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Saudi Toyota 2024 Drift Championship Concludes in Al-Ahsa

The championship featured over 50 elite drivers, including professionals, amateurs, and semi-professionals from Saudi Arabia and abroad, competing across various categories -SPA
The championship featured over 50 elite drivers, including professionals, amateurs, and semi-professionals from Saudi Arabia and abroad, competing across various categories -SPA
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Saudi Toyota 2024 Drift Championship Concludes in Al-Ahsa

The championship featured over 50 elite drivers, including professionals, amateurs, and semi-professionals from Saudi Arabia and abroad, competing across various categories -SPA
The championship featured over 50 elite drivers, including professionals, amateurs, and semi-professionals from Saudi Arabia and abroad, competing across various categories -SPA

The Saudi Toyota 2024 Drift Championship concluded on Friday with the third and final round held at Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Sports City in the Al-Ahsa Governorate.

Organized by the Saudi Automobile and Motorcycle Federation in collaboration with the Ministry of Sport, the event was supported by official partner Jameel Motorsports and strategic partner the Saudi Investment Bank.
According to SPA, the championship featured over 50 elite drivers, including professionals, amateurs, and semi-professionals from Saudi Arabia and abroad, competing across various categories.
Director of the Marketing Department at the Saudi Automobile and Motorcycle Federation Emad Sindi presented the awards to the championship winners.

Mohamed El-Arabi secured first place in the professional category, followed by Yusef Bahuwayrith in second and Badr Al-Sharihi in third.
Sindi commended the high level of competition and praised the support provided by the Kingdom’s leadership to the Saudi Automobile and Motorcycle Federation, which has enabled the organization of world-class sporting events and championships. He highlighted the Kingdom’s successes in hosting such events, solidifying its reputation as a leader in the motorsports arena.

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Neuville Fights Back in Japan to Close on 1st World Title

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Neuville Fights Back in Japan to Close on 1st World Title

FIA World Rally Championship - Rally Sweden - Stage 7 of Second Round - Torsby, Sweden - February 15, 2020. Thierry Neuville of Belgium (Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC) speaks to the media. TT News Agency/Micke Fransson/via REUTERS/File Photo
FIA World Rally Championship - Rally Sweden - Stage 7 of Second Round - Torsby, Sweden - February 15, 2020. Thierry Neuville of Belgium (Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC) speaks to the media. TT News Agency/Micke Fransson/via REUTERS/File Photo

Hyundai's Thierry Neuville fought back into the points at the season-ending Rally Japan on Saturday to stand on the cusp of his first world championship.

The Belgian, who needs six points to clinch the title, started the day 15th after a turbo pressure problem but moved up to seventh place to secure four of the required tally provided he finishes on Sunday.

Team mate and closest championship rival Ott Tanak will lead the rally into Sunday's final leg, 38 seconds clear of Toyota's Elfyn Evans, as leaders Hyundai also closed in on the manufacturers' title, Reuters reported.

Toyota's Sebastien Ogier was in third place.

"We’re satisfied that we’ve been able to catch seventh, which didn’t seem very realistic this morning," said Neuville.

"Of course, it could have been a much better weekend result, but I have faced many setbacks in my career and I have learnt to stay calm and deal with the situation.

"I think we managed that very well today, considering we had everything to lose while others had a lot to gain. It could be a big day tomorrow, but there is still a fight and we have to win some more points."

Tanak, the 2019 world champion, won the 13th and 16th stages while Neuville won stages 11 and 14 in the Aichi mountains near Nagoya.

Stage 12 was cancelled for security reasons after a van entered the course and blocked the road while Evans was waiting to start and after six cars had posted times. Police attended the scene and escorted the vehicle away.

"We've had this situation before here, which is challenging," the www.autosport.com, opens new tab website quoted FIA road sport director Andrew Wheatley as saying, calling the breach "very serious".

"Clearly, what's been done in the past has not been good enough and we need to find solutions to go forward. There is no excuse for this."