Al-Attiyah wins 50th anniversary edition of Cyprus Rally

Qatari driver Nasser al-Attiyah, along with French co-driver Mathieu Baumel won the 50th anniversary edition of the Cyprus Rally in Nicosia yesterday. Driving a Volkswagen Polo GTi R5 car, al-Attiyah won his 8th title in Cyprus after completing 12 stages in 3:03:38.7. Finishing in second place was Oman’s Abdullah al-Rawahi, with co-driver Ata al-Hmoud of Jordan, in a Skoda Fabia R5.
They completed the rally 3 minutes and 21 seconds behind al-Attiyah. Third in the general classification were Christos Demosthenous and co-driver Kypros Christodoulou of Cyprus. They finished 6 minutes and 38 seconds behind the winner.