Qatar- Saeed and Abdulla secure pole positions

(MENAFN- Gulf Times) Saeed al-Sulaiti and Abdulla al-Kheleifi bagged pole positions yet again in the third round of the Qatar Superstock 600 and Qatar Touring Car Championship respectively at the Losail International Circuit.
Al-Sulaiti was on top in Free Practice 2 and also had the fastest lap in the Superpole, (2:04.283). He will start from the front row today, ahead of Mishal al-Naimi, who finished second with a time of 2:05.010.
'I feel better in this round especially after having my injuries. I am really happy to secure the third Superpole this season. I have a good feeling with the bike and hopefully the weather will be fine tomorrow. Hope to get good results tomorrow and thanks to Ooredoo, QMMF and Losail Circuit Sports Club for their support, said al-Sulaiti.
Al-Naimi is looking forward for the race. 'The bike was very good today, I went with used tyres and I am satisfied with the results. I think that the bike is ready for tomorrow. I fixed the problem with the steering dumper and the clutch so we can fight tomorrow for the win and reduce the gap in the championship, said al-Naimi.
Young rider Abdullah al-Qubaisi although will start in third place with a lap time of 2:05.265.
'I am not happy at all with my results as I expected a better lap time. I didn't have the right feeling with the bike but hopefully tomorrow I can fight in front for the win as the difference is not so big, al-Qubaisi said. In the QSTK Trophy, the fastest rider was again Qatar's Sheikh Jassim al-Thani with a lap time of 2:08.600. Kuwaiti riders Mohamed al-Zaidan and Nawaf al-Shuaibi finished second and third in their category.
'The feeling is ok, I am again the fastest rider in the QSTK Trophy and I did a very good lap time. I hope tomorrow I can push in Race 1 to secure the first position in the standings, Sheikh Jassim said.
Meanwhile, al-Kheleifi clocked a time of 2:24.174 to finish ahead of Mohamed al-Khaiat.
'The weather is a bit hot this time so I did some logging adjusting the map to today's temperatures. In the qualifying session, I started from seventh and climbed to second and then to first, but Mohamad al-Khaiat is very close, so for sure we will have a good battle, said al-Kheleifi.
Today, the QSTK race 1 starts at 11:30am, while race 2 will begin at 2.30pm. The first QTCC race is scheduled at 1pm and the second at 4pm.
Qatar Superstock 600 and Qatar Touring Car Championship are organised by Losail Circuit Sports Club and Qatar Motor and Motorcycle Federation with Pirelli Qatar as sponsor.

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