Abu Dhabi: UAE’s Mohammad Al Mutawaa has been handed a seat to drive at two rallies in the FIA World Rally Championship’s (WRC) feeder series, the WRC 3.
Abu Dhabi Racing (ADR) said in a release that the 21-year-old Emirati would participate in the WRC 3 category in Germany (August 21-24) and Spain (October 24-26), enabling him to gain valuable experience of driving on different surfaces and weather conditions.
In Germany, Al Mutawaa will face three distinct types of stages — bumpy narrow Mosel vineyard roads, Baumholder military tracks with many different surfaces and the smooth country tests in Saarland over a distance of approximately 1,300 kilometres.
In October, Al Mutawaa will be tested on the only mixed surface round of the season in Spain where he will drive on both gravel and asphalt stages in the hills of Tarragona.
The opportunity to race in Germany and Spain comes in the wake of Al Mutawaa’s excellent performance in the FIA Middle East Rally Championship (MERC) where he has recorded three consecutive victories with ADR’s programme, the Abu Dhabi Racing — Citroën Middle East Trophy.
In the current MERC season, the ADR driver triumphed in Qatar, Kuwait and Jordan in his Citroën DS3 R3 (2WD category).
