Dubai Autodrome ChairmanAli Al Fardan
Dubai Autodrome General ManagerRichard Birch
Kartdrome Manager & Race Meeting DirectorRyan Trutch
Assistant Race Meeting DirectorDavid Bright
Clerk of the CourseJoão Gouveia
ObserversAtif Mohammed Viraj Matondkar
Secretary of the MeetingPurie Pires
Chief TimekeeperAbdullah Moothedath
Assistant TimekeeperJette Cosio
Medical Service ManagerWayne Bishenden
Chief Medical OfficerDr. Victor Butros
Race CommentatorChristopher Milbourne
Event Coordinator Rowena Bautista
Race PhotographerDarren Rycroft
Sr. Graphic DesignerAaron Meriwether
Jr. Graphic DesignerArthur Rosales
© 2017 Dubai Autodrome
Friday, 28 April 2017
15:00–16:30 Mandatory Driver’s Weigh-In & Sign OnOutdoor Kartdrome Reception. Drivers will be weighed with racing gear: suit, boots, rib protector, neck brace and helmet ONLY. Drivers failing to report to weigh-in will not be eligible to drive. Minimum drivers weight with above described race wear is 80kgs.
16:00–16:30 Mandatory Team Captains’ Briefing Outdoor Kartdrome Briefing Area.
16:45–17:45 Free Practice Only drivers with wristbands will be allowed to practice.
18:00–18:10 Qualifying All karts together for 10 minutes only.
18:15–18:45 Grid Walk & Team Photos
18:50 Starting Grid All drivers in position and evacuation of the grid.
19:00 Start: Dubai Kartdrome Endurance Championship 600 Laps.
19:00–21:00 Dinner Buffet Only guests with hospitality bands allowed to enter the Terrace Tent.
05:30–07:00 Breakfast Buffet Only guests with hospitality bands allowed to enter the Terrace Tent.
Saturday, 29 April 2017 08:30 End: Dubai Kartdrome Endurance Championship 600 Laps.
08:45 Awards Ceremony Outdoor Kartdrome podium.
Note: Race Day Schedule may be subject to change.
OFFICIALS TIMETABLE
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GENERAL INFORMATION
Pit items will be available on Friday morning from 08:00-09:30. Pit items can be collected only on Friday as per allocated time slot.
Event Overview
• Maximum number of teams is 30 per race.
• Pro Ranking: 3-6 drivers
• Corporate Ranking: 4-8 drivers, all from the same company.
• Nations Cup Category: all drivers of the same nationality.
• Racing is on the International Circuit at the Outdoor Kartdrome.
• Use of SodiKart 390cc single engine karts.
• Allocated karts will be drawn by ballot.
• No technical modifications allowed to be made.
• A rolling start or Le Mans start will be employed.
• Drivers must be age 13 or over.
• Parental consent required for under 18 aged drivers.
• Drivers will have to wear full safety equipment.
• Stickers allowed on bodywork in agreed areas.
• Fuel supplied by organisers, no additives allowed.
• Kart / Driver weight equalization with ballast weights.
