri/Toyota Soarer/UAE Drift Team/UAE
2nd/Abdulaziz Alyaeesh/BMW M6/Abdulaziz Alyaeesh/KSA
3rd/Abdulhadi Alqahtani/FORD Mustang/Aljazirah Ford Racing Team/KSA
4th/Ahmad Daham/Subaru Impreza/Team Tensai Tuning/Palestine
5th/Ahmad Alkhowaiter/Hyundai genesis/Al Majdouie Racing Team/KSA
6th/Yousef Alromaithi/Nissan 300ZX/ALromaithi racing/UAE
7th/Muath Al-Essa/BMW M3/Traction Off Team/Bahrain
8th/Ahmed Almehairbi/Subaru STI/Ahmed Almehairbi/UAE
9th/Mubarak AlRumaidhi/Nissan 350Z/Traction Off Team/Kuwait
10th/Ahmad Omar/Nissan Silvia/UAE Drift Force/UAE