AL-RAJHI AND AL-HAKEEM HEAD IMPRESSIVE ENTRY FOR JEDDAH RALLY TOYOTA 2023

Are Yazeed Al-Rajhi and Ehab Al-Hakeem top their respective car and motorcycle categories on another impressive entry list announced by the Saudi Automobile and Motorcycle Federation (SAMF) for this weekend’s Jeddah Rally Toyota 2023

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The final round of the Saudi Toyota Rally Championship reaches its conclusion on December 14th-16th. Twenty-nine cars, 13 motorcycles, six quads and three trucks grace the entry list

The car section is further broken down into nine T1s, two in T1P, eight production class T2 cars, four lightweight prototype T3s, six T4 lightweight production vehicles with three T5 trucks running at the rear of the field

While Al-Rajhi bids to retain his Saudi Toyota Championship title, his Overdrive Racing team-mate Lionel Baud has entered the event for the first time to carry out some crucial testing with the latest specification Toyota Hilux before next month’s Dakar Rally

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The Saudi and the Frenchman top a car field that includes a plethora of Saudi drivers chasing local championship glory in a fleet of Nissans and Toyotas. Names include Abdulaziz Al-Yaeesh, Khaled Al-Feraihi, Al-Mashna Al-Ramali, Owaid Al-Shammeri and Abdullah Al-Haydan

Khaled Al-Hamzani and Jafar Al-Qahtani head an eight-strong field of T2 Nissans, while Saleh Al-Saif, Dania Akeel, Hamad Al-Harbi and Argentina’s Nicolas Caviglasso will decide the outcome of the T3 category. Al-Saif has switched from a Can-Am Maverick X3 to running a G-Rally Team OT3 under his Dark Horse team banner on this occasion

Five Saudis and one Dubai-based driver will compete for T4 honours in six Can-Am Maverick XRS Turbo RRs. Maha Al-Hameli won the category in Jeddah last season and tops a field that includes Orjwan Ammar, Moaz Hariri, Abdullah Al-Shegawi, Yasir Seaidan and UAE-based Mathilda Lauwens

Ibrahim Al-Muhana (Mercedes Unimog) faces strong competition in the T5 class this time. Hino Team Sugawara is using the event as a pre-Dakar shakedown and Teruhito Sugawara lines up with Hirokazu Somemiya to drive his Hino 600. Tariq Al-Rammah is also present with co-pilot Muhanad Al-Khashigi in a powerful Volvo

Competition in the motorcycle race for the leading Saudi quartet of Ehab Al-Hakeem, Mishal Al-Ghuneim, Abdulhalim Al-Mogheera and Badr Al-Hamdan comes from the UAE-based Al-Balooshi brothers, Mohammed and Sultan, on a pair of KTMs

Other entrants include Kuwait’s Abdullah Al-Shatti, Dubai’s Marwan Al-Rahmani and Qatar’s Osama Saleh Al-Rajhi

FIM Bajas World Cup regulars, Haitham Al-Tuwaijri and Hani Al-Noumesi, top a six-strong line up of Yamaha quads. They face competition from Abdulaziz Al-Atawi, Abdulrahman Alabdullatif, Mansoor Justaniah and Qatar-based Belgian rider Emiel Stuckens

The ceremonial start will take place at King Abdullah Economic City on Thursday before competitors tackle a Prologue stage at the coastal village of Thuwal, 30km south of KAEC

The event is being organised by the SAMF, in conjunction with the Ministry of Sport and official partner Abdul Latif Jameel (ALJ) Motors. It is running under the supervision of SAMF President H.R.H. Prince Khalid bin Sultan Al-Abdullah Al-Faisal

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