PIT ITEMS
SUMMARY OF REGULATIONS
Alpha Team Qatar
Batelco Drag965 Racing
Bin Drai Karting Team
Cambridge Middle East Interiors
CG Racing Angels
CG Racing Pro
Crackerjack Racing
Dubai Falcon Racing Team
Ghost Racing
Ichiban Racing Team
Lukoil Racing Ream
MINI Russia
Team Kamikaze
Wacky Racerz-Capytech
ZOOM Racing Team
Write kartnumbers here
CG Racing 1
CG Racing 2
Fly Emirates
IUM Racing
PAC GP
Pirelli
Redline Racing
Redline Racing 2
Team Emirates
Write kartnumbers here
PRO GRID
CORPORATE GRID
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GENERAL INFORMATION
TURN NUMBERS
1
1
T1
KARTING POST
OBSERVER POST
RECEPTION
CHANGING
BRIEFING
DRIVER CHANGE
TECH BAY
PIT ITEMSCOLLECTION
ENTRANCEEXIT
PENALTY BOX
PIT LANEENTRANCE
PIT LANEEXIT
T1
T2
T3
T4
T5
T6
T7
T8
T9
T10
T11
T12
T13
T14
T15
T16
T17
PIT LANE
PARC FERME
7
6
5
2
4
3
1
1
3
2
WEIGH IN
FLAGS & CIRCUIT MAP
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GENERAL INFORMATION
2011 Pro Champion:Batelco
2011 Corporate Champion:Publicis Groupe Racing
2010 Pro Champion:Batelco
2010 Corporate Champion:OMD Racing
2009 Pro Champion:NFM Professionals
2009 Corporate Champion:Forum Racing
2008 Pro Champion:NFM Professionals
2008 Corporate Champion: Multiplex Racing
2007 Pro Champion: NFM Professionals
2007 Corporate Champion:Y&R Dojomoto
2006 Champions: NFM Professionals
2005 Champions:Y&R Dojomoto
2013 Pro Champion:CG Racing Pro
2013 Corporate Champion:CG Racing
2013 Nations Cup Winner:CG Racing
2012 Pro Champion:Batelco
2012 Corporate Champion:CG Racing2
2012 Nations Cup Winner: Dubai 5
2016 Pro Champion:CG Pro
2016 Corporate Champion:Fly Emirates 1
2016 Nations Cup Winner:LD
2014 Pro Champion:Batelco
2014 Corporate Champion:CG Racing 1
2014 Nations Cup Winner:CG Racing 1
2015 Pro Champion:Dubai Falcon Racing Team
2015 Corporate Champion:CG Racing 2
2015 Nations Cup Winner:MINI Dubai
HALL OF FAME HALL OF FAME
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CG RACING PRO
CG Teams Manager:
Team Captain:
Drivers:
Driven to go-after their winning ambitions for the 2017 endurance racing season, Choueiri Group’s CG Racing return to the Kartdrome once again with four distinct squads: “CG Racing Pro”, “CG Racing 1”, “CG Racing 2” and “CG Racing Angels”. With 2 major runner-up victories already bagged during Round 1, they will be turning up the heat and giving it their all for some mega-racing excitement.
CG Teams Manager:
Team Captain:
Drivers:
Habib Chouery
David Terrien
Maged Traboulsi
Omar Moukachar
Chris Oughourlian
CG Teams Manager
Team Captain:
Drivers:
Habib Chouery
David Terrien
Nabih Mouawad
Carl Chalhoub
Joenadim Hobeika
CATEGORY: PROCG RACING 1
CATEGORY: CORPORATE
CG RACING 2CATEGORY: CORPORATE
CG RACING ANGELS
CG Teams Manager:
Team Captain:
Drivers:
Habib Chouery
David Terrien
Joelle Yazbeck
Touline Shuhouri
Nadia Khan
Iya Seys
Sara Hoodicoff
CATEGORY: PRO
Habib Chouery
David Terrien
Rami Azzam
Alban Varutti
Piers Pakenham-Walsh
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TEAMS INFO
Team Manager:
Driver Captain:
Drivers:
Hadi Al Bloushi
Sheikh Hasher Al Maktoum
Ali Al Mansoori
Hussain Umid Ali
Abdullah Abdullah
Abdullah Al Majedi Dubai Falcon Racing Team is out of this world, but very much at home. They are a team of united pilots, a conglomeration of UAE identities equipped with futuristic vision and a mission—racing. Their style of driving varies from the others but what sets them really apart is their goal—to be better than the best. It is not only their driving abilities that makes them special but the way they collaborate and cooperate as a team. The harmony between team members and the mutual respect garnered raises the spirit of the team to an optimum. The point when the helmets are on and the command sounds: “Gentlemen Start your Engines”, the team becomes alive —light as a feather and fast as the wind. Sometimes it’s not only winning the race that is important, but also how it is won.
