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The Zain Reem international race circuit in Riyadh will play host to rounds of the Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge and Chevrolet Supercars Middle East Championship on January 6 and 7.

Manama, Bahrain; 22nd April 2009: Indian racing ace Karun Chandhok will be driving his first GP2 races of the year in Bahrain this coming weekend. The Chennai born driver is backed by Punj Lloyd, JK Tyre and Amaron and will be driving for Ocean Racing Technology in the final round of the GP2 Asia series.

Fahad Al Musalam managed to something six regular V8 Supercar drivers could not in race one at the Bahrain International Circuit - he brought his car home in one piece, without a scratch.

The stage has been set for a spectacular 2008 Porsche Carrera Cup Asia championship- decider with Team StarChase driver Christian Menzel taking Class A pole position for the first of Sunday’s two races at the Bahrain International Circuit.

V8 Supercars championship leader Jamie Whincup will start from pole position for the opening race of the Desert 400 in Bahrain.

Fahad Al Musalam will be the first Middle Eastern driver to participate in the Australian V8 Supercars Championship Series, starting with the Gulf Air Desert 400 which gets underway on Thursday at the Bahrain International Circuit (BIC) in Sakhir.

As the Porsche Carrera Cup Asia continues to expand its motorsport horizons further yet, the first-ever air transportation of the impressive fleet of 19 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup racing cars took place on November 2.

When Russell Ingall joined the Supercheap Auto Racing outfit at the start of 2008 he did so with three goals — to finish a round on the podium; to return to serious top five contention; and to win a round of the V8 Supercar Championship.

David Price Racing (DPR) heads to the Dubai Autodrome this weekend for the final round of the inaugural 2008 GP2 Asia Series. Indian driver Armaan Ebrahim and Brazilian driver, Diego Nunes will make their final outing for DPR in the Asia series, as the team hopes to finish the season with another points finish.
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There’s no two ways about it. Romain Grosjean dominated the inaugural GP2 Asia series taking the title yesterday morning in Bahrain despite being unable to finish the race after brake issues saw his lead and ultimately his race come to an end. The ART Grand Prix driver talks of his experience so far in the [...]

As previously noted Jacques Villeneuve is in Bahrain this weekend competing in the Speedcar Series.
Nothing entirely unusual in that, he is a racer and racers want to race.
Racing has been on Jacques’ the back burner since being ushered out of the Bill Davis Racing garage door in February for lack of sponsorship he was said [...]

Romain Grosjean moved a step closer to wrapping up the inaugural GP2 Asia championship with a comfortable win in the feature race at Bahrain.
Grosjean made a mess of his start from pole, but he fought back courtesy of an early safety car period and a strong move on Adrian Valles to win by almost 15 [...]

The qualifying held today at Bahrain International Circuit, valid for the second to last round of the 2008 GP2 Asia Series Championship, turned out to be quite difficult for BCN Competicion´s drivers.
Session: Qualify
Air temp.: 28 C
Track temp.: 42 C
BCN Competicion
Car #24
Driver: Milos Pavlovic
Result: 23 ( 1:44.659 )
BCN Competicion
Car #25
Driver: Jason Tahinci
Result: 24 ( 1:44.732 )
DIFFICULT [...]

To qualify is not to race! Qi_Meritus.Mahara had a tough first qualifying session in Bahrain
Qualifying in Bahrain turned out harder than expected despite the free practice morning’s good signs and results for the 4th round of the new GP2 Asia series. The Qi-Meritus.Mahara drivers qualified in the afternoon respectively in 12th and 18th position.
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The 2008 GP2 Asia Series is in Bahrain this weekend for the fourth and penultimate Round of the Championship.
With two rounds to go before the conclusion of the first GP2 Asia Series, Romain Grosjean is still leading the drivers’ championship with 35 points, but the rest of the standing has drastically changed since Sepang: Vitaly [...]