The Cyprus Rally, one of the rounds of the World Rally Championship, will be launched from the heart of the ‘Home of Motorsports in the Middle East’ today. The Bahrain International Circuit will host the launch venue of the sixth round of the championship during a press conference held at its premises. “It gives us …
For the first time in the Middle East, the opening round of the 2005 Porsche Michelin SuperCup will take place at the Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix on April 1,2 & 3. The new Porsche 997 will also be tested on the circuit a week prior to the Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix. Bernie Ecclestone’s …
Trackshare is an English based company who run track-day based events using a fleet of GT racing cars and high performance road cars. They are in Bahrain until the 11th of March. Trackshare have brought with them 2 of their most exotic racing cars: a Porsche GT3 and a Ferrari Challenge. Don’t just watch these …
A Bahraini blogger was reportedly arrested this morning, no charges are published yet, but the draconian way of the arrest is alarming. Probably armed with an arrest warrant from the public prosecutor, the police went to Ali Abdulimam’s house and on not finding him there, arbitrarily have taken his sister instead probably to ensure that …
Once again I’ll be on my travels, this time to Germany to attend the Nordic Ski World Championships on a quick consultancy job. I’ll be back on Feb 26. I’ll be celebrating my birthday in the snow!! They tell me the temperature is about MINUS 20, and it’s been PLUS 30 here at noon! In …