Team Manager:
Driver Captain:
Drivers:
Team Strategy:
Comm Mgr:
Osama Alsaad
Mohammed Mattar
Ramez Azzam
Saeed Al Mehairi
Khalid Alsae
Hamza Bubshait
BATELCO DRAG965 RACINGCATEGORY: PRO
DUBAI FALCON RACING TEAMCATEGORY: PRO
Batelco Drag965 Racing has earned its name as Bahrain’s karting ambassadors thanks to a raft of top performances with many podium places won on the local, regional and international circuit.
The Batelco Drag965 Racing team is ready for the latest challenging competitions with a terrific line up of young talented Bahraini drivers, supported by a number of experienced drivers.
Everyone is eager and focused on adding another championship to their impressive list of achievements.
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TEAMS INFO
Team Manager:
Driver Captain:
Drivers:
Alexy Dubrov
Rasul Akhmetshin
Mikhail Kozlovskiy
Aleksandr Dudarev LUKOIL Racing Team represents LUKOIL - one of the major international oil and gas companies that accounts for more than 2% of the world’s oil production and around 1% of the proven hydrocarbon reserves. While having the full production cycle, the company exercises full control over the whole production chain — from oil and gas production to petroleum product sales.
Every day millions of consumers in more than 30 countries worldwide buy LUKOIL’s products, energy and heat, improving the quality of their life. In the Middle East LUKOIL has exploration and production facilities in Iraq and Egypt and plans to expand its operations to the other countries of the region.
LUKOIL Racing Team participated in the Dubai Kartdrome Endurance Championship for the first time in 2013. Since then the team didn’t miss even a single race. The company and the team share the same slogan: “LUKOIL – Always moving forward!”
It’s no coincidence that a Russian team is among the race competitors. As early as the nineteenth century the great Russian writer Nikolay Gogol wrote: “What Russian is there who does not love fast driving?” And karting is the first step to bigger motorsports, the world of love for speed and fair play!
Team Manager:
Driver Captain:
Drivers:
Pit Crew:
Pedja Jakovljevic
Duarte Lopes
Andre Caido
Miguel Neto
Pedja Jakovljevic
Mihajlo Mulaji
BIN DRAI KARTING TEAMCATEGORY: PRO
LUKOIL RACING TEAMCATEGORY: PRO
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TEAMS INFO
Team Manager:
Driver Captain:
Drivers:
Markus Thomas
Markus Thomas
Paul Sebright
Chris Edwards
Zain Khan
Bernd Roemischer
Cambridge M.E. Interiors Design & Project Solutions is committed to innovation in design, implementing international standards within its management systems and sustainable quality delivery and execution. Our team of professionals have years of experience within the European, Middle East and Asian market successfully delivering projects across a variety of concepts for leading local and multinational companies. Our company is completely multicultural and we have successfully built a team that is able to bring together creative inspiration, methods of working and techniques from all around the world.Our clients enjoy this benefit, resulting in a fresh, creative and successful project catered specifically to each and every client.
CAMBRIDGE MIDDLE EAST INTERIORSCATEGORY: PRO
IUM RACINGCATEGORY: CORPORATE
Team Manager:
Driver Captain:
Drivers:
Pit Crew:
Luigi Garriano
Assaad Kassis
Allen Khoury
Ziad Merhi
Sharun D’Souza
Team IUM “Initiative-Universal Media” is a corporate-based team that traces back to 2013 when it was called Initiative Racing. After going out of the endurance scene for almost two years, IUM Racing team was created with a number of mixed drivers from both agencies.
All drivers within the team have experience in sprint and endurance racing, which makes IUM a team to watch out for in the Corporate category and we’re hoping to achieve top places for the upcoming 2017 Dubai Kartdrome Endurance Championship.
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ALPHA TEAM QATAR
Team Manager:
Driver Captain:
Drivers:
Redza Jamil
Jiby Kuriakose
Mohd Zubair
John Barsi
Dany Hokayem
The Emirates Group Karting Club will go into Round 2 of the Dubai Kartdrome Endurance Championship after a strong finish in the season opener.
Having taking part in SWS races in Dubai and RAK, Team Emirates and Fly Emirates are nationally ranked second and third respectively in the Sodi World Series Endurance Cup in the UAE.
