QMMF announces revised format for November’s Qatar International Baja

Lusail: The Qatar Motor and Motorcycle Federation (QMMF)has put the finishing touches to a challenging three day route for the Qatar International Baj...

Lusail: The Qatar Motor and Motorcycle Federation (QMMF)has put the finishing touches to a challenging three-day route for the Qatar International Baja, taking place on November 6-8.

The event is the seventh round of the FIA World Baja Cup, round three of the FIA Middle East Baja Cup and the sixth and penultimate round of the FIM Bajas World Cup. The iconic ‘Way to the World Cup’ landmark on Doha Corniche will be the backdrop for start and finish formalities for the first time.

With a reputation as being one of the most demanding Baja events on the international calendar, the event offers tricky navigation, varied desert terrain and a mixture of gravel, rocky and sandy surfaces to ensure that drivers, navigators and riders are fully focused from the outset.

Running under the chairmanship of QMMF President Abdulrahman Al-Mannai, QMMF’s Executive Director Amro Al-Hamad and board member Abdulrazaq Al-Kuwari, the event runs to a traditional Baja-type format with a short Prologue determining the starting order for the first of two stages in a total route of 773.83km through the Qatar desert.

Administration and technical scrutineering will be based at the Lusail International Circuit on November 4 and November 5. The circuit will also host the pre-event press conference on November 5.