Adel Abdulla once again showed his prowess by prevailing over his Group A opponents to secure an eight-point lead in the overall standings after two rounds of the Q atar Online Racing Championship (QORC) virtual WRC8 French Rally.
On Tuesday, the former FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Rallies T2 champion created a three and halfminute gap between him and his closest rival Mohamad Al Thefiri during the second qualifying round by completing eight stages in 45:27.497.
The popular driver, has now collected 40 points with two victories as drivers head for the third and final qualifying round before the final series in which only the top drivers are allowed to compete.
Misfer Al Hajri, the group’s secondplace winner of the first round on Sunday, completed the French Rally podium. Al Hajri is second in the overall Group A standings whereas Al Thefiri stays at the bottom after competing in only one out of two qualifying events.
Mansour Dbeissy (Group B, Zakariya Al Aufi of Oman (Group C) and his compatriot Ammar Bulushi (Group D) were the other group winners on Tuesday. In Group B, QORC Touring Car series champion Ahmed El Kholay finished second behind Dbeissy while Nasser Al Kuwari clinched the third spot. Hamad Al Sulaiti and Ahmed Al Kuwari secured the second and third spot in Group C. Group D winner Ammar Bulushi was the only other driver apart from Abdulla to win consecutive races in the series.
Khalid Al Maraghi finished second in Tuesday’s event while Kuwaiti Mishari Al Thefiri completed the podium in their group. The next WRC event takes place today on a virtual QRC Argentina Rally route