The teams are looking to finish strong again this year after being ranked second in 2016.
Team Manager:
Driver Captain:
Drivers:
Redza Jamil
Sai Prakash
Fulvio Parrilli
Asim Ashraf
Redza Jamil
FLY EMIRATESCATEGORY: CORPORATE
TEAM EMIRATESCATEGORY: CORPORATE
Team Manager:
Driver Captain:
Drivers:
Peter Devido
Amro Al Hamad
Nadim Ziade
Faesal Al Yafel
Juan Pablo Pinto
Team Manager:
Driver Captain:
Drivers:
Loboda Mikhail
Loboda Mikhail
Vadim Tihonkov
Vadim Molinov
Dimitri Gusev
Povel Lieonov
CATEGORY: PRO
MINI RUSSIACATEGORY: PRO
Made up of drivers from various racing
disciplines, Alpha Team Qatar is looking
forward to competing at a high level.
From bikes to karts to radicals to rally
cars to touring cars, our drivers have a
significant amount of championships
under their belts. See you on track.
MINI Team Russia
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TEAMS INFO
Team Manager:
Driver Captain:
Drivers:
Team Manager:
Driver Captain:
Drivers:
Paul Lecaillon
Paul Lecaillon
Youness El Ouair
Hussein Lala
Paul Lecaillon
Fred Clark
Simon Cordery
Nabil Khadiri
Anas Lecaillon
Redline Racing is a team that started back in February last year with the 24H Endurance race at Bahrain.
All drivers work at Saudi Aramco and quickly discovered a powerful love for racing, whether off-road or open track. Kart racing is a common passion for Redline Racing with experience in several endurance competitions over the past year.
The team practices together, develops racing strategies, studies tracks around the world, and consults with regional kart champions— all in an effort to continuously cut their individual lap times.
Redline Racing drivers are looking forward to scorching the track on the next round of the Dubai Endurance Championship!
Redline Racing is a team that started back in February last year with the 24H Endurance race at Bahrain.
All drivers work at Saudi Aramco and quickly discovered a powerful love for racing, whether off-road or open track. Kart racing is a common passion for Redline Racing with experience in several endurance competitions over the past year.
The team practices together, develops racing strategies, studies tracks around the world, and consults with regional kart champions— all in an effort to continuously cut their individual lap times.
Redline Racing drivers are looking forward to scorching the track on the next round of the Dubai Endurance Championship!
REDLINE RACING
REDLINE RACING 2
CATEGORY: CORPORATE
CATEGORY: CORPORATE
Team Manager:
Driver Captain:
Drivers:
Tom Szwed
Tom Szwed
TIm Milne
Neil James
Gael Porte
Humberto Renau Ferrer
Johan Vlekken
Team Manager
Driver Captain:
Drivers:
Pierre Oliver Chevalier
Pierre Oliver Chevalier
Raad Haddad
Firas Haddad
Sam Badawi
PAC GPCATEGORY: CORPORATE
PIRELLICATEGORY: CORPORATE
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Although Panasonic Avionics Corporation continues to support Emirates teams, this year they have lodged their own experimental entry which comprises of six colleagues with a range of racing pedigree. This is a truly international team made up of five different nationalities!
Team Captain, Tom, is most familiar with TKM based Club100 series in the UK. Neil has raced in many series from ROTAX in the early days to BMW cars in California recently. Humberto and Gael, both ROTAX kart owners, have experience racing in France. Tim, a Kiwi, has talent on all sorts of wheels, from bikes, to quads and is now an X30 owner driver. Johan, from Belgium, prefers more power and is the proud owner driver of a DD2 found at the Kartdrome.
Although racing primarily for fun, a top five finish in the Corporate class would be a good result.
Pirelli is the fifth largest tire manufacturer worldwide, present in over 160 countries with an extensive network of approximately 10,000 distributors and retailers to guarantee proximity to their customers. With over 38,000 employees worldwide, their focus in product development is on the highest technological content, with the objective of becoming global leader in the Premium segment.
