The new season of 2015/2016 Qatar Challenge started yesterday at Losail International Circuit with the victory of the defendant champion, Mark Holroyd.
A total of thirteen cars took part in the opening round of this championship where Holroyd dominated the race from the start until the end of the fifteen laps. Holroyd, who got the pole position earlier in the practice, took the lead during all the race and gave no change to the other drivers to overtake him. The British driver Holroyd crossed the checkered flag front of Peter De Vido who came second.
‘The race was fantastic for me, we put a lot of effort all over the summer , fortunately my sponsors came back to me to repeat the season. Now we are having 15 laps , it is more difficult compared to last year , it is more like an endurance race now for me . Very happy with the result, everything went well, which is always nice when you prepare for something so hard’ said the winner of the race, Holroyd.
The runner up of the last season the Canadian driver Peter De Vido, enjoyed a lot the race and hopes to have a nice battle with Holdroyd throughout all the season and fight for the championship ‘ It was a very good race today, very challenging because of the heat, but as usual very good fair driving, what I believe is the best championship in the Middle East. Thanks to my sponsor Quanto Bello Qatar and the rest of the drivers for supporting this championship so on’ De Vido stated after the race.
The third position in the podium was for the new comer driver from Australia, Adam Spence, who was so excited at the podium that couldn’t believe it ‘ This is my first race in Qatar, I am so excited for this podium, I was ecstatic just to make it to the start line and ecstatic to be here in the podium, and I am so happy for this. I have been racing here at Losail before but this extremely heat is something I haven’t experienced before , I want to thank to all the people that support me and really looking forward the coming round’ Adam told after the podium.
Earlier, the official photo of the season was taking in the grid with all the drivers and Mr. Mohamed Saad Al Morraikhi, QMMF General Secretary, who presented also the trophies to the winners in the Podium Ceremony.
The next round for Qatar Challenge will be on 6th November.