Pirellis is also currently the exclusive tire supplier for the Formula One Championships as well as for the FIM World Superbike Championship.
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TEAMS INFO
CATEGORY: PRO
Team Manager:
Driver Captain:
Drivers:
H. Bisht
H. Bisht
Mohammed Hafiz
Arjun Manjunath
Anjum Shaikh
Z.R.T. (ZOOM RACING TEAM)
We came together because of our love and passion for karting. We have stuck around because we cannot think of anything else that smells better than a burnt clutch or is as appealing as that apex we need to get within millimeters of, lap after lap….
Let the racing begin…..
Ichiban Racing Team is a team of drivers of different nationalities. We are all karting enthusiasts and started our Team for the 2017 Endurance season for the first time.
Racing and track is something that gathers us all together. Our common goal is racing fair and keeping it fair all the way. We will put in our effort and reach the top.
CATEGORY: PRO
Team Manager:
Driver Captain:
Drivers:
Talal Al Halabi
Anthony Gonsalves
Ekaterina Kazakova
Ramin Arnecke
Oleg Kazakov
ICHIBAN RACING TEAM
WACKY RACERZ - CAPYTECH
Team Manager:
Driver Captain:
Drivers:
Heiki Eelma
Fergal Kelly
Heiki Eelma
Damian Hehir
Adrian Farrant
Imran Durrani
E-Learning Solutions
Gentlemen? Racers? Gentlemen-racers? None of these terms have been used to describe this motley crew of mixed backgrounds and wannabee F1 Drivers.
The Aussies (Damian and Adrian) are former business partners as crocodile hunters and game keepers. The Irishman (Fergal) is sometimes referred to as the Leprechaun or the Lucky Charm. There’s second tallest man in Estonia and ex-surfing champion (Heiki) and finally the smiling Pakistani (Imran) who can be seeing playing the piano or juggling in the pit lane to calm his nerves. Combined, this is the most awesome racerz that will ever come before your eyes.
This team’s shared passion is racing and making sure they have as much fun as possible along the way. Come experience it yourself in the pit lane, but when the flag drops the joking stops.
CATEGORY: PRO
Team Manager:
Driver Captain:
Drivers:
Pit Manager:
Pit Crew:
Simon Rickers
Charles Dexter
Richard Dumas
Mark Senten
Simon Rickers
Hitesh Mehta
Bilal Naeem
Luciano Guffanti
Mazhar Shah
Crackerjack Racing returns once again to the endurance series with our expectations matched only by our driving talent. In previous events we aimed to showcase cutting edge driving skills and best in class tactics, but experience is a cruel teacher and for this race our aim is simply not to finish last! We believe like the great Confucius, that beauty and poetry is achieved at a slow pace, not by a foolish rush to the finish line.
Note: The team offers its unreserved apology for making false and misleading statements in the previous race biography when we stated that we had an experienced and world class pit crew. Regrettably, we discovered none had been to a karting track before or even seen a go kart. However, after a few Spinney’s best cheese sandwiches and some super precise (i.e. lucky) pit changes, the magic finally happened!
CRACKERJACK RACINGCATEGORY: PRO
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CATEGORY: PROTEAM KAMIKAZE
Team Manager:
Driver Captain:
Drivers:
Dharm Patel
Romalda Labrooy
Dharm Patel
Ethan Watt
Ahmed Al Hamadi
Mahamed Ismail
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OUTDOOR KARTDROMEARRIVE & DRIVE
INDOOR KARTDROMEARRIVE & DRIVE
LASERDROMEARRIVE & SHOOT
RACE ROOMARRIVE & SIM
BUY 1 Session: AED 130
BUY 2 Sessions: AED 240
BUY 3 Sessions: AED 340
BUY 1 Session: AED 100
BUY 2 Sessions: AED 190
BUY 3 Sessions: AED 270
BUY 1 Session: AED 55
BUY 2 Sessions: AED 100
BUY 3 Sessions: AED 135
BUY 1 Session: AED 20
BUY 2 Sessions: AED 35
BUY 3 Sessions: AED 45